ON THIS DAY
1983: West Ham became the first team to score 10 goals in a League Cup match, beating Bury 10-0 in a second-round, second-leg match.
1989: Oldham's Frankie Bunn set a League Cup individual scoring record when he put six goals past Scarborough in a 7-0 Boundary Park annihilation.
1991: Pakistan seamer Aaqib Javed took then record one-day bowling figures of seven for 37 - including a hat-trick - against India.
1996: Ray Harford resigned as manager of Blackburn - 16 months after taking over from the championship-winning Kenny Dalglish - with the club bottom of the Premier League after picking up only four points in 10 winless matches.
1998: David O'Leary was confirmed as the new manager of Leeds, replacing George Graham who had moved back to London to take charge of Tottenham.
2004: Manchester United plc cut off negotiations with prospective owner Malcolm Glazer, who had raised his stake in the club to 28.11 per cent and was close to the mark where he had to make a formal takeover offer. The American eventually bought a controlling stake in the club in May 2005.
2007: Martin Jol was controversially sacked as manager of Tottenham while Bolton confirmed the appointment of Gary Megson as their new boss.
2008: A year to the day after Martin Jol's sacking, his successor at Spurs, Juande Ramos, was also dismissed. Portsmouth confirmed they had given their manager Harry Redknapp permission to speak to Spurs about the new vacancy at White Hart Lane.
2010: Brian McClennan quit as head coach of Super League side Leeds Rhinos.
2011: The Football Association launched an investigation into allegations that Chelsea and England captain John Terry made racist remarks towards QPR defender Anton Ferdinand during the west London derby at Loftus Road.
2011: Dual-code Wales international Gareth Thomas retired from all forms of rugby.
2013: Marin Cilic's suspension for a doping offence was cut from nine months to four months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, meaning he was able to immediately return to tennis.
2015: Lewis Hamilton was crowned Formula One world champion for the third time after winning the United States Grand Prix.
BIRTHDAYS
Kornelia Ender (swimming) - four-time 1976 Olympic champion, who later admitted to being part of the East German doping programme, born 1958.
Michael Lynagh (rugby union) - former Australia fly-half, born 1963.
Paul Anderson (rugby league) - Former St Helens, Bradford and Great Britain prop, born 1971.
Birgit Prinz (soccer) - former Germany women's international, named FIFA World Player of the Year in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and runner-up on five other occasions, born 1977.
Russell Anderson (soccer) - Former Scotland, Aberdeen and Derby defender, born 1978.
Shaun Wright-Phillips (soccer) - New York Red Bulls' former QPR, Chelsea and Manchester City winger, born 1981.
Darron Gibson (soccer) - Everton and Republic of Ireland midfielder, formerly with Manchester United, born 1987.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1 The Lions, Tigers, Pistons and Red Wings franchises represent which US city?
2 Name the renowned British golf course designer who created Augusta National alongside Bobby Jones.
3 Who is the most capped Colombian footballer of all time?
4 Who scored Tyrone's goal in their 1-15 to 0-14 win over Kerry in the 2008 All-Ireland GAA Senior Championship final at Croke Park in Dublin?
5 Who is the manager of Crewe Alexandra?
(See quiz answers at bottom)
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SPORT ON TV
Today (Tuesday, October 25)
SOCCER: EFL Cup, Liverpool v Tottenham - Sky Sports 1 1900; Serie A, Genoa v AC Milan - BT Sport 1 1930; Bundesliga, Borussia Monchengladbach v Stuttgart - BT Sport 2 1945.
TENNIS: WTA Finals - BT Sport 1 1215; ATP, Erste Bank Open - Sky Sports 2 1300.
CYCLING: London Six Day - Eurosport 1 1930.
BASEBALL: MLB World Series, Cleveland Indians v Chicago Cubs - BT Sport 1 0030 (Wed).
BASKETBALL: NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers v New York Knicks and Golden State Warriors v San Antonio Spurs - BT Sport 2 0100 (Wed) and 0330 (Wed).
SNOOKER: International Championship - Eurosport 1 0730 and 1230.
HOCKEY: Men's Asian Champions Trophy, Pakistan v Japan and India v China - BT Sport 2 1130 and 1330.
Tomorrow (Wednesday, October 26)
SOCCER: EFL Cup, Manchester United v Manchester City - Sky Sports 1 1930; Ladbrokes Premiership, Ross County v Celtic - BT Sport 1 1900; Bundesliga, Bayern Munich v FC Augsburg - BT Sport/ESPN 1945; Chinese Super League, Jiangsu Suning v Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao - Sky Sports 1 1230; MLS, two matches TBC - Sky Sports 2 from 0000 (Thurs).
CRICKET: One-day international, India v New Zealand - Sky Sports 3 0850.
TENNIS: WTA Finals - BT Sport 1 1215; ATP, Erste Bank Open - Sky Sports 2 1300.
GOLF: WGC-HSBC Champions - Sky Sports 4 0400 (Thurs).
CYCLING: Six Day London - Eurosport 1 1930.
BASEBALL: MLB, World Series game two, Cleveland Indians v Chicago Cubs - BT Sport 1 0100 (Thurs).
BASKETBALL: NBA, Philadelphia 76ers v Oklahoma City Thunder - BT Sport 2 0100 (Thurs).
SNOOKER: International Championship - Eurosport 1 1230.
HOCKEY: Men's Asian Champions Trophy, Korea v Japan followed by Malaysia v India - BT Sport 2 1130 and 1330.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ answers: 1 Detroit; 2 Alister MacKenzie; 3 Carlos Valderrama (111); 4 Tommy McGuigan; 5 Steve Davis.
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