The COVID-19 pandemic has wiped out most live sport all around the globe, but history will never be erased.
While you contemplate streaming yet another Netflix drama or rewatching another replay of your favorite sporting moments, here are some stories that were making news in years past on May 4.
1924
The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics takes place at the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir.
New Zealand were one of the 44 nations competing at the Games, with four athletes taking part - sprinter Arthur Porritt, boxer Charlie Purdy, and swimmers Clarrie Heard and Gwitha Shand.
Porritt, who would later become New Zealand's 11th Governor General, was also the team's manager and won the nation's first medal in athletics, claiming bronze in the 100m.
1949
A plane carrying the entire Torino Serie A soccer squad crashes on the outskirts of Turin, Italy.
All 31 people on the flight died and were later awarded the league title at the request of their rivals
2003
Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher secures victory at the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona.
Starting from pole position in Ferrari's new F2003-GA car, Schumacher won the 65-lap race, with Renault's Fernando Alonso and Ferrari’s Rubens Barrichello completed the podium.
Ferrari won seven races with the car that season to claim the constructors’ championship, while Schumacher won a sixth driver’s title, breaking Juan Manuel Fangio’s 46-year-old record.
2007
A loss in their final game of the regular season denies the Crusaders top spot in the Super Rugby standings.
Victory over the Chiefs would have sealed a home semi-final for the Crusaders, but the 30-24 loss consigned the Cantabrians to an away playoff against the Bulls in South Africa, which they would lose. The Bulls would beat the Sharks in an all-South African final.
2014
New Zealand beat Canada 54-7 in the final to win the Scotland Sevens at Glasgow's Scotstoun Stadium - the penultimate tournament of the season.
The All Blacks Sevens would win the world series title, but lose to South Africa in the Commonwealth Games final at the same city later in the year.
2015
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry is named NBA Most Valuable Player, after making a then league-record 286 three-pointers, while leading his team to 67 regular-season wins.
He became the first Warriors player to win MVP honors since Wilt Chamberlain in 1959/60, when the franchise played in Philadelphia.
Birthdays
1970 - Former Blackcap and current NZ U19 coach Paul Wiseman
1979 - Former Kiwis and England rugby international Lesley Vainikolo
1989 - Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy
1994 - Kiwis league forward Joseph Tapine
Deaths
1938: Japanese educator Kanō Jigorō, who invented judo, aged 77 of pneumonia
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Live updates: Super Rugby - Highlanders v Chiefs in Dunedin
Twenty-four hours after the Crusaders snatched a draw against the Sharks, Super Rugby witnessed another thrilling deadlock between the Highlanders and Chiefs.
The southerners held the upper hand through most of the contest, opening up a 28-12 lead early in the second half.
But tries to Tyler Ardron and two to Angus Ta'avao put the Chiefs within striking distance and Marty McKenzie's conversion of Ta'avao's second in the final minute, salvaged the 31-31 draw.
Both the Highlanders and Chiefs would make the top-eight playoffs, but lost in the quarter-finals to eventual finalists Crusaders and Jaguares respectively.
