MO BACK ON TRACK

THE DAYS

Chicago and then watched world-record holder Eliud Kipchoge become the first man in history to clock a sub-two-hour marathon in Vienna.

That would appear to have convinced Farah, 36, that by far his best chance of adding an 11th global title lay back on the track where the 10,000m field, in particular, has not progressed since he left.

Farah said: “Next year, I’m going to be back on the track and I’m going to give it a go in the 10,000m.

“Hopefully I haven’t lost my speed but I will train hard for it and see what I can do. I’m really excited.”

After the 10,000m next year Farah could return to marathon competition. 1872: England and Scotland played the first-ever football international. The game at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, finished 0-0.

Floyd Patterson, below, became the then-youngest world heavyweight boxing champion when, at the age of 21, he beat Archie Moore. 1991: The United States defeated Norway 2-1 to win football’s first Women’s World Cup, in China. 2004: Four-time Olympic gold medallist Matthew Pinsent announced his retirement from rowing three months after his final triumph in Athens in the coxless

fours.

2012: Andrew Flintoff won his professional boxing debut after seeing off American Richard Dawson on points in a heavyweight bout at the Manchester Arena. 2014: Tyson Fury beat Dereck Chisora by a 10th-round stoppage to become the new European and British heavyweight champion in a one-sided contest at London’s ExCel Arena.

2016: Gareth Southgate was appointed England manager on a four-year deal.