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PREMIER LEAGUE

unassailable 3-1 lead in the

five-Test series. Australia

captain Michael Clarke

announced his retirement

from international cricket.

2017: Real Madrid beat

Manchester United 2-1 in

the UEFA Super Cup.

2018: Chelsea made Kepa

Arrizabalaga the world’s

most expensive goalkeeper

after completing a

£72.1million deal with

Athletic Bilbao.

Champions League by UEFA

after being awarded a

default 3-0 second-leg win

over Legia Warsaw, who

fielded an ineligible player

during their third qualifying

round tie. The Hoops were

eliminated in the group

stage, as were Legia in the

Europa League.

2015: England regained the

Ashes after beating

Australia by an innings and

78 runs in the fourth Test

at Trent Bridge to take an

for the first time.

2007: Sunderland broke

the British transfer record

for a goalkeeper to sign

Craig Gordon from Hearts

for £9million.

2011: Arsenal signed

17-year-old Alex Oxlade-

Chamberlain from

Southampton for an initial

fee of £12million, rising to

£15m.

2014: Celtic were

reinstated in the

1900: The inaugural Davis

Cup took place in Boston,

Massachusetts, below, with

the United States defeating

Great Britain 3-0.

1998: The centenary

season of the Football

League kicked off with

reserve officials holding up

boards displaying added

time at the end of each half

THOSE WERE

THE DAYS

ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY

revealed he is best

friends with the pair and

was left stunned by

news of Saturday’s

incident at Barnsley

where Christie’s sister

was also thought to be

racially abused.

Wilson said: “Cyrus is

my best mate. I grew up

with his sister. They are

By Darren Lewis

scoring goals week-in, week-out. Then

being a pundit giving his take on the

game.

“So to hear him talking about me

and then for him to actually send me a

message was incredible and reassuring.

“If he didn’t rate me as a player he

wouldn’t have sent it. He cares and

that’s nice. It’s rare to come across

people like that in

life. I’m grateful

for that

message and

it did help

me kick-

start the

beginning

CALLUM WILSON cannot wait

for his latest progress report from

Alan Shearer.

Fresh from signing a new four-year

deal worth £100,000 a week at

Bournemouth last month, the England

striker kicks off the new Premier

League season at home to promoted

Sheffield United on Saturday.

He has never forgotten, however,

the support BBC’s Match of the Day

pundit Shearer, far right, gave him

with a motivational text after he had

injured his cruciate ligaments in 2015.

“It was basically giving me his

experience of how he’d been through

similar and had overcome adversity.”

says Wilson. “He just said, ‘Believe

that you will come back’. It was a long

time ago now but I will always be

grateful. I’ve never forgotten it.

“Watching Match of the Day

growing up as a kid I saw him

Shearer

the will

CALLUM’S

TARGET:

Wilson is

eyeing next

summer’s

Euros with

England

Picture:

ADAM GERRARD

Racism ‘attack’ – it’s

CALLUM WILSON has

branded the fan who

allegedly attacked the

sister of Fulham’s

Cyrus Christie as

“shameful”.

Bournemouth’s

England striker

BEST MATE: Christie’s

sister was abused