SPORT BIRTHDAYS
Bob Charles (golf) - New Zealander acclaimed as his sport's greatest left-hander, born 1936.
Tessa Sanderson (athletics) - first Briton to win an Olympic throwing title when taking javelin gold in 1984, born 1956.
Steve Harper (soccer) - Sunderland goalkeeper who spent 20 years at Newcastle, born 1975.
Pieter van den Hoogenband (swimming) - Dutch triple Olympic champion, born 1978.
Nicolas Anelka (soccer) - much-travelled former Chelsea striker, born 1979.
Elton Chigumbura (cricket) - former Zimbabwe captain, born 1986.
Joe Allen (soccer) - Liverpool and Wales midfielder, born 1990.
ON THIS DAY IN SPORT
1981: Surrey batsman Ken Barrington, who was capped 82 times and scored 6,806 runs at international level, collapsed and died of a heart attack while touring as assistant manager of the England team in the West Indies.
1996: Imperial Call, ridden by Conor O'Dwyer, won the Cheltenham Gold Cup for Ireland in a year when 10 horses died at the festival.
2000: Former Liverpool, Rangers and Southampton manager Graeme Souness became the new boss of Blackburn, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract.
2004: Steve Harmison took seven wickets for 12 runs at Sabina Park as England bowled out West Indies for 47 on their way to a 10-wicket victory in the first Test of their series.
2007: UEFA suspended Valencia's David Navarro for seven months for his role in the on-pitch brawl that marred a Champions League game against Inter Milan.
2008: Denman, trained by Paul Nicholls and ridden by Sam Thomas, won the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
2010: David Beckham tore his Achilles while playing for AC Milan, ending his hopes of playing in the World Cup.
2011: Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel committed his future to Red Bull by signing a new contract until the end of 2014.
2012: Chelsea overturned a 3-1 first-leg deficit with a 4-1 home win over Napoli to reach the Champions League quarter-finals. Branislav Ivanovic's extra-time goal sealed a 5-4 aggregate win as the eventual European champions just scraped through.
2012: Dean Richards was appointed Newcastle's director of rugby for the start of the 2012-13 season. Richards could not take over before August due to his 'Bloodgate' suspension.
2013: Solwhit, trained by Charles Byrnes and ridden by Paul Carberry, won the World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.
2014: Lord Windermere, a 20/1 outsider trained by Jim Culloty and ridden by Davy Russell, won the Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival.
2015: Wales ended Ireland's Grand Slam hopes with a 23-16 win in their Six Nations match at the Millennium Stadium, while England beat Scotland 25-13 at Twickenham.
SELECTIVE GUIDE TO SPORT ON TV
Today
GAA: Action from the latest National League matches, which featured the fourth round of hurling fixtures, and the fifth round of football contests TG4 2030.
SOCCER: Premier League, Leicester v Newcastle - Sky Sports 1 1900; Primera Division, Granada v Espanyol - Sky Sports 5 1925.
HORSERACING: Paddy Mullins: The Great Stayer: A profile of the racehorse trainer who died in 2010 following a career that spanned 52 years, told against the backdrop of relevant transformative events in Irish history. Mullins' first winner came in 1953, and his accomplishments included six Cheltenham Festival successes, four Irish National victories and 10 Irish jump trainers' titles - RTE 1 2235.
TENNIS: ATP Masters, Indian Wells - Sky Sports 3 2000; WTA Indian Wells - BT Sport 1 2000.
BASKETBALL: NBA, Toronto Raptors v Chicago Bulls - BT Sport 2 2330.
NETBALL: Super League, Team Northumbria v Surrey Storm - Sky Sports 2 1930.
Tomorrow
GAA: Down v Dublin. Action from the National Football League clash at Pairc Esler in Newry - Setanta Sports 1 1500.
GAA: Cork v Kilkenny. Action from the National Hurling League clash at Pairc Ui Rinn - Setanta Sports 1 1630.
SOCCER: Champions League, Atletico Madrid v PSV Eindhoven - BT Sport 2 1900.
CRICKET: World Twenty20, New Zealand v India - Sky Sports 2 1330; Women's World Twenty20, India v Bangladesh - Sky Sports 2 0955.
TENNIS: ATP Masters Tennis, Indian Wells - Sky Sports 3 1800; WTA Indian Wells - BT Sport 1 1800.
HORSE RACING: Cheltenham Festival - Channel 4 1235.
BASKETBALL: NBA, San Antonio Spurs v Los Angeles Clippers - BT Sport 2 0030 (Wednesday)
PA SPORT QUIZ
1.Which four NBA teams call California home?
2. When was the first live televised GAA match?
3. Angelo Mathews plays Test cricket for which country?
4. Where would you find GAA ground Cusack Park?
5. How many times did Sir Tony McCoy win the Cheltenham Gold Cup?
Answers: 1. Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers 2. August 6th, 1962 - Kerry v Dublin, shown on the new RTE channel 3. Sri Lanka 4. Mullingar 5. 2
