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On This Day - July 1 2 2003: David Beckham signs a four-year contract with Real Madrid

David Beckham and son Brooklyn 
David Beckham and son Brooklyn  David Beckham and son Brooklyn 

ON THIS DAY

1967: BBC2 began transmissions in colour in Britain with nearly seven hours of the Wimbledon tennis championships.

1977: Virginia Wade beat Betty Stove to win the women's singles title at Wimbledon.

1979: Steve Ovett deprived Sebastian Coe of his world mile record when he set a new best mark of three minutes 48.8 seconds in Oslo.

1999: Former England captain David Platt was appointed Nottingham Forest manager.

2003: David Beckham signed a four-year contract with Real Madrid.

2003: Chelsea chairman Ken Bates agreed to sell his majority shareholding to Roman Abramovich.

2006: Wayne Rooney was sent off as England lost their World Cup quarter-final to Portugal on penalties.

2006: Former England fast bowler Fred Trueman died at the age of 75, less than two months after being diagnosed with lung cancer.

2009: Manchester United completed the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid for £80million, making the Portugal international then the most expensive player in history.

2010: Roy Hodgson was confirmed as the new manager of Liverpool after signing a three-year contract.

2012: Spain recorded the biggest European Championship final victory of all-time to defeat Italy 4-0 and become the first team to win three successive tournaments.

2016: Ashley Williams, Hal Robson-Kanu and Sam Vokes scored as Wales reached their first ever semi-final of a major tournament with a magnificent 3-1 victory over Belgium in Lille at the European Championship, while Manchester United announced the signing of striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Paris St Germain on an initial one-year contract.

BIRTHDAYS

Carl Lewis (athletics) - multiple Olympic long jump and sprint gold medallist, born 1961.

Bernard Laporte (rugby union) - Toulon's former France coach, born 1964.

Carl Fogarty (motor cycling) - Britain's four-time World Superbike champion, who retired in 2000, born 1965.

Garry Schofield (rugby league) - Former Leeds and Great Britain stand-off, born 1965.

Graham Lloyd (cricket) - Former Lancashire batsman and England one-day international, born 1969.

Patrick Kluivert (soccer) - Former Holland, Barcelona, AC Milan and Newcastle striker, born 1976.

Ruud van Nistelrooy (soccer) - Former Holland, Manchester United and Real Madrid striker, born 1976.

Daniel Ricciardo (motorsport) - Australian Formula One driver, currently racing for Red Bull, born 1989.

QUICK QUIZ BLITZ

1 Who did Derry defeat in the 1998 Ulster Football final?

2 Who were the only other drivers - apart from Mercedes pair Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton - to win a Formula One race last year?

3 Who was Team GB's first medallist of the 2016 Olympics?

4 Jermaine McGillvary plays for which Super League club?

5 How many times has Novak Djokovic won Wimbledon?

(See quiz answers at bottom)

SPORT ON TV

Today (Saturday, July 1)

RUGBY UNION: Second Test, New Zealand v British & Irish Lions - Sky Sports 1 0730; Super Rugby, Cheetahs v Stormers and Lions v Sunwolves - Sky Sports 3 1400 and 1610.

CRICKET: Royal London One-Day Cup final, Nottinghamshire v Surrey - Sky Sports 2 1030.

RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League, Catalans Dragons v Leigh Centurions - Sky Sports 1 1655.

TENNIS: ATP and WTA, AEGON International - Eurosport 2 from 1200 and BBC One England 1215.

CYCLING: Tour de France, stage one - ITV4, Eurosport 1 and S4C 1400.

SOCCER: Chinese Super League, Jiangsu Suning v Shanghai SIPG - Sky Sports 5 1230; MLS, Sporting Kansas City v Portland Timbers - Sky Sports 1 0000 (Sun).

GOLF: European Tour, HNA Open de France - Sky Sports 4 1230; PGA Tour, Quicken Loans National - Sky Sports 4 1800.

ROWING: Henley Royal Regatta - BT Sport 1 1300.

MOTORCYCLING: MotoGP, Grand Prix of Germany practice and qualifying - BT Sport 2 from 0800; British Superbikes, qualifying from Snetterton - Eurosport 2 1700.

ATHLETICS: Diamond league, Meeting de Paris - Eurosport 2 1900 and Eurosport 1 2130.

MOTOR RACING: World Rally Championship, Rally Poland - BT Sport 1 0700 and BT Sport/ESPN 1300.

BOXING: British light-heavyweight title bout, Frank Buglioni v Ricky Summers - Sky Sports 1 1930.

BASEBALL: MLB, Miami Marlins v Milwaukee Brewers - BT Sport/ESPN 2100; New York Yankees v Houston Astros - BT Sport 2 0000 (Sun).

RACING: From Newcastle - ITV 1330.

Tomorrow (Sunday, July 2)

SOCCER: FIFA Confederations Cup final, Chile v Germany - ITV 1830; Chinese Super League, Tianjin Quanjian v Guangzhou Evergrande - Sky Sports 5 1230; MLS, Philadelphia Union v New England Revolution - Sky Sports 1 2210; Euro Under-19s Championship, Georgia v Portugal - Eurosport 1 1645.

CRICKET: ICC Women's World Cup, England v Sri Lanka - Sky Sports 1 1020, India v Pakistan - Sky Sports 2 1000; One-day international, West Indies v India - Sky Sports 3 1355.

ATHLETICS: World Championship Team Trials - BBC Two England 1300.

CYCLING: Tour de France, stage two - ITV4 and Eurosport 1 1100.

GOLF: European Tour, HNA Open de France - Sky Sports 4 1230; PGA Tour, Quicken Loans National - Sky Sports 4 1800.

ROWING: Henley Royal Regatta - BT Sport 1 1000.

MOTORCYCLING: MotoGP, Grand Prix of Germany - BT Sport 2 from 0730; British Superbikes, from Snetterton - Eurosport 2 1230.

MOTOR RACING: World Rally Championship, Rally Poland - BT Sport 1 0800 and BT Sport/ESPN 1100.

BASEBALL: MLB, Houston Astros v New York Yankees followed by St Louis Cardinals v Washington Nationals - BT Sport/ESPN 1900 and 0100 (Mon).

QUICK QUIZ BLITZ answers: 1 Donegal; 2 Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo; 3 Adam Peaty; 4 Huddersfield Giants; 5 Three (2011, 2014, 2015).