SPORTING greats, dates and a quick quiz blitz to get you up and running today...
ON THIS DAY
1938: Two players, Leonidas for Brazil and Ernst Wilimowski for Poland, scored four goals each in the World Cup match at Stade de la Meinau in Strasbourg. 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: Weatmeath beat Laois 1-12 to 0-11 in the quarter-finals of the Leinster SFC Championship.
2005: Paddy Bradley scores 1-10 as Derry beat Monaghan in the quarter-finals of the Ulster Championship.
2009: Holland beat England by four wickets in their Twenty20 World Cup Group B match at Lord's.
2010: Italy's Francesca Schiavone won the women's French Open title after defeating Australia's Samantha Stosur 6-4 7-6 (7/2) in the final.
2011: Rafael Nadal won his sixth French Open crown by beating Roger Federer 7-5 7-6 (7/3) 5-7 6-1.
2014: The Football Association announced that Sir Trevor Brooking would retire from his role as director of football development following the World Cup.
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) - 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) - QPR winger, born 1990.
Emily Seebohm (swimming) - Australian double Olympic champion, born 1992.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1 How many fights was Muhammad Ali involved in?
2 Ali won how many of those bouts?
3 How many defeats did Ali suffer?
4 Ali and Joe Frazier went toe-to-toe for how many rounds in their third and final fight, the 'Thrilla in Manila'?
5 On how many separate occasions did Ali win the world heavyweight title?
(Answers at the bottom of the page)
PA SPORT TV LISTINGS
Sunday, June 5
GAA; Sunday Game Live, RTE ONE 13.40; The Sunday Game, RTE TWO 21.30
SOCCER: Soccer Aid 2016 - ITV 18.00.
CRICKET: London One-Day Cup, Somerset v Gloucestershire - Sky Sports 2 10.55; One-Day International, West Indies v Australia - Sky Sports 3 17.55.
TENNIS: French Open - Eurosport 1/Eurosport 2/ITV4 11.00.
GOLF: European Tour, Nordea Masters - Sky Sports 4 12.00; PGA Tour, The Memorial Tournament - Sky Sports 4 17.00.
CYCLING: Criterium du Dauphine - Eurosport 2 12.30.
RUGBY UNION: Top 14 - Sky Sports 2 19.40.
MOTOR CYCLING: MotoGP, Catalunya - BT Sport 2 07.30.
ATHLETICS: Birmingham Grand Prix - BBC One 13.30.
GYMNASTICS: Women's European Championships, Bern - BBC Two 16.00.
DARTS: World Cup of Darts, Frankfurt - Sky Sports 1 13.00.
BASEBALL: MLB - BT Sport/ESPN 01.00 (Mon).
BASKETBALL: NBA, play-offs, Cleveland Cavaliers v Golden State Warriors - BT Sport 1 01.00 (Mon).
Monday, June 6
CRICKET: One-Day Cup, Sussex Sharks v Essex Eagles - Sky Sports 2 13.55.
TENNIS: ATP, Mercedes Cup - Eurosport 1 10.00.
CYCLING: Criterium du Dauphine - Eurosport 2 15.00.
BASEBALL: MLB, Philadelphia Phillies v Chicago Cubs - BT Sport 1 00.00 (Tue).
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