ON THIS DAY
1946: Newcastle equalled the Football League record for the biggest winning margin with a 13-0 win against Newport County in Division Two.
1957: Led by Dai Rees, the Britain and Ireland Ryder Cup team beat America at Lindrick to register their first win since 1933.
2004: Arsenal's new home at Ashburton Grove was named the Emirates Stadium after the club signed a 15-year deal - worth £100million - with Emirates Airlines.
2006: Former France and Manchester United goalkeeper Fabien Barthez announced his retirement from football - only to make a comeback two months later with French Ligue 1 side Nantes.
2007: Three-time Olympic champion Marion Jones pleaded guilty to lying to US government investigators when she denied using performance-enhancing drugs, then announced her retirement from athletics. She was sentenced to six months in prison in January 2008.
2010: Australia retained the Champions Trophy with a six-wicket win over New Zealand at Centurion.
2011: Former England bowler and Ashes winner Graham Dilley died at the age of 52 after a short illness. Dilley played in 41 Tests and took 138 wickets.
2012: John Terry's defence against claims he racially abused Anton Ferdinand was ''improbable, implausible, contrived'', the Football Association panel which found him guilty ruled in its 63-page report. Terry, who had been acquitted of a police charge of using racist language in July, was handed a four-match ban and fined £220,000.
2014: Marussia driver Jules Bianchi suffered a fatal crash at the Japanese Grand Prix. The Frenchman underwent emergency surgery and remained in a coma until his death on July 18, 2015.
BIRTHDAYS
Gerard O’Kane (GAA) – Former Derry footballer and winner of a National Football League medal in 2008, born 1984.
Roy Laidlaw (rugby union) - former Scotland international, born 1953.
Careca (soccer) - former Brazil and Napoli striker, born 1960.
Laura Davies (golf) - former women's world number one and four-time major winner, born 1963.
Hugh Morris (cricket) - former England and Glamorgan batsman and ECB managing director, now chief executive at Glamorgan, born 1963.
Mauricio Pellegrino (soccer) - former Argentina defender, now coach of Alaves, born 1971.
Bobo Balde (soccer) - former Celtic centre-back, born 1975.
Mark Gower (soccer) - former Swansea midfielder, born 1978.
James Toseland (motor cycling) - winner of the 2004 and 2007 World Superbike Championship, born 1980.
Mashrafe Mortaza (cricket) - Bangladesh one-day and Twenty20 captain, born 1983.
Kenwyne Jones (soccer) - Trinidad and Tobago striker, formerly with Southampton, Sunderland, Stoke and Cardiff, born 1984.
Kevin Mirallas (soccer) - Everton and Belgium winger, born 1987.
Tim Ream (soccer) - Fulham and United States defender, born 1987.
Sam Warburton (rugby union) - Wales and British and Irish Lions captain, born 1988.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1 The Ryder Cup will in 2018 be held in continental Europe for only the second time. The first took place in 1997 - on which course?
2 Which two nations will meet next month in tennis' Davis Cup final?
3 New Swansea manager Bob Bradley's most recent previous job was with which club?
4 Who captained the Irish International Rules team against Australia in 2015?
5 Sir Ian Botham played cricket for which three English counties?
(See Quick Quiz Blitz at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Wednesday, October 5)
GAA: GAA Championship Review, highlight’s of the week’s action from the GAA competitions – Sky Sports 2 2030.
CRICKET: Third one-day international, South Africa v Australia - Sky Sports 2 1225.
TENNIS: ATP, China Open - Sky Sports 1 0530 and 1230; WTA, China Open - BT Sport 1 0730 and 1400.
SNOOKER: European Masters - Eurosport 1 1100 and 1700.
MOTOR CYCLING: Elite League Speedway, Grand Final second leg - Sky Sports 2 1930.
DARTS: World Grand Prix - Sky Sports 1 1900.
BASEBALL: MLB, New York Mets v San Francisco Giants - BT Sport/ESPN 0100 (Thu).
Tomorrow (Thursday, October 6)
GAA: Off the Ball, an off beat look at recent football developments – eir Sport 1 1900.
SOCCER: World Cup Qualifying, Austria v Wales - Sky Sports 1 1900; Republic of Ireland v Georgia - Sky Sports 2 1930; Italy v Spain - ITV4 1925.
MOTOR RACING: Formula One, Japanese Grand Prix opening practice - Sky Sports F1 0145 (Fri), eir Sport 1 0155 (Fri).
TENNIS: ATP, China Open - Sky Sports 1 0700; WTA, China Open - BT Sport 1 0530 and 1230.
GOLF: European Tour, Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - Sky Sports 4 1300.
SNOOKER: European Masters - Eurosport 1 1100 and 1700.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL, San Francisco 49ers v Arizona Cardinals - Sky Sports 1 1300.
DARTS: World Grand Prix - Sky Sports 1 1900.
BOWLS: Test Match, England v Wales - ITV4 1000.
BASEBALL: MLB, matches TBC - BT Sport/ESPN 2030 and 2300 BT Sport 1.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ: answers: 1 Valderrama; 2 Argentina and Croatia; 3 Le Havre; 4 Bernard Brogan; 5 Somerset, Worcestershire and Durham.
