1884: Jack Dempsey beat George Fulljames by a knockout in the 22nd round at Staten Island, New York to win the world middleweight title - the first fight under Queensberry Rules.
1930: The first football World Cup came to a close with hosts Uruguay beating rivals Argentina 4-2 in the final in Montevideo.
1966: England beat West Germany 4-2 after extra-time in the World Cup final at Wembley, with Geoff Hurst scoring a hat-trick.
1990: England captain Graham Gooch finished with 456 runs in the match against India at Lord's, hitting 123 in his second innings having scored 333 in the first.
2000: Galway defeated Leitrim 1-13 to 0-8 in the Connacht Senior Football Championship final at Dr.Hyde Park, Roscommon.
2005: Cork beat Sligo 3-13 to 0-11 in a Round 4 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifier at O’Moore Park, Portlaoise.
2006: World Anti-Doping Agency chairman Dick Pound revealed Olympic 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin's B sample, for prohibited levels of testosterone, was positive.
2006: Donegal beat Fermanagh 0-11 to 0-8 in a Round 4 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifier at Brewster Park, Enniskillen.
2011: Stuart Broad took a hat-trick for England in the second Test against India at Trent Bridge. England won the four-Test series 4-0.
2011: Donegal beat Kildare 1-12 to 0-14 A.E.T an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final at Croke Park, Dublin.
2012: Great Britain won their first men's Olympic gymnastics team medal in a century when they claimed bronze in London. Louis Smith, Max Whitlock, Daniel Purvis, Sam Oldham and Kristian Thomas had initially been awarded silver but an inquiry into the score of Kohei Uchimura's pommel horse routine saw Japan claim silver and Britain downgraded to bronze.
2014: Everton signed Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea for a club-record fee of £28million.
2015: UK Athletics' investigation into Mo Farah's coach Alberto Salazar found "no evidence of impropriety" on the part of the double Olympic champion distance runner.
BIRTHDAYS
Daley Thompson (athletics) - Britain's 1980 and 1984 Olympic decathlon champion, born 1958.
Jurgen Klinsmann (soccer) - former Germany striker and coach who had two successful spells at Tottenham in the 1990s, now national coach of the United States, born 1964.
Declan Carr (gaelic games) - Irish retired hurler who played as a midfielder for the Tipperary senior team.
Tim Munton (cricket) - former England, Worcestershire and Derbyshire seamer, former 1965.
Allan Langer (rugby league) - former Australia and Warrington scrum-half, born 1966.
Jason Robinson (rugby union/league) - former England and Lions winger, once of Wigan Warriors, born 1974.
Graeme McDowell (golf) - Northern Ireland's 2010 US Open winner, born 1979.
Justin Rose (golf) - England's 2013 US Open winner, born 1980.
James Anderson (cricket) - England's record Test wicket-taker, born 1982.
Wayne Parnell (cricket) - South Africa's left-arm pace bowler, born 1989.
Corry Evans (soccer) - Blackburn's Northern Ireland international midfielder, born 1990.
Ali Crawford (soccer) - Hamilton midfielder, born 1991.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1 Who was Britain's best placed golfer in last year's US PGA Championship?
2 Which Scottish League club play their home games at Bayview Stadium?
3 Sergio Perez drives for which Formula One team?
4 Which country finished bottom of the Six Nations table in 2003?
5 Who was the Kerry manager before Páidí Ó Sé took over in 1995??
(see answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Saturday, July 30)
SOCCER: International Champions Cup from Dublin, Celtic v Barcelona - Sky Sports 1 1730, Inter Milan v Bayern Munich from Charlotte - Sky Sports 3 2200, Liverpool v AC Milan from Santa Clara - Sky Sports 1 0300 (Sun), Paris St Germain v Leicester from Carson - Sky Sports 1 0500 (Sun).
GOLF: US PGA Championship from Baltusrol - Sky Sports 4 1600; Women's British Open from Woburn - BBC2 England 1400; King's Cup from Pattaya - Sky Sports 4 0530.
CRICKET: First day of the second Test from Kingston, West Indies v India - Sky Sports 5 1730; Royal London Cup, Somerset v Sussex - Sky Sports 2 1055.
MOTOR RACING: Formula One, German Grand Prix final practice and qualifying - Sky Sports F1 0945 and 1200, eir Sport 1 1255.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Challenge Cup semi-final, Warrington v Wakefield - BBC 2 England 1400.
RUGBY UNION: Super Rugby match, Hurricanes v Chiefs - Sky Sports 1 0830.
TENNIS: ATP Tour, Rogers Cup from Toronto - Sky Sports 2 2000 and 2300; WTA Tour, Rogers Cup from Montreal - BT Sport 2 1800, BT Sport 1 2300.
SNOOKER: World Open from Yushan - Eurosport 1 0700 and 1230.
CYCLING: RideLondon Women's GP - Eurosport 2 1700; RideLondon Classique - BBC2 England 1800; Clasica San Sebastian - Eurosport 2 1430.
BOXING: WBC international featherweight title fight from Leeds, Josh Warrington v Patrick Hyland - Sky Sports 1 2030.
RACING: Channel 4 1330.
EQUESTRIAN: Royal International Horse Show, Hickstead - Sky Sports 5 1400.
MOTORCYCLING: Suzuka 8 Hours - Eurosport 2 0330 (Sun).
SPEEDWAY: World Cup Final from Manchester - BT Sport 1 1900.
BASEBALL: MLB, Toronto Blue Jays v Baltimore Orioles - BT Sport/ESPN 1800, San Francisco Giants v Washington Nationals - BT Sport/ESPN 2100, Miami Marlins v St Louis Cardinals - BT Sport/ESPN 0000 (Sun).
Tomorrow (Sunday, July 31)
SOCCER: MLS, Sporting Kansas City v Portland Timbers - Sky Sports 2 1855, Seattle Sounders v Los Angeles Galaxy - Sky Sports 2 2105, Chicago Fire v New York Red Bulls - Sky Sports 2 0005 (Mon); Women's Super League, Arsenal v Liverpool - BT Sport 1 1430; Euro Women's Under-19 Championship final from Slovakia - Eurosport 2 1745; Betfred Cup tie, Dundee Utd v Dunfermline - BT Sport 1 1430.
GOLF: US PGA Championship from Baltusrol - Sky Sports 4 1600; Women's British Open from Woburn - BBC2 England 1400; King's Cup from Pattaya - Sky Sports 4 0600.
MOTOR RACING: Formula One, German Grand Prix - Sky Sports F1 1230, eir Sport 1 1255; World Rally Championship, Rally Finland - BT Sport 1 1100; IndyCar, Honda Indy 200 - BT Sport/ESPN - 1930; British Touring Car Championship from Snetterton - ITV4 1030.
CRICKET: Second day of the second Test from Kingston, West Indies v India - Sky Sports 1 1555; Royal London Cup, Durham v Yorkshire - Sky Sports 2 1055.
TENNIS: ATP Tour, Rogers Cup from Toronto - Sky Sports 3 2100; WTA Tour, Rogers Cup from Montreal - BT Sport 2 1800.
SNOOKER: World Open from Yushan - Eurosport 1 0700.
CYCLING: RideLondon Surrey 100 - BBC2 England 1000; RideLondon Surrey Classic - BBC1 1530.
EQUESTRIAN: Royal International Horse Show from Hickstead - Sky Sports 3 1430.
BASEBALL: MLB - BT Sport 1 1800 and 0100 (Mon).
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ Answers: 1 Justin Rose (fourth); 2 East Fife; 3 Force India; 4 Wales; 5 Ogie Moran
