ON THIS DAY
1755: Thomas Lord, the man who developed the world famous Lord's ground at St John's Wood, London, in 1814, was born.
1990: The Football Association fined Aston Villa's Republic of Ireland star Paul McGrath £8,500 for comments he made about Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson in a newspaper article.
2003: Antrim champions St Gall’s beat Four Masters of Donegal to reach the Ulster Club Senior Football Championship final. Kieran McGourty scored 0-4 for the west Belfast men, as the game finished 1-11 to 0-9.
2005: Middlesbrough's Portuguese defender Abel Xavier was suspended for 18 months by FIFA after testing positive for methandienone, a performance-enhancing drug. The ban was later reduced to 12 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
2007: Steve Bruce was confirmed as Wigan's new manager.
2008: Ricky Hatton won his light-heavyweight bout with Paulie Malignaggi after the American's corner retired him in the 11th round.
2012: Mark Hughes was sacked as manager of QPR following a run of 12 games without a victory at the start of the Barclays Premier League season.
2014: Lewis Hamilton claimed his second Formula One world championship with victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
BIRTHDAYS
Stephen Kinneavy (GAA) – former full back for the Galway senior footballers, and winner of Connacht Senior Football Championship medals in 1982, 1983 and 1984, born 1954.
Frank Worthington (soccer) - Halifax-born, widely travelled former England international forward, born 1948.
Merv Hughes (cricket) - colourful former Australia fast bowler, born 1961.
Kevin Gallacher (soccer) - former Blackburn and Scotland striker, born 1966.
Gary Kirsten (cricket) - ex-South Africa batsman and former India and South Africa coach, born 1967.
Rob Denmark (athletics) - Commonwealth Games 5,000 metres gold medal winner in 1994, born 1968.
Anthony Sullivan (rugby league) - former St Helens and Great Britain winger, also played union for Cardiff, born 1968.
Alf-Inge Haaland (soccer) - former Manchester City, Nottingham Forest, Leeds and Norway defender, born 1972.
Thomas Gaardsoe (soccer) - former West Brom and Denmark defender, born 1979.
Asafa Powell (athletics) - Jamaican former 100m world-record holder, born 1982.
QUICK QUIZ
1. Which former London Irish and Bath player became the eldest player to compete in a rugby union World Cup final in 2007?
2. Where do the White Sox play baseball?
3. Which two teams play in the French clasico?
4. Which player scored the first ever Premier League goal to be screened on live TV?
5. Who captained Kerry in the 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final?
(See answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Friday, November 23)
SOCCER: Championship, Ipswich v West Brom - Sky Sports Main Event 1930; Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen v Stuttgart - BT Sport 2 1915; A-League, Western Sydney v Newcastle Jets - BT Sport 2 0845.
CRICKET: Third Test, day one, Sri Lanka v England - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sport Cricket 0415; T20, Australia v India - BT Sport 1 0730
GOLF: World Cup of Golf - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Golf 0100; European Tour, Hong Kong Open - Sky Sports Golf 0600; Ladies European Tour, Open de Espana Femenino - Sky Sports Golf 1400
BASKETBALL: NBA, Minnesota v Brooklyn - Sky Sports Main Event 1700.
CURLING: Women's European Championships, semi-finals - Eurosport 1 1200
DARTS: PDC Players Championship Finals, first round - ITV4 and eir Sport 1 1245 and 1900.
MOTOR SPORT: Formula 1, Abu Dhabi practice session one - Sky Sports F1 0845, Channel 4 0855, eir Sport 1 0855; Formula 1, Abu Dhabi practice session two - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports F1 1245, Channel 4 1255.
RUGBY UNION: Premiership, Worcester v Harelquins - BT Sport 1 1900; PRO14, Leinster v Ospreys - eir Sport 1 1900; Ebbw Vale v Carmarthen Quins - BBC Two Wales 1900.
WINTER SPORTS: World Cup qualifier - Eurosport 1 1645
Tomorrow
(Saturday, November 24)
SOCCER: Premier League, Tottenham v Chelsea - BT Sport 1 1700; Championship, Rotherham v Sheffield United - Sky Sports Main Event 1200; SPFL, Hamilton v Celtic - BT Sport 1200; Bundesliga, Schalke v Nurnberg - BT Sport 2 1715; Copa Libertadores, second leg, River Plate v Boca Juniors - BT Sport 2 1945; A-League, Wellington Phoenix v Adelaide United - BT Sport 1 0630; Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City - BT Sport 1 0845; Women's U17s World Cup, quarter-final - Eurosport 2 1645
BOXING: WBA Super World Cruiserweight bout, Denis Lebedev v Mike Wilson - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Action 2000.
CRICKET: Third Test, day two, Sri Lanka v England - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Cricket 0600; Women's T20 World Cup final - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Cricket 2330.
CURLING: European Championships, women's gold medal match - Eurosport 2 0800; European Championships, men's gold medal match - Eurosport 2 1300.
DARTS: Players Championship, day two - ITV4 1245 and 1900 and eir Sport 1 1410 and 1900.
GOLF: World Cup of Golf, day four - Sky Sports Golf 0100; European Tour, Hong Kong Open, day three - Sky Sports Golf 0600; Ladies European Tour, Open de Espana Femenino, day three - Sky Sports Golf 1300.
HORSE RACING: Live from Haydock - ITV 1330.
MARTIAL SPORTS: UFC, Curtis Blaydes v Francis Ngannou - BT Sport 2 1130.
MOTOR SPORT: F1, Abu Dhabi practice session three - Sky Sports F1 0945 and Channel 4 0955 and eir Sport 1 0955; F1, Abu Dhabi qualifying - Channel 4 1155 and Sky Sports F1 1255and eir Sport 1255; GP3, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, race one - Sky Sports F1 0825.
RUGBY UNION: England v Australia - Sky Sports Action and Sky Sports Main Event 1430; Scotland v Argentina - BBC One 1400 and BT Sport 2 1415; Wales v South Africa - S4C 1650 and BBC Two 1700; England Women v Ireland Women - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Action 1730; Ireland v USA - Channel 4 1810.
SKIING: Nordic Combined Skiing - Eurosport 1 0945; Cross-Country Skiing - Eurosport 1 1100.
QUICK QUIZ answers: 1. Mike Catt; 2. Chicago ; 3. Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille; 4. Teddy Sheringham; 5. Mike McCarthy.
