ON THIS DAY
1894: Everton and Liverpool played the first Merseyside derby. Everton won 3-0 at Goodison Park.
1937: Benny Lynch retained his world flyweight title at Clyde's Shawfield Stadium with a 13th-round knockout of fellow British boxer Peter Kane. The contest is regarded as one of the finest flyweight bouts of all time.
1954: Britain's Chris Chataway knocked five seconds off the world 5,000 metres record, clocking 13 minutes 51.6 seconds in beating the Russian Vladimir Kuts at London's White City.
1984: John Lowe made the first nine-dart finish in a major championship. He did it in the quarter-finals of the British Open at Slough to collect a record prize of £102,000. His 501 was made up of six treble 20s, treble 17, treble 18 and double 18.
2002: Britain's Paula Radcliffe won the Chicago Marathon, setting a then world record time of two hours 17 minutes and 18 seconds.
2006: World triathlon champion Tim Don was suspended for three months by the British Triathlon Association after missing three out-of-competition drug tests.
2007: Leeds Rhinos beat St Helens 33-6 in the Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford to claim their second title in four years.
2010: British diver Tom Daley won gold in the 10-metre platform at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, the day after he claimed gold with team-mate Max Brick in the synchronised 10m platform competition.
2011: Former world heavyweight champion David Haye announced his retirement. He later came out of retirement to fight Dereck Chisora after the pair had come to blows during a press conference.
2013: Top seed Novak Djokovic retained the Shanghai Masters title by edging sixth seed Juan Martin Del Potro in an entertaining three-set final which lasted more than two and a half hours.
BIRTHDAYS
Nancy Kerrigan (ice skating) - silver medallist at 1994 Winter Olympics, born 1969.
Rob Howley (rugby union) - former British Lion, Wales international and Wasps scrum-half, now Wales assistant coach, born 1970.
Terry O'Connor (rugby league) - former Wigan prop, born 1972.
Gareth Batty (cricket) - Surrey and England spinner, born 1977.
Wes Brown (soccer) - Former Manchester United and Sunderland defender (below) now at Blackburn, born 1979.
David Haye (boxing) - Former WBA world heavyweight champion, born 1980.
Scott Parker (soccer) - Fulham midfielder and former England international, born 1980.
Ian Thorpe (swimming) - Australian swimming legend, winner of five Olympic gold medals, born 1982.
Gabriel Agbonlahor (soccer) - Aston Villa striker, born 1986.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1. Which two countries are contesting the Davis Cup final?
2. Who was the last non-German or Briton to win the Formula One drivers' championship?
3. How many goals did Wayne Rooney (below) score at Euro 2004?
4. The Calcutta Cup is contested in which sport?
5. How many Olympic medals has gymnast Max Whitlock won?
(See quiz answers at botom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Thursday, October 13)
SOCCER: Women's Under-17 World Cup, quarter-finals - Eurosport 2 1345 and 1645.
GOLF: European Tour, British Masters - Sky Sports 4 0900; PGA Tour, The Safeway Open - Sky Sports 4 2200.
MOTORCYCLING: MotoGP, Japanese Grand Prix - BT Sport 2 0100.
MOTORSPORT: WRC Rally, Rally Spain - BT Sport 1 1700.
RUGBY UNION: European Rugby Challenge Cup - Harlequins v Stade Francais - Sky Sports 1 1900
SNOOKER: English Open - Eurosport 1 1145 and 1845.
TENNIS: ATP, Shanghai Masters - Sky Sports 1 0600; WTA, Generali Ladies Linz - Eurosport 2 1855.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL, San Diego Chargers v Denver Broncos - Sky Sports 1 0125.
BASEBALL: MLB, matches TBC - BT Sport//ESPN 1000, 0130 (Fri).
Tomorrow (Friday, October 14)
SOCCER: EFL, Cardiff City v Bristol City, Sky Sports 1 1900; Scottish Professional Football League, Inverness v Rangers - BT Sport 1 1900; Ligue 1, Nice v Lyon - eir Sport 1 1930, Sport//ESPN 1945; La Liga, Las Palmas v Espanyol - Sky Sports 5 1940; A-League, Adelaide United v Western Sydney Wanderers - BT Sport 2 0945.
GOLF: European Tour, British Masters - Sky Sports 4 0900; PGA Tour, The Safeway Open - Sky Sports 4 2200.
MOTORCYCLING: MotoGP, Japanese Grand Prix - BT Sport 2 0100.
RUGBY UNION: European Champions Cup, Glasgow v Leicester, BT Sport 2, 1900; NPC Rugby, Manawatu v Otago - Sky Sports 2 0730.
SNOOKER: English Open - Eurosport 1 1145 and 1845.
TENNIS: ATP, Shanghai Masters - Sky Sports 1 0600; WTA, Generali Ladies Linz - Eurosport 2 1300.
BASEBALL: MLB, match TBC - BT Sport//ESPN 0130 (Sat).
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ answers: 1. Argentina and Croatia 2. Kimi Raikkonen (2007) 3. Four 4. Rugby union (England v Scotland) 5. Five (Two gold, three bronze)
