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Time Out - July 10: Sporting greats, Dates and a Quick Quiz Blitz to kick-start your day

Armagh and Crossmaglen star Jamie Clarke
Armagh and Crossmaglen star Jamie Clarke Armagh and Crossmaglen star Jamie Clarke

BACK IN THE DAY

July 10 2010: Analysis: All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Qualifying round two: Fermanagh v Armagh

Man of the moment... Jamie Clarke

The Crossmaglen lad is averaging a goal per game in this Championship, after what proved to be the match-winner up in Derry and his two early majors against Donegal last time out.

The student, who’s just recently turned 21, also scored two points from play against both Monaghan and Donegal, showing that he’s an all-round threat to any defence.

However, he found the going harder against, respectively, Dermot McArdle and Karl Lacey, when they went onto him after strong starts.

Tomorrow, he may find himself up against the experienced Niall Bogue from the outset.

Whether or not he makes another blistering beginning to a game, Fermanagh would be wise to watch him all the way.

BIRTHDAYS

Virginia Wade (tennis) - 1977 Wimbledon singles champion, born 1945.

Sunil Gavaskar (cricket) - prolific former Indian opener, the first man to score 10,000 Test runs, born 1949.

Richard Guest (horse racing) - rode Red Marauder to victory in the 2001 Grand National, born 1965.

Edmilson (soccer) - former Brazil and Barcelona midfielder, born 1976.

Ludovic Giuly (soccer) - former France, Monaco and Barcelona midfielder, born 1976.

Mario Gomez (soccer) - former Stuttgart and Germany striker, born 1985.

Eunan O'Kane (soccer) - Leeds and Republic of Ireland midfielder, on loan at Luton, born 1990.

Ada Hegerberg (soccer) - Norway and Lyon striker, winner of the inaugural Women's Ballon d'Or award in 2018, born 1995.

QUICK QUIZ

1. Pep Clotet left his position as head coach of which Championship club this week?

2. Which UK racecourse holds the record as the oldest still in operation?

3. Which team knocked England out of Euro 2016 with a 2-1 win in Nice?

4. How many different sports will feature at the 2020 Olympics? a) 27 b) 33 c) 37

5. Which county defeated Cork to win the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship crown?

6. How many points did Manchester City get to set a Premier League record in 2017/18?

7. And how many points did Derby get when they set a record low in 2007/08?

8. At which racetrack would you find Maggots and Becketts?

9. Which Australian is a three-time Formula One World Champion?

10. Who did Carl Frampton defeat at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast in February 2013?

(See quiz answers at bottom)

ON THIS DAY

1927: Former Leeds and England manager Don Revie was born. He transformed Leeds from a struggling Second Division side into one of the best teams in Europe during the late 1960s and early 70s - guiding them to two League Championships, FA Cup and League Cup glory as well as winning the Fairs Cup in 1968 and 1971. He went on to manage England but quit after three years in 1977 following poor results. He died from motor neurone disease in May 1989.

1943: Arthur Ashe, who became the first black Wimbledon men's champion when he claimed the title in 1975, was born. The American died in 1993 of an AIDS-related disease.

1951: Randolph Turpin became the first Briton since Bob Fitzsimmons in the 19th century to win the world middleweight crown, producing one of boxing's biggest shocks with a points win over American 'Sugar' Ray Robinson.

1970: David Broome, on Beethoven, became the first British male rider to win the World Showjumping Championship.

1978: Snooker great Joe Davis, who won the world championship 15 times, including the first contested in 1927, died at the age of 77.

1989: Former Celtic striker Mo Johnston was transferred to Rangers from Nantes, becoming the first big-name Roman Catholic player to be signed by the club.

1994: Damon Hill won his first British Grand Prix, something his two-time world champion father Graham never managed.

1995: Paul Gascoigne completed a £4.3million move from Lazio to Rangers. David Platt also returned to Britain from Italian shores by signing for Arsenal from Sampdoria for £4.75million.

2006: Shamed France captain Zinedine Zidane won the Golden Ball - votes for which were cast at half-time in the World Cup final, in which he was later sent off - for being the best player in the tournament.

2007: West Ham clinched the signing of Craig Bellamy from Liverpool for a club record fee of £7.5million.

2012: South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher announced his retirement from international cricket after sustaining a severe eye injury during South Africa's tour match against Somerset the previous day.

2014: Chile forward Alexis Sanchez agreed to join Arsenal from Barcelona on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee.

2015: Mark Cavendish won stage seven of the Tour de France, his 26th career stage win in all.

2018: Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo joined Juventus from Real Madrid in a deal worth £99.2million.

SPORT ON TV

Today (Friday, July 10)

SOCCER: Champions League draw, BT Sport 2 1100; Europa League draw, BT Sport 2 1200

CRICKET: England v West Indies, First Test, Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Cricket 1030

MOTORSPORT: Formula One, Styrian Grand Prix, first practice, Sky Sports F1 1000, second practice, Sky Sports F1 1345

GOLF: PGA Tour, Workday Charity Open, Sky Sports Golf 1230

RUGBY UNION: Super Rugby, Rebels v Reds, Sky Sports Action 1000

RUGBY LEAGUE: NRL, Gold Coast Titans v New Zealand Warriors, Sky Sports Arena 0900, South Sydney Rabbitohs v Wests Tigers, Sky Sports Arena 1055

NETBALL: ANZ Premiership: Pulse v Steel, Sky Sports Main Event 0800

HORSE RACING: From Newmarket, ITV4 1330

Tomorrow (Saturday, July 11)

SOCCER: Premier League, Norwich v West Ham, BT Sport 1 1200, Liverpool v Burnley, BT Sport 1 1430, Sheffield United v Chelsea, Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Premier League 1700, Brighton v Manchester City, Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Premier League 1945

CRICKET: England v West Indies, First Test, Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Cricket 1030

MOTORSPORT: Formula One, Styrian Grand Prix, third practice, Sky Sports F1 1045, qualifying, Sky Sports F1 1330

GOLF: PGA Tour, Workday Charity Open, Sky Sports Golf 1245

RUGBY UNION: Super Rugby, Crusaders v Blues, Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Action 0730

RUGBY LEAGUE: NRL, Cronulla Sharks v Penrith Panthers, Sky Sports Arena 0600, Brisbane Broncos v Canterbury Bulldogs, Sky Sports Arena 0830, Canberra Raiders v Melbourne Storm, Sky Sports Arena 1035

MMA: UFC 251, BT Sport 1 0300 (Sun)

HORSE RACING: From Newmarket, ITV4 1325

QUICK QUIZ answers: 1. Birmingham; 2. Chester; 3. Iceland; 4. 33; 5. Kerry (0-16 to 1-9); 6. 100; 7. 11; 8. Silverstone; 9. Jack Brabham; 10. Kiko Martinez.