ON THIS DAY
1961: Benny 'Kid' Paret won the world welterweight boxing title, beating Emile Griffith on points in New York. Six months later in a rematch, Paret was stopped in round 12 and died from his injuries.
1997: Manchester United announced record club profits of £27.6million and a link-up with BSkyB and Granada to create the MUTV channel.
1999: Rugby league sides Sheffield and Huddersfield announced they were to merge to form one Super League club - the Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants. But less than 12 months later, lack of support from Sheffield led to the club announcing their intention to play matches only in Huddersfield and drop Sheffield from their name.
2002: Bulldozers began demolishing the old Wembley stadium.
2012: Europe retained the Ryder Cup in the so-called Miracle of Medinah. Europe were 10-6 down going into the final-day singles, but won 8 1/2 of the 12 points available, with Martin Kaymer's defeat of Steve Stricker securing the trophy for Jose Maria Olazabal's team.
2013: Derby confirmed former England coach Steve McClaren as their new head coach.
2015: The Football Association announced that Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho would face no action after being cleared of making discriminatory comments towards then club doctor Eva Carneiro during the match against Swansea on August 8.
BIRTHDAYS
Patrick Kelly (GAA) - Clare hurling goalkeeper and winner of an All-Ireland medal in 2013, born 1986.
Darrell Hair (cricket) - Australian former umpire, born 1952.
Frank Rijkaard (soccer) - former AC Milan and Holland midfielder and ex-Barcelona coach, born 1962.
Gary Armstrong (rugby union) - former Scotland scrum-half, born 1966.
Alex Rae (soccer) - former Millwall and Rangers midfielder and St Mirren manager, born 1969.
Roy Carroll (soccer) - Northern Irish goalkeeper formerly of Manchester United, now with Linfield, born 1977.
Sun Jihai (soccer) - China defender formerly of Manchester City and Sheffield United, born 1977.
Martina Hingis (tennis) - five-time major winner from Switzerland, born 1980.
Olivier Giroud (soccer) - Arsenal and France striker, born 1986.
Martin Guptill (cricket) - New Zealand batsman, born 1986.
Emilio Nsue (soccer) - Middlesbrough's Spanish midfielder, born 1989.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1 Name the Armagh player who scored 13 goals in championship football 1984 and 2000?
2 How many players are in the starting line-up of an ice hockey team?
3 The Stadium of Light replaced which ground as the venue for Sunderland home matches in 1997?
4 Numbersixvalverde won the Grand National in which year?
5 Who managed St Vincent's to the 2008 All-Ireland Club football title ?
(See Quick Quiz Blitz answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Friday, September 30)
GAA: Seo Spoirt, Dara O'Cinneide and the panel discuss the All-Ireland footbal final replay - TG4 2200.
SOCCER: Premier League, Everton v Crystal Palace - Sky Sports 2 1830; Scottish Premiership, Motherwell v Hearts - BT Sport 2 1915; Ligue 1, Rennes v Guingamp - BT Sport/ESPN 1945; MLS, Houston Dynamo v New York City - Sky Sports 2 0105 (Sat).
GOLF: Ryder Cup, day one - Sky Sports Ryder Cup from 1230.
MOTOR RACING: Formula One, Malaysian Grand Prix second practice - Sky Sports F1 0645.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Super 8s semi-final, Wigan v Hull - Sky Sports 1 1930.
RUGBY UNION: Premiership, Northampton v Exeter - BT Sport 1 1900; PRO12, Newport Gwent Dragons v Glasgow Warriors - BBC2 Wales 1930; Currie Cup, Golden Lions v Sharks - Sky Sports 3 1555.
CRICKET: One-day international, South Africa v Australia - Sky Sports 5 1225; Second Test, day two, India v New Zealand - Sky Sports 3 0450 (Sat).
TENNIS: ATP, Chengdu Open - Eurosport 1 0700; WTA, Wuhan Open - BT Sport 2 0830 and 1200.
BASEBALL: MLB, match TBC - BT Sport 1 0000 (Sat).
Tomorrow
GAA: The Saturday Game Live, Dublin v Mayo (Throw-in 5pm). Michael Lyster presents coverage of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final from Croke Park - RTE2 1400.
SOCCER: Premier League, Swansea v Liverpool - Sky Sports 2 1130; Championship, Wolves v Norwich - Sky Sports 2 1715; Vanarama National League, Dagenham v Tranmere - BT Sport 1 1700; Scottish Premiership, Dundee v Celtic - BT Sport 1 1130; LaLiga, Granada v Leganes - Sky Sports 5 1155; MLS - FC Dallas v Los Angeles Galaxy followed by New York Red Bulls v Philadelphia Union - Sky Sports 2 0000 (Sun) and 0200 (Sun).
GOLF: Ryder Cup, day two - Sky Sports Ryder Cup from 1230.
MOTOR RACING: Formula One, Malaysian Grand Prix third practice followed by qualifying - Sky Sports F1 0645 and 0900, Channel 4 0655 and 0900.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Million Pound Game, Hull KR v Salford - Sky Sports 3 1455
RUGBY UNION: Premiership, Gloucester v Bath - BT Sport 2 1430, PRO12, Ulster v Ospreys - Sky Sports 3 1815, Cardiff Blues v Leinster - S4C 1915; Top 14, Brive v Racing 92 - Sky Sports 5 1940; Rugby Championship, Argentina v New Zealand - Sky Sports 5 2300.
TENNIS: ATP, Chengdu Open - Eurosport 1 0700; WTA, Wuhan Open - BT Sport 2 0830, BT Sport 1 0530 (Sun).
CRICKET: Second Test, day three, India v New Zealand - Sky Sports 3 0450 (Sun).
MOTOR CYCLING: World Superbikes, Superpole from Magny-Cours - Eurosport 2 2115; British Superbikes, qualifying from TT Circuit Assen - Eurosport 2 1300.
BOXING: WBA light heavyweight title bout, Jurgen Braehmer v Nathan Cleverly - Sky Sports 2 2000.
CYCLING: Tour of Lombardy - Eurosport 1 1330.
BASEBALL: MLB - match TBC - BT Sport 2 2115.
RACING: Horse racing - Channel 4 1400.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ answers: 1 Ger Houlihan; 2 Six; 3 Roker Park; 4 2006; 5 Mickey Whelan.
