SPORT BIRTHDAYS
Jimmy Greaves (soccer) - former Chelsea, AC Milan, Tottenham and England striker with 44 international goals, born 1940.
Eddie Hemmings (cricket) - former England spinner, born 1949.
Phil Neal (soccer) - former Liverpool and England full-back, born 1951.
Charles Barkley (basketball) - American star of 1992 Olympic gold medal-winning 'Dream Team', born 1963.
Ted Hankey (darts) - former two-time BDO world champion, born 1968.
Jari Litmanen (soccer) - former Finland forward who had a short spell with Liverpool, born 1971.
Artur Boruc (soccer) - Bournemouth's former Poland goalkeeper, previously with Celtic and Southampton, born 1980.
Imanol Harinordoquy (rugby union) - former France forward, born 1980.
Tony Hibbert (soccer) - ex-Everton full-back, born 1981.
ON THIS DAY
1990: The Shell Trophy cricket match between Wellington and Canterbury at Christchurch produced one of the most bizarre finishes in the game's history. To force a result, Wellington's Bert Vance delivered 17 no-balls in the penultimate over. The umpire miscounted the number of legitimate balls, producing a 22-ball over in which 77 runs were scored, 69 of them by wicketkeeper Lee Germon. A further 17 were scored off the last over, and Canterbury faced the last ball needing one run for victory. The batsman played a defensive stroke, unaware only one was needed, and the match was drawn. Wellington still went on to win the trophy.
1995: Reports emerged that the Premier League Commission had found Arsenal manager George Graham guilty of taking a 'bung' - a cut of the £285,000 transfer of John Jensen. Graham was sacked as Gunners boss the following day and handed a worldwide ban.
2000: Gillingham, playing in the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time in their history, were thrashed 5-0 by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
2002: Former England defender Ray Wilson announced he was selling his 1966 World Cup winner's medal.
2005: Bernard Hopkins retained his WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO middleweight titles with a unanimous points win over Britain's Howard Eastman.
2007: The Premier League confirmed the application by Liverpool to register Javier Mascherano as a player had been accepted. The Argentina midfielder had been at the centre of controversy over the terms of his move to West Ham, along with countryman Carlos Tevez, at the start of the season.
2010: Amy Williams won gold for Great Britain in the women's skeleton at the Winter Olympics.
2013: Manchester United announced chief executive David Gill was to stand down at the end of the season.
2014: Great Britain's women won a curling bronze medal by beating Switzerland 6-5 in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
2015: Jay Beatty, an 11-year-old Celtic fan with Down's Syndrome, won Scottish football's goal of the month award after a landslide online vote.
SPORT QUIZ
1 Which Winter Olympic event debuted as a military patrol in the 1924 Chamonix Games?
2 Who is the oldest manager in the Premier League?
3 At which competition did Usain Bolt beat his own 200m world record?
4 How many times have Yorkshire won cricket's County Championship outright?
5 William Morgan, an acquaintance of basketball inventor James Naismith, created which sport while working for the YMCA in 1895?
Answers: 1 Biathlon; 2 Roy Hodgson (70); 3 2009 World Championships, Berlin; 4 32; 5 Volleyball.
PA SPORT TV
Today
SOCCER: Champions League last-16 first leg, Chelsea v Barcelona - BT Sport 2 1900, Bayern Munich v Besiktas - eir Sport 1 1930.
WINTER OLYMPICS: Live coverage - BBC Two 0600 and 1300, BBC One 0915, 2345 and 0400 (Wed); Curling, round-robin stage - Eurosport 1 0545; Ice hockey, men's play-off match - Eurosport 1 and 2 1345, men's quarter-final match - Eurosport 2 0300 (Wed); Alpine Skiing, women's downhill - Eurosport 1 0130 (Wed); Freestyle Skiing, final of the men's skicross - Eurosport 1 0415 (Wed); Nordic Combined Skiing, men's Gundersen HS140 large hill ski jump - Eurosport 1 0945, men's Gundersen 10km cross-country race - Eurosport 1 1245; Biathlon, mixed relay - Eurosport 1 1100; Bobsleigh, heats of the women's discipline - Eurosport 2 1200; Snowboarding, qualifying for the men's big air event - Eurosport 1 0030 (Wed).
TENNIS: ATP, Rio Open - Sky Sports Main Event 2300; WTA, Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships - BT Sport 1 1000 and 1500.
SNOOKER: World Grand Prix - ITV4 1245 and 1845.
ICE HOCKEY: NHL, Winnipeg Jets v Los Angeles Kings - eir Sport 1 0100 (Wed).
Tomorrow
SOCCER: Europa League last-32 second leg, CSKA Moscow v Red Star Belgrade - eir Sport 1 1655; Europa League last-16 first leg, Sevilla v Manchester United - BT Sport 2 1900; Champions League last-16 first leg, Shaktar Donetsk v Roma - eir Sport 1 1930; Championship, Derby v Leeds - Sky Sports Main Event 1930.
WINTER OLYMPICS: Live coverage - BBC Two 0600 and 1300, BBC One 0915, 0000 (Thu) and 0400 (Thu); Ice hockey, women's bronze-medal match - Eurosport 2 0730, men's quarter-final match - Eurosport 2 1350, women's final - Eurosport 2 0400 (Thu); Speed skating, men's and women's team pursuit finals - Eurosport 2 1100; Alpine skiing, first run of the men's slalom - Eurosport 1 0040 (Thurs), second run of the men's slalom - Eurosport 1 0430 (Thu); Freestyle Skiing, men's half-pipe final - Eurosport 1 0230 (Thu); Cross-Country Skiing, men's and women's team sprint semi-finals - Eurosport 1 0800, men's and women's team sprint finals - Eurosport 1 1000; Bobsleigh, concluding heats of the women's discipline - Eurosport 1 1120; Snowboarding, qualifying for the men's and women's parallel giant slalom events - Eurosport 1 0345 (Thu).
CRICKET: T20 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series final, New Zealand v Australia - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Cricket 0600; Second Twenty20 international, South Africa v India - Sky Sports Cricket 1555, Sky Sports Main Event 1600.
TENNIS: ATP, Rio Open - Sky Sports Main Event 2300; WTA, Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships - BT Sport 1 1000.
SNOOKER: World Grand Prix - ITV4 1245 and 1845.
