ON THIS DAY
1964: The 18th Olympics opened in Tokyo.
1991: The inaugural meeting of football's newly-formed Premier League was held.
2001: Australia cancelled their rugby league tour to Great Britain because of terrorism fears in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Six days later they reversed the decision.
2002: Sunderland appointed Howard Wilkinson as their new manager.
2003: Matthew Hayden scored a then-Test world record 380 for Australia against Zimbabwe in Perth.
2005: Director of football Velimir Zajec, who was caretaker manager between November 2004 and April 2005 after the departure of Harry Redknapp, resigned from Portsmouth just a year after joining the club.
2006: Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton was fined £2,000 and warned as to his future conduct by the Football Association after admitting a charge of improper conduct and/or bringing the game into disrepute by dropping his shorts to Everton fans at Goodison Park.
2009: Leeds beat St Helens 18-10 in the Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford.
2011: Nigel Worthington confirmed he would step down as Northern Ireland manager after the following day's game against Italy.
2012: The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) released a report which described seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong as a "serial cheat" who led "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen". Armstrong was later stripped of all his Tour titles.
2013: Legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar announced he would retire from all forms of cricket after playing his 200th Test in November.
2015: Wales qualified for their first major tournament since 1958 by securing passage to Euro 2016 despite a 2-0 defeat in Bosnia-Herzegovina; Leeds beat Wigan 22-20 in the Grand Final to clinch the treble.
BIRTHDAYS
Tony Adams (soccer) - former Arsenal and England captain, now head of youth development at Chinese club Chongqing Lifan, born 1966.
Brett Favre (gridiron) - former Green Bay Packers quarterback, born 1969.
Sir Matthew Pinsent (rowing) - winner of four consecutive Olympic gold medals, born 1970.
Dean Kiely (soccer) - former Charlton and Republic of Ireland goalkeeper, born 1970.
Paul Wood (rugby league) - Featherstone prop, formerly with Warrington, born 1981.
Ezequiel Garay (soccer) - Valencia and Argentina defender, formerly with Real Madrid and Benfica, born 1986.
Colin Slade (rugby union) - Pau and New Zealand fly-half, born 1987.
Brown Ideye (soccer) - Olympiacos and Nigeria striker, formerly with West Brom, born 1988.
Xherdan Shaqiri (soccer) - Stoke and Switzerland midfielder, born 1991.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1 Cristiano Ronaldo has scored how many goals for Portugal's national football team - 45, 55 or 65?
2 At which event did Rory McIlroy win his first major golf championship?
3 Kevin Magnussen and Jolyon Palmer are which Formula One team's drivers for this season?
4 Who was the last non-British male cyclist to win the Tour de France?
5 Which baseball team won the 2015 World Series?
(See quiz answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Monday, October 10)
SOCCER: World Cup qualifying, Holland v France - ITV4 1925; Faroe Islands v Portugal - Sky Sports 1 1940; Sweden v Bulgaria - Sky Sports 2 1940.
CRICKET: Third Test, India v New Zealand - Sky Sports 5 0450.
TENNIS: ATP, Shanghai Masters - Sky Sports 1 0600.
CYCLING: Road World Championships - Eurosport 2 0920.
SNOOKER: English Open - Eurosport 1 1245 and 1845.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL, Carolina Panthers v Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Sky Sports 1 0130 (Tue).
BASEBALL: MLB, matches TBC - BT Sport//ESPN 1800, 2300, 0230 (Tue), BT Sport 2 2200.
Tomorrow (Tuesday, October 11)
SOCCER: World Cup qualifying, Kazakhstan v Romania - Sky Sports 1 1655; Germany v Northern Ireland - Sky Sports 1 1900; Slovenia v England - ITV 1915; Slovakia v Scotland - Sky Sports 5 1945; European Under-21 Championship qualifying, England Under-21 v Bosnia & Herzegovina Under-21 - BT Sport 1 1445.
CRICKET: Third Test, India v New Zealand - Sky Sports 5 0450.
CYCLING: Road World Championships - Eurosport 2 1105.
SNOOKER: English Open - Eurosport 1 1245 and 1845.
TENNIS: ATP, Shanghai Masters - Sky Sports 1 0600; WTA, Generali Ladies Linz - Eurosport 2 1455.
BASEBALL: MLB, matches TBC - BT Sport//ESPN 1000, 0130 (Wed).
QUICK QUIZ BLITZanswers: 1 65; 2 2011 US Open; 3 Renalt; 4 Italy's Vincenzo Nibali (2014); 5 Kansas City Royals.
