Delve into the history books to see what happened "On This Week" in sport.

1980 - USA beat the USSR to complete "the miracle on ice" - February 22

The United States 4-3 victory over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid was voted the greatest sports moment of the 20th century by Sports Illustrated magazine and has since been dubbed the "miracle on ice." Many people think that this was the gold medal game but it was actually the second to last group game (there was no gold medal game) for both sides and the United States had to go on to beat Finland before taking the gold. However, this was the match that captured a nation's heart as a USA side of amateur and collegiate players shocked their Cold War rivals in a massive upset. The USSR team had won a pre-tournament game between the sides 10-3 and had beaten an NHL All-Star selection 6-0 the previous year. They also won by cricket scores in most of their other Olympic matches but America came back from 3-2 down to win with captain Mike Eruzione scoring the winning goal 10 minutes from time.

1980 - Cousins skates to gold - February 21

Robin Cousins became an instant housewives' favourite when he followed up John Curry's gold medal performance four years previously with victory at the Lake Placid Olympics. The Bristol teenager performed early in the competition and then had to nervously watch competitor after competitor before finally winning his gold. He went on to win silver at that year's world championships before turning professional. A successful West End career followed and you might now know him as that nice judge off Dancing on Ice.

1980 - Botham destroys India - February 19

England won their Golden Jubilee Test match with India in Bombay on this week back in 1980, or to put it a more accurate way, Ian Botham won it for them. Beefy put in a supreme performance with both bat and ball to inspire England to a 10 wicket victory. In the first Indian innings Botham took six wickets for 56 runs as England bowled the hosts out for 242 and then he went on to score 114 in England's response of 296. India were then skittled for 149 with Botham this time taking seven wickets for 48 runs. Graham Gooch and Geoffrey Boycott then saw the game home for the English but nobody disputed the fact that Botham was the star.

1968 - Killy completes skiing Grand Slam - February 17

Men wanted to be him, women wanted to be with him. Ladies man Jean-Claude Killy delighted the home fans at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble when he completed the triple crown of alpine skiing gold medals by adding the slalom to giant slalom and downhill victories he enjoyed earlier in the Games. The only other person to have achieved that feat before or since was another pin-up - Austria's Toni Sailer - who achieved the triple in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956. "The party went on for two and a half days and the whole time I never saw the sun once," said Killy about the party that followed his third gold.

1956 - First Football League game played under lights - February 22

It was a dream of former Arsenal and Huddersfield manager Herbert Chapman to see matches played under lights ever since he watched a game in Austria that was played under the illumination of car headlights. He had floodlights installed in Highbury's new West Stand when it was constructed in 1932 but he could only use them in training. It was not until 1956 - over 22 years after Chapman's death - that the first Football League match under lights was played. It was at Fratton Park, with Newcastle beating hosts Portsmouth 2-0.

1955- 'Little Mo' quits tennis aged just 19 - February 22

Maureen Connolly retired from the sport of tennis as one of the game's greats and, remarkably, she was only 19 when forced to call it a day after a horse riding accident. "Little Mo" won the US Championship aged just 16 and in 1953 she became the first woman to win the Grand Slam in the only year she entered all four competitions. She skipped the 1954 Australian Open, but won the French and Wimbledon before she broke her leg. She initially had planned to return to competition before announcing her retirement on this week back in 1955. Even so, she finished her short career with nine Grand Slam titles and went on to become a journalist before dying of cancer aged just 34.

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