Several notable sporting figures celebrate birthdays on 31 August, including former West Indies cricket captain Clive Lloyd, who was born in 1944, and Marseille and England midfielder Angel Gomes, born in 2000.
Other birthdays include France rugby union full-back Serge Blanco (1958), Ireland's three-time major golf winner Padraig Harrington (1971), and Netherlands striker Katja Snoeijs, formerly of Everton and now at Ajax (1996).
On this day in sport, Manchester United completed the £27m signing of England striker Wayne Rooney from Everton in 2004. In 2021, Cristiano Ronaldo returned to United from Juventus for £12.86m on a two-year deal, and Dame Sarah Storey equalled Mike Kenny's national record of 16 Paralympic gold medals with victory in the C5 time trial at Tokyo 2020.