ON THIS DAY
1926: The largest crowd ever for a boxing match - 120,757 - gathered to watch Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey's heavyweight clash at the Sesquicentennial Stadium in Philadelphia.
1934: Galway’s first season wearing maroon jerseys proved successful as their footballers claimed the All-Ireland title, scoring 3-5 to Dublin’s 1-9.
1945: Cavan lost their second All-Ireland final in three years as Cork defeated them 2-5 to 0-7 at Croke Park.
1956: The All-Ireland Hurling final is eventuall played after it was delayed following the outbreak of polia in Cork. The Rebels lost the final to Wexford in what was Christy Ring’s last appearance in a final.
1973: Dessie McKenna captained Tyrone to the All-Ireland Minor Football title with the Red Hands seeing off Kildare in the final.
1986: Liverpool thrashed Fulham 10-0 in their League Cup second-round first-leg match.
2008: A Football Association arbitration hearing ruled in favour of Sheffield United in their claim for compensation from West Ham over the Carlos Tevez affair.
2009: Former Arsenal and Tottenham defender Sol Campbell left Notts County by mutual consent having played just one first-team game for the League Two club.
2010: Boxer Ricky Hatton's licence was withdrawn by the British Boxing Board of Control after they laid charges of "bringing boxing into disrepute arising out of incidents of alcohol and drug abuse by him which had been reported widely across the media". Hatton, who won world titles at light welterweight and welterweight, lost his comeback fight to Vyacheslav Senchenko in 2012 and subsequently announced his retirement from boxing.
2012: Donegal, under Jim McGuinness, secured their second-ever All-Ireland title following a 2-11 to 0-13 win over Mayo.
2013: Uncapped trio Gary Ballance, Ben Stokes and Boyd Rankin named in England's 17-man squad for the Ashes series in Australia.
2013: Noel King was appointed as the Republic of Ireland's interim senior manager following the departure of Giovanni Trapattoni. Martin O'Neill replaced King in November.
2014: Liverpool had to come through an epic 14-13 penalty shoot-out to get the better of Sky Bet Championship side Middlesbrough at Anfield and book their place in the fourth round of the Capital One Cup.
?BIRTHDAYS
Henry Blofeld (cricket) - Radio commentator, born 1939.
Paolo Rossi (soccer) - Former Italy striker and World Cup winner, born 1956.
Larry Mize (golf) - Winner of the 1987 US Masters, born 1958.
Clayton Blackmore (soccer) - Former Manchester United and Wales defender, born 1964.
Moin Khan (cricket) - Former Pakistan captain and wicketkeeper, born 1971.
Eric Miller (rugby union) - Former Leicester, Ireland and British and Irish Lions back-row forward, born 1975.
Fabio Ongaro (rugby union) - Former Italy and Saracens hooker, born 1977.
Lote Tuqiri (rugby league and rugby union) - Dual-code international wing for Australia, formerly of Leicester and Leinster, born 1979.
Helen Richardson-Walsh (hockey) - member of Great Britain team that won Olympic gold at the Rio 2016, born 1981.
Juan Martin del Potro (tennis) - Argentinian winner of the 2009 US Open, born 1988
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1 Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford made his senior England debut against which country in May this year?
2 The United States' only Ryder Cup victory this century came in 2008 at which course?
3 Who scored Donegal’s second goal in the 2012 All-Ireland final win against Mayo?
4 Name the 2015 Allstar Hurler of the Year?
5 Which NHL team won the 2016 Stanley Cup?
(See Quick Quiz Blitz answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Friday, September 23)
SOCCER: Championship, Preston v Wigan - Sky Sports 1 1900; LaLiga, Real Betis v Malaga - Sky Sports 5 1940; MLS, New York City v Chicago Fire - Sky Sports 1 0105 (Sat).
CRICKET: First Test, day two, India v New Zealand - Sky Sports 2 0500.
RUGBY UNION: Premiership, Bristol v Exeter - BT Sport 1 1900; PRO12, Glasgow Warriors v Ulster - BBC Two Northern Ireland & Scotland 1930; Leinster v Ospreys - BBC Two Wales 1930.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League, Hull v Warrington - Sky Sports 2, 1930.
GOLF: European Open - Sky Sports 4 1000; The Tour Championship - Sky Sports 4 1800.
CYCLING: Eneco Tour - Eurosport 1 1330.
TENNIS: ATP St Petersburg Open - Eurosport 1 1000; WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open - BT Sport 1 0400.
SNOOKER: Shanghai Masters - Eurosport 2 0730.
BASEBALL: MLB, Chicago Cubs v St Louis Cardinals - BT Sport/ESPN 1900, Toronto Blue Jays v New York Yankees - BT Sport 1 0000 (Sat).
Tomorrow
SOCCER: Premier League, Manchester United v Leicester - Sky Sports 1 1130, Arsenal v Chelsea - BT Sport 1 1700; Championship - Aston Villa v Newcastle - Sky Sports 1 1715; Vanarama National League, Wrexham v Chester - BT Sport 1 1145; LaLiga, Eibar v Real Sociedad - Sky Sports 3 1155, Athletic Bilbao v Sevilla - Sky Sports 2 1715, Las Palmas v Real Madrid - Sky Sports 5 1930; MLS, Toronto v Philadelphia Union - Sky Sports 3 2205, New York Red Bulls v Montreal Impact - Sky Sports 3 0010 (Sun).
CRICKET: First Test, day three, India v New Zealand - Sky Sports 2, 0500.
RUGBY UNION: PRO12, Munster v Edinburgh - Sky Sports 3 1445; Scarlets v Connacht - S4C 1915.
RUGBY LEAGUE - Super League, Hull KR v Huddersfield Giants - Sky Sports 2 1225.
GOLF: European Open - Sky Sports 4 1200; The Tour Championship - Sky Sports 4 1600.
BOXING: WBA World Lightweight title, Anthony Crolla v Jorge Linares - Sky Sports 2 2000.
CYCLING: Eneco Tour - Eurosport 1 1330.
TENNIS: ATP St Petersburg Open - Eurosport 1 1200; WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open - BT Sport 1 0400.
MOTOR CYCLING: MotoGP Aragon, qualifying - BT Sport 2 1100.
SNOOKER: Shanghai Masters - Eurosport 2 0700.
BASEBALL: MLB, TBA - BT Sport 1 0000 (Sun).
DARTS: PDC Darts Champions League - BBC One 1315.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ answers: 1 Australia; 2 Valhalla; 3 Colm McFadden; 4 TJ Reid; 5 Pittsburgh Penguins.
