On this day

2016 American swimmer Michael Phelps ended his career at the Rio Olympics as part of the winning 4x100 medley relay, his record 23rd gold medal

2016 Great Britain set a world record of 3:14.051 to comfortably beat the United States in the women's cycling team pursuit at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics

1975 Viv Richards was out for 291 v England at Cricket, at the Oval

1991 Michael Ray Barrowman swam world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.60)

1991 Test Cricket debut of Mike Whitney for Australia versus England at Old Trafford

2008 American super-swimmer Michael Phelps won 3 gold medals, all in world record time, in the one day at the Beijing Olympics; 200m I/M (1:54.23), 200m butterfly (1.52.03) and 4 x 200m freestyle relay (6:58.56)