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VIDEO: On This Day - Sept 5, 1951: West Germany World Cup winner Paul Breitner is born

Paul Breitner (left), who won the World Cup with West Germany in 1974, was born on this day in 1951
Paul Breitner (left), who won the World Cup with West Germany in 1974, was born on this day in 1951 Paul Breitner (left), who won the World Cup with West Germany in 1974, was born on this day in 1951

BIRTHDAYS

Paul Breitner (soccer) - former Bayern Munich and West Germany defender who won the 1974 World Cup, born 1951.

Frank Farina (soccer) - former Australia striker and manager, born 1964.

Jane Sixsmith (hockey) - Great Britain's 1992 Olympic bronze-medal winning hockey player, born 1967.

Mark Ramprakash (cricket) - former Surrey and England batsman, also England's batting coach until earlier this year, born 1969.

Adam Hollioake (cricket) - former Surrey captain and England one-day skipper, born 1971.

George Boateng (soccer) - former Holland, Aston Villa and Middlesbrough midfielder, born 1975.

John Carew (soccer) - former West Ham, Aston Villa and Norway striker, born 1979.

Pragyan Ojha (cricket) - India spinner, born 1986.

Ben Youngs (rugby union) - Leicester and England scrum-half, born 1989.

ON THIS DAY

1826: John Wisden, the man who first published what is now known as 'The Cricketer's Bible', was born in Brighton. He died on April 5, 1884.

1951: Maureen Connolly won the US Open tennis title at the age of 16 years and 11 months.

1961: Aston Villa beat Rotherham in the second leg of the inaugural League Cup final to win 3-2 on aggregate.

1970: Austrian Formula One motor racing driver Jochen Rindt - who became the sport's only posthumous world champion - was killed when his Lotus swerved and hit a guard rail during practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

1971: Peter Gethin, driving a BRM, took the chequered flag in the closest Formula One world championship race in history, winning by 0.01 seconds from Ronnie Peterson at Monza. Just 0.61secs separated the first five cars to finish.

1998: Tottenham parted company with manager Christian Gross - the man who had announced his arrival by presenting his tube ticket - after 10 turbulent months at White Hart Lane.

2006: Randy Lerner took full control of Aston Villa after taking his shareholding to 85.5 per cent.

2008: Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton was banned for 12 matches - six of which were suspended - and fined £25,000 after pleading guilty to a Football Association charge of violent conduct relating to his attack on former Manchester City team-mate Ousmane Dabo.

2012: Australian side Sydney FC confirmed the signing of former Italy and Juventus forward Alessandro Del Piero on a two-year-deal.

2015: England qualified for Euro 2016 thanks to a 6-0 victory in San Marino. Wayne Rooney matched Bobby Charlton's tally of 49 goals for England to become the country's joint top-scorer of all time, with Ross Barkley, Theo Walcott and Harry Kane also notching.

QUICK QUIZ BLITZ

1. Who is captain of the Australia Test cricket team?

2. Where is the US Open tennis played?

3. Who won the Uefa Men's Player of the Year award last week?

4. Who will captain the European team at the 2020 Ryder Cup?

5. Who is the oldest active NFL player?

TODAY’S TV

CRICKET: The Ashes, England v Australia - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports The Ashes 1000; Vitality Blast, second quarter-final - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports The Ashes 1855

SOCCER: Euro 2020 qualifier, Republic of Ireland v Switzerland - Sky Sports Main Event 1930, Northern Ireland v Luxembourg - Sky Sports Premier League 1940

GOLF: European Tour, The Porsche European Open - Sky Sports Golf 1000 & 1400

RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League, Castleford v Hull - Sky Sports Arena 1900

BASEBALL: Live MLB match - BT Sport/ESPN 1800 & 0000

GRIDIRON: NFL, Chicago Bears v Green Bay Packers - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Action 0030

CYCLING: Vuelta a Espana - Eurosport 1 1345

QUICK QUIZ BLITZ ANSWERS

1. Tim Paine; 2. Flushing Meadows, New York; 3. Virgil van Dijk; 4. Padraig Harrington; 5. Adam Vinatieri.