ON THIS DAY IN SPORT
1938: Two players, Leonidas for Brazil and Ernst Wilimowski for Poland, scored four goals each in the World Cup match at Strasbourg's Stade de la Meinau. The final score was 6-5 to the South Americans.
1968: Alan Mullery became the first man to be sent off in a full international for England in a European Championship match in Florence, which Yugoslavia won 1-0.
1999: Britain's Joe Calzaghe retained his WBO super-middleweight title with a unanimous points verdict over Australia's Rick Thornberry in Cardiff.
2000: England drew the second Test with Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge and won the two-Test series 1-0 - their first home series triumph in two years.
2011: Rafael Nadal won his sixth French Open crown by beating Roger Federer 7-5 7-6 (7/3) 5-7 6-1.
2013: England won the final NatWest Series match against New Zealand at Trent Bridge by 34 runs but lost the series 2-1.
2016: Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray in four sets to win the French Open for the first time.
2016: Mo Farah broke the 34-year-old British 3,000 metres record at the Birmingham Diamond League when he clocked seven minutes 32.62 seconds.
2017: Former Newcastle midfielder Cheick Tiote died at the age of 30, after collapsing in training with Chinese club Beijing Enterprises.
SPORT BIRTHDAYS
Richard Fox (canoeing) - winner of a record five world titles for canoe slalom in K1 class (1981, 1983, 1985, 1989 and 1993), born 1960.
Joe DeLoach (athletics) - American 200m gold medallist at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, born 1967.
Marc Rieper (soccer) - former Denmark defender who had spells with West Ham and Celtic, born 1968.
Fraser Watts (cricket) - former Scotland international, born 1979.
Junior Hoilett (soccer) - Cardiff winger, born 1990.
Emily Seebohm (swimming) - Australian double Olympic champion, born 1992.
Kieran Tierney (soccer) - Celtic and Scotland left-back, born 1997.
QUICK QUIZ
1. Which British boxer won super-heavyweight gold at the London 2012 Olympics?
2. Which Australian bowler has the most Ashes wickets with 195?
3. Who is the most capped Welsh footballer?
4. Who are the reigning Super Bowl champions?
5. Name the only Polish footballer to have been part of a Premier League winning team.
SPORT ON TV
Today (Wednesday, June 5)
SOCCER: Nations League semi-final, Portugal v Switzerland - Sky Sports Main Event 1900.
CRICKET: World Cup, South Africa v India - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Cricket 1000; Bangladesh v New Zealand - Sky Sports Cricket 1300.
TENNIS: French Open - Eurosport 1 1230, ITV4 1230, Eurosport 2 1255.
HOCKEY: Men's, South Africa v USA - BT Sport 2 0415 (Thurs).
BASKETBALL: NBA, Golden State Warriors v Toronto Raptors - Sky Sports Main Event 0200 (Thurs).
BASEBALL: MLB, San Diego Padres v Philadelphia Phillies- BT Sport/ESPN 2030.
QUICK QUIZ ANSWERS
Answers: 1. Anthony Joshua; 2. Shane Warne; 3. Chris Gunter; 4. New England Patriots; 5. Tomasz Kuszczak.
