TODAY: July 27

ON THIS DAY: 1992

1985: Steve Cram set the mile world record at 3:46.32 seconds in Oslo.

1990: Graham Gooch became the first Englishman since John Edrich to score a Test triple century when he hit 333 in the first innings against India at Lord’s.

2010: Mo Farah won gold for Great Britain in the 10,000 metres final at the European Championships in Barcelona.

2012: The London Olympic Games officially got under way with a lavish opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium.

2015: England Women slipped to an 89-run defeat against Australia in the third and final one-day international Ashes match at Worcester.

Alan Shearer signed for Blackburn from Southampton for a then British record fee of £3.6million