ON THIS DAY
1904: The first football international outside Great Britain was played by Belgium and France at Uccle, near Brussels, and ended in a 3-3 draw.
1955: Stirling Moss and co-driver Dennis Jenkinson became the first British winners of the Mille Miglia in a Mercedes Benz.
1988: Ben Lexcen, designer of Australia II, the first non-American yacht to win the America's Cup in 1983, died.
2000: The Norwegian owners of Wimbledon Football Club, prompted by player power, parted company with manager Egil Olsen after eight successive defeats - replacing him with assistant Terry Burton.
2002: West Brom chairman Paul Thompson resigned after a feud with promotion-winning manager Gary Megson.
2006: Graeme Dott won the snooker World Championship with an 18-14 victory over Peter Ebdon in the final.
2007: Liverpool reached their second Champions League final in three years with victory over Chelsea on penalties in the Anfield leg of their semi-final.
2008: Rangers won their UEFA Cup semi-final against Fiorentina 4-2 on penalties to set up a meeting with Zenit St Petersburg in the final in Manchester.
2011: Former boxer Sir Henry Cooper died aged 76.
2012: Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry retired from snooker.
2012: Roy Hodgson was confirmed as the England manager on a four-year deal.
BIRTHDAYS
Danny McGrain (soccer) - Former Celtic and Scotland defender, born 1950.
Gordon Greenidge (cricket) - Former batsman who played over 100 Tests for West Indies, born 1951.
Steve Cauthen (racing) - American who won three English jockey championships, and the Epsom Derby in 1985 on Slip Anchor and in 1987 on Reference Point, born 1960.
Oliver Bierhoff (soccer) - Former Germany international who scored both goals in his side's Euro 96 final win, born 1968.
Stuart Appleby (golf) - Australian member of the PGA Tour, born 1971.
Oliver Neuville (soccer) - Former Germany and Bayer Leverkusen forward, born 1973.
Alexey Smertin (soccer) - Former Chelsea, Fulham and Russia midfielder, born 1975.
Mauro Bergamasco (rugby union) - Former Italy international, born 1979.
Alexander Hleb (soccer) - Belarus international and former Arsenal and Barcelona midfielder, born 1981.
Tommy Robredo (tennis) - Spanish former world number five, born 1982.
Shahar Peer (tennis) - Israeli five-time winner on the WTA Tour, born 1987.
Matej Vydra (soccer) - Derby's Czech forward, born 1992.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1 Who was the last British footballer to win the European Golden Boot?
2 Who scored a hat-trick for Linfield against Cliftonville to secure the 2016/17 Irish Premiership title?
3 Which golfer has made the most Ryder Cup appearances for Europe?
4 How many goals did Derry hurlers score in their Nicky Rackard Cup win over Longford on Saturday?
5 Who won baseball's World Series in 2016?
(See quiz answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Monday, May 1)
SOCCER: Premier League, Watford v Liverpool - Sky Sports 1 1900; LaLiga, Malaga v Sevilla - Sky Sports 2 1955.
SNOOKER: World Championship, final - BBC Two England 1400 and 1900, Eurosport 1 1400 and 1830.
CRICKET: West Indies v Pakistan, second Test - Sky Sports 4 1455; Royal London One-Day Cup, Yorkshire Vikings v Lancashire Lightning - Sky Sports 2 1045; Indian Premier League, Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rising Pune Supergiant v Gujarat Lions - Sky Sports 3 1100 and 1500.
TENNIS: WTA, J&T Banka Prague Open - BT Sport 1 1000.
BASKETBALL: NBA Play-offs, two matches TBC - BT Sport 1 0000 (Tues) and 0230 (Tues).
BASEBALL: MLB, match TBC - BT Sport/ESPN 0000 (Tues).
MOTORCYCLING: British Superbikes from Oulton Park - Eurosport 2 1230.
Tomorrow (Tuesday, May 2)
SOCCER: Champions League semi-final first leg, Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid - BT Sport 2 1900.
CRICKET: West Indies v Pakistan, second Test - Sky Sports 1 1455; Indian Premier League, Delhi Daredevils v Sunrisers Hyderabad - Sky Sports 2 1500.
TENNIS: ATP, Estoril Open - Eurosport 2 1300 and 1700; WTA, J&T Banka Prague Open - BT Sport 1 1000.
BASKETBALL: BASKETBALL: NBA Play-offs, match TBC - BT Sport 1 0100 (Wed).
BASEBALL: MLB, Atlanta Braves v New York Mets - BT Sport/ESPN 0030 (Wed), Houston Astros v Texas Rangers - BT Sport 2 0100 (Wed).
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QUICK QUIZ BLITZ: answers: 1 Kevin Phillips (2000); 2 Andy Waterworth; 3 Nick Faldo (11); 4 8 goals: (Derry 8-21 Longford 1-14); 5 Chicago Cubs.
