ON THIS DAY
1956: Manchester United beat Anderlecht 10-0 in the European Cup, making them the first British club to reach a double-figure score in any European competition.
1960: The first two games in football's League Cup were played, with Bristol Rovers taking on Fulham and West Ham meeting Charlton.
1965: Franz Beckenbauer made his international debut for West Germany. The defender went on to become his country's most famous captain and won 102 caps. He lifted the World Cup as a player in 1974 and won it as a manager in 1990.
1983: Australia II won the America's Cup from US yacht Liberty at Newport, Rhode Island. The trophy had been in the hands of the New York Yacht Club since the competition began in 1851.
2003: Malcolm Glazer, owner of Super Bowl champions the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, increased his stake in Manchester United plc to 3.17 per cent. The American tycoon went on to take full ownership of the club. He died in May 2014, at the age of 85.
2006: An independent disciplinary commission suspended Jonathan Barnett's agent's licence for 18 months, nine months of which were suspended, and fined him £100,000 for breaching Football Association rules regarding illegal approaches following the Ashley Cole tapping-up case involving Chelsea. Barnett subsequently lost an appeal but had his ban reduced to 12 months.
2008: Newcastle confirmed Joe Kinnear as their interim manager until the end of October after Kevin Keegan's departure. Health problems forced Kinnear to stand down the following February, with the club ultimately suffering relegation to the Championship.
2010: Former Great Britain rugby league player Terry Newton was found dead at his home near Wigan.
2011: Hull KR confirmed Craig Sandercock as their new head coach on a two-year contract.
2013: FIFA suspended Jamaica midfielder Jermaine Hue for nine months after he tested positive for a banned substance. It also revoked a provisional suspension on an unnamed Bulgaria international for failing a drugs test just hours after imposing it.
2015: Wales beat England 28-25 at Twickenham in Pool A of the Rugby World Cup.
SPORT BIRTHDAYS
Neil Coles (golf) - winner of 26 European tournaments, born 1934.
Ian Chappell (cricket) - former Australia Test captain, born 1943.
Klaus Augenthaler (soccer) - former Bayern Munich and West Germany defender, a World Cup winner in 1990, born 1957.
Paul Warhurst (soccer) - former Sheffield Wednesday defender/striker, born 1969.
Michael Ballack (soccer) - former Chelsea and Germany midfielder, born 1976.
Jon Harley (soccer) - former Chelsea and Fulham full-back, born 1979.
Fuifui Moimoi (rugby league) - New Zealand and Tonga prop, currently with Leigh Centurions, born 1979.
Serena Williams (tennis) - winner of 22 grand slam women's singles titles, born 1981.
Rob Burrow (rugby league) - Leeds scrum-half, born 1982.
Simon Picone (rugby union) - Treviso's former Italy scrum-half, born 1982.
Ricardo Quaresma (soccer) - Besiktas and Portugal winger, born 1983.
QUCK QUIZ BLITZ
1 South Korea forward Son Heung-min joined Tottenham from which club last year?
2 Name the 2016 Olympic heptathlon champion.
3 Who can Killyclogher meet in the Tyrone SFC Final?
4 Who is currently third, behind Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, in the Formula One drivers' world championship standings?
5 Name the last Englishman to win golf's Open Championship.
SPORT ON TV
Today (Monday, September 26)
SOCCER: Premier League, Burnley v Watford - Sky Sports 1 1900; LaLiga, Alaves v Granada - Sky Sports 5 1940; Serie A, Cagliari v Sampdoria - BT Sport 1 1945.
TENNIS: WTA, Wuhan Open - BT Sport 1 0500 and 1200.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL, New Orleans Saints v Atlanta Falcons - Sky Sports 1 0130 (Tue).
BASEBALL: MLB, Detroit Tigers v Cleveland Indians - BT Sport/ESPN 0000 (Tue).
Tomorrow (Tuesday, September 27)
SOCCER: Champions League, Leicester v Porto - BT Sport 1900, CSKA Moscow v Tottenham - eir Sport 1 1900, Borussia Dortmund v Real Madrid - BT Sport//ESPN 1930.
CRICKET: One-day international, Ireland v Australia - Sky Sports 2 1230.
TENNIS: WTA, Wuhan Open - BT Sport 1 1200 and 0500 (Wed).
BASEBALL: MLB, two games TBC - BT Sport/ESPN 0000 and 0300 (Wed).
CYCLING: Tre Valli Varesine - Eurosport 1 1400.
Answers: 1 Bayer Leverkusen; 2 Nafissatou Thiam; 3 Clonoe or Coalisland; 4 Daniel Ricciardo; 5 Nick Faldo (1992).
