ON THIS DAY: 1984

Mary Decker fell over the leg of GB’s Zola Budd during the 3,000m final at the LA Olympics. Decker, who failed to finish, was blamed for the incident.

1907: The first long-distance car race ended in Paris, having started in Beijing on June 10 of the same year.

1954: Jockey Sir Gordon Richards retired with a British record 4,870 wins.

2005: The Premier League upheld its guilty verdicts on Ashley Cole and Jose Mourinho in the Chelsea tapping-up scandal.

2006: John Terry was named England captain by new coach Steve McClaren, in succession to David Beckham.

2008: Nicole Cooke won gold for Great Britain in the women’s cycling road race at the Beijing Olympics.