ON THIS DAY IN SPORT
1992: Snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan's record run of 38 consecutive match wins in ranking tournaments was ended by Sean Storey.
2006: Leeds owner Ken Bates reported former club Chelsea to the Football Association, Premier League and FIFA after claiming they recruited two Elland Road youngsters by making illegal approaches. The West Yorkshire club eventually accepted a settlement fee.
2008: Surrey's Mark Ramprakash scored the 100th first-class century of his career in the LV= County Championship Division One match against Yorkshire at Headingley.
2012: Chris Hoy claimed his fifth Olympic gold medal as he, Philip Hindes and Jason Kenny won cycling men's team sprint, while American Michael Phelps secured his 16th gold medal by winning the men's 200m individual medley.
2015: Arsene Wenger finally secured victory over Jose Mourinho as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's first-half goal earned Arsenal a 1-0 win against Chelsea in the FA Community Shield at Wembley.
2016: American Jimmy Walker held off the determined challenge of defending champion Jason Day to win his first major title in the weather-affected US PGA Championship.
2016: Lewis Hamilton won the German Grand Prix, with Daniel Ricciardo in second place and Max Verstappen third.
SPORT BIRTHDAYS
Sammy McIlroy (soccer) - former Northern Ireland midfielder and manager, born 1954.
Paul Eales (golf) - English player who scored first win in 1994 Open de Extremadura, born 1963.
Stefan Effenberg (soccer) - former Borussia Monchengladbach, Bayern Munich and Germany midfielder, born 1968.
Michael Hughes (soccer) - former Northern Ireland midfielder, born 1971.
Helder Postiga (soccer) - former Tottenham and Portugal striker, born 1982.
Stephen Ferris (rugby union) - former Ireland and Ulster flanker, born 1985.
Nacer Chadli (soccer) - West Brom and Belgium winger, born 1989.
QUICK QUIZ
1 Rory McIlroy has won how many major golf titles?
2 Which Scottish football team play their home games at Tannadice?
3 In which country was Tanni Grey-Thompson born?
4 What is the nickname of Milwaukee's major league baseball team?
5 Mark Selby defeated which player in the final of this year's World Snooker Championship?
Answers below
SPORT ON TV
Today (Wednesday, August 2)
SOCCER: Audi Cup, third-place play-off and final - ITV4 1630 and 1915; MLS, MLS All Stars v Real Madrid - Sky Sports Main Event 0200 (Thu).
CRICKET: NatWest T20 Blast, Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Cricket 1800.
TENNIS: ATP, The Citi Open - Sky Sports Action 2100, Sky Sports Main Event 2145; WTA, Bank of the West Classic - BT Sport 1 1900 and 0300 (Thu).
CYCLING: Tour of Poland - Eurosport 2 1430; Tour of Utah - Eurosport 2 2100.
BASEBALL: MLB, New York Yankees v Detroit and Boston v Cleveland - BT Sport/ESPN 1800 and 0000 (Thu).
RACING: Goodwood Festival - ITV, STV 1330.
Tomorrow (Thursday, August 3)
SOCCER: Women's Euro 2017 semi-finals, Denmark v Austria - Channel 4 and Eurosport 1 1630, Holland v England - Channel 4 and Eurosport 1 1930.
CRICKET: NatWest T20 Blast, Middlesex v Hampshire - Sky Sports Cricket 1800.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League Super 8s, Castleford v St Helens - Sky Sports Main Event 1930.
TENNIS: ATP, The Citi Open - Sky Sports Action 2100, Sky Sports Main Event 2230, The Los Cabos Open - Eurosport 1 0100 (Fri); WTA, Bank of the West Classic - BT Sport 2 1845, BT Sport 1 1900 and 0300 (Fri).
GOLF: PGA Tour, The Bridgestone Invitational - Sky Sports Golf 1830; LPGA Tour, The Ricoh Women's British Open - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Golf 0900.
CYCLING: Tour of Poland - Eurosport 2 1700; Tour of Utah - Eurosport 2 2100.
BASEBALL: MLB, Milwaukee Brewers v St Louis Cardinals - BT Sport/ESPN 1900.
RACING: Goodwood Festival - ITV, STV 1330.
QUIZ ANSWERS
1 Four; 2 Dundee United; 3 Wales 4 The Brewers; 5 John Higgins.
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