ON THIS DAY
1862: The first baseball stadium was opened at the Union Grounds, Brooklyn, New York.
1929: England lost their first international football match outside the British Isles when they were defeated 4-3 by Spain in Madrid.
1963: Tottenham became the first British winners of a European trophy when they beat Atletico Madrid 5-1 in Rotterdam to take the European Cup Winners' Cup.
1986: Italian Formula One driver Elio De Angelis died in a Marseille hospital the day after a crash while testing his Brabham at the Paul Ricard circuit in France.
2002: Zinedine Zidane scored one of the finest goals Hampden Park has ever seen, netting with a 20-yard left-foot volley into the top corner to crown Real Madrid European champions for a record ninth time when they beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 in the Champions League final.
2004: Arsenal completed the Premier League season unbeaten. Elsewhere, South Africa were awarded the 2010 football World Cup.
2005: Dublin beat Longford 2-23 to 0-10 in the first round of the Leinster Senior Football Championship.
2010: Swansea striker Besian Idrizaj died in his sleep at the age of 22 of a suspected heart attack.
2013: A stoppage-time header by Branislav Ivanovic saw Chelsea win the Europa League with a 2-1 victory over Benfica in Amsterdam.
2015: England suspended centre Manu Tuilagi after he pleaded guilty to assaulting two female police officers.
Birthdays
Ted Dexter (cricket) - former England Test captain, born 1935.
Ronald and Frank de Boer (soccer) - twin brothers and former Holland internationals. Both played for Rangers, Barcelona and Ajax, born 1970.
Mark Kennedy (soccer) - former Liverpool, Wolves and Republic of Ireland midfielder, now a coach with Ipswich, born 1976.
Edu (soccer) - former Arsenal and Brazil midfielder, born 1978.
Patrice Evra (soccer) - Juventus and France defender, born 1981.
Zara Tindall (equestrian) - daughter of Princess Anne who won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics for eventing. BBC Sports Personality of the year in 2006, born 1981.
Pat Byrne (soccer) - Dublin born former Leicester City and Hearts player, born 1956.
Andy Murray (tennis) - British number one and two-time grand slam winner, born 1987.
Quick Quiz Blitz
1 Roger Federer has won how many grand slam singles tennis titles?
2 Other than Rory McIlroy, who is the highest placed European in the men's world golf rankings?
3 Name the last three host cities of the Winter Olympics.
4 In which year was Zara Tindall named BBC Sports Personality of the Year?
5 Slaven Bilic was manager of which club immediately prior to taking charge of West Ham?
(See answers at bottom)
Sport on Television
GAA: The Sunday Game, RTE2 9.30pm
SOCCER: Premier League, Manchester United v Bournemouth - Sky Sports 1 14.30, Swansea v Manchester City - Sky Sports 2 14.55, Stoke v West Ham - Sky Sports 3 14.55; League One play-off semi-final first leg, Bradford v Millwall - Sky Sports 1 12.00; League Two play-off semi-final first leg, Plymouth v Portsmouth - Sky Sports 1 17.30; Scottish Premiership, Celtic v Motherwell - Sky Sports 2 12.00; National League play-off final, Forest Green v Grimsby - BT Sport 1 1515; Primera Division - Sky Sports 3 17.00 and 21.00; Serie A - Setanta Sports Ireland 1940, BT Sport 2 19.45; Ligue 1 - Setanta Sports Ireland 15.45; MLS, Sporting Kansas City v Orlando City - Sky Sports 5 20.30, Portland Timbers v New York City FC - Sky Sports 2 00.30 (Mon).
GOLF: European Tour, Mauritius Open - Sky Sports 4 0900; PGA Tour, Players Championship - Sky Sports 4 19.00.
CRICKET: Indian Premier League, Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab v Sunrisers Hyderabad - Sky Sports 1 11.00 and 18.30.
TENNIS: ATP Tour, Rome International - Sky Sports 5 1600; WTA Tour, Rome International - BT Sport 2 11.45.
MOTOR RACING: Spanish Formula One Grand Prix race - Sky Sports F1 and Channel 4 1200, Setanta Sports Ireland 12.55.
CYCLING: Giro d'Italia - Eurosport 1 1315; Tour of California - Eurosport 1 22.00.
MOTORCYCLING: World Superbikes, Malaysia - Eurosport 2 07.00.
BASEBALL: MLB, Los Angeles Dodgers v St Louis Cardinals - BT Sport/ESPN 0100 (Mon).
BASKETBALL: NBA play-offs - BT Sport 1 2000; Euroleague action - BT Sport/ESPN 16.00.
DIVING: European Championships from London - Eurosport 1 17.15.
Answers: 1 17; 2 Sweden's Henrik Stenson (sixth); 3 Sochi (2014), Vancouver (2010) and Turin (2006); 4 2006; Besiktas.
