ON THIS DAY
1862: The first baseball stadium was opened at the Union Grounds, Brooklyn, New York.
1929: England lost their first international football match outside the British Isles when they were defeated 4-3 by Spain in Madrid.
1963: Tottenham became the first British winners of a European trophy when they beat Atletico Madrid 5-1 in Rotterdam to take the European Cup Winners' Cup.
1986: Italian Formula One driver Elio De Angelis died in a Marseille hospital the day after a crash while testing his Brabham at the Paul Ricard circuit in France.
2002: Zinedine Zidane scored one of the finest goals Hampden Park has ever seen, netting with a 20-yard left-foot volley into the top corner to crown Real Madrid European champions for a record ninth time when they beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 in the Champions League final.
2003: Culture secretary Tessa Jowell confirmed London was to bid for the 2012 Olympic Games.
2004: Arsenal completed the Premier League season unbeaten.
2010: Swansea striker Besian Idrizaj died in his sleep at the age of 22 of a suspected heart attack.
2013: A stoppage-time header by Branislav Ivanovic saw Chelsea win the Europa League with a 2-1 victory over Benfica in Amsterdam.
2015: England suspended centre Manu Tuilagi after he pleaded guilty to assaulting two female police officers.
2016: Manchester United's Premier League game against Bournemouth was called off and Old Trafford evacuated after the discovery of a suspicious device, later revealed to be a fake bomb left behind after a training exercise.
2016: Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix, becoming Formula One's youngest race winner on his debut for Red Bull.
BIRTHDAYS
Ted Dexter (cricket) - former England Test captain, born 1935.
Ronald and Frank de Boer (soccer) - twin brothers and former Holland internationals. Both played for Rangers, Barcelona and Ajax, born 1970.
Mark Kennedy (soccer) - former Liverpool, Wolves and Republic of Ireland midfielder, now a coach at Manchester City, born 1976.
Edu (soccer) - former Arsenal and Brazil midfielder, born 1978.
Patrice Evra (soccer) - Juventus and France defender, born 1981.
Paul Konchesky (soccer) - widely-travelled former England international defender, now with Billericay, born 1981.
Zara Tindall (equestrian) - daughter of Princess Anne who won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics for eventing, born 1981.
Veronica Campbell-Brown (athletics) - Jamaican two-time Olympic 200 metres champion, born 1982.
Andy Murray (tennis) - British number one and two-time grand slam winner, born 1987.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1 What is the nickname of Ladbrokes League Two Clyde?
2 Which Welsh team finished lowest in this season's Guinness PRO12?
3 The Timberwolves are an NBA team based in which state?
4 Ballabriggs won the Grand National in what year?
5 Name the Offaly player who played in the 2007 Football Championship after transferring from Westmeath.
(See quiz answers at bottom)
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SPORT ON TV
Today (Monday, May 15)
SOCCER: Premier League, Chelsea v Watford - Sky Sports 1 1900.
TENNIS: ATP Masters, Italian Open - Sky Sports 2 1000; WTA, Italian Open - BT Sport 1 1000.
CYCLING: Tour of California - Eurosport 1 2200.
BASKETBALL: NBA play-off, Washington v Boston - BT Sport 1 0100 (Tue).
BASEBALL: MLB, Miami v Houston - BT Sport/ESPN 0000.
Tomorrow (Tuesday, May 16)
SOCCER: Premier League, Man City v West Brom - Sky Sports 1 1930;
Sky Bet Championship play-off semi-final second leg, Reading v Fulham - Sky Sports 3 1930; Ladbrokes Premiership play-off semi-final first leg, Dundee Utd v Falkirk - BT Sport 1 1930.
TENNIS: ATP Masters, Italian Open - Sky Sports 4 1000; WTA, Italian Open - BT Sport 2 1000.
CRICKET: Royal London One-Day Cup - Sky Sports 2 1355; Indian Premier League - Sky Sports 1 1500.
CYCLING: Giro d'Italia - Eurosport 1 1200; Tour of California - Eurosport 1 2200.
BASKETBALL: NBA play-off, San Antonio v Golden State - BT Sport 1 0130 (Wed).
BASEBALL: MLB, Toronto v Atlanta - BT Sport/ESPN 2100, St Louis v Boston - BT Sport/ESPN 0100 (Wed).
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ answers: 1 The Bully Wee; 2 Newport Gwent Dragons; 3 Minnesota; 4 2011; 5 PJ Ward?
