BIRTHDAYS
Jimmy Connors (tennis) - American former world number one and winner of eight grand slam singles titles, born 1952.
Carlos Valderrama (soccer) - former Colombia international, born 1961.
Lennox Lewis (boxing) - Britain's former world heavyweight champion, born 1965.
Olivier Panis (Formula One) - former Toyota driver and Monaco Grand Prix winner, born 1966.
Andreas Moller (soccer) - former Germany midfielder, winner of 1990 World Cup and Euro 96, born 1967.
Aidan O’Rourke (Gaelic games) 2002 Allstar wiinner with Armagh and current Queen’s manager, born 1977.
Chris Tremlett (cricket) - former England and Surrey bowler, born 1981.
Joey Barton (soccer) - former Manchester City, Newcastle and Rangers midfielder, most recently at Burnley, born 1982.
Ishant Sharma (cricket) - India bowler, born 1988.
Colin Ryan (Gaelic games) Clare hurler who was top scorer inn the 2013 Championship.
Alexandre Pato (soccer) - Tianjin Quanjian and Brazil forward, born 1989.
ON THIS DAY
1893: Liverpool beat Middlesbrough Ironopolis to claim their first win in the Football League.
1973: England legend Ian Botham played his first game for Somerset when he turned out in a Sunday League game against Sussex at Hove.
1990: Cork needed five goals to see off Galway in the All-Ireland SHC final, the Rebels winning 5-15 to 2-21.
2001: John Daly secured his first tournament win for six years with victory in the BMW International in Germany.
2007: Kilkenny defeated Limerick 2-19 to 1-15 to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup.
2011: Celtic were reinstated to the Europa League after UEFA threw out Swiss side FC Sion for fielding ineligible players.
2013: Arsenal completed the signing of Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil for a club-record £43million fee from Real Madrid. Manchester United signed Marouane Fellaini from Everton for £27.5million.
2014: England suffered a nine-wicket defeat to hand India an unassailable 3-0 lead in their one-day international series. Captain Alastair Cook said afterwards he still hoped to lead the team at the World Cup.
SPORT QUIZ
1 Frank Lampard played for which club on loan from West Ham?
2 Which boxer ended Mike Tyson's undefeated record?
3 How many major titles did golferTom Watson win?
4 How many All-Ireland SHC finals have Galway lost?
5 Great Britain won how many gold medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio?
(Answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Saturday, September 2)
GAELIC GAMES: Ladies IFC, Tyrone v Sligo & Ladies SFC, Cork v Mayo TG4 1445.
SOCCER: National League, Tranmere v Dover - BT Sport 2 1700; World Cup Qualifying, Wales v Austria - S4C 1915, Spain v Italy - ITV4 1930, Senegal v Burkina Faso - BT Sport 1 2100; MLS, Montreal Impact v Chicago Fire - Sky Sports Main Event 0000 (Sun).
CRICKET: NatWest T20 Blast, semi-finals - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Cricket 1000 & 1400, NatWest T20 Blast final - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Cricket 1800; CPL T20, Barbados Tridents v Trinbago Knight Riders - BT Sport 1 0130 (Sun).
CYCLING: La Vuelta - Eurosport 2 1400.
GOLF: European Tour, Czech Masters - Sky Sports Golf 1300; PGA Tour, Dell Technologies Championship - Sky Sports Golf 1730.
RACING: ITV Racing, Sandown and Beverley - ITV4 1330.
UFC: Alexander Volkov v Stefan Struve - BT Sport 2 2000.
MOTOR SPORT: Third Italian Grand Prix practice session - Sky Sports F1 0945 & eir Sport 1 0955, Italian Grand Prix qualifying - Sky Sports F1 1200 & eir Sport 1 1300.
RUGBY UNION: New Zealand NPC Rugby, Taranaki v Counties Manukau - Sky Sports Action 0830; Aviva Premiership: Saracens v Northampton - BT Sport 1 1330, London Irish v Harlequins - BT Sport 1 1615; PRO14, Dragons v Leinster - Sky Sports Action 1445 & S4C 1500, Scarlets v Southern Kings - Sky Sports Action 1715; Top 14, Toulouse v Pau - Sky Sports Action 1940.
TENNIS: US Open - Eurosport 1 1530 & Eurosport 2 1700.
TRIATHLON: British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup - BBC One 1415.
Tomorrow
GAELIC GAMES: All-Ireland MHC final, Cork v Galway TG4 12455; All-Ireland SHC, Galway v Waterford RTE2 1400 &; Sky Sports Main Event 1530.
SOCCER: World Cup Qualifying, Hungary v Portugal - ITV4 1930.
BASEBALL: MLB, New York Yankees v Boston Red Sox - BT Sport//ESPN 0100 (Mon), Detroit Tigers v Cleveland Indians - BT Sport 1 1800.
CRICKET: CPL T20, Barbados Tridents v St Kitts and Nevis Patriots - BT Sport 1 1030.
CYCLING: Tour of Britain - ITV4 1015; La Vuelta - Eurosport 2 1245.
GOLF: European Tour, Czech Masters - Sky Sports Golf 1200; PGA Tour, Dell Technologies Championship - Sky Sports Golf & Sky Sports Main Event 1800.
MOTOR SPORT: Formula 1, Italian Grand Prix - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports F1 1230.
RUGBY UNION: Aviva Premiership, Leicester v Bath - BT Sport 1 1430.
TENNIS: US Open - Eurosport 1 1530 & Eurosport 2 1800.
QUICK QUIZ ANSWERS
Answers: 1 Swansea; 2 Buster Douglas; 3 Eight; 4 19; 5 27.
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