BIRTHDAYS
Mark Lawrenson (soccer): Former Liverpool and Republic of Ireland defender turned TV pundit, born 1957.
Mark Walters (soccer): former Rangers, Liverpool and England winger, born 1964.
Steve Waugh (cricket): former Australia captain, scorer of 10,927 Test runs, born 1965.
Mark Waugh (cricket): twin brother of Steve, scorer of 8,029 Test runs for Australia, born 1965.
Abby Wambach (soccer): former striker for the United States women's team who retired in 2015 as the all-time leading goalscorer in international football, born 1980.
Nikolay Davydenko (tennis): Russian former tennis player, born 1981.
Angelo Mathews (cricket): Sri Lanka's ODI and Test captain, born 1987.
Sergio Aguero (soccer): Manchester City and Argentina forward, born 1988.
Freddy Adu (soccer): United States international who became the youngest professional footballer of the modern era at the age of 14, born 1989.
Steve Smith (cricket): Australia batsman and captain, born 1989.
ON THIS DAY
1904: Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller was born. He became the first man to swim 100 metres in less than one minute and won five gold medals at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics. He later moved into acting and played Tarzan in a series of films. He died in Acapulco, Mexico in 1984.
1954: Lester Piggott won his first Epsom Derby at the age of 18 on Never Say Die, a 33-1 shot.
1962: In Santiago, police intervened several times in the World Cup game between Chile and Italy, one of the most violent in football history.
1970: Former Formula One driver Bruce McLaren died after a testing accident, aged 32. The New Zealander founded the McLaren team.
1985: Uefa ruled English clubs would be banned indefinitely from European competition following the riot at the Heysel Stadium, in which Liverpool fans were involved. The ban remained in place for five seasons.
2004: Jose Mourinho was appointed manager of Chelsea on a three-year contract.
2005: Wicketkeeper Keith Piper was sacked by Warwickshire after testing positive for cannabis.
2008: Sven-Goran Eriksson left Manchester City after just one season as manager.
2014: Frank Lampard confirmed that he would leave Chelsea after 13 years at Stamford Bridge.
2015: Then-Fifa president Sepp Blatter said he would step down and called an extraordinary congress "as soon as possible", saying "a new president will be elected to follow me".
2016: Chris Smalling sent England to Euro 2016 on the back of a 1-0 win, but the late header could not mask an underwhelming display against Portugal at Wembley.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1 Which Ladbrokes League Two team play their home matches at Bayview?
2 In what year did Newport County return to the Football League?
3 Yorkshire's Garden Racecourse is where?
4 Mark Cosgrove captains which county cricket team?
5 The Philadelphia Flyers play which sport?
TODAY’S TV
RUGBY UNION: RGC v Wales - S4C 1845.
CRICKET: ICC Champions Trophy, Australia v New Zealand - Sky Sports 2 1000.
TENNIS: French Open - Eurosport 1 & ITV4 0930; Eurosport 2 1000.
GOLF: European Tour, Nordea Masters - Sky Sports 4 1000 and 1400; PGA Tour, The Memorial Tournament - Sky Sports 4 1930.
MOTOR CYCLING: MotoGP, Italy, practice sessions - BT Sport 2 0800, 1045 and 1200.
DARTS: World Cup of Darts - Sky Sports 1 1900.
HORSE RACING: The Oaks - ITV 1330.
BASEBALL: MLB, Chicago Cubs v St Louis - BT Sport//ESPN 1915.
SAILING: America's Cup - BT Sport 1 1800.
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QUICK QUIZ BLITZ ANSWERS
1 East Fife; 2 2013; 3 Ripon; 4 Leicestershire; 5 Ice hockey.
