On This Day
1967: A crowd of 62,000 at the Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, witnessed the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 to win the first Super Bowl.
1984: Ukrainian pole-vaulter Sergei Bubka set his first world record with a vault of 5.81 metres.
1999: Terry Venables ended his management spell at Crystal Palace after only eight months in charge. Steve Coppell took over from Venables, who agreed to become a part-time consultant for the club.
2006: The News of the World newspaper published details of its undercover 'sting' on Sven-Goran Eriksson, in which the England coach told 'fake sheikh' Mazher Mahmood he would resign if his team won the World Cup and would be interested in managing Aston Villa as part of a hypothetical takeover.
2007: South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs was banned for two Test matches following remarks made against Pakistan.
2008: Chelsea agreed terms with Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow for Serbia defender Branislav Ivanovic.
2010: The Football Association fined West Ham £115,000 following crowd trouble in a game with Millwall earlier in the season.
2012: Paul McGinley was appointed Europe's captain for the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles, taking over from Jose Maria Olazabal.
2014: Chelsea signed Nemanja Matic for £20.75million from Benfica, while Southampton chairman Nicola Cortese submitted his resignation from the club.
Born on this day
Ryan Sidebottom (cricket) - Yorkshire and former England left-arm seamer, born 1978.
Martin Petrov (soccer) - former Wolfsburg, Manchester City, Bolton and Bulgaria winger, born 1979.
Sean Lamont (rugby union) - former Northampton, Scarlets and now Glasgow Warriors and Scotland centre, born 1981.
El Hadji Diouf (soccer) - former Liverpool, Bolton and Senegal forward, born 1981.
Jermaine Pennant (soccer) - former Liverpool, Arsenal, Stoke and Wigan winger, born 1983.
Marc Bartra (soccer) - Borussia Dortmund and Spain defender, born 1991.
Eric Dier (soccer) - Tottenham and England midfielder, born 1994.
Quick Quiz Blitz
1 James DeGale won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing in which boxing weight class?
2 Diego Costa was born in which country?
3 How many Test centuries has Ben Stokes registered?
4 Rory McIlroy won the Open Championship in 2014 at which venue?
5 Who scored twice in Chelse's 3-0 win over Leicester City?
PA SPORT TV LISTINGS
Today (Sunday, January 15)
SOCCER: Serie A, Cagliari v Genoa - BT Sport 1 1130, eir Sport 1 1130, Udinese v Roma - BT Sport 1 1345, Napoli v Pescara - eir Sport 1 1400, Fiorentina v Juventus - eir Sport 1 1940; Premier League, Everton v Manchester City - Sky Sports 1 1230, Manchester United v Liverpool - Sky Sports 1 1530; LaLiga, Deportivo La Coruna v Villarreal - Sky Sports 4 1500, Granada v Osasuna - Sky Sports 4, 1715, Sevilla v Real Madrid - Sky Sports 1 1930; African Nations Cup, Algeria v Zimbabwe - Eurosport 2 1600, Tunisia v Senegal - Eurosport 1 1845; Ligue 1, TBC - eir Sport 1 1600, Marseille v Monaco - BT Sport 1 1945
CRICKET: South Africa v Sri Lanka, third Test - Sky Sports 5 0755; India v England, One-Day International - Sky Sports 2 0730
GOLF: European Tour, South African Open - Sky Sports 4 1000; PGA Tour, Sony Open Hawaii - Sky Sports 4 2300
RUGBY UNION: European Champions Cup, Scarlets v Saracens - Sky Sports 3 1245, Toulon v Sale Sharks - BT Sport 2 1500, Exeter Chiefs v Ulster - BT Sport 2 1715
TENNIS: Australian Open - Eurosport 1 0000, Eurosport 2 0000 (Mon)
SNOOKER: The Masters, Ronnie O'Sullivan v Liang Wenbo - BBC Two England 1300, Eurosport 2 1300, Ding Junhui v Kyren Wilson - Eurosport 2 1845
DARTS: BDO Lakeside World Professional Championship - Channel 4 1615; BT Sport 1 1600
AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers v Kansas City Chiefs - Sky Sports 2 1730, Green Bay Packers v Dallas Cowboys - Sky Sports 2 2100.
BASKETBALL: NBA, Dallas Mavericks v Minnesota Timberwolves - BT Sport 2 2100
ICE HOCKEY: NHL, Anaheim Ducks v St Louis Blues - eir Sport 1 0200 (Mon)
Tomorrow (Monday, January 16)
FOOTBALL: African Nations Cup, Ivory Coast v Togo - Eurosport 1 1545, DR Congo v Morocco - Eurosport 1 1845; LaLiga, Sporting Gijon v Eibar - Sky Sports 2 1940; Serie A, Torino v AC Milan - eir Sport 1 1940.
CRICKET: South Africa v Sri Lanka, third Test - Sky Sports 2 0755; Big Bash League, Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Renegades - BT Sport 2 0830.
TENNIS: Australian Open, day one - Eurosport 1/Eurosport 2 0000.
SNOOKER: The Masters, John Higgins v Mark Allen - BBC Two/Eurosport 2 1300, Stuart Bingham v Joe Perry - Eurosport 2 1845.
BASKETBALL: NBA, New York Knicks v Atlanta Hawks - BT Sport 1 1800, Indiana Pacers v New Orleans Pelicans - BT Sport 1 2100, Golden State Warriors v Cleveland Cavaliers - BT Sport 1 0100 (Tue), Los Angeles Clippers v Oklahoma City Thunder - BT Sport 1 03:30 (Tue).
Answers: 1 Middleweight; 2 Brazil; 3 Four; 4 Royal Liverpool Golf Club; 5 Marcos Alonso.
