BIRTHDAYS
Bruce Grobbelaar (soccer) - former Liverpool goalkeeper, born 1957.
Niall Quinn (soccer) - former Arsenal, Manchester City and Republic of Ireland striker, who was also a player and chairman at Sunderland, born 1966.
Alan Stubbs (soccer) - former Bolton, Celtic and Everton defender, born 1971.
Mark Schwarzer (soccer) - former Middlesbrough, Leicester and Australia goalkeeper, born 1972.
Paul Smith (boxing) - British two-time world title challenger and 2002 Commonwealth Games light-middleweight silver medallist, born 1982.
Morne Morkel (cricket) - South Africa fast bowler currently at Surrey, born 1984.
Joe Lewis (soccer) - Aberdeen goalkeeper who played for England Under-21s.
Adam Gemili (athletics) - British sprinter who won the 200 metres at the 2014 European Championships and once played in defence for Dagenham and Redbridge, born 1993.
ON THIS DAY
1926: Baseball great Babe Ruth hit three home runs for the New York Yankees in a World Series game.
1959: A record 92,706 fans watched the fifth game of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago White Sox at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
1969: Golfing great Walter Hagen, one of America's most flamboyant players, died aged 76.
1985: Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams, took his first Formula One Grand Prix win in the European round at Brands Hatch.
1997: Barry Town's Garry Lloyd became the first non-league player to be selected for the full Wales international squad when he was called up for the World Cup qualifier against Belgium.
2001: Captain David Beckham scored a last-minute free-kick to secure a 2-2 draw against Greece at Old Trafford and book England's place in the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea.
2005: Former Wales and British and Irish Lions hooker Jeff Young died at the age of 62 following a long illness.
2013: Arsenal's run of 10 straight wins came to an end in a 1-1 draw with West Brom but they returned to the top of the Barclays Premier League regardless on goal difference.
2013: Ballinderry completed the three in a row in Derry with a 3-10 to 2-7 win over Ballinascreen.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1. Kaizer Chiefs are a football team based in which South African city?
2. Name the Cullyhanna manager.
3. Who is expected to be named as the new Kerry manager in the coming days?
4. The Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded to the winner of which championship game?
5. Who will meet in this year’s Down SFC final?
(See quiz answers at bottom)
SPORT ON TV
Today (Saturday, October 6)
SOCCER: Premier League, Manchester United v Newcastle - BT Sport 1 1700; Championship, Leeds v Brentford - Sky Sports Main Event 1200, Bolton v Blackburn - Sky Sports Main Event 1830; Women's international friendly, England v Brazil - BT Sport 1 1215, Bundesliga, Bayern Munich v Borussia Monchengladbach - BT Sport 2 1715.
CRICKET: One-day international, South Africa v Zimbabwe - Sky Sports Cricket 1155.
GOLF: European Tour, Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - Sky Sports Golf 1300; PGA Tour, Safeway Open - Sky Sports Golf 2230.
RUGBY UNION: Top 14, La Rochelle v Clermont Auvergne - Sky Sports Action 1340; Premiership, Northampton v Leicester - BT Sport 2 1430, Channel 5 1445, Harlequins v Saracens - BT Sport 2 1930; PRO14, Scarlets v Ospreys - eir Sport 1 1455, Leinster v Munster - eir Sport 1 1700; Rugby Championship, South Africa v New Zealand - Sky Sports Main Event 1530, Sky Sports Action 1530, Argentina v Australia - Sky Sports Main Event 2330.
TENNIS: ATP, Japan Open - Sky Sports Action 0600, China Open - Sky Sports Main Event 0930; WTA, China Open - BT Sport 1 0730.
DARTS: World Grand Prix - Sky Sports Action 2000, Sky Sports Main Event 2000.
SNOOKER: European Masters - Eurosport 1 1155 and 1755.
BOXING: Fight Night Live including Jack Catterall v Ohara Davies - BT Sport 1 2030; Fight Night International - Sky Sports Action 0100 (Sun), Sky Sports Main Event 0130 (Sun).
UFC: Khabib Nurmagomedov v Conor McGregor - BT Sport 1 0300 (Sun).
MOTORSPORT: F1, Japanese Grand Prix qualifying - Channel 4 0600, Sky Sports F1 0655, Sky Sports Main Event 0655, eir Sport 1 0655; Rally World Championship - BT Sport 2 1200.
MOTORCYCLING: MotoGP, Grand Prix of Thailand qualifying and race - BT Sport 2 0600.
HORSE RACING: Ascot - ITV4 1330.
CYCLING: Giro dell'Emilia - Eurosport 2 1400.
Tomorrow (Sunday, October 7)
GAELIC GAMES: Monaghan SFC, Ballybay v Scotstown – TG4 1500; Offaly SHC, Kilcormac-Killoughey v Coolderry (deferred) – TG4, 1705.
SOCCER: Premier League, Fulham v Arsenal - BT Sport 1 1130, Southampton v Chelsea - Sky Sports Main Event 1300, Sky Sports Premier League 1300, Liverpool v Manchester City - Sky Sports Main Event 1615, Sky Sports Premier League 1615; Scottish Premiership, St Johnstone v Celtic - BT Sport 1 1500; Ligue 1, Bordeaux v Nantes - BT Sport/ESPN 1400, Marseille v Caen - BT Sport/ESPN 1600, Paris St Germain v Lyon - BT Sport 1 1945; Bundesliga, RB Leipzig v Nurnberg - BT Sport 2 1700.
GOLF: European Tour, Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - Sky Sports Golf 1300; PGA Tour, Safeway Open - Sky Sports Golf 2230.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League Million Pound Game, Toronto Wolfpack v London Broncos - Sky Sports Main Event - 1900.
RUGBY UNION: Top 14, Castres v Stade Francais - Sky Sports Action 1125; Championship, London Scottish v London Irish - Sky Sports Action 1445.
TENNIS: ATP, Japan Open - Sky Sports Action 0730.
SNOOKER: European Masters - Eurosport 1 1155 and 1755.
MOTORSPORT: F1, Japanese Grand Prix - Channel 4 0540, Sky Sports F1 0605, Sky Sports Main Event 0605, eir Sport 1 0605; World Touring Cars - Eurosport 2 0830; World Rally Championship - Channel 5 1200, BT Sport 2 1200.
HORSE RACING: Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - ITV 1300.
CYCLING: Paris-Tours - Eurosport 2 1415.
GRIDIRON: NFL, Jacksonville Jaguars v Kansas City Chiefs - Sky Sports Action 1700 and 2100, Sky Sports Main Event 2100, Houston Texans v Dallas Cowboys - Sky Sports Main Event 0110 (Mon), Sky Sports Action 0110 (Mon).
BASEBALL: MLB, Milwaukee Brewers v Colorado Rockies - BT Sport/ESPN 2230.
QUICK QUIZ answers: 1. Johannesburg; 2. Eamonn McEneaney; 3. Peter Keane; 4. The NFL Super Bowl; 5. Burren and Kilcoo
