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On This Day - May 8 1935: Republic of Ireland and England soccer hero Jack Charlton is born

Republic of Ireland manager Jack Charlton shakes hands with Italy's Robert Baggio after the Irish side had defeated the Italians 1-0 in their opening game at the 1994 World Cup in the United States. The Giants stadium in New York was the venue, Ray Houghton the Irish goalscoring hero on June 18 1994
Republic of Ireland manager Jack Charlton shakes hands with Italy's Robert Baggio after the Irish side had defeated the Italians 1-0 in their opening game at the 1994 World Cup in the United States. The Giants stadium in New York was the venue, Ray H Republic of Ireland manager Jack Charlton shakes hands with Italy's Robert Baggio after the Irish side had defeated the Italians 1-0 in their opening game at the 1994 World Cup in the United States. The Giants stadium in New York was the venue, Ray Houghton the Irish goalscoring hero on June 18 1994

ON THIS DAY

1896: Yorkshire completed a record innings in the County Championship when they scored 887 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.

1908: Yorkshire bowled out Northamptonshire for 27 and 14 in a County Championship match at Northampton.

1923: Surrey and England batsman Jack Hobbs scored his 100th career century.

1932: Former world heavyweight champion Sonny Liston was born. He took the title with a first-round knockout of Floyd Patterson in 1962 and retained it a year later by beating the same man. He lost his crown to Cassius Clay in 1964 and was beaten by the same opponent, then Muhammad Ali, trying to regain the title the following year. He died in 1970.

1990: Sir Jack Hayward completed a ?2.1million takeover of Wolves, with the club's former England captain Billy Wright taking a place on the board.

2001: Leeds' bid to reach the Champions League final ended with a 3-0 defeat by Valencia in the second leg of their semi-final in Spain. Leeds had Alan Smith sent off.

2002: Sylvain Wiltord scored the winner as Arsenal beat closest rivals Manchester United 1-0 to clinch the Premier League title at Old Trafford.

2004: Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan broke the world record for most wickets in Test history, going past Courtney Walsh's total of 519 in the first Test against Zimbabwe. Murali was overtaken by Shane Warne before reclaiming the record following the Australia international's retirement.

2005: Wigan were promoted to the top flight of English football for the first time after a 3-1 win at home to Reading secured second place in the Championship.

2006: Sven-Goran Eriksson named 17-year-old Theo Walcott in his provisional England World Cup squad, despite the teenager not having played in the Premier League for Arsenal.

2007: John Higgins won snooker's World Championship in the early hours after beating Mark Selby 18-13 in the final at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre.

2013: Manchester United announced that Sir Alex Ferguson would retire at the end of the season.

2016: Amir Khan was knocked out in the sixth round of his WBC middleweight title clash with defending champion Saul Alvarez in Las Vegas.

2016: Celtic won their fifth successive Ladbrokes Premiership title after a 3-2 victory against Aberdeen at Celtic Park.

2017: Middlesbrough were relegated from the Premier League after a 3-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge that took Chelsea within one win of the title.

BIRTHDAYS

Jack Charlton (soccer) - member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning team and former manager of the Republic of Ireland, born 1935.

Terry Neill (soccer) - played for and managed Arsenal, born 1942.

Franco Baresi (soccer) - former AC Milan and Italy defender, born 1960.

Claudio Taffarel (soccer) - Brazil's 1994 World Cup-winning goalkeeper, born 1966.

Michael Bevan (cricket) - former Australia specialist one-day batsman, born 1970.

Gaston Mazzacane (motor racing) - former F1 driver for Minardi and Prost, born 1975.

Andrea Barzagli (soccer) - Juventus' Italian World-Cup winning defender, born 1981.

Mark Noble (soccer) - West Ham midfielder, born 1987.

Pat Cummins (cricket) - Australia, New South Wales and Delhi Daredevils bowler, born 1993.

QUICK QUIZ

1. What nationality is Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen?

2. In which county is Lingfield Park racecourse?

3. Who do Tyrone face in their 2018 Ulster GAA Senior Football Championship opener? .

4. Mark Spitz set how many world records at the 1972 Olympics?

5. Which 100/1 outsider won the Grand National in 2009?

(See quiz answers at bottom)

PA SPORT SELECTIVE GUIDE TO SPORT ON TV

Today (Tuesday, May 8)

SOCCER: Premier League, Swansea v Southampton - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Premier League 1930; Aberdeen v Rangers - Sky Sports Football 1945.

CRICKET: Indian Premier League, Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Cricket 1500.

TENNIS: ATP, Madrid Open - Sky Sports Main Event 1100; WTA, Madrid Open - BT Sport 2 1100.

CYCLING: Giro d'Italia - Eurosport 1 1200.

BASKETBALL: NBA, play-offs TBC - BT Sport 1 0100 (Weds).

BASEBALL: MLB, St Louis Cardinals v Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees v Boston Red Sox - BT Sport/ESPN 1800 & 0000 (Weds).

Tomorrow (Wednesday, May 9)

SOCCER: Premier League, Chelsea v Huddersfield - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Premier League 1930; Scottish Premiership, Hearts v Hibernian - BT Sport 1 1915.

CRICKET: Indian Premier League, Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians - Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Cricket 1500.

TENNIS: ATP, Madrid Open - Sky Sports Main Event 1100.

CYCLING: Giro d'Italia - Eurosport 1 1200.

HORSE RACING: Chester - ITV 4 1330.

BASKETBALL: NBA, play-offs TBC - BT Sport 1 0100 (Thurs).

BASEBALL: MLB, Colorado Rockies v Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees v Boston Red Sox - BT Sport/ESPN 2000 & 0000 (Thurs).

QUICK QUIZ answers: 1. Danish; 2. Surrey; 3. Monaghan; 4. Seven; 5. Mon Mone