ON THIS DAY
1960: Future boxing great Muhammad Ali won his first professional fight in his home town of Louisville, Kentucky, beating Tunney Hunsaker on points over six rounds.
1985: Jockey Lester Piggott rode one winner at Nottingham before going into retirement - only to make a successful comeback five years later, aged 54.
1991: Colin McMillan became the fastest outright winner of a Lonsdale Belt when he won his third British title fight as a featherweight, against Sean Murphy.
1997: The Republic of Ireland scraped a 1-1 draw with Belgium in the first leg of their World Cup play-off in Dublin. A 2-1 defeat in Brussels saw Mick McCarthy's men eliminated.
2003: Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand was charged with misconduct by the Football Association after missing a drugs test. He was later banned for eight months.
2006: Oisin McConville hit five points for Crossmaglen as they defeated Gweedore 0-12 to 1-4 in the Ulster Club Championship preliminary round.
2009: Wigan sacked Marlon King after the striker was jailed for 18 months having been found guilty of sexual assault and actual bodily harm.
2011: Ireland secured their second win over Scotland in a week to win the hurling-shinty international on a 2-0 scoreline.
2012: Swede Peter Eriksson was appointed Olympic head coach by UK Athletics.
2014: QPR defender Rio Ferdinand was suspended for three matches and fined £25,000 by the Football Association for comments he made on Twitter.
2015: The lawyers of former Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro served notice on the club that she intended to seek a claim for constructive dismissal. Carneiro had left the club after being criticised by manager Jose Mourinho.
BIRTHDAYS
Sean Foley (Gaelic Games) – Limerick hurling great who won four munster titles, an All-Ireland and an Allstar, born 1949.
Dougie Brown (cricket) - former Warwickshire, Scotland and England one-day international all-rounder, now coaching at Warwickshire, born 1969.
Edwin van der Sar (soccer) - former Fulham, Manchester United and Holland goalkeeper, born 1970.
Phillip Cocu (soccer) - former Barcelona, PSV Eindhoven and Holland midfielder, now manager of PSV, born 1970.
Matthew Hayden (cricket) - former Australia opening batsman, born 1971.
Robert Pires (soccer) - former Arsenal and France midfielder, born 1973.
Michael Vaughan (cricket) - former England Test captain and Yorkshire batsman, born 1974.
Stephen Craigan (soccer) - former Motherwell and Northern Ireland defender, born 1976.
Kaine Robertson (rugby union) - Italy's New Zealand-born winger, born 1980.
Amanda Beard (swimming) - seven-time Olympic medallist from America, born 1981.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1. Which country famously stunned reigning champions Argentina by winning the opening game of the 1990 World Cup in Italy?
2. Name the only previous winner of the teams remaining in this year’s Ulster Senior Club Football Championship?
3. Who is top of the Moto GP standings?
4. Ronnie O'Sullivan won the first of his World Championship titles in which year?
5. Which famous horse race normally takes place on Boxing Day?
(See answers at bottom)
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SPORT ON TV
Today (Saturday, October 29)
SOCCER: Premier League, Sunderland v Arsenal - Sky Sports 1 1130, Crystal Palace v Liverpool - BT Sport 1 1700; Championship, Blackburn v Wolves - Sky Sports 1 1715; National League, Barrow v Eastleigh - BT Sport 1 1145; Ladbrokes Premiership, Aberdeen v Celtic - Sky Sports 5 1130; LaLiga, Sporting Gijon v Sevilla and Barcelona v Granada - Sky Sports 2 1155 and 1930; Serie A, Juventus v Napoli - BT Sport 2 1930; Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund v Schalke - BT Sport 2 1715; Eredivisie, Ajax v Excelsior - Sky Sports 3 1935; A-League, Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC - BT Sport 1 0730, Western Sydney Wanderers v Central Coast Mariners - BT Sport 2 0945; Welsh Premier League, Aberystwyth Town v Airbus UK Broughton - S4C 1700.
CRICKET: Second Test, Bangladesh v England - Sky Sports 2 0600 and 0345 (Sun); one-day international, India v New Zealand - Sky Sports 4 0900.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Four Nations, England v New Zealand - BBC One 1315.
RUGBY UNION: Premiership, Saracens v Leicester Tigers - BT Sport 2 1430; PRO12, Ospreys v Newport-Gwent Dragons - Sky Sports 2 1430 and S4C 1445, Leinster v Connacht - Sky Sports 2 1700; Top 14, Bayonne v Racing 92 - Sky Sports 5 1940.
MOTORSPORT: Formula One, Mexico Grand Prix practice - Sky Sports F1 1545 and Channel 4 1555, Mexico Grand Prix qualifying - Sky Sports F1 1800, Channel 4 1800 and eir Sport 1 1900.
TENNIS: ATP, Erste Bank Open - Sky Sports 3 1330.
GOLF: WGC-HSBC Champions - Sky Sports 4 0600 and 0300 (Sun).
CYCLING: Six Day London - Eurosport 1 1930.
BASEBALL: MLB, World Series game four - BT Sport 1 0010 (Sun).
MOTORCYCLING: MotoGP, Malaysia Grand Prix warm-ups - BT Sport 2 0130 (Sun); World Superbikes, Doha - Eurosport 2 1515.
DARTS: European Championship - ITV4 1245 and 1900, eir Sport 1 1235 and 2200.
SNOOKER: International Championship - Eurosport 1 0700 and 1230.
HOCKEY: Men's Asian Champions Trophy, semi-finals one and two - BT Sport/ESPN 1130 and 1330.
RACING: Horse racing - Channel 4 1310.
Tomorrow (Sunday, October 30)
GAELIC GAMES: Munster SHC – Thurles Sarsfields v Ballygunner (live), Kilcoo v Glenswilly (deferred) – TG4 1330
SOCCER: Premier League, Everton v West Ham followed by Southampton v Chelsea - Sky Sports 1 1230 and 1330; Championship, Birmingham v Aston Villa - Sky Sports 2 1130; LaLiga, Eibar v Villarreal - Sky Sports 3 1055, Athletic Bilbao v Osasuna - Sky Sports 4 1510, Real Betis v Espanyol followed by Las Palmas v Celta Vigo - Sky Sports 2 1725 and 1940; Serie A, Atalanta v Genoa followed by Sampdoria v Inter Milan - BT Sport 2 1130 and 1930; Bundesliga, Hoffenheim v Hertha Berlin followed by Cologne v Hamburg - BT Sport 2 1415 and 1630; A-League, Brisbane Roar v Perth Glory - BT Sport/ESPN 0600; MLS, four matches TBC - Sky Sports 5 1900, 2100, 2300 and 0130 (Mon).
CRICKET: Second Test, Bangladesh v England - Sky Sports 2 0600 and 0345 (Mon).
MOTORSPORT: Formula One, Mexico Grand Prix - Sky Sports F1 1730, Channel 4 1800, eir Sport 1 1855; WRC, Wales Rally GB - BT Sport 1 0900 and 1200, Channel 5 1150.
RUGBY UNION: Premiership, Exeter Chiefs v Bath - BT Sport 1 1430; Championship, London Scottish v London Irish - Sky Sports 2 1445; Top 14, Brive v Clermont Auvergne - Sky Sports 5 1510.
TENNIS: ATP, Erste Bank Open - Sky Sports 5 1245.
GOLF: WGC-HSBC Champions - Sky Sports 4 0600.
CYCLING: Six Day London - Eurosport 1 1700.
MOTORCYCLING: MotoGP, Malaysia Grand Prix - BT Sport 2 0645; World Superbikes, Doha - Eurosport 2 1600.
BASEBALL: MLB, World Series game five - BT Sport 1 0000 (Mon).
AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL, Cincinnati Bengals v Washington Redskins followed by two matches TBC, followed by Dallas Cowboys v Philadelphia Eagles - Sky Sports 3 1300, 1730, 2100 and 0100 (Mon).
BASKETBALL: NBA, Los Angeles Clippers v Utah Jazz - BT Sport 1 2030.
DARTS: European Championship - eir Sport 1 1145, ITV4 1245 and 1900.
SNOOKER: International Championship - Eurosport 1 0600 and 1130.
HOCKEY: Men's Asian Champions Trophy, third-place play-off followed by final - BT Sport/ESPN 1030 and 1230.
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QUICK QUIZ BLITZ answers: 1. Cameroon 2. Slaughtneil (2014) 3. Marc Marquez. 4. 2001 5. King George VI Chase
