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On This Day - June 10 2008: David Villa scores hat-trick as Spain get their Euro 2008 challenge off to a flyer

Spain's David Villa left scores his third goal as Russia's Roman Shirokov right tries to stop him during the group D match between Spain and Russia in Innsbruck Austria Tuesday June 10 2008 at the Euro 2008 European Soccer Championships in Austria and Switzerland. (AP Photo/Jon Super) 
Spain's David Villa left scores his third goal as Russia's Roman Shirokov right tries to stop him during the group D match between Spain and Russia in Innsbruck Austria Tuesday June 10 2008 at the Euro 2008 European Soccer Championships in Austria and Swi Spain's David Villa left scores his third goal as Russia's Roman Shirokov right tries to stop him during the group D match between Spain and Russia in Innsbruck Austria Tuesday June 10 2008 at the Euro 2008 European Soccer Championships in Austria and Switzerland. (AP Photo/Jon Super) 

BIRTHDAYS

Carlo Ancelotti (soccer) - former Real Madrid, Paris St Germain and Chelsea manager, now head coach at Napoli, born 1959.

Stuart McCall (soccer) - former Rangers, Everton, Bradford and Scotland midfielder, born 1964.

David Platt (soccer) - former England captain who played for Aston Villa, Arsenal, Sampdoria and Juventus, born 1966.

Ronny Johnsen (soccer) - former Manchester United, Aston Villa and Norway defender, born 1969.

Bruno N'Gotty (soccer) - former Birmingham, Bolton, Leicester and France defender, born 1971.

Henrik Pedersen (soccer) - former Bolton, Hull and Denmark striker, born 1975.

Albie Morkel (cricket) - former South Africa all-rounder, born 1981.

Andy Schleck (cycling) - retired Luxembourg cyclist, winner of the 2010 Tour de France after Alberto Contador was stripped of the title, born 1985.

David Miller (cricket) - South Africa's Twenty20 and one-day international batsman, born 1989.

ON THIS DAY

1829: The first Oxford versus Cambridge Boat Race took place over a course from Hambleden Lock to Henley Bridge.

1907: The first long-distance car race, from Beijing to Paris, got under way.

1977: Al Geiberger became the first man to shoot a sub-60 round on the PGA Tour when he recorded a 59 in the Danny Thomas Golf Classic at the Colonial course in Memphis, Tennessee.

1981: Sebastian Coe broke the 800 metres world record by running one minute 41.73 seconds in Florence. The record stood until August 1993.

1991: England beat West Indies by 115 runs in the first Test at Headingley to record their first home win over the tourists since 1969.

2004: Tottenham appointed Dutchman Martin Jol as assistant to head coach Jacques Santini. Jol took over from Santini in November 2004 after the Frenchman resigned.

2006: England won their opening match at the World Cup, beating Paraguay 1-0 thanks to an early own goal from Carlos Gamarra.

2007: Britain's Lewis Hamilton won a grand prix for the first time. Driving for McLaren, the 22-year-old triumphed at the Canadian Grand Prix, ahead of Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) and Austria's Alexander Wurz (Williams).

2008: David Villa scored a hat-trick as Spain, the eventual champions, got their Euro 2008 challenge off to a flying start with a 4-1 win against Russia in Innsbruck.

2010: Former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was named as the new manager of European champions Inter Milan. The Spaniard lasted just five months in the job.

2014: Leeds Rhinos full-back Zak Hardaker was banned for five games after being found guilty of homophobic abuse.

2016: The funeral of former heavyweight world champion Muhammad Ali took place in his home city of Louisville, Kentucky.

2017: Unseeded Latvian Jelena Ostapenko overpowered title favourite Simona Halep 4-6 6-4 6-3 to win the French Open and become one of the most surprising grand slam champions of all time.

QUICK QUIZ

1. At which Championship side's ground will Coventry play their home games next season?

2. Which two countries took part in the first ever international rugby union match?

3. Who won the 100m men's gold at the 2004 Olympics, before Usain Bolt took three golds in a row at the following games?

4. Who did Germany beat to win Euro 96?

5. Which Spanish golfer has three wins on the PGA Tour?

(See quiz answers at bottom)

SPORT ON TV

Today (Monday, June 10)

CRICKET: Cricket World Cup, South Africa v West Indies - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Cricket World Cup 1000.

SOCCER: Women's World Cup, Argentina v Japan - BBC Two 1645; Euro 2020 qualifiers, Republic of Ireland v Gibraltar - Sky Sports Main Event 1930; Spain v Sweden - Sky Sports Football 1940; Poland v Israel - Sky Sports Premier League 1940.

TENNIS: WTA, Libema Open - BT Sport 1 1000.

CYCLING: Criterium du Dauphine - Eurosport 1 1400.

BASKETBALL: NBA, Toronto Raptors v Golden State Warriors - Sky Sports Main Event 0200 (Tue)

BASEBALL: MLB, New York Yankees v New York Mets - BT Sport 1 0000 (Tue).

Tomorrow (Tuesday, June 11)

CRICKET: Cricket World Cup, Bangladesh v Sri Lanka - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Cricket World Cup 1000.

SOCCER: Euro 2020 qualifiers, Belgium v Scotland - Sky Sports Main Event 1900; Belarus v Northern Ireland - Sky Sports Premier League 1900, Hungary v Wales - Sky Sports Football 1900 & S4C 1925, Kazakhstan v San Marino - Sky Sports Football 1455, Azerbaijan v Slovakia - Sky Sports Football 1655.

TENNIS: WTA, Libema Open - BT Sport 1 1000.

ATHLETICS: Paavo Nurmi Games - Eurosport 2 1700.

CYCLING: Criterium du Dauphine - Eurosport 1 1400.

BASEBALL: MLB, New York Yankees v New York Mets - BT Sport/ESPN 0000 (Wed).

QUICK QUIZ answers: 1 Birmingham; 2 England and Scotland; 3 Justin Gatlin; 4 Czech Republic; 5 Jon Rahm.