ON THIS DAY IN SPORT
1897: Cornishman Bob Fitzsimmons beat 'Gentleman' Jim Corbett to win the world heavyweight title at Carson City, Nevada, six years after lifting the world middleweight crown.
1902: Bobby Jones, arguably the finest amateur golfer of all time, was born. Jones won the Open three times and the US Open four times. In 1930 he achieved the grand slam of major tournaments. He died on December 18, 1971.
1947: World heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano won the first of his 49 professional fights when he beat Lee Epperson.
1983: Trainer Michael Dickinson saddled the first five past the finishing post in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
1997: Armagh’s all-conquering Crossmaglen Rangers won their first-ever All-Ireland Club SFC title with a 2-13 to 0-11 victory over Mayo champions Knockmore at Croke Park.
2006: War Of Attrition, trained by Mouse Morris and ridden by Conor O'Dwyer, won the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup, the feature race on the final day of the 2006 Festival.
2009: Olympic bronze medallist Jo Jackson set a new world record in the 400metres freestyle at the British Gas Swimming Championships in Sheffield.
2010: Portsmouth were hit with a nine-point deduction for entering administration, all but sealing their relegation from the Barclays Premier League.
2012: Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch during the first half of Bolton's FA Cup quarter-final at Tottenham. He remained in hospital until April 16 and retired from professional football in August.
2014: The Football Association's membership committee made a "unanimous recommendation" to its council to reject Hull City's request to change their playing name to Hull Tigers.
2016: Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he would take his appeal against a six-year ban from football-related activity to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. In December 2016, CAS rejected the appeal.
BIRTHDAYS
Pat Rice (soccer) - former Northern Ireland and Arsenal defender, most recently Gunners assistant manager, born 1949.
Kevin Cadle (basketball) - former London Towers and England coach, now a basketball and American football broadcaster, born 1955.
Lee Dixon (soccer) - former Arsenal and England full-back, born 1964.
Mia Hamm (soccer) - former United States international and 1999 Women's World Cup winner, capped 276 times with 158 goals, born 1972.
Aaron Baddeley (golf) - Australian player with four wins on the PGA Tour, born 1981
Steven Pienaar (soccer) - Sunderland midfielder, born 1982.
Raul Meireles (soccer) - former Chelsea and Liverpool midfielder, born 1983.
Edin Dzeko (soccer) - Former Manchester City and Bosnia and Herzegovina striker, now at Roma, born 1986.
Fraser Forster (soccer) - Southampton and England goalkeeper, born 1988.
Shinji Kagawa (soccer) - Borussia Dortmund and Japan midfielder, born 1989.
Katie Ledecky (swimming) - Olympic 800m freestyle gold medallist and holder of world records in the 400m, 800m and 1500m, born 1997.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1. Who did Stuart Bingham beat in the final of snooker's 2015 World Championship?
2. Who was manager of Birmingham City from 1996 to 2001?
3. Arnold Palmer won his first golf major championship in which tournament in 1958?
4. Which NFL team play their home matches at Arrowhead Stadium?
5. Who is the only South Africa player in the top 10 of the ICC Twenty20 world batting rankings?
TODAY’S SPORT ON TV
GAA: All-Ireland Club Senior Hurling Cahmpionship final, Cuala (Dublin) v Ballyea (Clare), 3pm; All-Ireland Club Senior Football Championship fina, Slaughtneil (Derry) v Dr Croke's (Kerry), 5pm - live on TG4
SOCCER: Sky Bet Championship, Bristol City v Huddersfield - Sky Sports 1 1900; La Liga, Las Palmas v Villarreal - Sky Sports 5 1940; Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund v Ingolstadt - BT Sport 1 1915; Ligue 1, Lille v Marseille - BT Sport 2 1930.
CRICKET: Third Test, India v Australia - Sky Sports 2 0350-1130 & 0350 (Sat); Second Test, New Zealand v South Africa - Sky Sports 5 2150.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League, Leeds v Wakefield - Sky Sports 2 1930.
RUGBY UNION: Super Rugby, Crusaders v Blues followed by Rebels v Chiefs and Bulls v Sunwolves - Sky Sports 3 0630, 0840 and 1655.
TENNIS: ATP, BNP Paribas Open - Sky Sports 3 1900; WTA, BNP Paribas Open - BT Sport 1 0200 (Sat).
RACING: Cheltenham Festival - ITV, STV North and STV Central 1300.
GOLF: PGA Tour, Arnold Palmer Invitational - Sky Sports 4 1800; Ladies European Tour, World Ladies Championship - Sky Sports 4 0500.
BOXING: British featherweight title eliminator, Reece Bellotti v Dai Davies - Sky Sports 1 2200.
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