ON THIS DAY
1990: Simon Hodgkinson scored a then record 23 points for England against Argentina at Twickenham.
1999: Blackburn sacked manager Brian Kidd after winning just three of their first 14 games in the second tier following relegation from the Premier League.
2007: Great Britain beat New Zealand 44-0 in the second rugby league Test at Hull's KC Stadium to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
2008: Watford parted company with manager Aidy Boothroyd, the man who had taken them to the Premier League in 2006.
2009: Alan Curbishley won his case for wrongful dismissal against West Ham.
2010: A bid for London to host the 2015 World Athletics Championships was abandoned due to continuing uncertainty over the future of the 2012 Olympic Stadium. The capital was instead put forward to host the event in 2017.
2011: Former Pakistan Test cricket captain Salman Butt was jailed for 30 months for his part in a conspiracy to bowl deliberate no-balls against England at Lord's.
2012: Ian Holloway left Blackpool to become Crystal Palace's new manager, before leading the Eagles to promotion.
BIRTHDAYS
Johnny McGurk (GAA) - former Derry footballer and winner of an All-Ireland SFC medal in 1993, born 1965.
Pat Gilroy (GAA) – former Dublin All-Ireland winning player and manager, born 1971.
Roy Emerson (tennis) - Australia-born winner of 28 grand slam titles (12 singles and 16 doubles), born 1936.
Gerd Muller (soccer) - former West Germany and Bayern Munich striker, born 1945.
Larry Holmes (boxing) - former world heavyweight champion, born 1949.
Ian Wright (soccer) - former Arsenal and England striker, born 1963.
Dwight Yorke (soccer) - former Aston Villa, Manchester United and Trinidad & Tobago striker, born 1971.
Paul Derbyshire (rugby union) - Italy flanker, born 1986.
Colin Kaepernick (American football) - former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who began kneeling racial inequality protest that swept the NFL, born 1987.
Joe Clarke (canoeing) - British Olympian who won gold in the men's slalom K-1 in Rio 2016, born 1992.
QUICK QUIZ
1. At which club did Kevin De Bruyne begin his professional football career?
2. Who captained the victorious 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa?
3. At which Tyrone GAA club is the former Nally Stand from Croke Park now a permanent fixture?
4. Which boxer received a reported 25million US dollars for a 1995 boxing match that lasted just 89 seconds?
5. Name the last Fermanagh player to win a football All-star?
(See quiz answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Friday, November 3)
GAA: The PwC All-Star Awards 2017, coverage of the GAA award ceremony, staged at Dublin's Convention Centre. This year, All-Ireland champions Dublin have 13 players nominated for the awards, with defeated finalists Mayo receiving 12 nominations – RTE 1 1900.
SOCCER: FA Cup first round, Hyde United v MK Dons - BBC Two 1930; Championship, Wolves v Fulham - Sky Sports Main Event 1900; Bundesliga, Eintracht Frankfurt v Werder Bremen - BT Sport 1 1915, Ligue 1, Rennes v Bordeaux - BT Sport 2 1945; A-League, Melbourne City v Sydney FC - BT Sport 1 0845.
RUGBY UNION: PRO14, Scarlets v Benetton Treviso - BBC Two Wales 1930.
TENNIS: ATP, Paris Masters - Sky Sports Main Event 1400.
GOLF: European Tour, Turkish Airlines Open - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Golf 0900; PGA Tour, Shriners Hospitals for Children Open - Sky Sports Golf 2030, Sky Sports Main Event 2215.
DARTS: World Series of Darts Finals - ITV4 and eir Sport 1 1900.
BASKETBALL: NBA, Boston Celtics v Oklahoma City Thunder - BT Sport 1 0130 (Sat).
SNOOKER: International Championship - Eurosport 1 0600 and 1130.
CYCLING: Tour of Hainan - Eurosport 2 0515 (Sat).
Tomorrow (Saturday, November 4)
SOCCER: Premier League, Stoke v Leicester - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League 1130, West Ham v Liverpool - BT Sport 1 1700; FA Cup first round, Shaw Lane v Mansfield - BT Sport 1 1200, Newport v Walsall - S4C 1700; Championship, Brentford v Leeds - Sky Sports Main Event 1715; Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich - BT Sport 2 1715; Serie A, Bologna v Crotone - eir Sport 1 1655, Genoa v Sampdoria - BT Sport 2 1930; A-League, Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix and Perth Glory v Adelaide United - BT Sport 2 0845 and 1100; Welsh Premier League, Cardiff Metropolitan University v Carmarthen Town - S4C 1230.
RUGBY LEAGUE: World Cup, England v Lebanon - BBC Two England 0830.
RUGBY UNION: International match, Barbarians v New Zealand - Sky Sports Action 1430, Sky Sports Main Event 1455; Anglo-Welsh Cup, Leicester v Gloucester - BT Sport 2 1445; PRO14, Cardiff Blues v Zebre - S4C 1915.
CRICKET: Twenty20 International, India v New Zealand - Sky Sports Cricket 1320.
GOLF: European Tour, Turkish Airlines Open - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Golf 0900; PGA Tour, Shriners Hospitals for Children Open - Sky Sports Golf 2030.
BOXING: WBA World Light-Heavyweight title fight, Dmitry Bivol v Trent Broadhurst - Sky Sports Action 1900, Sky Sports Main Event 1940; WBC World Heavyweight title fight, Deontay Wilder v Bermane Stiverne - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Action 0100 (Sun).
DARTS: World Series of Darts Finals - ITV4 and eir Sport 1 1900.
SNOOKER: International Championship - Eurosport 1 0600 and 1130.
CYCLING: Saitama Criterium - Eurosport 2 0700; Tour of Hainan - Eurosport 2 0500 (Sun).
MMA: UFC 217 Prelims, Michael Bisping v Georges St-Pierre - BT Sport 2 from 0000 (Sun).
RACING: ITV Racing - ITV4 0930 and 1330.
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QUICK QUIZ answers: 1 Genk; 2 Martin Johnson; 3 Carrickmore St Columcille’s; 4 Mike Tyson; 5 Barry Owens.
