Happy Birthday
DAN BIGGAR (rugby union) – Former Wales, Northampton and British and Irish Lions fly-half, born 1989.
CHARLES LECLERC (Formula One) – Ferrari driver from Monaco, born 1997.
It happened....
2004: Lionel Messi, then 17, made his competitive Barcelona debut as a late substitute in a 1-0 win over city rivals Espanyol.
2016: Munster head coach Anthony Foley, 42, died in his sleep at the team hotel in Paris before their European Champions Cup tie against Racing 92.
What’s on TV
FRIDAY
FOOTBALL: Championship, Burnley v Wolves – Sky Sports Football 1900.
RUGBY UNION: Challenge Cup Dragons v Perpignan – S4C 1950.
TENNIS: ATP Shanghai, WTA Wuhan – Sky Sports Tennis 0400.
GOLF: India Championship – Sky Sports Golf 0730.
CYCLING: UCI Track World Championships – TNT Sports 1 1000.
SATURDAY
FOOTBALL: Premier League, Everton v Chelsea – TNT Sports 1 1100, Newcastle v Aston Villa – Sky Sports Premier League 1700; Championship, Watford v Charlton – Sky Sports Football, Sky Sports Main Event 1130; Women’s Super League, Arsenal v Birmingham – Sky Sports Premier League 1230.
RUGBY UNION: Bledisloe Cup, Australia v New Zealand – Sky Sports Main Event 0600; Challenge Cup, Scarlets v Newcastle – S4C 1945.
TENNIS: ATP Shanghai, WTA Wuhan – Sky Sports Tennis 0400.
GOLF: India Championship – Sky Sports Golf 0730.
CRICKET: T20 international, India v West Indies – TNT Sports 3 1415.
CYCLING: UCI Track World Championships – BBC Two 1015, TNT Sports 3 1030.
HORSE RACING: Ascot – ITV 1245.
SUNDAY
FOOTBALL: Brighton v Crystal Palace – Sky Sports Premier League 1230, Leeds v Man Utd – Sky Sports Main Event 1230, Bournemouth v Sunderland – Sky Sports Football 1400, Nottingham Forest v Arsenal – Sky Sports Premier League1600; Women’s Super League, Chelsea v Tottenham – Sky Sports Football 1200, Crystal Palace v West Ham – Sky Sports Mix 1200, Aston Villa v Liverpool and London City v Everton – Sky Sports Plus 1400, Charlton v Manchester United – Sky Sports Mix 1400, Manchester City v Brighton – BBC Two 1430.
TENNIS: ATP Shanghai, WTA Wuhan – Sky Sports Tennis 0700.
GOLF: India Championship – Sky Sports Golf 0730.
CYCLING: UCI Track World Championships – BBC Two 0500, TNT Sports 1 0630.
CRICKET: Men’s second Test, South Africa v Australia – Sky Sports Cricket 0800.
SNOOKER: Northern Ireland Open – TNT Sports 4 1000.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL – Channel 5 1400 and Sky Sports NFL 1400.
Sports quiz
1. Where do London City Lionesses play their home games?
2. How many major golf titles has Jon Rahm won?
3. In which European capital city was Aryna Sabalenka born?
4. Rugby league star Ryan Hall played for Leeds and which other Super League club?
5. Which of these countries has never won an Olympic medal: (a) Djibouti, (b) Bosnia and Herzegovina or (c) Peru?
6. MLB team the Brewers hail from which US city?
7. Name the two boxers who have beaten Derek Chisora in world title fights?
Answers: 1. Hayes Lane, Bromley; 2. two; 3. Minsk; 4. Hull KR; 5. Bosnia and Herzegovina; 6. Milwaukee; 7. Tyson Fury and Vitali Klitschko.
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