ON THIS DAY
1982: Hungary beat El Salvador 10-1 at Elche, Spain, to register the highest score in the final stages of the World Cup.
1996: England went top of their Euro 96 group after beating Scotland 2-0 at Wembley. Paul Gascoigne scored a spectacular clinching goal after Alan Shearer had put England ahead and David Seaman had saved a penalty from Scotland captain Gary McAllister.
2000: Tottenham agreed to sell French star David Ginola to Premiership rivals Aston Villa for £3million.
2006: Late goals from Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard gave England an unconvincing 2-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago in the World Cup.
2009: England lost by five wickets to the West Indies in their Super Eights match in the World Twenty20 at the Oval to miss out on the semi-finals.
2012: Michael Laudrup, on his 48th birthday, was confirmed as the new manager of Swansea. He led the team to success in the Capital One Cup to book a place in the 2013-14 Europa League.
2015: Mark Warburton was appointed Rangers manager.
BIRTHDAYS
Alan Brazil (soccer) - former Scotland and Ipswich forward, born 1959.
David "Dave Boy" McAuley (boxing) - the fearless, big-punching Larne fighter thrilled the Irish fight fans in a brilliant amateur and professional career, winning the IBF world flyweight title with victory over Duke McKenzie at Wembley Arena, London in 1989, born 1961.
Nigel Walker (athletics/rugby union) - represented Great Britain in 110 metres hurdles at 1984 Olympics before switching to rugby union, earning 17 caps for Wales, born 1963.
Michael Laudrup (soccer) - former Denmark, Barcelona and Real Madrid midfielder and later Swansea manager, born 1964.
Oliver Kahn (soccer) - former Germany and Bayern Munich goalkeeper, born 1969.
Cedric Pioline (tennis) - Frenchman who reached the 1997 Wimbledon final, born 1969.
Marcus Hahnemann (soccer) - former Reading and Wolves goalkeeper, born 1972.
Justin Leonard (golf) - American winner of the Open at Troon in 1997, born 1972.
Tore Andre Flo (soccer) - former Chelsea, Rangers, Sunderland and Norway striker, born 1973.
Abdur Razzak (cricket) - Bangladesh slow-left armer, born 1982.
Katie Chapman (soccer) - Chelsea Ladies captain and England international, born 1982.
Dafne Schippers (athletics) - Dutch athlete who won World Championship gold and silver in the sprints in 2015 and bronze in the heptathlon in 2013, born 1992.
Mohamed Salah (soccer) - Roma's former Chelsea winger, born 1992.
Vincent Janssen (soccer) - Tottenham and Holland forward, born 1994.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1 Chelsea opened their Premier League title-winning season against which opponents last August?
2 In which year did Olivier Giroud join Arsenal?
3 In what year did Antrim senior gaelic footballers last win the Ulster Championship?
4 Who did Derry fighter Charlie Nash beat to win the British lightweight title in 1978?
5 The Minnesota Twins play in which major American sporting league?
(See answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Thursday, June 15)
CRICKET: ICC Champions Trophy semi-final, Bangladesh v India - Sky Sports 2 1000.
GOLF: US Open - Sky Sports 4 1800.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Challenge Cup quarter-final, Salford v Wakefield - Sky Sports 1 1955.
TENNIS: ATP/WTA, Aegon Open - Eurosport 2 1300; ATP, Mercedes Cup - Eurosport 2 1000; WTA, Ricoh Open - BT Sport 1 1300.
ATHLETICS: Diamond League, Bislett Games - Eurosport 2 1900.
CYCLING: Tour of Slovenia - Eurosport 1 1230; Route du Sud - Eurosport 1 1400.
MOTOR RACING: Le Mans 24 Hour, second qualifying session - Eurosport 1 1800; third qualifying session - Eurosport 1 2100.
HOCKEY: World League semi-finals, India v Scotland - BT Sport 2 1400; England v China - BT Sport 2 2000.
BASEBALL: MLB, Chicago White Sox v Baltimore Orioles - BT Sport/ESPN 1900; New York Mets v Washington Nationals - BT Sport/ESPN 0000 (Fri).
Tomorrow (Friday, June 16)
SOCCER: European Under-21 Championship, Sweden v England - Sky Sports 1 1600; Poland v Slovakia - Sky Sports 1 1940.
RUGBY UNION: Test, Australia v Scotland - Sky Sports 1 0555; Test, Tonga v Wales - S4C 0615, Sky Sports 1 0620; Test, New Zealand v Samoa - Sky Sports 1 0855.
CRICKET: Royal London One-Day Cup first semi-final, Essex v Nottinghamshire - Sky Sports 2 1325.
GOLF: US Open - Sky Sports 4 1800.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Challenge Cup quarter-final, Leeds v Featherstone - Sky Sports 3 1955.
TENNIS: ATP/WTA, Aegon Open - Eurosport 2 1100; ATP, Mercedes Cup - Eurosport 1 1000 and 1515; WTA, Ricoh Open - BT Sport 1 1000.
CYCLING: Tour of Slovenia - Eurosport 1 1230; Route du Sud - Eurosport 1 1400.
BASEBALL: MLB, New York Mets v Washington Nationals - BT Sport/ESPN 0000 (Sat); Los Angeles Angels v Kansas City Royals - BT Sport 2 0300.
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QUICK QUIZ BLITZ answers: 1 West Ham; 2 2012; 3 1951; 4.Johnny Claydon (West Ham); 5 Major League baseball.
