BIRTHDAYS
Anita Lonsbrough (swimming) - Britain's 1960 Olympic 200 metres breaststroke champion, born 1941.
Kenny Perry (golf) - Former US Ryder Cup player and 14-time PGA Tour winner, born 1960.
Philippe Albert (soccer) - former Newcastle and Belgium defender, born 1967.
Riddick Bowe (boxing) - former undisputed heavyweight champion, born 1967.
Roy Keane (soccer) - former Manchester United and Republic of Ireland midfielder, born 1971.
Mario Kindelan (boxing) - Cuban who beat Amir Khan in the 2004 Olympic lightweight final, born 1971.
Lawrence Dallaglio (rugby union) - former England and Wasps flanker, born 1972.
Lisa Raymond (tennis) - retired American doubles specialist, born 1973.
Javier Zanetti (soccer) - former Inter Milan and Argentina defender, born 1973.
Chris Read (cricket) - Former Nottinghamshire captain and wicketkeeper, born 1978.
Shaun Murphy (snooker) - 2005 world champion, born 1982.
Bernardo Silva (soccer) - Manchester City and Portugal midfielder, born 1994.
ON THIS DAY
1907: The first long-distance car race ended in Paris, having started in Beijing on June 10 of the same year.
1954: Jockey Sir Gordon Richards retired after a British record 4,870 victories. He last raced on July 10 after a fall at Sandown.
1984: Mary Decker fell over the leg of British athlete Zola Budd during the 3,000 metres Olympic final in Los Angeles. Budd was at first disqualified for tripping but was reinstated to her final placing of seventh after Decker was ruled to have caused the incident with her "aggressive tactics".
2003: Donegal came out on top of their All-Ireland quarter-final replay with Galway as they left Castlebar with a 0-14 to 0-11 success.
2005: The Premier League upheld its guilty verdicts on Ashley Cole and Jose Mourinho in the Chelsea tapping-up scandal, but reduced their fines to £75,000 each.
2006: John Terry was named England captain by new manager Steve McClaren, in succession to David Beckham.
2007: Carlos Tevez completed his protracted move to Manchester United on a two-year loan deal.
2008: Nicole Cooke won a gold medal for Great Britain in the women's cycling road race at the Beijing Olympics.
2013: Armagh ladies came up agonisingly short of Cork in the All-Ireland Championship, the Orchard county losing 2-9 to 0-16.
2014: Richie Hogan and Richie Power grabbed goals as Kilkenny defeated Limerick by two points to reach the All-Ireland SHC final.
2016: Everton signed Wales captain Ashley Williams from Swansea on a three-year contract.
2016: Leicester's Premier League-winning manager Claudio Ranieri signed a new four-year contract at the King Power Stadium. He was sacked six months later.
SPORT ON TV
Today (Saturday, August 10)
GAELIC GAMES: All-Ireland MFC, Mayo v Cork – TG4, 1530; All-Ireland SFC, Mayo v Dublin – RTE2 & Sky Sports Arena, 170; All-Ireland Ladies Championship, Armagh v Mayo – TG4 Youtube 1300.
SOCCER: Championship, Leeds v Nottingham Forest - Sky Sports Main Event 1200; Premier League, West Ham v Manchester City - BT Sport 1 1200; Premier League, Tottenham v Aston Villa - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League - 1700; National League, Notts County v Barnet - BT Sport 1 1700; Ligue 1, Montpellier v Rennes - BT Sport 2 1900.
CRICKET: Super League, Western Storm v Lancashire Thunder - Sky Sports The Ashes 1430, Sky Sports Main Event 1500; T20 Blast, Somerset v Kent - Sky Sports The Ashes 1830.
RUGBY UNION: Rugby Championship, Australia v New Zealand - Sky Sports Action 1000; Ireland v Italy - Channel 4 1330.
GOLF: PGA Tour, The Northern Trust - Sky Sports Golf 1800, Sky Sports Main Event 2230; Ladies European Tour, Ladies Scottish Open - Sky Sports Golf 1430.
MOTOR CYCLING: MotoGP Austria, FP3 - BT Sport 2 0800; Qualifying - BT Sport 2 1100.
ATHLETICS: European Team Championships, Poland - BBC Two 1430, Eurosport 1 1500.
HORSE RACING: Racing Live from Haydock - ITV4 1245.
BOXING: Fight Night Live, Carl Frampton v Emmanuel Dominguez - BT Sport 1 0245 (Sun).
CYCLING: European Road Championships - Eurosport 1 1330.
SNOOKER: International Championship, China - Eurosport 2 1125, 0555 (Sun).
DARTS: Brisbane Darts Masters - eir Sport 1 1000, ITV4 1900.
UFC: Valentina Shevchenko v Liz Carmouche - BT Sport 2 0100 (Sun).
BASEBALL: MLB, San Francisco Giants v Philadelphia Phillies - BT Sport//ESPN 2100; Minnesota Twins v Cleveland Indians - BT Sport//ESPN 0000 (Sun).
Tomorrow (Sunday, August 11)
GAELIC GAMES: All-Ireland MFC, Kerry v Galway – TG4 1330; All-Ireland SFC, Kerry v Tyrone – RTE2 & Sky Sports Arena, 1530.
SOCCER: Premier League, Newcastle United v Arsenal - Sky Sports Premier League 1300; Manchester United v Chelsea - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League 1600; Ligue 1, Lille v Nantes - BT Sport 1 1445; Strasbourg v Metz - BT Sport 1 1600; Paris St Germain v Nimes - BT Sport 1 1945; MLS, DC United v LA Galaxy - Sky Sports Main Event 0045 (Mon).
RUGBY UNION: International, England v Wales - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Action 1300.
CRICKET: T20 Blast, Worcestershire v Northamptonshire - Sky Sports The Ashes 1400; One-day international, West Indies v India - Sky Sports The Ashes 1745.
GOLF: PGA Tour, The Northern Trust - Sky Sports Golf 1700; Ladies European Tour, Ladies Scottish Open - Sky Sports Golf 1330.
MOTOR CYCLING: MotoGP Austria, race - BT Sport 2 1230.
ATHLETICS: European Team Championships, Poland - BBC Two 1330, Eurosport 1 1500.
CYCLING: European Road Championships - Eurosport 1 1300.
SNOOKER: International Championship, China - Eurosport 2 1125.
BASEBALL: MLB, Boston Red Sox v Los Angeles Angels - BT Sport//ESPN 1800; New York Yankees v Baltimore Orioles - BT Sport//ESPN 0000 (Mon).
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1. Which former Premier League manager counts Monaco and Nagoya Grampus Eight among his former clubs?
2. Which Australian won the World Snooker championship in 2010?
3. Which country has produced the last nine men's Olympic steeplechase champions?
4. Where is the Circuit Paul Ricard and what event does it host?
5. Who is the manager of the Kerry minor footballers?
Answers: 1. Arsene Wenger; 2. Neil Robertson; 3. Kenya; 4. France and the French Grand Prix; 5. James Costello