ON THIS DAY
1937: World heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis was taken the distance in the first of the 25 defences he would make of his title. His opponent was Welshman Tommy Farr, who survived all 15 rounds at Madison Square Garden.
1987: Larry Tompkins kicked 11 points as Cork routed Galway, 0-18 to 1-4, in their All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final replay at Croke Park.
1987: Lloyd Honeyghan knocked out American Gene Hatcher in Marbella, Spain, to retain his world welterweight title. Honeyghan won in just 45 seconds, then the quickest world title stoppage in history.
1991: Bob Beamon's 23-year-old world long jump record was broken during the World Championships in Tokyo. Carl Lewis surpassed Beamon's leap of 8.90 metres with 8.91m, but that was not valid for the record books due to wind assistance. Then his American team-mate Mike Powell jumped a massive - and legal - 8.95m to clinch the gold medal. It has not been surpassed.
1998: Damon Hill secured the Jordan team's maiden grand prix win at a rain-soaked Spa-Francorchamps, with team-mate Ralf Schumacher in second.
2001: Manchester United completed the signing of French World Cup winner Laurent Blanc.
2004: Manager Sir Bobby Robson was sacked by Newcastle.
2005: Michael Owen passed a medical at Newcastle ahead of signing a four-year contract with the club.
2008: St Helens won the Challenge Cup with a 28-16 victory over Hull at Wembley.
2011: Britain's Jessica Ennis-Hill won silver in the heptathlon at the World Championships in Daegu. In November 2016 Tatyana Chernova was stripped of the gold medal after failing a retrospective doping test, meaning the Briton was upgraded to gold.
2012: Liverpool and England striker Andy Carroll joined West Ham on a season-long loan. The deal was soon made permanent.
2015: Manchester City signed Wolfsburg attacking midfielder Kevin De Bruyne for a then club-record fee, believed to be around £54million, with the 24-year-old signing a six-year deal.
2016: England scored a world-record ODI score of 444 for three in beating Pakistan by 169 runs at Trent Bridge. Alex Hales' 171 was England's highest-ever individual ODI score. The win saw England take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
BIRTHDAYS
Jean-Claude Killy (skiing) - winner of all three Alpine golds at the 1968 Winter Olympics, born 1943.
Ger Cunningham (gaelic games) - hurling manager and former player who lined out for Cork Senior club St Finbarr's. He played for the Cork senior hurling team for 20 years, as goalkeeper, born 1961.
Carlo Checchinato (rugby union) - former Italy lock, now Azzurri team manager, born 1970.
Pavel Nedved (soccer) - former Juventus and Czech Republic midfielder, born 1972.
Radhi Jaidi (soccer) - former Southampton, Birmingham and Bolton defender from Tunisia, born 1975.
Juan Ignacio Chela (tennis) - Argentinian winner of six ATP Tour titles, born 1979.
Andy Roddick (tennis) - US Open champion in 2003 and Wimbledon runner-up in 2004, 2005 and 2009, born 1982.
Leisel Jones (swimming) - Australian nine-time Olympic medallist, including three golds, born 1985.
QUICK QUIZ
1. Which Russian side were formerly managed by Andre Villas-Boas and Roberto Mancini?
2. At which Formula One circuit would you find La Source and Eau Rouge?
3. Who top-scored for Meath in their victorious 1987 All-Ireland SFC campaign?
4. Which former US Open champion was knocked out in the first round by Anna Kalinskaya?
5. How many points do you get for a field goal in American football?
SPORT ON TV
Today (Friday, August 30)
SOCCER: Sky Bet Championship, Cardiff v Fulham - Sky Sports Main Event 1900; Scottish Championship, Dundee United v Dundee - BT Sport 1 1915; Bundesliga, Borussia Moenchengladbach v RB Leipzig - BT Sport 2 1915; League of Ireland, Shamrock Rovers v Bohemian - eir Sport 1 1930; Welsh Premier League, Broughton v Carmarthen Town - S4C 1955.
CRICKET: Test cricket, West Indies v India - Sky Sports The Ashes 1525, Sky Sports Main Event 1530, Sky Sports The Ashes 2145; Vitality Blast, Somerset v Middlesex - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports The Ashes 1800.
GOLF: The Omega European Masters - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Golf 1030, 1430.
BASEBALL: MLB, Chicago Cubs v Milwaukee Brewers - BT Sport/ESPN 1900.
CYCLING: Vuelta a Espana - Eurosport 1 1345.
MOTORSPORT: Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, first practice session - Sky Sports F1 0945, second practice session Sky Sports F1 1345.
Tomorrow (Saturday, August 31)
SOCCER: Sky Bet Championship, Bristol City v Middlesbrough - Sky Sports Main Event 1200; Premier League, Southampton v Manchester United - BT Sport 1 1200, Burnley v Liverpool - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League 1700; Vanarama National League, Chorley v Boreham Wood - BT Sport 1 1700; Bundesliga, Union Berlin v Borussia Dortmund - BT Sport 2 1715; MLS, Montreal Impact v DC United - Sky Sports Main Event 0030 (Sun).
CRICKET: Test cricket, West Indies v India - Sky Sports The Ashes 1525, Sky Sports Main Event 1545, Sky Sports Main Event 2030.
GOLF: The Omega European Masters - Sky Sports Golf 1130.
CYCLING: Tour of Almaty - Eurosport 1 0900; Vuelta a Espana - Eurosport 1 1345.
BASEBALL: MLB, Chicago Cubs v Milwaukee Brewers - BT Sport 2 1930, Tampa Bay Rays v Cleveland Indians - BT Sport 2 2300.
BOXING: Vasyl Lomachenko v Luke Campbell - Sky Sports Action 1800.
HORSE RACING: Sandown - ITV4 1330.
MOTORSPORT: Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, qualifying - Sky Sports F1 1355, Sky Sports Main Event 1415.
ROWING: World Championships - BBC One 1315.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League, Catalans Dragon v Hull KR - Sky Sports Arena 1700; NRL, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles v Melbourne Storm - Sky Sports Action 0830, Sydney Roosters v Penrith Panthers - Sky Sports Action 1035
RUGBY UNION: World Cup warm-up, Wales v Ireland - Channel 4 1400.
QUICK QUIZ answers: 1. Zenit St Petersburg; 2. Spa-Francorchamps; 3. Brian Stafford (0-33); 4. Sloane Stephens; 5. Three.
