BIRTHDAYS
Nigel Martyn (soccer) - former Leeds, Everton and England goalkeeper, born 1966.
Massimiliano Allegri (soccer) - Juventus manager, born 1967.
Tommy Mooney (soccer) - former Watford striker, born 1971.
Ivan Cordoba (soccer) - former Inter Milan and Colombia defender, born 1976.
Patty Mills (basketball) - San Antonio and Australia point guard, born 1988.
ON THIS DAY
1991: Big-hitting John Daly came from nowhere to win the US PGA title at the Crooked Stick course in Indiana, having been a tour rookie and ninth reserve for the tournament.
1994: Goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar left Liverpool after 13 years and 627 appearances to sign for Southampton.
2001: Two Johnny Crowley foals helped Kerry to an All-Ireland quarterfinal win over Kerry.
2005: Shane Warne took his 600th Test wicket when he removed Marcus Trescothick in the third Ashes Test at Old Trafford.
2006: Former captain David Beckham was left out of new England coach Steve McClaren's first squad for a friendly against Greece.
2007: Derry put up a brave effort in the All-Ireland quarter-final but lost out 0-18 to 0-15 to Dublin.
2008: Rebecca Adlington won the Olympic 400 metres freestyle in Beijing to become Britain's first female swimming gold medallist for 48 years.
2009: Michael Schumacher called off his Formula One comeback with Ferrari because of a neck injury. Schumacher later resumed racing with the Mercedes team.
2011: Tottenham's Premier League clash at home to Everton on the opening day of the new Premier League season was called off after rioting in the area.
2012: Mo Farah won Olympic 5,000 metres gold in London. Boxer Luke Campbell and canoeist Ed McKeever were Great Britain's other gold medallists on the day.
2013: Ryan O’Dwyer’s sending off proved crucial as Cork defeated Dublin 1-24 to 1-19 to reach the All-Ireland SHC final.
2015: Stoke completed a club-record £12million deal for midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri.
2016: Great Britain's Jason Kenny, Phil Hindes and Callum Skinner won gold in the cycling men's team sprint at the Rio Olympics.
QUICK QUIZ
1 Who is the Galway football captain?
2 Where do Dundalk play their home games?
3 Which former tennis world number one won the French Open women's singles four times from 2003 to 2007?
4 Monaghan midfielder Niall Kearns represents which club?
5 Name the Irish ladies hockey head coach.
(See quiz answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Saturday, August 11)
GAELIC GAMES: All-Ireland SFC, Dublin v Galway - RTE2 & Sky Sports Arena 1630; All-Ireland MFC, Galway v Meath, TG4 1430.
SOCCER: Premier League, Newcastle v Tottenham - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League 1130, Wolves v Everton - BT Sport 1 1700; Championship, Derby v Leeds - Sky Sports Main Event 1715.
CRICKET: Third day of the second Test from Lord's, England v India - Sky Sports Cricket 1000; Blast, Derbyshire v Leicestershire - Sky Sports Cricket 1845.
SPORT: European Championships - BBC One 1315, BBC Two 0900, Eurosport 1 0800.
SNOOKER: World Open - Eurosport 2 0655 & 1225.
TENNIS: Rogers Cup from Montreal - BT Sport 2 2300.
BASEBALL: MLB, Chicago Cubs v Washington Nationals - BT Sport 1 2100, Atlanta Braves v Milwaukee Brewers - BT Sport 1 0000 (Sun).
Tomorrow (Sunday, August 12)
GAELIC GAMES: All-Ireland SFC, Monaghan v Tyrone - RTE2 & Sky Sports Arena 1430: All-Ireland MFC, Kerry v Monaghan, TG4 1300; All-Ireland Ladies SFC, Kerry v Dublin - TG4 1645.
SOCCER: Premier League, Liverpool v West Ham - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Premier League 1230, Arsenal v Manchester City - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Premier League 1530; German Super Cup, Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayern Munich - BT Sport 1 1915.
CRICKET: Fourth day of the second Test from Lord's, England v India - Sky Sports Cricket 1000.
SPORT: European Championships - BBC One 1215, BBC Two 0800, Eurosport 1 0800, Eurosport 2 1030.
TENNIS: Rogers Cup from Toronto - Sky Sports Main Event 2100; Rogers Cup from Montreal, BT Sport 2 1830.
MOTOR SPORT: British Touring Cars - ITV 4 1045.
MOTOGP: Austria GP - BT Sport 2 1230.
SNOOKER: World Open - Eurosport 2 0655 & 1230.
BASEBALL: MLB, Atlanta Braves v Milwaukee Brewers - BT Sport/ESPN 1830.
QUICK QUIZ answers: 1 Damien Comer; 2 Oriel Park; 3 Justine Henin; 4 Sean McDermotts; 5 Graham Shaw