Happy Birthday

MARCELLO LIPPI (soccer) – former Italy coach who won the World Cup in 2006, born 1948.

GEORGIA HALL (golf) – 2018 Women’s British Open champion from England, born 1996.

It happened...

2004: Brian Lara regained the individual Test score world record on his way to an unbeaten 400 against England in the fourth Test in Antigua.

2020: Motor racing great Sir Stirling Moss died at the age of 90.

What’s on TV?

FRIDAY

FOOTBALL: Championship, Plymouth v Leicester – Sky Sports Football 2000.

GOLF: The Masters – Sky Sports Golf 1400.

HORSE RACING: Grand National Festival – ITV regions 1400.

RUGBY UNION: European Challenge Cup Gloucester v Ospreys – TNT Sports 1 1900.

TENNIS: Monte-Carlo Masters – Sky Sports Tennis 1000.

CYCLING: Tour of Abruzzo – Eurosport 1 1250.

BOXING: WBC International Silver Bantamweight title, Charlie Edwards v Georges Ory – Channel 5 1000.

SATURDAY

FOOTBALL: Premier League, Newcastle v Tottenham – TNT Sports 1 1100, Bournemouth v Manchester United – Sky Sports Premier League 1700; Championship, Leeds v Blackburn – Sky Sports Football 1200; National League, Aldershot v Boreham Wood – TNT Sports 1 1700.

GOLF: The Masters – Sky Sports Golf 1500.

HORSE RACING: Grand National Festival – ITV regions 1255.

RUGBY LEAGUE: Challenge Cup, game TBD – BBC Two England, BBC Two Scotland and BBC Two Wales 1645.

RUGBY UNION: Women’s Six Nations, Scotland v England – BBC One 1400.

TENNIS: Monte-Carlo Masters – Sky Sports Tennis 1000.

BOXING: Heavyweight, Jared Anderson v Ryad Merhy – Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action 0200 (Sun).

BASEBALL: MLB, Houston Astros v Texas Rangers – TNT Sports 4 2100, Arizona Diamondbacks v St. Louis Cardinals – TNT Sports 2 0100 (Sun).

SUNDAY

FOOTBALL: Premier League, Liverpool v Crystal Palace – Sky Sports Premier League 1300, Arsenal v Aston Villa –Sky Sports Premier League 1600; Women’s FA Cup semi-final, Tottenham v Leicester – BBC Two 1130, Manchester United v Chelsea – BBC One 1420; WSL, Arsenal v Bristol City – Sky Sports Premier League 1930.

GOLF: The Masters – Sky Sports Golf 1500.

RUGBY UNION: Champions Cup, game TBD – ITV 1430 and TNT Sports 1 1445; European Challenge Cup, game TBD – TNT Sports 1 1200.

TENNIS: Monte-Carlo Masters – Sky Sports Tennis 1000.

MOTOR CYCLING: MotoGP, Grand Prix of The Americas – TNT Sports 2 1915.

CYCLING: Amstel Gold Race, Women’s race – Eurosport 1 1200, Men’s race – Eurosport 1 1330.

BASEBALL: MLB, Houston Astros v Texas Rangers – TNT Sports 4 1900, Los Angeles Dodgers v San Diego Padres – TNT Sports 1 0000 (Mon).

Sports quiz

1. Shaun Murphy defeated which fellow English snooker player in the final to win last year’s Tour Championship?

2. Ronda Rousey is a former UFC champion in which weight category?

3. Which New Zealand batter was the leading run-scorer at the 2015 Cricket World Cup?

4. Seve Ballesteros won the first of his three Open titles in what year?

5. Which team won the first two Super Bowls?

6. What is the nationality of tennis player Bianca Andreescu?

7. How many times has Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix?

Answers: 1. Kyren Wilson; 2. Bantamweight; 3. Martin Guptill; 4. 1979; 5. Green Bay Packers; 6. Canadian; 7. Six.