ON THIS DAY
1892: West Brom beat Darwen 12-0 to record the biggest win in the First Division of the Football League. The result was equalled by Nottingham Forest when they beat Leicester Fosse by the same margin in 1909.
1930: England batsman Andrew Sandham became the first man to score 300 runs in an innings in Test cricket. His 325 came against the West Indies at Kingston, Jamaica.
1981: Bob Champion won the Grand National at Aintree on Aldaniti after completing a remarkable recovery from cancer.
1981: Susan Brown wrote her name in the record books as the first woman to compete in the University Boat Race. She coxed the Oxford crew to an eight-length victory over Cambridge.
2004: Tyrone failed to score in the second half against Kerry but still recorded a 1-8 to 1-7 win to top the Division 1A table.
2005: Newcastle fined midfielder Lee Bowyer six weeks' wages for his part in a brawl with team-mate Kieron Dyer in a game against Aston Villa.
2007: Manchester United lost the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Roma 2-1 in a game marred by violent clashes at the Stadio Olimpico between fans of both sides and police.
2009: Mon Mome, trained by Venetia Williams and ridden by Liam Treadwell, won the John Smith's Grand National at Aintree at 100-1.
2011: Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney was charged by the Football Association for swearing into a television camera after scoring a goal in a 4-2 Premier League win at West Ham.
2012: Great Britain's Ed Clancy, Pete Kennaugh, Steven Burke and Geraint Thomas won team pursuit gold medals in a world record of three minutes 53.295 seconds at the Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne.
2015: The Tyrone hurlers claimed the Division 3A title with a 0-18 to 1-11 win over Monaghan in Keady.
2016: Chelsea announced Italy manager Antonio Conte would become the club's first-team head coach in the summer on a three-year contract.
BIRTHDAYS
Jonathan Agnew (cricket) - Former England bowler, now the BBC's cricket correspondent, born 1960.
Jeremy McWilliams (motorcycling) - Former grand prix rider, born 1964.
Branco (soccer) - Former Middlesbrough and Brazil defender, born 1964.
Paul Parker (soccer) - Former Manchester United and England defender, born 1964.
Loris Capirossi (motorcycling) - Former MotoGP rider, born 1973.
Peter Hoekstra (soccer) - Former Stoke, Ajax and Holland forward, born 1973.
Emerson (soccer) - Former AC Milan, Real Madrid and Brazil midfielder, born 1976.
Alan Mahon (soccer) - Former Tranmere, Blackburn and Republic of Ireland midfielder, born 1978.
Jon Clarke (rugby league) - Former Widnes hooker, born 1979.
Ben Gordon (basketball) - British-born shooting guard, formerly with NBA franchise Orlando Magic, born 1983.
Aiden McGeady (soccer) - Sunderland and Republic of Ireland midfielder, born 1986.
Sami Khedira (soccer) - Juventus and Germany midfielder, born 1987.
Steven Finn (cricket) - Middlesex and England fast bowler, born 1989.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1 Who scored Armagh’s goal in their Division Three final win against Fermanagh?
2 Which nation won the gold medal in men's hockey at the 2012 London Olympics?
3 Which golfer won the Masters in 2012 and 2014?
4 In which year did Ronnie O'Sullivan win his maiden World Snooker Championship?
5 Chris Ashton plays for which rugby union team?
(Answers at bottom)
TV LISTINGS
Today (Wednesday, April 4)
SOCCER: Champions League quarter-finals, Liverpool v Manchester City - BT Sport 2 1900, Barcelona v Roma - eir Sport 1 1930; Serie A, AC Milan v Inter Milan - BT Sport 1 1715, Torino v Crotone - eir Sport 1 1725.
GOLF: Masters par-three tournament - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Golf 1900.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Opening ceremony - BBC 1 1030, live coverage of individual sports - BBC1 from 0015 (Thu).
TENNIS: WTA, Charleston Open - BT Sport 1 0000 (Thu).
SNOOKER: China Open - Eurosport 1 0655 and 1225.
BASKETBALL: NBA, Toronto Raptors v Boston Celtics - BT Sport 2 0000 (Thu).
BASEBALL: MLB, Atlanta Braves v Washington Nationals - BT Sport/ESPN 1700, Arizona Diamondbacks v Los Angeles Dodgers - BT Sport/ESPN, BT Sport 1 2030.
Tomorrow (Thursday, April 5)
SOCCER: Europa League quarter-final, Arsenal v CSKA Moscow - BT Sport 2 and eir Sport 1 1930.
GOLF: US Masters - Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Golf 1900, eir Sport 1 2300.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES: From Australia's Gold Coast - BBC2 from 0600 and BBC1 from 0915, Swimming - Eurosport 2 1030.
RUGBY UNION: Hong Kong Sevens - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Action 0320 (Fri).
RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League, Wakefield v Castleford - Sky Sports Arena 1930; NRL, North Queensland v Penrith - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Arena 0900.
TENNIS: WTA, Charleston Open - BT Sport 1 1600.
SNOOKER: China Open - Eurosport 1 0655 and 1225.
CYCLING: Basque Tour - Eurosport 2 1430.
DARTS: Premier League - Sky Sports Action 1900.
CURLING: World Championships - Eurosport 1 1930.
BASEBALL: MLB, Washington Nationals v New York Mets - BT Sport/ESPN 1800, Cleveland Cavaliers v Washington Wizards - BT Sport 2 0100 (Fri).
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ ANSWERS
Answers: 1 Andrew Murnin; 2 Germany; 3 Bubba Watson; 4 2001; 5 Toulon.