ON THIS DAY
1861: Football teams from the neighbouring Sheffield and Hallam clubs met at Sheffield to play the first inter-club match.
2004: Malcolm Glazer increased his Manchester United plc stakeholding to 16.31 percent. The American tycoon bought a controlling stake in the club in May 2005.
2008: Dwain Chambers won his battle to be part of the British team at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia, even though the UK Athletics selection committee were "unanimous in their desire not to select him". He went on to win a silver medal in the 60 metres.
2010: The International Olympic Committee confirmed the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili in a training accident at the Winter Games in Vancouver.
2012: Liverpool striker Luis Suarez apologised for not shaking Manchester United defender Patrice Evra's hand before the match on the previous day at Old Trafford. Suarez had been banned for eight games after being found guilty of racially abusing Evra in October 2011.
2013: Andy Hunt resigned as chief executive of the British Olympic Association.
2013: Wrestling was dropped as a sport from the 2020 Games by the International Olympic Committee's executive board.
BIRTHDAYS
Jimmy Keaveney (GAA) - former Dublin footballer, born 1945.
Henry Rono (athletics) - Kenyan who set numerous world long-distance records, born 1952.
Steve Backley (athletics) - former javelin world record holder and twice a silver medallist in both the Olympics and the World Championships, born 1969.
Simon Lessing (triathlon) - British former world champion, born 1971.
Tora Takagi (motor racing) - former Formula One driver from Japan who contested 32 grands prix for Tyrrell and Arrows, born 1974.
Naseem Hamed (boxing) - former British boxer, who held the WBO, IBF and WBC titles in his career, born 1974.
Christian Cullen (rugby union) - former New Zealand and Munster full-back, born 1976.
Brett Hodgson (rugby league) - former Warrington and Huddersfield full-back, born 1978.
Juan Carlos Ferrero (tennis) - retired Spanish player who won the 2003 French Open, born 1980.
QUICK QUIZ
1 Which side have won the most Old Firm derbies?
2 How many games did Meath play during the 1991 football championship?
3 Which is the first golf major of the calendar year?
4 How many Ulster titles did Martin Carney win with Donegal before transferring to Mayo?
5 Who will Ireland face in their first Test match in May?
(See answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Monday, February 12)
GAA: Weekly GAA highlights series, featuring action from the third round of the Allianz Football Leagues - TG4 2000.
GAA: Cavan v Meath, action from the Allianz Football League Division Two clash at Kingspan Breffni Park - eir Sport 1 1930.
GAA: Dublin v Cork, action from the Ladies Lidl National Football League clash at Croke Park - eir Sport 1 2100.
SOCCER: Premier League, Chelsea v West Brom - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League 1900.
WINTER OLYMPICS: Live coverage - BBC 2 0600 and 1300, BBC 1 0915 and 0005 (Tue); Ice Hockey, women's preliminary matches - Eurosport 2 0730; Biathlon, women's 10km pursuit - Eurosport 1 1000, men's 12.5km pursuit - Eurosport 1 1145; Luge, women's singles - Eurosport 2 1100; Freestyle skiing - Eurosport 2 1200; Speed skating, women's 1500m final - Eurosport 1 1300; Snowboarding, women's and men's half-pipe - Eurosport 1 0040 (Tue); Alpine skiing, men's combined - Eurosport 1 0230 (Tue).
CRICKET: T20 international, New Zealand v England - Sky Sports Cricket 0530.
TENNIS: ATP, World Tennis Tournament - Sky Sports Main Event 1130; WTA, Qatar Open - BT Sport 1 0900.
BASKETBALL: NBA, Philadelphia 76ers v New York Knicks - BT Sport 1 0000 (Tue).
Tomorrow (Tuesday, February 13)
GAA: Dublin v Donegal, action from the Allianz Football League Division One clash at Croke Park - eir Sport 1 1900.
GAA: A nostalgic look back at Donegal's first ever All-Ireland Championship success, when they brought Sam Maguire home after victory over Dublin at Croke Park in 1992 - eir Sport 1 2030.
GAA: Classic GAA, action from Dublin v Donegal in 2014 - eir Sport 1 2100.
SOCCER: Europa League, Juventus v Tottenham - BT Sport 2 1900, Red Star Belgrade v CSKA Moscow - eir Sport 1 1655 and BT Sport 2 1700.
WINTER OLYMPICS: Live coverage - BBC 2 0600 and 1300, BBC 1 0915 and 0005 (Wed); Figure skating, pairs' short programme - Eurosport 1 0300; Alpine skiing, men's combined - Eurosport 1 0600; Ice hockey, women's preliminary round - Eurosport 2 0730, 1330 and 0300 (Wed); Cross-country skiing, individual sprint - Eurosport 1 0815; Speed skating, women's 500m short track - Eurosport 1 0945; Curling, mixed doubles - Eurosport 2 1100; Luge, women's singles - Eurosport 1 1345; Speed skating, men's 1,500m final - Eurosport 2 1430; Alpine skiing, men's slalom - Eurosport 1 0040 (Wed); Alpine skiing, women's slalom - Eurosport 1 0200 and 0440 (Wed); Snowboarding, men's half-pipe final - Eurosport 1 0215 (Wed); Nordic combined skiing, men's ski jump - Eurosport 1 0545 (Wed).
CRICKET: T20 international, New Zealand v England - Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket 0600; One-day international, South Africa v India - Sky Sports Cricket 1055 and Sky Sports Main Event 1100.
TENNIS: WTA, Qatar Open - BT Sport 1 0900.
BASKETBALL: NBA, Oklahoma City Thunder v Cleveland Cavaliers and Denver Nuggets v San Antonio Spurs - BT Sport 1 from 0100 (Wed)
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