ON THIS DAY IN SPORT
1879: Dwight F Davis, the man responsible for tennis' Davis Cup, was born. He died in November 1945.
1919: France's Suzanne Lenglen became the first non-English-speaking women's champion at Wimbledon. It was the first of five successive titles for Lenglen.
1975: Arthur Ashe beat fellow American Jimmy Connors to become the first black men's champion at Wimbledon.
1980: Bjorn Borg won his fifth consecutive men's title at Wimbledon, beating John McEnroe in a five-set thriller in the final.
2008: Venus Williams beat sister Serena to win the Wimbledon women's singles title, while Britain's Laura Robson won the girls' singles crown by overcoming Thailand's Noppawan Lertcheewakarn.
2009: Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick to win the Wimbledon men's singles title.
2014: Petra Kvitova claimed her second Wimbledon title, beating Eugenie Bouchard in just 55 minutes.
2014: The Tour de France got under way in Yorkshire with Marcel Kittel winning stage one as Mark Cavendish suffered a late crash which forced his withdrawal before the next morning's stage began in York.
2015; Lewis Hamilton won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
SPORT BIRTHDAYS
Pierre Villepreux (rugby union) - former France full-back, born 1943.
Gianfranco Zola (soccer) - former Chelsea forward and Watford, West Ham and Birmingham manager, born 1966.
Derek McInnes (soccer) - Aberdeen manager, born 1971.
Nicolas Kiefer (tennis) - former world number four, born 1977.
Stiliyan Petrov (soccer) - former Celtic, Aston Villa and Bulgaria midfielder, born 1979.
Amelie Mauresmo (tennis) - Australian Open and Wimbledon champion in 2006 and more recently former coach of Andy Murray, born 1979.
Jonas Gutierrez (soccer) - former Newcastle and Argentina midfielder, born 1983.
Dejan Lovren (soccer) - Liverpool's Croatian defender, born 1989.
Charlie Austin (soccer) - Southampton striker, born 1989.
Alberto Moreno (soccer) - Liverpool's Spanish left-back, born 1992.
QUICK QUIZ
1 Which British rider won the first stage of the 2017 Tour de France?
2 Which English Football League team play their home matches at Huish Park?
3 Who scored the tries for the British and Irish Lions in last weekend's victory over New Zealand?
4 Who was the last British female to win the Wimbledon singles title?
5 Which American city is home to the Pirates, Penguins and Steelers?
Answers below
SPORT ON TV
Today (Wednesday, July 5)
TENNIS: Wimbledon - BBC One 1130 and 1345, BBC Two 1300, eir sport 1 1130.
CRICKET: Women's World Cup, Sri Lanka v India - Sky Sports 2 1000, England v South Africa - Sky Sports 1 1020.
CYCLING: Tour de France - Eurosport 1 and ITV4 1200, S4C 1400.
HORSE RACING: Live coverage of evening meetings - Sky Sports 1 1900.
SNOOKER: Snooker World Cup - Eurosport 2 0600 and 1230.
BASEBALL: New York Yankees v Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals v New York Mets - BT Sport/ESPN 1800 and 0000 (Thu).
Tomorrow (Thursday, July 6)
CRICKET: First Test, England v South Africa - Sky Sports 2 1000; Fifth one-day international, West Indies v India - Sky Sports 3 1455.
TENNIS: Wimbledon - BBC Two and eir Sport 1 1130 and BBC One 1345.
SOCCER: UEFA Under-19 Championship, Germany v Bulgaria - Eurosport 1 1700.
CYCLING: Tour de France - ITV4 and Eurosport 1 1100, S4C 1400.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League, Wakefield v Castleford - Sky Sports 1 1900.
GOLF: Irish Open - Sky Sports 4 1000; Greenbrier Classic - Sky Sports 4 2000.
ATHLETICS: Diamond League - Eurosport 2 1900.
SNOOKER: Snooker World Cup - Eurosport 2 0600 and 1230.
BASEBALL: MLB, Detroit Tigers v San Francisco Giants - BT Sport 1800, Tampa Bay Rays v Boston Red Sox - BT Sport 1 0000 (Fri).
QUIZ ANSWERS
1 Geraint Thomas; 2 Yeovil; 3 Taulupe Faletau and Conor Murray; 4 Virginia Wade (1977); 5 Pittsburgh.
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