ON THIS DAY
1875: America's best-known horse race, the Kentucky Derby, was first run. Aristides, ridden by Oliver Lewis, won the inaugural race.
1954: Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes. His exact time in the race at Oxford's Iffley Road was three minutes and 59.4 seconds.
1961: Tottenham became the first team in the 20th century to win the league and FA Cup double when they beat Leicester 2-0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley.
1988: Worcestershire's Graeme Hick set a 20th-century record by scoring 405 runs in a single innings against Somerset at Taunton. The mark was eclipsed by West Indies batsman Brian Lara, who hit 501 for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994.
2007: Manchester United won the Premier League title after Chelsea's 1-1 draw at Arsenal.
2009: Chelsea lost their Champions League semi-final against Barcelona on away goals after a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge.
2013: Ronnie O'Sullivan successfully defended his World Championship title, beating Barry Hawkins 18-12 in the final to land his fifth trophy at the Crucible event.
2015: Lionel Messi scored twice and set up the third for Neymar as Barcelona beat Bayern Munich 3-0 in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final, marking an unhappy return to the Nou Camp for former Barca boss Pep Guardiola.
BIRTHDAYS
Graeme Souness (soccer) - Former Rangers, Liverpool, Southampton, Blackburn and Newcastle manager, who as a player was an international for Scotland and won three European Cups and two league titles with Liverpool, born 1953.
Jim Magilton (soccer) - Former Ipswich and QPR manager and ex-Northern Ireland international, now the Irish Football Association's elite performance director, born 1969.
Chris Adams (cricket) - Former Sussex, Derbyshire and England batsman, born 1970.
Dani Alves (soccer) - Brazil and Juventus full-back, born 1983.
Dominika Cibulkova (tennis) - Australian Open finalist in 2014, born 1989.
Craig Dawson (soccer) - West Brom defender, born 1990.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1. Which female tennis player won three grand slam singles titles in 1997?
2. Has Frankie Dettori ever ridden a winner in the Grand National?
3. Which future Premier League manager was in charge of Carlisle when goalkeeper Jimmy Glass scored a famous goal in 1999?
4.Name the Offaly player who played in the 2007 GAA Football Championship after transferring from Westmeath.
5. The Crew and Blue Jackets are teams playing in which American city?
(See quiz answers at bottom)
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SPORT ON TV
Today (Saturday, May 6)
SOCCER: Premier League, Manchester City v Crystal Palace - Sky Sports 1 1130, Swansea v Everton - BT Sport 1 1700; LaLiga, Granada v Real Madrid - Sky Sports 2 1930; Scottish Premiership, Inverness v Hamilton - Sky Sports 2 1200; League Two, Hartlepool v Doncaster - Sky Sports 1 1715; Serie A, Napoli v Cagliari - eir Sport 1; National League, Tranmere v Aldershot - BT Sport 1 1145; Irish Cup final, Coleraine v Linfield - BBC Two Northern Ireland 1500.
RUGBY UNION: PRO12, Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh - BBC Two Scotland 1700, Scarlets v Ospreys - Sky Sports 2 1700, Newport Gwent Dragons v Cardiff Blues - S4C 1700; Super Rugby, Chiefs v Reds and Waratahs v Blues - Sky Sports 5 0830 and 1030, Jaguares v Sunwolves - Sky Sports 3 2235; Top 14, Racing 92 v Bordeaux-Begles - Sky Sports 5 1940.
TENNIS: Estoril Open - Eurosport 2 1500; Mutua Madrid Open - BT Sport 2 1830.
CRICKET: Indian Premier League, Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rising Pune Supergiant followed by Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils - Sky Sports 3 1100 and 1500.
CYCLING: Giro d'Italia - Eurosport 1 1200.
GOLF: GolfSixes - Sky Sports 4 1230; Wells Fargo Championship - Sky Sports 4 1800.
MOTORCYCLING: MotoGP, Spanish Grand Prix practice and qualifying - BT Sport 2 from 0800.
BOXING: Fight Night Live - BT Sport 1 0200 (Sun).
BASKETBALL: NBA Play-offs, Golden State Warriors v Utah Jazz - BT Sport 2 0130 (Sun).
BASEBALL: MLB, Kansas City Royals v Cleveland Indians - BT Sport/ESPN 2100.
RACING: From Newmarket - ITV and STV 1330.
Tomorrow (Sunday, May 7)
SOCCER: Premier League, Liverpool v Southampton and Arsenal v Manchester United - Sky Sports 1 1230 and 1530; LaLiga, Valencia v Osasuna - Sky Sports 3 1500; Serie A, Udinese v Atalanta, Lazio v Sampdoria and AC Milan v Roma - eir Sport 1 1125, 1355 and 1940; Ligue 1, Lyon v Nantes - eir Sport 1 1555, match TBC - BT Sport 1 1945; National League, Forest Green v Dagenham - BT Sport 1 1430; MLS, New York City FC v Atlanta United - Sky Sports 3 2100.
CRICKET: England v Ireland, second one-day international - Sky Sports 2 1030; Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders followed by Kings XI Punjab v Gujarat Lions - Sky Sports 5 1100 and 1500.
TENNIS: ATP, Estoril Open - Eurosport 2 1600; WTA, Mutua Madrid Open - BT Sport 1 1100 and BT Sport 2 1500.
CYCLING: Giro d'Italia, stage three - Eurosport 1 1215.
GOLF: GolfSixes - Sky Sports 4 1200; PGA Tour, Wells Fargo Championship - Sky Sports 4 1800.
MOTORCYCLING: MotoGP, Spanish Grand Prix warm-up and race - BT Sport 2 from 0730.
BASKETBALL: NBA Play-offs, Cleveland Cavaliers v Toronto Raptors, San Antonio Spurs v Houston Rockets - BT Sport 2 2030 and 0100 (Mon).
BASEBALL: MLB, New York Mets v Miami Marlins, Seattle Mariners v Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs v New York Yankees - BT Sport/ESPN 1800, 2100 and 0100 (Mon).
RACING: ITV Racing from Newmarket - ITV and STV 1330.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ answers: 1. Martina Hingis. 2. No 3. Nigel Pearson 4. PJ Ward?5. Columbus
