ON THIS DAY
1970: Manchester United became the first senior team in British football to win a competitive match by a penalty shoot-out. Their Watney Cup semi-final against Hull stood at 1-1 after 90 minutes before United came through 4-3 on penalties.
1978: Aberdeen's new Pittodrie Stadium, the first all-seater stadium in Britain, was inaugurated by a friendly between the Dons and Tottenham.
1990: Tom Kite won the Federal Express St Jude Classic at Memphis to become the first golfer to win USD 6million on the US PGA Tour.
2001: Derry secured a spot in the All-Ireland semi-final as Paddy Bradley scored 1-3 in a 1-9 to 0-7 win over rivals Tyrone at Clones.
2003: Darren Gough announced his retirement from Test cricket.
2004: Sven-Goran Eriksson was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Football Association following an investigation into the Faria Alam scandal.
2009: Sunderland completed the £10million signing of Darren Bent from Tottenham.
2012: Donegal took another step towards their second All-Ireland title with a 1-12 to 1-10 quarter-final win over Kerry with Colm McFadden’s sideline kick ending up in the net.
2016: On the day of the Olympic opening ceremony in Rio, the Hellenic Olympic Committee announced an unnamed Greek athlete had failed an anti-doping test and been sent home.
BIRTHDAYS
Billy Bingham (soccer) - former Northern Ireland manager, born 1931.
Ray Clemence (soccer) - former Liverpool, Tottenham and England goalkeeper, born 1948.
John Whitaker (equestrian) - Olympic silver medal winner, born 1955.
Kevin Darley (racing) - former champion flat jockey, born 1960.
Oleg Luzhny (soccer) - former Arsenal and Ukraine defender, born 1968.
Justin Marshall (rugby union) - former All Blacks, Leeds and Saracens scrum-half, born 1973.
Antoine Sibierski (soccer) - former Manchester City, Newcastle, Wigan and Norwich midfielder, born 1974.
Michael Bridges (soccer) - former Sunderland and Leeds striker, born 1978.
David Healy (soccer) - former Northern Ireland striker, now Linfield manager, born 1979.
Wayne Bridge (soccer) - former England defender, born 1980.
Paula Creamer (golf) - LPGA professional, nicknamed the Pink Panther, born 1986.
Ger Cafferkey (Gaelic games) – Mayo full-back and 2012 AllStar, born 1987.
Federica Pellegrini (swimming) - world record-breaking Italian swimmer, born 1988.
Michael Jamieson (swimming) - Scottish Olympic and Commonwealth Games silver medal winner, born 1988.
Ryan Bertrand (soccer) - Southampton defender, born 1989.
Paddy McBrearty (Gaelic games) – Donegal forward and 2012 All-Ireland winner, born 1993.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1 Sunderland did it in 1979, Villa did it in 1981. Who did it in 1980?
2 When did Armagh and Tyrone last meet in a Championship match at Croke Park?
3 At which racecourse is the Rowley Mile?
4 Three teams have never won cricket's County Championship title. Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire are two, name the third.
5 The Blue Jays are a Major League Baseball team based in which city?
SPORT ON TV
Today (Saturday, August 5)
GAELIC GAMES: All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals, Armagh v Tyrone & Dublin v Monaghan- Sky Sports Arena 1515; All-Ireland Camogie, Dublin v Wexford & Galway v Tipperary – RTE2 1640.
ATHLETICS: World Championships - BBC2 England 0930, Eurosport 1 1000 and 1845, BBC1 1830.
CRICKET: England v South Africa, second day of Fourth Test - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Cricket 1000, Sky Sports Main Event 1430.
SOCCER: Championship, Aston Villa v Hull - Sky Sports Main Event 1730; Scottish Premiership, Celtic v Hearts - Sky Sports Main Event 1230; German Super Cup, Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich - BT Sport 1 1915; Ligue 1, Nice v St Etienne - BT Sport 2 1900; National League, Sutton v Leyton Orient - BT Sport 1 1200; Pre-season friendly, Swansea v Sampdoria - S4C 1700.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League, Super 8s, Featherstone Rovers v Leigh Centurions - Sky Sports Action 1515, Catalans Dragons v London Broncos - Sky Sports Action 1715.
TENNIS: ATP, The Citi Open - Sky Sports Action 1900, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Action 0000 (Sun), The Los Cabos Open - Eurosport 1 0400 (Sun); WTA, The Citi Open - BT Sport 2 2100, Bank of the West Classic - BT Sport 1 2200 and 0300 (Sun).
GOLF: PGA Tour, The Bridgestone Invitational - Sky Sports Golf 1900, Sky Sports Main Event 1945; LPGA Tour, The Ricoh Women's British Open - Sky Sports Golf 1200.
RUGBY UNION: Super Rugby, final - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Action 0700.
MOTOR CYCLING: MotoGP, Grand Prix of the Czech Republic practice and qualifying - BT Sport 2 from 0800.
CYCLING: Tour of Utah - Eurosport 2 2100.
BASEBALL: MLB, Chicago Cubs v Washington - BT Sport/ESPN 1915, Cleveland Indians v New York Yankees - BT Sport/ESPN 0000 (Sun).
RACING: Goodwood Festival - ITV 1330.
Sunday, August 5
GAELIC GAMES: All-Ireland SHC semi-final – Galway v Tipperary, RTE 2 1515 & Sky Sports Arena 1500.
ATHLETICS: World Championships - BBC2 England 0930 and 2100, Eurosport 11000 and 1835, BBC1 1830.
CRICKET: England v South Africa, day three of fourth Test - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Cricket 1000; CPL T20, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots v Guyana Amazon Warriors and Jamaica Tallawahs v Barbados Tridents - BT Sport 2 1600 and 2000.
SOCCER: Women's Euro 2017 final, Holland v Denmark - Channel 4 1500, Eurosport 1 1545; Community Shield, Arsenal v Chelsea - BT Sport 1 1300; Championship, Bolton v Leeds - Sky Sports Main Event 1600; Scottish Premiership, Motherwell v Rangers - Sky Sports Main Event 1300; Ligue 1, Marseille v Dijon - BT Sport 1 1945.
TENNIS: ATP: The Citi Open - Sky Sports Action 2000; WTA, Bank of the West Classic - BT Sport 1 2200.
GOLF: PGA Tour, The Bridgestone Invitational - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Golf 1900; LPGA Tour, The Ricoh Women's British Open - Sky Sports Golf 1200.
MOTOR CYCLING: MotoGP, Grand Prix of the Czech Republic warm-up and race - BT Sport 2 from 0730.
CYCLING: Tour of Utah - Eurosport 2 2100 and 0200 (Mon).
BASEBALL: MLB, Tampa Bay Rays v Milwaukee Brewers followed by San Francisco v Arizona and another match TBC - BT Sport/ESPN 1800, 2100 and 0100 (Mon).
Answers: 1 Brooking (scored the winning goal in the FA Cup final); 2 2005; 3 Newmarket; 4 Somerset; 5 Toronto.
