Happy Birthday
PETER SHILTON (soccer)– former England goalkeeper, capped 125 times by his country, born 1949.
DARREN GOUGH (cricket)– former Yorkshire and England bowler, born 1970.
It happened....
2012: Kevin Pietersen was controversially left out of the England squad to tour India following his ‘reconciliation period’ with the England and Wales Cricket Board.
What’s on TV
FRIDAY
FOOTBALL: Brentford v Chelsea – Sky Sports Premier League 1900; Championship, Bristol City v Watford – Sky Sports Football 2000; Women’s Super League, Man City v Liverpool – Sky Sports Main Event 1830.
GOLF: PGA Championship – Sky Sports Golf 0830; PGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf 1800.
TENNIS: WTA Guadalajara, WTA Sao Paulo – Sky Sports Tennis 1700.
DARTS: World Series, Amsterdam – ITV4 1800.
RUGBY UNION: Women’s international, Wales v South Africa – BBC One Wales 1900.
SATURDAY
FOOTBALL: Premier League, Tottenham v A Villa – TNT Sports 1 1100, N Forest v Coventry – Sky Sports Main Event 1700; Championship, Millwall v West Ham – Sky Sports Football 1130, ITV 1200; Women’s Super League, Charlton v London City – BBC Two 1215, Chelsea v Birmingham – Sky Sports Premier League 1230, Arsenal v Man Utd – Sky Sports Football 1730.
CRICKET: T20 international, England v Sri Lanka – Channel 5, Sky Sports Cricket 1400.
TENNIS: WTA Guadalajara, WTA Sao Paulo – Sky Sports Tennis 1700.
GOLF: PGA Championship – Sky Sports Golf 0900; PGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf 1800.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Play-off – BBC Two 1715.
DARTS: World Series, Amsterdam – ITV4 1200.
HORSE RACING: Ayr – ITV3 1245.
SUNDAY
FOOTBALL: Premier League, Bournemouth v Liverpool – Sky Sports Main Event 1300, Man City v Sunderland – Sky Sports Premier League 1300, Fulham v Man Utd – Sky Sports Main Event 1600; Championship, Wolves v West Brom – Sky Sports Football 1200.
CRICKET: One-Day Cup, Leicestershire Foxes v Middlesex – Sky Sports Cricket 1030.
GOLF: PGA Championship – Sky Sports Golf 0830; PGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf 1800.
TENNIS: WTA Guadalajara, WTA Sao Paulo – Sky Sports Tennis 1900.
DARTS: World Series, Amsterdam – ITV4 1200.
MOTOR CYCLING: Austria MotoGP race – TNT Sports 2 1215.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL – Sky Sports NFL 1730 & Channel 5 2100.
Sports quiz
1. Mary Earps joined which WSL side this summer?
2. When did Stephen Hendry win the last of his seven World Snooker Championship titles?
3. How many centuries did former India captain Virat Kohli record in Test cricket?
4. Who is Aston Villa’s all-time leading goalscorer in major European competitions with 12 goals?
5. Katie Taylor ended her boxing career with victory over which other fighter at Croke Park this month?
6. In golf, who was the last English winner of the Masters tournament?
7. Who scored the winner for Argentina in their World Cup semi-final win over England this summer?
Answers: 1. London City Lionesses; 2. 1999; 3. 30; 4. John McGinn; 5. Flora Pili; 6. Danny Willett (2016); 7. Lautaro Martinez.
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