ON THIS DAY
1895: The day rugby league can trace its origins back to as the Northern League was formed from a meeting of 21 Yorkshire and Lancashire clubs at the George Hotel in Huddersfield.
1947: Formula One drivers' champion James Hunt was born. Hunt, who won the title in 1976, died of a heart attack in 1993 at the age of 45.
2002: Newly promoted Premiership side West Brom smashed their transfer record twice in one day, signing Jason Koumas for £2.25million from Tranmere and Lee Hughes for £2.5million from Coventry.
2005: World-renowned Italian referee Pierluigi Collina retired from officiating.
2008: Manchester City completed the signing of England international Shaun Wright-Phillips from Chelsea for an undisclosed fee, with the player having previously served City between 1998 and 2005.
2012: Andrew Strauss stepped down as England Test captain and also retired from professional cricket. Alastair Cook was immediately announced as Strauss' successor.
2015: Mo Farah wrote his name into the record books by completing a hat-trick of long-distance doubles at global championships by retaining his world 5,000 metres title in Beijing.
BIRTHDAYS
Wyomia Tyus (athletics) - first sprinter to retain the women's 100 metres Olympic title in 1968, born 1945.
Joe Swail (snooker) - Northern Irish player, born 1969.
Stephen Carr (soccer) - former, Newcastle, Tottenham and Ireland right-back, born 1976.
Jon Dahl Tomasson (soccer) - ex-Denmark striker, formerly with Newcastle, born 1976.
Celestine Babayaro (soccer) - former Chelsea and Nigeria left-back, born 1978.
Patrick van Aanholt (soccer) - Sunderland's Dutch left-back, born 1990.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1. Who defeated Irvinestown over the weekend to make the last-four of the Fermanagh SFC?
2. Brothers Shaun and Bradley Wright-Phillips play for which Major League Soccer side?
3. Who was the last person other than Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray to win a grand slam?
4. Where is the 2017 Grand Depart of the Tour De France?
5. What year did Clare last win the Munster Senior Hurling Championship?
(See answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Monday, August 29)
TENNIS: US Open - Eurosport 1 1530, 0000 (Tue), Eurosport 2 1805, 0200 (Tue).
SOCCER: National League, Tranmere v Guiseley - BT Sport 1 1700.
CRICKET: Second Test, South Africa v New Zealand - Sky Sports 1 0855; Royal London One-Day Cup, Warwickshire v Somerset - Sky Sports 2 1200.
CYCLING: Vuelta a Espana - Eurosport 2 1400.
MOTOR CYCLING: British Superbikes from Cadwell Park - Eurosport 2 1230 and 1645; Elite League Speedway, Wolverhampton Wolves v Swindon Robins - Sky Sports 1 1830.
BASEBALL: MLB, Texas Rangers v Seattle Mariners - BT Sport/ESPN 0100 (Tue).
Tuesday, August 30
TENNIS: US Open - Eurosport 1 1530, 0000 (Tue), Eurosport 2 1600, 0200 (Tue).
CRICKET: Third ODI, England v Pakistan - Sky Sports 2 1330; Second Test, South Africa v New Zealand - Sky Sports 1 0855.
BASEBALL: MLB, Baltimore Orioles v Toronto Blue Jays - BT Sport/ESPN 0000 (Wed).
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ answers:1. Erne Gaels 2. The New York Red Bulls; 3 Stan Wawrinka (2015 French Open); 4. Dusseldorf 5. 1998
