ON THIS DAY
1926: Victoria completed the highest innings in first-class cricket when they scored 1,107 against New South Wales at Melbourne. Victoria won by an innings and 656 runs.
1934: The first women's cricket Test, between Australia and England, started in Brisbane.
2000: England rugby union captain Martin Johnson was banned for 35 days by the Rugby Football Union for violent conduct following Leicester's Tetley's Bitter Cup quarter-final with Saracens.
2006: Australia beat England by an innings and 99 runs in the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne and went on to complete a 5-0 whitewash in the series.
2007: Roy Hodgson was named as the new Fulham manager. Hodgson went on to keep Fulham in the Premier League at the end of the 2007/08 campaign and managed them to the 2010 Europa League final.
2008: Newcastle owner Mike Ashley confirmed the club were no longer for sale after failing to find a buyer.
2015: Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech set a new Premier League record for clean sheets of 170 games in his side's 2-0 win over Bournemouth, moving ahead of David James.
2017: Swansea confirmed the appointment of Carlos Carvalhal as their new manager until the end of the season.
BIRTHDAYS
Terry Butcher (soccer) - former Ipswich, Rangers and England defender, born 1958.
Pat Rafter (tennis) - Australian two-time US Open winner and twice runner-up at Wimbledon, born 1972.
Adam Vinatieri (American football) - Record-breaking kicker who has won four Super Bowls, three with the New England Patriots and one with his current team, the Indianapolis Colts, born 1972.
James Blake (tennis) - American former world number four, born 1979.
Lomana LuaLua (soccer) - Congolese former Newcastle and Blackpool striker, born 1980.
Khalid Boulahrouz (soccer) - former Chelsea and Holland defender, born 1981.
Leroy Lita (soccer) - former Bristol City, Reading and Middlesbrough striker, born 1984.
Tom Huddlestone (soccer) - Derby and England midfielder, born 1986.
Harry Arter (soccer) - Republic of Ireland and Bournemouth midfielder, currently on loan at Cardiff, born 1989.
Adam Peaty (swimming) - Uttoxeter-born swimmer who won gold in the 100m breaststroke at the 2016 Olympics, completing the 'grand slam' of holding the Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles in the same event at the same time, born 1994.
QUICK QUIZ
1. Which country did Wayne Rooney make his England debut against at the age of 17?
2. Who are the reigning Dr McKenna Cup champions?
3. Who won the 1991 FA Cup?
4. At which Olympics did Roger Black win a silver medal in the 400m?
5. Who did Antrim defeat in the 2008 Walsh Cup final?
(See quiz answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Friday, December 28)
CRICKET: Australia v India - BT Sport 1 (2315); South Africa v Pakistan - Sky Sports Cricket 0755 & Sky Sports Main Event 0800; New Zealand v Sri Lanka - Sky Sports Cricket 2155 & Sky Sports Main Event 2300; BBL, Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Thunder - BT Sport 2 0800.
DARTS: PDC World Darts Championship - Sky Sports Main Event 1230 & 1900.
RUGBY UNION: Premiership, Northampton v Exeter - BT Sport 1 1900; PRO14, Connacht v Ulster - eir Sport 1 1900.
BASKETBALL: NBA, Denver Nuggets v San Antonio Spurs - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Action - 0200 (Sat).
Tomorrow (Saturday, December 29)
SOCCER: Premier League, Liverpool v Arsenal - BT Sport 1 1700; Scottish Premiership, Rangers v Celtic - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Football 1130; Hibernian v Hearts - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Football 1700.
CRICKET: Australia v India - BT Sport 1 (2315); South Africa v Pakistan - Sky Sports Cricket 0755 & Sky Sports Main Event 0800; New Zealand v Sri Lanka - Sky Sports Cricket 2155 & Sky Sports Main Event 2300; BBL, Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Sixers - BT Sport 2, 0745.
TENNIS: Hopman Cup - Eurosport 2 0930.
DARTS: PDC World Darts Championship - Sky Sports Main Event 1500 & 1930.
RUGBY UNION: Premiership, Harlequins v Wasps- BT Sport 2 1530 & Channel 5 1545; PRO14, Benetton v Zebre - eir Sport 1 1355; Munster v Leinster - eir Sport 1 1615.
BASKETBALL: NBA, Milwaukee Bucks v Brooklyn Nets - Sky Sports Action 2200.
HORSE RACING: ITV Racing - ITV4 1310.
UFC: UFC 232 - BT Sport 2 0300 (Sun).
QUICK QUIZ ANSWERS
1. Australia; 2. Donegal; 3. Tottenham; 4. Atlanta 1996; 5. Offaly
