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On This Day - Oct 30 1960: Argentina soccer legend Diego Maradona is born

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ON THIS DAY 

1937: A crowd of 68,029 - the highest recorded for a non top-flight league match - watched Aston Villa's Second Division game against Coventry.

1974: Muhammad Ali became the second boxer, after Floyd Patterson, to regain the world heavyweight title when he knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round in the 'Rumble in the Jungle' in Kinshasa, Zaire.

2003: The Football Association suspended four Arsenal players and handed out fines totalling £275,000 for indiscipline in a Premiership match against Manchester United at Old Trafford in September which ended goalless.

2005: Golfer Colin Montgomerie clinched his eighth European Order of Merit title after finishing joint third in the Volvo Masters at Valderrama.

2006: Craig Levein was appointed manager of Dundee United after Craig Brewster left the Tannadice club.

2007: Glenn Roeder was appointed manager of Championship side Norwich.

2007: Brazil were confirmed as the hosts for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

2008: AC Milan announced the loan signing of England midfielder David Beckham from the Los Angeles Galaxy.

2012: Sale Sharks chief executive Steve Diamond confirmed he would be in charge of the team for the remainder of the season following Bryan Redpath's removal from the position of director of rugby.



BIRTHDAYS

Sir Ian McGeechan (rugby union) - Four-times British Lions coach, also a former Scotland coach, born 1946.

Diego Maradona (soccer) - Argentina great, a World Cup winner in 1986 and former national team coach, born 1960.

Courtney Walsh (cricket) - West Indies paceman who took 519 Test wickets, born 1962.

Adedayo Adebayo (rugby union) - Former England winger, born 1970.

Michael Oakes (soccer) - Former Aston Villa, Wolves and Cardiff goalkeeper, born 1973.

Neil Shipperley (soccer) - Former Southampton, Crystal Palace and Sheffield United striker, born 1974.

Stern John (soccer) - Former Trinidad & Tobago striker, also played for Nottingham Forest, Birmingham and Coventry, born 1976.

Iain Hume (soccer) - Canada's former Leicester, Barnsley and Preston striker, born 1983.

Nastia Liukin (gymnastics) - Moscow-born 2008 Olympic individual all-around gold medallist for the United States, born 1989.

QUICK QUIZ BLITZ

1. Fenerbahce, Galatasaray and Besiktas are football teams in which European league?

2. Who is the highest ranked French men's tennis player?

3. Cathy Freeman won the gold medal in the 400m in which Olympics?

4. Who scored more points for England in rugby union: Rory Underwood or Jason Robinson?

5. Who was Kevin Pietersen's first game as England's Test captain against?

(See quiz answers at bottom)

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SPORT ON TV

Today (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,Montreal Impact v New York Red Bulls followed by LA Galaxy v Colorado Rapids Toronto v New York City and Seattle Sounders v Dallas - Sky Sports 5 from 1905.

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 Buffalo Bills v New England Patriots, Atlanta Falcons v Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys v Philadelphia Eagles - Sky Sports 3 from 1300.

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.

Tomorrow (Monday, October 31)

SOCCER: Premier League, Stoke v Swansea - Sky Sports 1 1900; LaLiga, Deportivo La Coruna v Valencia - Sky Sports 2 1940; Serie A, Udinese v Torino and Cagliari v Palermo - BT Sport 1 1745 and 2000; A-League, Melbourne Victory v Wellington Phoenix - BT Sport 2 0845.

CRICKET: Second Test, Bangladesh v England, day four - Sky Sports 2, continued from 0345; Day five - Sky Sports 2, 0345 (Tue).

TENNIS: ATP, Paris Masters - Sky Sports 3 1000.

AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL, Chicago Bears v Minnesota Vikings - Sky Sports 1 0115 (Tue).

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QUICK QUIZ BLITZ answers: 1. Turkey 2. Gael Monfils (8th) 3. Sydney 2000 4. Rory Underwood (210) 5. South Africa