Happy Birthday
ILIE NASTASE (tennis) – Romanian who won the French Open and US Open and reached two Wimbledon finals, born 1946.
VITALI KLITSCHKO (boxing) – former WBC world heavyweight champion, born 1971.
It happened...
2004: Chelsea agreed a £24million fee with Marseille for striker Didier Drogba.
2011: Keri-Anne Payne became the first Great Britain athlete to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics after winning the 10 kilometre open water race in Shanghai.
What’s on TV?
FRIDAY
CRICKET: Second Test, England v West Indies – Sky Sports Cricket 1015; T20 Blast – Sky Sports Cricket 1845.
GOLF: The Open – Sky Sports Golf 0630; PGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf 2200..
CYCLING: Tour de France – Eurosport 1 1100, ITV4 1115, S4C 1400.
RUGBY LEAGUE: St Helens v Warrington – Sky Sports Action 1930, Huddersfield v Salford – Sky Sports Mix 1955, Leigh v London Broncos – Sky Showcase 2000.
RUGBY UNION: New Zealand v Fiji – Sky Sports Arena 0330 (Sat).
DARTS: World Matchplay – Sky Sports Main Event 2100.
SNOOKER: Shanghai Masters – Eurosport 2 0700 and 1230.
BASEBALL: MLB, Chicago Cubs v Arizona Diamondbacks – TNT Sports 1 1900, New York Yankees v Tampa Bay Rays – TNT Sports 2 0000 (Sat).
SATURDAY
CRICKET: England v West Indies – Sky Sports Cricket 1015.
GOLF: The Open – Sky Sports Golf 0900; PGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf 2200, Sky Sports Main Event 2300.
CYCLING: Tour de France – Eurosport 1 1200, ITV4 1230.
HORSE RACING: Live from Newbury and Market Rasen – ITV 1 1330.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Hull FC v Wigan – Sky Sports Arena 1355, Leeds v Hull KR – Sky Sports Action 1430.
RUGBY UNION: Australia v Georgia – Sky Sports Action 0635.
ATHLETICS: Diamond League London, The Anniversary Games – BBC One 1315.
DARTS: World Matchplay – Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Action 2000.
BOXING: WBC World Bantamweight, Junto Nakatani v Vincent Astrolabio – Sky Sports Action 2200; British Middleweight title fight, Nathan Heaney v Brad Pauls – TNT Sports 1 1830.
SNOOKER: Shanghai Masters – Eurosport 1 0700.
BASEBALL: MLB, New York Yankees v Tampa Bay Rays – TNT Sports 2 1800, Toronto Blue Jays v Detroit Tigers – TNT Sports 4 2000.
SUNDAY
CRICKET: England v West Indies – Sky Sports Cricket 1015.
GOLF: The Open – Sky Sports Golf 0800; LPGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf 1930; PGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf 2200.
FORMULA ONE: Hungarian Grand Prix – Sky Sports F1 1355.
CYCLING: Tour de France – Eurosport 1 1300.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Castleford v Catalans – Sky Sports Action 1455.
SNOOKER: Shanghai Masters – Eurosport 1 0700, Eurosport 2 1230.
BASEBALL: Atlanta Braves v St Louis Cardinals – TNT Sports 2 1830, Los Angeles Dodgers v Boston Red Sox – TNT Sports 1 2100.
Sports quiz
1. Which West Indies batter was the 704th and final victim of James Anderson’s Test career?
2. In which year did Spain’s men first become football’s European champions?
3. Name the last French player to win the women’s singles at Wimbledon.
4. Who won Great Britain’s first Olympic BMX gold medal in Tokyo?
5. Which Scot won Commonwealth gold in the women’s 10,000m in 1994?
Answers: 1. Josh Da Silva; 2. 1964; 3. Marion Bartoli, 2013; 4. Beth Shriever; 5. Yvonne Murray.
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