ON THIS DAY
1896: The first organised motorcycle race took place, involving eight riders on a 476-mile course from Paris to Nantes and back.
1947: Chris Marron of South Shields scored 10 goals against Radcliffe Borough in an FA Cup qualifying round game.
2004: Former Nottingham Forest and Derby manager Brian Clough died in hospital aged 69.
2005: Celtic captain Neil Lennon was given a three-match ban by the Scottish Football Association for barging into referee Stuart Dougal at the end of his side's 3-1 defeat to Rangers.
2007: Chelsea parted company with manager Jose Mourinho - for the first time - by mutual consent having won six trophies in three years at Stamford Bridge.
2009: England beat Australia by four wickets in the final one-day international series match at Chester-le-Street to avert a 7-0 whitewash.
2010: The England and Wales Cricket Board "completely rejected" an accusation by Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt that English players received "huge amounts of money" to lose the third one-day international against Pakistan. The ECB threatened Butt with legal action and he later withdrew the allegation.
2014: Durham beat Warwickshire by three wickets in the Royal London One-Day Cup final at Lord's.
2015: America won a controversial Solheim Cup, taking eight and a half points from 12 singles matches. Suzann Pettersen's failure to concede a short putt to Alison Lee in the fourballs had caused tension between the teams.
2015: Wales won their World Cup opener against Uruguay 54-9, but were hit by injuries to Cory Allen, Liam Williams and Paul James.
BIRTHDAYS
Henrik Larsson (soccer) - former Manchester United and Celtic striker, now manager of Swedish side Helsingborgs, born 1971.
Jo Pavey (athletics) - European 10,000m champion in 2014 and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist over 5,000m the same year, born 1973.
Juan Pablo Montoya (motorsport) - former Formula One driver from Colombia, born 1975.
Sean Davis (soccer) - former Fulham, Tottenham, Portsmouth and Bolton midfielder, born 1979.
Feliciano Lopez (tennis) - three-time Wimbledon singles quarter-finalist, born 1981.
Jonathan Walters (soccer) - Stoke and Republic of Ireland forward, born 1983.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1 Where will the 2020 Paralympics take place?
2 Which Scottish League One team play their home games at Ochilview Park?
3 The 1,000 Guineas is a race at Newmarket run over what distance?
4 Name the winning county in the 1988 All-Ireland GAA Senior Football Championship?
5 The Seahawks are an NFL team based in which city?
(See quiz answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Tuesday, September 20)
SOCCER: EFL Cup, Leicester v Chelsea - Sky Sports 1, 1930; Scottish League Cup, Rangers v Queen of the South - BT Sport 1, 1915; LaLiga, Malaga v Eibar - Sky Sports 2, 1855; Sevilla v Real Betis - Sky Sports 2, 2055; Serie A, AC Milan v Lazio - BT Sport 2, 1930; Ligue 1, Lille v Toulouse - BT Sport/ESPN - 1800; Paris St Germain v Dijon - BT Sport/ESPN, 2000.
CYCLING: Eneco Tour - Eurosport 1, 1345.
TENNIS: ATP St Petersburg Open - Eurosport 1, 1000.
SNOOKER: Shanghai Masters - Eurosport 2, 0730.
BASEBALL: MLB, TBA - BT Sport/ESPN, 0000 (Wed).
Tomorrow
SOCCER: EFL Cup, Northampton v Manchester United - Sky Sports 1, 1930; Scottish League Cup, Celtic v Alloa Athletic - BT Sport 1, 1915; LaLiga, Real Madrid v Villarreal - Sky Sports 2, 1830; Barcelona v Atletico Madrid - Sky Sports 2, 2045; Bundesliga, Bayern Munich v Hertha Berlin - BT Sport/ESPN - 1900; Ligue 1, Nice v Monaco - BT Sport 2, 1800.
CYCLING: Eneco Tour - Eurosport 1, 1345.
TENNIS: ATP St Petersburg Open - Eurosport 1, 1000.
SNOOKER: Shanghai Masters - Eurosport 2, 0730.
BASEBALL: MLB, Baltimore Orioles v Boston Red Sox - BT Sport/ESPN, 0000 (Thu); Los Angeles Dodgers v San Francisco Giants - BT Sport/ESPN, 0300 (Thu).
QUICK QUIZ BLITZanswers: 1 Tokyo; 2 Stenhousemuir; 3 One mile; 4 Meath. They beat Cork by a single point, 0-13 to 0-12 after both sides had drawn 0-12 to 1-9 in their first game at Croke Park, Dublin; 5 Seattle.
