ON THIS DAY
1923: Bolton and West Ham contested the first FA Cup final at Wembley. Official receipts gave the attendance as 126,047 but it is estimated more than 200,000 were in the ground. A single policeman on a white horse famously kept the crowd back from the pitch. Bolton won the game 2-0.
1984: Clive Lloyd became the first West Indian to play in 100 Test matches as the fifth Test against Australia got under way in Jamaica.
1990: Wigan's Andy Gregory became only the second rugby league player to win the Lance Todd Trophy a second time. He was awarded the coveted prize as man of the match for his contribution to Wigan's triumph over Warrington in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley.
1998: West Brom terminated the contract of defender Shane Nicholson following his admission of a drugs misconduct charge at a Football Association hearing.
2006: Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari claimed he had withdrawn from the race to become England manager after the World Cup. Steve McClaren eventually took over following the departure of Sven-Goran Eriksson.
2007: Australia won a historic third cricket World Cup in a row, defeating Sri Lanka by 53 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method in Barbados.
2009: Stephen Hendry scored his second Crucible maximum, in a 13-11 quarter-final defeat by Shaun Murphy.
2013: Gareth Bale won the PFA Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards, matching a feat only previously achieved by Cristiano Ronaldo and Andy Gray.
2016: It emerged that British cyclist Simon Yates had tested positive for Terbutaline during the Paris-Nice race. He escaped a ban after his team Orica-GreenEdge admitted responsibility, having failed to apply for a therapeutic use exemption for Yates' asthma inhaler.
BIRTHDAYS
Mike Brearley (cricket) - former Middlesex and England skipper. England won 18 Tests out of 31 under his captaincy, born 1942.
Walter Zenga (soccer) - former Inter Milan and Italy goalkeeper who has coached the likes of Sampdoria, Wolves and Red Star Belgrade, born 1960.
John Daly (golf) - winner of the PGA Championship in 1991 and the Open in 1995, born 1966.
Andy Flower (cricket) - former England coach and Zimbabwe captain, born 1968.
Diego Simeone (soccer) - midfielder who won 106 caps for Argentina, now coach of Atletico Madrid, born 1970.
Dominic Matteo (soccer) - former Scotland, Liverpool and Leeds defender, born 1974.
Bradley Wiggins (cycling) - first British Tour de France winner and four-time Olympic gold medal winner, born 1980.
Roger Johnson (soccer) - Charlton defender, born 1983.
Juan Mata (soccer) - Manchester United midfielder and member of Spain's 2010 World Cup-winning squad, born 1988.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1 How many World Cup finals have Brazil lost?
2 Name the Dublin GAA player of the 1970s and 1980s who also played for Clontarf rugby club.
3 Who is the only non-European to win the Formula One world title in the last 25 years?
4 Wayde van Niekerk won gold in which event at the 2016 Rio Olympics?
5 Who was the last golfer to successfully defend their US Open title?
SPORT ON TV
Today (Friday, April 28)
SOCCER: Championship, Cardiff v Newcastle - Sky Sports 1 1900; Scottish Premiership, Ross County v Inverness - BT Sport 2; LaLiga, Villarreal v Sporting Gijon - Sky Sports 5 1940; Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen v Schalke - BT Sport/ESPN 1930.
CRICKET: Royal London One-Day Cup, Somerset v Worcestershire - Sky Sports 2 1055; IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab v Sunrisers Hyderabad - Sky Sports 3 1100 and 1500.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League, Hull v Warrington - Sky Sports 2 1930.
RUGBY UNION: Aviva Premiership, Harlequins v Wasps - BT Sport 1 1900; PRO12, Cardiff v Zebre - BBC Two Wales 1900; Super Rugby, Highlanders v Stormers - Sky Sports 2 0830.
MOTOR RACING: Formula One, Russian Grand Prix practice - Sky Sports F1 0845 and 1245, Channel 4 0855 and 1255, eir Sport 1 0855 and 1255.
SNOOKER: World Championship - BBC Two 1000, 1300 and 1900 (also showing in Northern Ireland and Scotland), Eurosport 1 1000, 1430 and 1830.
GOLF: European Tour, Volvo China Open - Sky Sports 4 0730; PGA Tour, Zurich Classic of New Orleans - Sky Sports 4 2030.
TENNIS: WTA Tour, Porsche Tennis Grand Prix - BT Sport 2 1300.
CYCLING: Tour de Yorkshire - ITV4 1230, Eurosport 2 1645; Tour of Romandy - Eurosport 2 1500.
HORSE RACING: Sandown - ITV3 1330.
BASKETBALL: NBA play-offs, fixture TBC - BT Sport 1 0100 (Sat).
BASEBALL: MLB, Texas Rangers v Los Angeles Angels - BT Sport/ESPN and 0100 (Sat).
Tomorrow (Saturday, April 29)
SOCCER: Premier League, Crystal Palace v Burnley - BT Sport 1 1700; Championship, Brighton v Bristol City - Sky Sports 1 1715; Scottish Premiership, Rangers v Celtic - Sky Sports 1 and 5 1130; LaLiga, Espanyol v Barcelona - Sky Sports 2 1930.
Tomorrow (Saturday, April 29)
CRICKET: IPL, Rising Pune Supergiant v Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Lions v Mumbai Indians - Sky Sports 2 1100 and 1500.
RUGBY UNION: Aviva Premiership, Exeter v Northampton - BT Sport 2 1430; PRO12, Ospreys v Ulster - Sky Sports 1 and BBC Two Northern Ireland 1455, Connacht v Scarlets - S4C 1915; Super Rugby, Chiefs v Sunwolves, Reds v Waratahs, Force v Lions, Kings v Rebels and Jaguares v Sharks - Sky Sports 3 0830, 1030, 1250, 1825 and 2035.
MOTOR RACING: Formula One, Russian Grand Prix practice - Sky Sports F1 0945, Channel 4 0955, eir Sport 1 0955, qualifying - Channel 4 1155, Sky Sports F1 1200.
SNOOKER: World Championship - BBC Two 1000, 1630 (also showing in Scotland and Wales) and 1900, BBC One 1315, BBC Two Northern Ireland 1700, Eurosport 1 1000, 1430 and 1830.
GOLF: European Tour, Volvo China Open - Sky Sports 4 0600; PGA Tour, Zurich Classic of New Orleans - Sky Sports 4 1800.
TENNIS: ATP Tour, Barcelona Open - Sky Sports 4 1230; WTA Tour, Porsche Tennis Grand Prix - BT Sport/ESPN 1500.
CYCLING: Tour de Yorkshire - ITV4 0900 and 1400; Tour of Romandy - Eurosport 2 1500.
HORSE RACING: Sandown and Haydock - ITV 1330.
BASEBALL: MLB, Boston Red Sox v Chicago Cubs - BT Sport 1 2100; Miami Marlins v Pittsburgh Pirates - BT Sport 2 0000 (Sun).
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QUICK QUIZ BLITZ answers: 1 Two (1950 and 1998); 2 Brian Mullins; 3 Jacques Villeneuve (1997) 4 Men's 400m; 5 Curtis Strange (1989).
