Sporting protests - in pictures

4 June 1913: Suffragette Emily Davison throws herself under King George V's horse Anmer at Epsom Derby Photograph: Hulton Archive

22 Novemebr 1969: An anti-apartheid demonstrator is dragged off the Twickenham pitch during the London Counties v South Africa match Springboks Tour Photograph: S&G and Barratts/EMPICS Sport

19 August 1975: Police and officials inspect the vandalised pitch after the match was abandoned due to the damage by a George Davis campaigner, Headingley Photograph: PA

3 July 1981: Anti-apartheid demonstrators march through Auckland, New Zealand to protest the tour of South Africa's Springbok rugby union team Photograph: Associated Press

25 July 1981: Demonstrators lock arms as they invade the playing field to protest the tour of South Africa's Springbok rugby union team in Hamilton, New Zealand. The tour had proceeded, in the face of bitter opposition from critics of South Africa's system of apartheid or racial segregation Photograph: Associated Press

July 2003: Catholic priest Neil Horan running on to the track at the Silverstone British Grand Prix Photograph: Reuters

29 August 2004: Vanderlei Lima of Brazil is blocked by Neil/Cornelius Horan, a former Irish priest during the men's Marathon at the Olympic games in Athens Photograph: AFP/Getty Images/AFP

January 31, 2012: John Foley handcuffs himself to the goal posts during the Premier League match between Everton and Manchester City at Goodison Park in a protest at what he termed the "exploitation" of young, would-be flight attendants by Ryan Air Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images

7 April 2012: The Oxford crew look on as a Trenton Oldfield swims in the water and disrupts the 158th University Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge University on the River Thames Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images