ON THIS DAY
1956: Portsmouth beat Newcastle 2-0 in the Football League's first floodlit match.
1964: Rugby league great Brian Bevan played his last match. He spent 17 years with Warrington before moving to Blackpool Borough. From 1946 onwards he scored a record 796 tries. He died in 1991.
1979: Inverness Thistle and Falkirk's Scottish FA Cup tie was finally played - after being postponed a British record 29 times because of the weather. Falkirk won the second-round tie 4-0.
1991: Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish announced his unexpected retirement after his team's 4-4 FA Cup draw with Everton. Dalglish was to return to football a few months later, taking charge of Blackburn.
2003: Shane Warne was banned from cricket for a year - ruling him out of the World Cup - after he tested positive for banned diuretics.
2007: The All England Club announced that men and women would receive equal prize money at the Wimbledon tennis championships. It was the first time in the tournament's history that there had been equal pay for men and women.
2010: Former Great Britain hooker Terry Newton had his contract terminated by Wakefield after admitting using human growth hormone, and was banned from all rugby for two years by UK Anti-Doping. In September 2010 Newton was found hanged at his home.
BIRTHDAYS
Niki Lauda (motor sport) - Austria's three-time Formula One world champion, born 1949.
Ian Stark (equestrian) - British three-day event Olympic team silver medallist, born 1954.
Devon Malcolm (cricket) - former England paceman, born 1963.
Vijay Singh (golf) - former world number one from Fiji, born 1963.
Brian Laudrup (soccer) - former Rangers and Denmark winger, born 1969
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Shaka Hislop (soccer) - former Reading, Newcastle, West Ham and Portsmouth goalkeeper, who retired in 2007, born 1969.
Michael Chang (tennis) - American former French Open winner, born 1972.
Juninho (soccer) - former Middlesbrough and Brazil midfielder, born 1973.
Claus Lundekvam (soccer) - former Southampton and Norway defender, born 1973.
Brett Emerton (soccer) - Australian former Blackburn midfielder, born 1979.
Shaun Tait (cricket) - Australian fast bowler, born 1983.
Branislav Ivanovic (soccer) - Chelsea's Serbian defender, born 1984.
Tommy Bowe (rugby union) - Ulster, Ireland and Lions wing, born 1984.
Sergio Romero (soccer) - Manchester United and Argentina goalkeeper, born 1987.
SPORT ON TV
Today
SOCCER: FA Cup, Shrewsbury v Manchester United - BT Sport 2 1915; League One, Southend v Burton Albion - Sky Sports 5 1930; Primeira Liga, Sporting Lisbon v Boavista - BT Sport ESPN 2000.
CRICKET: Second Test, New Zealand v Australia - Sky Sports 2 2130.
TENNIS: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships - Sky Sports 3 1000 and 1500; Qatar Total Open - BT Sport 1 1230; Mexican Open - Sky Sports 3 2200 and 0200 (Tues).
BASKETBALL: NBA, Atlanta Hawks v Golden State Warriors - BT Sport 1 0100 (Tues).
NETBALL: Superleague, Team Northumbria v Yorkshire Jets - Sky Sports 2 1930.
WINTER SPORTS: Skiing - Eurosport 1 1615.
Tomorrow
SOCCER: Champions League, Arsenal v Barcelona - BT Sport 1 1900, Juventus v Bayern Munich - BT Sport 2 1900
CRICKET: Second Test, New Zealand v Australia - Sky Sports 2 2130.
TENNIS: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships - Sky Sports 3 1000 and 1500; Qatar Total Open - BT Sport 1 1100; Mexican Open - Sky Sports 3 2200 and 0200 (Wed).
BASKETBALL: NBA, Utah Jazz v Houston Rockets - BT Sport 1 0200 (Wed).
WINTER SPORTS: Nordic Combined Skiing - Eurosport 1 1115 and 1345; Alpine Skiing - Eurosport 1 1545; Ski Jumping - Eurosport 1 1745.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1. Which women's tennis player won her maiden grand slam at last month's Australian Open?
2. What county retained the Shamrock Cup when they defeated Monaghan 0-16 to 0-10 at Cremartin at the weekend?
3. Which 1996 movie did American sports star Michael Jordan appear in?
4. Who are the new 2016 Sigerson Cup champions and who did they defeat in the final?
5. The Robins and the Pirates are football rivals in which city?
Answers: 1. Angelique Kerber. 2. Tyrone U21s. 3. Space Jam. 4. University College Dublin 0-10 Dublin City University 2-2 5. Bristol (City and Rovers).
