On This Day
1810: Championship belts were introduced in boxing when bare-knuckle fighter Tom Cribb was given one after beating Tom Molineaux at Copthall Common. King George III presented the belt.
1971: Stan Mellor became the first National Hunt jockey to ride 1,000 winners when he partnered Ouzo to victory at Nottingham.
2005: Liverpool were beaten 1-0 by Sao Paulo in the final of the Club World Championship in Yokohama.
2005: Ding Junhui won snooker's UK Championship with a 10-6 victory over Steve Davis.
2006: England surrendered the Ashes after losing the third Test in Perth by 206 runs to hand Australia an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
2007: Scotland rugby union head coach Frank Hadden signed a new rolling contract. He left the job on April 2 2009.
2008: The Indian government confirmed India's cricket tour of Pakistan, scheduled for January and February 2009, had been called off as relations between the neighbouring countries continued to deteriorate following the Mumbai terror attacks.
2012: Lionel Messi agreed a new contract with Barcelona running until 2018.
2014: Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli was banned for one match, fined £25,000 and ordered to attend an education course after making racist and anti-semitic comments on social media.
Birthdays
Gianluca Pagliuca (soccer) - former Inter Milan and Italy goalkeeper, born 1966.
Santiago Canizares (soccer) - former Valencia and Spain goalkeeper, born 1969.
Justin Edinburgh (soccer) - former Tottenham and Portsmouth defender, now manager of Gillingham, born 1969.
Keith Piper (cricket) - former Warwickshire wicketkeeper, born 1969.
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (tennis) - three-time French Open winner and twice runner-up at Wimbledon, born 1971.
Jim Culloty (horse racing) - former jockey best known for riding Best Mate, born 1973.
Mamady Sidibe (soccer) - former Stoke striker, born 1979.
Usman Khawaja (cricket) - Pakistan-born Australia batsman, born 1986.
Lizzie Deignan (cycling) - London 2012 Olympic road race silver medallist, born 1988.
Quick Quiz Blitz
1 Who scored the goals for Ulster in Saturday's Inter-provincial success?
2 Which of the British Classic horse races is held in September over the longest distance of all five classics?
3 Who was the last English rugby union player to captain the British & Irish Lions?
4 Which two footballers have scored Premier League headed hat-tricks?
5 How many points do you get for a touchdown in American football?
Answers below
PA SPORT TV LISTINGS
Today (Sunday, December 18)
SOCCER: Premier League, Bournemouth v Southampton - Sky Sports 1 1230, Manchester City v Arsenal - Sky Sports 1 1530; Championship, QPR v Aston Villa - Sky Sports 2 1145; LaLiga, Leganes v Eibar - Sky Sports 5 1500, Deportivo La Coruna v Osasuna - Sky Sports 5 1725, Barcelona v Espanyol - Sky Sports 1 1930; Serie A, Sassuolo v Inter Milan - eir Sport 1 1125, BT Sport 1 1130, Napoli v Torino - BT Sport 2 1345, Chievo v Sampdoria - eir Sport 1 1355, Genoa v Palermo - eir Sport 1 1940; Bundesliga, Darmstadt 98 v Bayern Munich - BT Sport 1 1415, Bayer Leverkusen v Ingolstadt 04 - BT Sport 1 1630; Ligue 1, Marseille v Lille - eir Sport 1 1555, Monaco v Lyon - BT Sport 1 1930; Portuguese Liga NOS, Sporting Lisbon v Braga - BT Sport 2 2045; A-League, Central Coast Mariners v Brisbane Roar, BT Sport 1 0600.
CRICKET: Fifth Test, India v England - Sky Sports 2 0345.
SPORT: Sports Personality of the Year 2016 - BBC One, 1840.
RUGBY UNION: European Champions Cup, Scarlets v Toulon - Sky Sports 4 1230, Clermont Auvergne v Ulster - Sky Sports 4 1500, Sale Sharks v Saracens - BT Sport 2 1715.
SNOOKER: Scottish Open - Eurosport 1 1245.
DARTS: PDC World Championship - Sky Sports Darts 1300.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL, New |York Giants v Detroit Lions - Sky Sports 2 1730, Denver Broncos v New England Patriots - Sky Sports 2 2100, Cincinnati Bengals v Pittsburgh Steelers - Sky Sports 1 0130 (Mon).
BASKETBALL: NBA, Washington Wizards v Los Angeles Clippers - BT Sport//ESPN 2030.
SKIING: Alpine World Cup - Eurosport 2 0815, Nordic Combined Skiing, World Cup - Eurosport 1 1015, Live Biathlon, World Cup - Eurosport 2 1045, Ski Jumping, World Cup - Eurosport 2 1245.
Tomorrow (Monday, December 19)
SOCCER: Premier League, Everton v Liverpool - Sky Sports 1 1900; LaLiga, Athletic Bilbao v Celta Vigo - Sky Sports 2 1940; 2. Bundesliga, Nurnberg v Kaiserslautern - BT Sport 1 1915.
CRICKET: Fifth Test, India v England - Sky Sports 2 0345.
DARTS: PDC World Championship - Sky Sports Darts 1900.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL, Washington Redskins v Carolina Panthers - Sky Sports 1 0115 (Tue).
BASKETBALL: NBA, Chicago Bulls v Detroit Pistons - BT Sport 1 0100 (Tue).
Answers: 1 Charlie Vernon & Aidan Breen; 2 St Leger; 3 Martin Corry; 4 Duncan Ferguson and Salomon Rondon; 5 Six.
