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On this Day, September 20 2005: Celtic captain Neil Lennon was given a three-match ban by the Scottish Football Association

Celtic captain Neil Lennon saw red in September 2005  
Celtic captain Neil Lennon saw red in September 2005   Celtic captain Neil Lennon saw red in September 2005  

ON THIS DAY IN SPORT

1896: The first organised motorcycle race took place, involving eight riders on a 476-mile course from Paris to Nantes and back.

1947: Chris Marron of South Shields scored 10 goals against Radcliffe Borough in an FA Cup qualifying round game.

2004: Former Nottingham Forest and Derby manager Brian Clough died in hospital aged 69.

2005: Celtic captain Neil Lennon was given a three-match ban by the Scottish Football Association for barging into referee Stuart Dougal at the end of his side's 3-1 defeat to Rangers.

2007: Chelsea parted company with manager Jose Mourinho - for the first time - by mutual consent having won six trophies in three years at Stamford Bridge.

2009: England beat Australia by four wickets in the final one-day international series match at Chester-le-Street to avert a 7-0 whitewash.

2010: The England and Wales Cricket Board "completely rejected" an accusation by Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt that English players received "huge amounts of money" to lose the third one-day international against Pakistan. The ECB threatened Butt with legal action and he later withdrew the allegation.

2014: Durham beat Warwickshire by three wickets in the Royal London One-Day Cup final at Lord's.

2015: America won a controversial Solheim Cup, taking eight and a half points from 12 singles matches. Suzann Pettersen's failure to concede a short putt to Alison Lee in the fourballs had caused tension between the teams.

SPORT BIRTHDAYS

Henrik Larsson (soccer) - former Celtic, Manchester United and Barcelona striker, and ex-manager of Swedish side Helsingborg, born 1971.

Jo Pavey (athletics) - European 10,000m champion in 2014 and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist over 5,000m the same year, born 1973.

Juan Pablo Montoya (motorsport) - former Formula One driver from Colombia, born 1975.

Sean Davis (soccer) - former Fulham, Tottenham, Portsmouth and Bolton midfielder, born 1979.

Feliciano Lopez (tennis) - three-time Wimbledon singles quarter-finalist, born 1981.

Jonathan Walters (soccer) - Burnley and Republic of Ireland forward, born 1983.

QUICK QUIZ

1 How many senior goals did Paul Gascoigne score for England?

2 Which England batsman has 23 Test hundreds and 35 fifties?

3 In what year did Joe Hart sign for Manchester City?

4 Jamie Murray claimed the mixed doubles crown at this year's US Open, but what is the total number of grand slam titles won by the Murray family?

5 Kobe Bryant wore two jersey numbers during his career. One was 24, what was the other?


Answers below

SPORT ON TV

Today (Wednesday, September 20)

SOCCER: Carabao Cup third round, Manchester United v Burton - Sky Sports Main Event 1930; Betfred Cup quarter-final, Dundee v Celtic - BT Sport 1 1915; Serie A, Benevento v Roma - eir Sport 1 1625; Lazio v Napoli - eir Sport 1 1940, BT Sport 2 2100; Bundesliga, Cologne v Eintracht Frankfurt - BT Sport/ESPN 1730; Hamburg v Borussia Dortmund - BT Sport/ESPN 1930.

TENNIS: WTA Tour, Guangzhou Open - BT Sport 2 0700; Toray Pan Pacific Open from Japan - BT Sport 1 0530.

CYCLING: Road World Championships from Norway, Eurosport 2 1200, BBC2 England 1430.

RUGBY UNION: NPC, Bay of Plenty v Southland - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Action 0830.

SNOOKER: World Open from China, Eurosport 1 0700, 1230.

BASEBALL: MLB, live matches TBC - BT Sport//ESPN 0000, 0300 (Thu).

Tomorrow (Thursday, September 21)

CRICKET: Second one-day international from Nottingham, England v West Indies - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Cricket 1200; second one-day international from Bengaluru, India v Australia - Sky Sports Cricket 0850, Sky Sports Main Event 0900.

SOCCER: Betfred Cup quarter-final, Motherwell v Aberdeen - BT Sport 1 1915.

RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League Super 8s, Salford v St Helens - Sky Sports Main Event 2000.

GOLF: PGA Tour, The Tour Championship from Georgia - Sky Sports Golf 1830; European Tour, Portugal Masters - Sky Sports Golf 1130, 1530.

TENNIS: ATP Tour, St Petersburg Open - Eurosport 2 1200, 1530; WTA Tour, Guangzhou Open - BT Sport 2 0900; Toray Pan Pacific Open from Japan - BT Sport 1 0400.

RUGBY UNION: NPC, Otago v Auckland - Sky Sports Action 0820.

SNOOKER: World Open from China, Eurosport 1 0700, 1230.

GRIDIRON: NFL, San Francisco 49ers v Los Angeles Rams - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Action 0030 (Fri).

BASEBALL: MLB, Philadelphia Phillies v Los Angeles Dodgers - BT Sport/ESPN 1800; live match TBC 0000 (Fri).

GREYHOUNDS: From Great Yarmouth - Sky Sports Action 1900.

QUIZ ANSWERS

1: 10; 2: Kevin Pietersen; 3: 2006; 4: Eight; 5: Eight.

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