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On This Day - Oct 4 2010: Graeme McDowell beats Hunter Mahan to secure Ryder Cup win for Europe

Graeme McDowell breathes a sigh of relief after defeating America's Hunter Mahan to secure a famous Ryder Cup win for Europe at Celtic Manor in 2010. Picture by PA
Graeme McDowell breathes a sigh of relief after defeating America's Hunter Mahan to secure a famous Ryder Cup win for Europe at Celtic Manor in 2010. Picture by PA Graeme McDowell breathes a sigh of relief after defeating America's Hunter Mahan to secure a famous Ryder Cup win for Europe at Celtic Manor in 2010. Picture by PA

BIRTHDAYS

John Rutherford (rugby union) - former Scotland and British Lions stand-off, born 1955.

Jorge Valdano (soccer) - former Real Madrid and Argentina striker, won 1986 World Cup, born 1955.

Yvonne Murray (athletics) - Scottish former middle and long-distance runner, born 1964.

Mauro Camoranesi (soccer) - Argentina-born retired midfielder who won 2006 World Cup with Italy, born 1976.

Tomas Rosicky (soccer) - former Arsenal and Czech Republic midfielder, born 1980.

Ryan Shawcross (soccer) - Stoke captain, born 1987.

Derrick Rose (basketball) - Minnesota Timberwolves point guard and 2011 NBA MVP, born 1988.

Kimmie Meissner (ice skating) - American 2006 world champion, born 1989.

Erik Sviatchenko (soccer) - Danish defender, formerly of Celtic, born 1991.

ON THIS DAY

1895: The first US Open Golf Championship took place at Newport, Rhode Island. The winner was English-born Horace Rawlins with a total score of 173 from rounds of 91 and 82.

1989: Former England Test cricketer Norman Yardley died at the age of 74.

1991: Brian Clough's former right-hand man Peter Taylor died aged 62 while on holiday in Majorca. Taylor had worked with Clough at Hartlepool, Derby, Brighton and Nottingham Forest.

2001: The government scrapped plans to hold the World Athletics Championships in London in 2005.

2004: Manchester United's plc board confirmed they had received a "preliminary approach" regarding a "possible offer" for the company, thought to be from American tycoon Malcolm Glazer. Glazer eventually took over the club in 2005.

2010: Playing on a Monday for the first time in the competition's history because of earlier rain, Europe won the Ryder Cup by 14.5 points to 13.5 at Celtic Manor, beating the United States after Graeme McDowell defeated Hunter Mahan in the final match.

2015: Two Premier League managers left their jobs. Brendan Rodgers was sacked by Liverpool, while Dick Advocaat resigned as manager of Sunderland.

2016: Maria Sharapova's two-year doping ban for testing positive for meldonium was reduced on appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport from two years to 15 months. Sharapova was eligible to play again after midnight on April 25, 2017.

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TODAY’S TV

SOCCER: Europa League, Qarabag v Arsenal - BT Sport 2 1715, AC Milan v Olympiakos - BT Sport/ESPN 1745, Eintracht Frankfurt v Lazio - BT Sport/ESPN 2000, Chelsea v Vidi - BT Sport 2 2000.

GOLF: European Tour, Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - Sky Sports Main Event 1300, Sky Sports Golf 1300; PGA Tour, Safeway Open - Sky Sports Golf 2230, Sky Sports Main Event 2300.

TENNIS: ATP, Japan Open - Sky Sports Action 0600; China Open - Sky Sports Main Event 0730; WTA, China Open - BT Sport 1 1230 and 0530 (Fri).

DARTS: World Grand Prix - Sky Sports Action 1900.

SNOOKER: European Masters - Eurosport 1 1155 and 1755.

MOTORSPORT: F1, Japanese Grand Prix practice - Sky Sports F1 0145 (Fri) and 0530 (Fri), Sky Sports Main Event 0530 (Fri), Channel 4 0155 (Fri) and 0555 (Fri), eir Sport 1 0155 (Fri) and 0555 (Fri).

MOTORCYCLING: MotoGP, Grand Prix of Thailand practice - BT Sport 2 0245 (Fri).

GRIDIRON: NFL, New England Patriots v Indianapolis Colts - Sky Sports Main Event 1230 (Fri), Sky Sports Action 1230 (Fri).

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