ON THIS DAY
2001: England midfielder Owen Hargreaves was part of the Bayern Munich side which beat Valencia on penalties to win the Champions League final in Milan.
2002: Roy Keane left the Republic of Ireland's pre-World Cup training camp on the Pacific island of Saipan after a row with national team manager Mick McCarthy, who branded him "a disruptive influence".
2007: AC Milan won the Champions League, beating Liverpool 2-1 in the final in Athens.
2011: Ryan Giggs was named as the married footballer at the centre of a controversial privacy case after he was identified in the House of Commons by MP John Hemming.
2012: QPR midfielder Joey Barton was banned for 12 matches and fined £75,000 following his dismissal against Manchester City on the final day of the Premier League season.
2015: James DeGale won the IBF super-middleweight title against Andre Dirrell, becoming Great Britain's first boxing Olympic champion to win a world title.
2017: Sam Allardyce announced in a statement he had stepped down as Crystal Palace manager, adding "I have no ambitions to take another job".
BIRTHDAYS
Conor Mortimer (GAA) - former Mayo footballer, and winner of four Connacht Senior Football Championship medals, born 1982.
Paddy Bradley (GAA) - former Derry footballer and the all-time top scorer in the Ulster Senior Football Championship, born 1981.
Gerry Armstrong (soccer) - former Tottenham player who won 63 caps for Northern Ireland, born 1954.
Marvin Hagler (boxing) - American world middleweight champion from 1980 to 1987, born 1954.
Graeme Hick (cricket) - former Worcestershire and England batsman, now part of Australia's coaching set-up, born 1966.
Rubens Barrichello (motor racing) - Brazilian former Formula One driver, born 1972.
Richard Hill (rugby union) - former England and Saracens forward, born 1973.
Darren Maddy (cricket) - former Warwickshire and England batsman, born 1974.
Ricardinho (soccer) - former Brazil player, born 1976.
Ross Wallace (soccer) - former Celtic, Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday midfielder, born 1985.
Morgan Pressel (golf) - American who won the 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship, born 1988.
Joe Gomez (soccer) - Liverpool and England defender, born 1997.
QUICK QUIZ
1 Jose Mourinho managed which football club immediately before rejoining Chelsea in 2013?
2 Which Tyrone player was selected as the RTE man of the match in the 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final?
3 Andy Murray won silver in the mixed doubles at the London 2012 Olympics alongside which female tennis player?
4 Lancashire batsman Haseeb Hameed was how old when he made his England Test debut against India in 2016?
5 Name the first captain to bring the Sam Maguire to Ulster?
(See answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Wednesday, May 23)
GAA: GAA Weekly Round-Up: Highlights of the week's action - Sky Sports Arena 2100.
GAA: Classic GAA, Dublin v Cork from 2013 - eir Sport 1 2130.
SOCCER: Ligue 1 relegation play-off, Ajaccio v Toulouse - BT Sport 2 1945.
CRICKET: Royal London One-Day Cup, Glamorgan v Middlesex - Sky Sports Cricket 1355, Sky Sports Main Event 1930; Indian Premier League, second qualifying play-off match, Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals - Sky Sports Main Event 1500.
TENNIS: WTA, Internationaux de Strasbourg - BT Sport 1 1000; French Open qualifying - Eurosport 2 1100; ATP, Geneva Open - Eurosport 2 1700.
CYCLING: Giro d'Italia - Eurosport 1 1200.
HORSE RACING: Coverage from Southwell and Wexford - Sky Sports Action 1900.
BASKETBALL: NBA play-offs, Cleveland Cavaliers v Boston Celtics - BT Sport 1 0130 (Thu).
BASEBALL: MLB, Houston Astros v San Francisco Giants - BT Sport/ESPN 1900; Chicago Cubs v Cleveland Indians - BT Sport/ESPN 0100 (Thu).
Tomorrow (Thursday, May 24)
GAA: GAA Weekly Round-Up: Highlights of the week's action - Sky Sports Mix 2100.
GAA: Classic GAA, Cork v Waterford from 2007 - eir Sport 1 2230.
CRICKET: England v Pakistan, first Test - Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket 1000.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Betfred Super League, Castleford v St Helens - Sky Sports Main Event 1930.
GOLF: European Tour, BMW PGA Championship - Sky Sports Golf 1000; PGA Tour, Fort Worth Invitational - Sky Sports Golf 1800 and Sky Sports Main Event 2230.
TENNIS: French Open qualifying - Eurosport 2 0900; WTA, Internationaux de Strasbourg - BT Sport 1 1000; ATP, Geneva Open - Eurosport 2 1700.
CYCLING: Giro d'Italia - Eurosport 1 1200.
MOTORSPORT: Formula One, Monaco Grand Prix first practice - Channel 4 0955 and eir Sport 1 0955, second practice - Sky Sports F1 1345, Channel 4 1355 and eir Sport 1 1355.
BASKETBALL: NBA play-offs, Houston Rockets v Golden State Warriors - BT Sport 1 0200 (Fri).
BASEBALL: MLB, Cincinnati Reds v Pittsburgh Pirates - BT Sport/ESPN 1730, Oakland Athletics v Seattle Mariners - BT Sport 1 2030, Cleveland Indians v Houston Astros - BT Sport/ESPN 2300.
Quick Quiz Answers: 1 Real Madrid; 2 Kevin Hughes; 3 Laura Robson; 4 19; 5 Jim Smith of Cavan (1933).
