ON THIS DAY

■ 2016 – Mo Farah became the first British track and field athlete to win three Olympic gold medals by retaining his 10,000m title in Rio.

■ 2016 – Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell-Shand, Katie Archibald and Elinor Barker won Olympic gold in the women’s team pursuit at Rio 2016.

■ 2017 – The world’s most expensive player, Neymar, marked his Paris St Germain debut with a goal and an assist in his side’s 3-0 Ligue 1 win at Guingamp.