ON THIS DAY
1927: Joe Davis beat Tom Dennis 20-11 at Camkin's Hall, Birmingham to win the first world professional snooker championship. Davis beat a field of 10 to take the trophy.
1936: Footballer Bernard Joy played his one and only game for England against Belgium. A member of the successful Corinthian Casuals team, he was the last amateur to play for England.
2006: Tottenham asked the Premier League to order a rematch against West Ham after 10 of their players went down with suspected food poisoning at the team hotel on the morning of the game. They lost the game when a win would have put them into the Champions League. The appeal was rejected.
2007: West Ham confirmed they would not appeal against the £5.5million fine imposed on them by the Premier League's independent commission over the signings of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.
2010: Chelsea won the Premier League title following an 8-0 win over Wigan.
2011: Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt died in a crash on the third stage of the Giro d'Italia.
2013: Great Britain's former Olympic sailing champion Andrew Simpson died after his catamaran capsized in training in San Francisco Bay ahead of the America's Cup. He was 36.
2013: David Moyes was named as Manchester United's new manager on a six-year contract. The former Everton boss lasted less than a season in the role.
2016: UEFA president Michel Platini resigned after having his ban from all football-related activity reduced to four years from six by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
2016: Andy Murray split from coach Amelie Mauresmo despite the British number one having reached two grand slam finals since appointing her in June 2014.
BIRTHDAYS
Don Goodman (soccer) - former Sunderland, Wolves, West Brom and Bradford forward, now a TV pundit, born 1966.
Neil Ruddock (soccer) - former West Ham and Liverpool defender, born 1968.
Marie-Jose Perec (athletics) - triple Olympic champion, born 1968.
Don Hutchison (soccer) - former Scotland international, born 1971.
Jason Lee (soccer) - much-travelled former Nottingham Forest striker, born 1971
Daniela Silivas (gymnastics) - Romanian six-time Olympic medallist, born 1972.
Johnny McBride (gaelic games) - star GAA footballer for Derry in the 1990s and 2000s. He won an Ulster Senior Football Championship and two National Leagues with the county, as well as Ulster Minor, Ulster Under 21 and All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championships, born 1977.
Grant Hackett (swimming) - multi-Olympic and world medallist, former 1500 metres freestyle world record holder, born 1980.
Alan Campbell (rowing) - Great Britain and Northern Ireland's 2012 Olympic bronze medallist in the single sculls, born 1983.
Cameron Brannagan (soccer) - Liverpool midfielder, born 1996.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1. Which cricket ground has hosted the most Test matches?
2. Amen Corner can be found on which golf course?
3. How many stones does each team have in a game of Curling?
4. Who was the first Irishman to be recruited by an Australian Rules football club?
5. Which two teams were relegated from the English Football League?
(See quiz answers at bottom)
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SPORT ON TV
Today (Tuesday, May 9)
SOCCER: Champions League semi-final second leg, Juventus v Monaco - BT Sport 2 1900.
CRICKET: Indian Premier League, Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders - Sky Sports 2 1500.
TENNIS: ATP, Madrid Open - Sky Sports 1 1100; WTA, Madrid Open - BT Sport 1 1100.
CYCLING: Giro d'Italia, stage four - Eurosport 1 1200.
BASKETBALL: NBA, play-offs - BT Sport 1 0100 (Wed).
BASEBALL: MLB, San Diego Padres v Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles v Washington Nationals - BT Sport/ESPN from 2030.
Tomorrow (Wednesday, May 10)
SOCCER: Champions League semi-final second leg, Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid - BT Sport 2 1900.
CRICKET: One-Day Cup, Essex Eagles v Sussex Sharks - Sky Sports 2 1355; Third Test, West Indies v Pakistan - Sky Sports 5 1455; Indian Premier League,
Gujarat Lions v Delhi Daredevils - Sky Sports 3 1500.
TENNIS: ATP, Madrid Open - Sky Sports 1 1100; WTA, Madrid Open - BT Sport 1 1100.
CYCLING: Giro d'Italia, stage five - Eurosport 1 1200.
BASKETBALL: NBA, play-offs - BT Sport 1 0100 (Thu).
BASEBALL: MLB, New York Mets v San Francisco Giants and Miami Marlins v St Louis Cardinals - BT Sport/ESPN from 1800.
HORSE RACING: May Festival, Chester - ITV4 1330.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ 1. Lord's (133) 2. Augusta 3. Eight 4. Sean Wight 5. Leyton Orient and Hartlepool.
