ON THIS DAY: 1999

1914: WG Grace scored 69 not out for Eltham against Grove Park in his last cricket match. He was 66.

1992: A then-record 172 nations were represented at the Olympic Games, which opened in Barcelona.

1999: Lance Armstrong (above) won his first Tour de France. He won seven straight titles but was stripped of them all for doping.

2001: Welsh side Barry Town suffered an 8-0 thrashing at the hands of Porto in a Champions League qualifier.

2006: Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn appointed himself as manager, lasting five matches without a win.