ON THIS DAY IN SPORT
1896: Yorkshire completed a record innings in the County Championship when they scored 887 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
1932: Former world heavyweight champion Sonny Liston was born. He took the title with a first-round knockout of Floyd Patterson in 1962 and retained it a year later by beating the same man. He lost his crown to Cassius Clay in 1964 and was beaten by the same opponent, then Muhammad Ali, trying to regain the title the following year. He died in 1970.
1990: Jack Hayward completed a £2.1million takeover of Wolves, with the club's former England captain Billy Wright taking a place on the board.
2001: Leeds' bid to reach the Champions League final ended with a 3-0 defeat by Valencia in the second leg of their semi-final in Spain. Leeds had Alan Smith sent-off.
2002: Sylvain Wiltord scored the winner as Arsenal beat closest rivals Manchester United 1-0 to clinch the Premier League title at Old Trafford.
2004: Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan broke the world record for most wickets in Test history, going past Courtney Walsh's total of 519 in the first Test against Zimbabwe. Murali was overtaken by Shane Warne before reclaiming the record following the Australia leg-spinner's retirement.
2005: Wigan were promoted to the top flight of English football for the first time after a 3-1 win at home to Reading secured second place in the Championship.
2007: John Higgins won snooker's World Championship in the early hours after beating Mark Selby 18-13 in the final at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre.
2013: Manchester United announced that manager Alex Ferguson would retire at the end of the season.
2016: Amir Khan was knocked out in the sixth round of his WBC middleweight title clash with defending champion Saul Alvarez in Las Vegas.
2016: Celtic won their fifth successive Ladbrokes Premiership title after a 3-2 victory against Aberdeen at Celtic Park.
2017: Middlesbrough were relegated from the Premier League after a 3-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge that took Chelsea within one win of the title.
2018: West Brom were relegated from the Premier League following Southampton's 1-0 victory over Swansea.
BIRTHDAYS
Jack Charlton (soccer) - legendary Ireland manager and member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning team, born 1935.
Terry Neill (soccer) - played for and managed Arsenal, born 1942.
Franco Baresi (soccer) - former AC Milan and Italy defender, born 1960.
Claudio Taffarel (soccer) - Brazil's 1994 World Cup-winning goalkeeper, born 1966.
Michael Bevan (cricket) - former Australia specialist one-day batsman, born 1970.
Gaston Mazzacane (motor racing) - former F1 driver for Minardi and Prost, born 1975.
Andrea Barzagli (soccer) - Juventus' Italian World-Cup winning defender, born 1981.
Mark Noble (soccer) - West Ham midfielder, born 1987.
Pat Cummins (cricket) - Australia fast bowler, born 1993.
QUICK QUIZ
1. Who is the record goalscorer for the Holland national football team?
2. Who won the 2019 snooker World Championship?
3. Where were the 1984 Summer Olympics held, where Carl Lewis won four gold medals?
4. In which city do the NBA side the Bucks play?
5. Which county won the 2004 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship?
SPORT ON TV
Today (Wednesday, May 8)
SOCCER: Champions League, Ajax v Tottenham - BT Sport 2 1900.
CRICKET: One-day international, England v Pakistan - Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event 1230.
TENNIS: WTA, Mutua Madrid Open - BT Sport 1 1100.
HORSE RACING: May Festival from Chester - ITV4 1330.
BASKETBALL: NBA, Milwaukee Bucks v Boston Celtics - Sky Sports Main Event 0030 (Thurs).
BASEBALL: MLB, Milwaukee Brewers v Washington Nationals - BT Sport/ESPN 1800, New York Yankees v Seattle Mariners - BT Sport/ESPN 0000 (Thurs).
Tomorrow (Thursday, May 9)
SOCCER: Europa League, Valencia v Arsenal - BT Sport 2 1915, Chelsea v Eintracht Frankfurt - BT Sport 3 1915.
GOLF: PGA Tour, AT&T Byron Nelson - Sky Sports Golf and Sky Sports Main Event 1330; European Tour, British Masters - Sky Sports Golf and Sky Sports Main Event 1030.
DARTS: Premier League - Sky Sports Action 1900.
HORSE RACING: May Festival from Chester - ITV4 1330.
TENNIS: WTA, Mutua Madrid Open - BT Sport 1 1100.
F1: Spanish Grand Prix drivers press conference - Sky Sports F1 1400.
BASEBALL: MLB, Detroit Tigers v Los Angeles Angels - BT Sport/ESPN 1800, New York Yankees v Seattle Mariners - BT Sport/ESPN 2330.
QUIZ ANSWERS
1. Robin Van Persie (50); 2. Judd Trump; 3. Los Angeles; 4. Milwaukee; 5. Wexford.
