ON THIS DAY
1959: The Boston Celtics scored 173 points against Minneapolis. It was a new National Basketball Association (NBA) record points total and remains the highest score in any game not needing overtime.
1990: Cambridge became the first Fourth Division side for 14 years to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup after beating Bristol City.
1991: Tony Adams played his first game for Arsenal following his release from prison. He led the team to a 1-0 win over Shrewsbury in an FA Cup fifth-round tie.
2000: Leicester won the last League Cup final at the old Wembley, a 2-1 victory over Tranmere seeing them lift the Worthington Cup.
2001: The British Horseracing Board and Jockey Club announced that racing in Britain would be suspended for seven days due to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
2011: Birmingham beat Arsenal 2-1 to win the Carling Cup final, Obafemi Martins scoring a late winner after a mix-up between defender Laurent Koscielny and goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.
2016: Everton announced that billionaire Farhad Moshiri was to become "a new major shareholder" at the club and "brings the promise of new investment".
BIRTHDAYS
Graeme Pollock (cricket) - former South Africa Test batsman and uncle of former Proteas star Shaun, born 1944.
Mark Taylor (rugby union) - former Wales centre, who scored the first try at the Millennium Stadium in 1999, born 1973.
Colin Edwards (motor cycling) - American two-time World Superbike champion and former MotoGP rider, born 1974.
James Beattie (soccer) - former England, Southampton, Everton and Sheffield United striker, now a coach at Leeds, born 1978.
Paul Wellens (rugby league) - former St Helens full-back and England international, born 1980.
Jonjo Shelvey (soccer) - Newcastle midfielder, capped once by England, born 1992.
Callum Wilson (soccer) - Bournemouth and former England Under-21 striker, born 1992.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1. With which club did Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson have a loan spell in 2009?
2.Which Monaghan player received a GAA Allstar in 2007?
Dick Clerkin? Tommy Freeman? Paul Finlay? Rory Woods?
3. Who was the last non-European male to win Wimbledon?
4. Which club won back-to-back Super League Grand Finals in 1999 and 2000?
5. The Derby is staged at which racecourse?
(See quiz answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Monday, February 27)
SOCCER: Premier League, Leicester v Liverpool - Sky Sports 1 1900; Serie A, Fiorentina v Torino - BT Sport 1 1930.
TENNIS: ATP, Dubai Duty Free Championships - Sky Sports 3 1000, Sky Sports 2 1500; Mexican Open - Sky Sports 2 0000 (Tue); WTA, Abierto Mexicano Telcel - BT Sport 2 2200.
BASKETBALL: NBA, Boston Celtics v Atlanta Hawks - BT Sport/ESPN 0030 (Tue).
Tomorrow (Tuesday, February 28)
SOCCER: Championship, Brighton v Newcastle - Sky Sports 1 1930; Scottish Premiership, Hamilton v Aberdeen - BT Sport 1 1930; LaLiga, Real Sociedad v Eibar and Valencia v Leganes - Sky Sports 3 from 1825; Coppa Italia semi-final first leg, Juventus v Napoli - Sky Sports 4 1940.
TENNIS: ATP, Dubai Duty Free Championships - Sky Sports 2 1000 and 1500; Mexican Open - Sky Sports 3 0000 (Wed).
BASKETBALL: NBA, Oklahoma City Thunder v Utah Jazz - BT Sport 1 0100 (Wed).
SKIING: Nordic World Championships - Eurosport 1 1130.
SQUASH: Windy City Open - BT Sport 2 2300.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ answers: 1 Coventry; 2 Tommy Freeman; 3 Leyton Hewitt (2002); 4 St Helens; 5 Epsom.
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