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Cycling- Belgian Johan Museeuw is helped by a mechanic after a puncture during a breakaway in the final kilometres of the Paris-Roubaix cycling race.

Nicknamed the ‘The Lion of Flanders’, Museeuw was a specialist in the classic races -- one-day professional road cycling races.

Yet Museeuw, who won the 1996 race, finished third with France’s Frederic Guesdon winning in a final sprint that involved eight riders.

April 13, 1997

Football- Wimbledon’s Vinnie Jones tries a spectacular overhead kick during the FA Cup semi-final at Highbury.

Chelsea would go on to win the match 3-0 before beating Middlesbrough in the final to pick up their second FA Cup trophy.

April 13, 1997

Football- Strasbourg’s players celebrate with the French League Cup trophy after beating Girondins de Bordeaux in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris.

Bordeaux failed to beat Strasbourg on both occasions in the league that season and that proved to be the case in the final as well.

The match ended in a goalless draw before Strasbourg won 6-5 in a penalty shootout, giving them their first major title in 18 years since they lifted the top division league title in 1979.

April 13, 2003

Marathon- Britain’s Paula Radcliffe heads the women’s field on her way to victory at the 26th London Marathon.

Having started running marathons only a year earlier, Radcliffe won the women’s race and broke her own world record in a time of two hours 15 minutes and 25 seconds.

She was a favourite for the gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics but a leg injury days before the event and the after-effects of anti-inflammatory drugs caused her to struggle, forcing her to withdraw at the 23-mile mark.

April 13, 2011

Cycling- Saxo Bank rider Alberto Contador cycles during the first stage of the Vuelta de Castilla y Leon cycling race between Medina de Rioseco and Palencia.

Contador was a three-time winner of the race but the defending champion came into the event with question marks over his future in the sport after testing positive for clenbuterol when he won the 2010 Tour de France.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport eventually stripped him of his 2010 title and handed him a two-year ban.

April 13, 2018

Athletics - Oluwatobiloba Amusan of Nigeria celebrates after winning the 100-metre hurdles final at the Commonwealth Games at the Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia.

The 20-year-old clocked a season-best 12.68 seconds to win by 0.1 seconds and became the first Nigerian to win a sprint gold at the Games.

Amusan would go on to become the African champion as well in 2019 but finished fourth at the World Athletics Championships in Doha in 2019.