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On This Day in Sport (27 July 2008): 1985: Steve Cram set the mile world record at three minutes 46.32 seconds in Oslo. 1990: Graham Gooch became the first Englishman since John Edrich to score a Test triple century when he scored 333 in the first innings against India at Lord's. 1991: David Campese became the first man to score 40 tries in international rugby union. In the same match Michael Lynagh became the first man past 600 points at international level. 1992: Alan Shearer was transferred from Southampton to Blackburn for a then British record fee of £3.6million. 2003: Lance Armstrong won a record-equalling fifth Tour de France. 2004: Chelsea signed Ricardo Carvalho for £19.85million from Porto on a three-year contract. 2005: Darius Vassell completed a £2million move from Aston Villa to Manchester City. City midfielder Joey Barton was found guilty of gross misconduct by the same club and fined eight weeks' wages following incident in the team hotel on the recent Asia Trophy trip to Thailand. Headlines (27 July) : Villa make late bid for Kaboul Sunderland boss Roy Keane faces an anxious wait over his pursuit of defender Younes Kaboul after Aston Villa made a late bid to hijack the deal. Neville pens new Toffees deal Everton captain Phil Neville has revealed he wants to finish his career at Goodison Park after signing a new four-year deal with the Merseyside club. Joyce hails Crusaders bravery Acting Middlesex skipper Ed Joyce believes "fearless cricket" and not being scared of the potential riches available via the Champions League earned the Crusaders their first major title in 15 years. Taylor triumphs yet again Phil Taylor claimed an emphatic 18-9 victory over defending champion James Wade to win the Stan James World Matchplay title in Blackpool. Bosingwa out for three weeks Chelsea defender Jose Bosingwa has been ruled out for three weeks after tearing a thigh muscle on his Blues debut earlier this week. Chimbonda completes Black Cats move Sunderland manager Roy Keane has strengthened his defensive options after the Black Cats completed the signing of Tottenham defender Pascal Chimbonda. Young strike sends Villa through Ashley Young's second-half thunderbolt eased Aston Villa into the UEFA Cup with a 1-0 (3-2 aggregate) Intertoto Cup triumph over Odense as Gareth Barry made his return. Harmison named in England squad England have recalled Durham fast bowler Steve Harmison in their 13-man squad for the third npower Test against South Africa. Brave Murray beaten by Nadal Andy Murray was unable to exorcise another of his demons at the Rogers Cup in Canada as Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal maintained his stranglehold on the British number one. Friedel completes Villa switch Aston Villa have signed Brad Friedel from Blackburn on a three-year contract. International Results Roundup Dateline 26 July 2008 CRICKET South Africa v Bangladesh A Tour Match at New Road South Africa 429 - 3 dec 100 ovs 145 - 1 37 ovs Bangladesh A 121 all out 41 ovs Close of play. South Africa are leading by 453 runs. England Under 19 v New Zealand Under 19 First Under 19 Test Match at Taunton England Under 19 305 - 3 95 ovs New Zealand Under 19 Close of play. RUGBY LEAGUE Carnegie Challenge Cup Semi Final Leeds (2) 16 St Helens (12) 26 Tries: Leuluai, Lauitiiti, Donald Pryce, Hargreaves, Wilkin, Flannery Goals: Sinfield 2 Long 5 National League 2 London Skolars (6) 18 Gateshead (22) 44 National League 3 Bramley 34 Huddersfield Underbank 4 Celtic Crusaders Colts 34 Liverpool Buccaneers 16 Gateshead 16 Featherstone Lions 44 Hemel 48 Dewsbury Celtic 16 Lancashire Lions 20 Warrington Wizards 70