Happy Birthday

SEAMUS COLEMAN (soccer) – Everton and Republic of Ireland defender, born 1988.

HOLLIE DOYLE (racing) – flat racing jockey who set a new record for winners ridden in a British season by a female jockey in 2019, born 1996.

It happened...

2010: Discus thrower Krishna Poonia won India’s first ever athletics gold at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

2020: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 Formula One victories.

What’s on TV?

FRIDAY

FOOTBALL: Nations League, Iceland v Wales – S4C 1920.

CRICKET: First Test, Pakistan v England – Sky Sports Cricket 0550; Women’s World T20, Australia v Pakistan – Sky Sports Cricket 1430.

RUGBY UNION: Premiership, Sale v Newcastle – TNT Sports 1 1900.

GOLF: LPGA Shanghai – Sky Sports Golf 0600; Open De France – Sky Sports Golf 1230; PGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf 1730.

TENNIS: ATP Shanghai Masters and WTA Wuhan Open – Sky Sports Tennis 0600.

HORSE RACING: Newmarket, York and Chepstow – ITV4 1315.

DARTS: World Grand Prix, Leicester – Sky Sports Main Event 1900.

SNOOKER: Wuhan Open – Eurosport 1 0700 and 1230.

BASEBALL: MLB – TNT Sports 2 1900.

SATURDAY

FOOTBALL: League Two, Chesterfield v Notts County – Sky Sports Football 1200; Women’s Super League, Arsenal v Chelsea – BBC One 1315.

CRICKET: Women’s World T20, New Zealand v Sri Lanka –Sky Sports Cricket 1030, Bangladesh v South Africa – Sky Sports Cricket 1430.

RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League, Grand Final – Sky Sports Main Event 1700.

RUGBY UNION: Premiership, Gloucester v Bath – TNT Sports 1 1430, Leicester v Northampton – TNT Sports 1 1715; URC, Ospreys v Bulls – S4C 1915.

TENNIS: ATP Shanghai Masters and WTA Wuhan Open – Sky Sports Tennis 0600.

GOLF: LPGA Shanghai – Sky Sports Golf 0600; Open De France – Sky Sports Golf 1200; PGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf 2200.

HORSE RACING: Newmarket – ITV 1300, Chepstow and Hexham – Sky Sports Racing 1335.

DARTS: World Grand Prix, Leicester – Sky Sports Main Event 2030.

SNOOKER: Wuhan Open – Eurosport 1 0700 and 1230.

BASEBALL: MLB – TNT Sports 2 1900.

SUNDAY

FOOTBALL: Nations League, Finland v England – ITV 1615; Women’s Super League, Man United v Tottenham – Sky Sports Premier League 1130, Liverpool v Man City – Sky Sports Premier League 1445.

CRICKET: Women’s World T20, England v Scotland – Sky Sports Cricket 1030, India v Australia – Sky Sports Cricket 1430; First T20 international, Sri Lanka v West Indies – TNT Sports 2 1415.

RUGBY UNION: Premiership, Harlequins v Saracens – TNT Sports 1 1445.

GOLF: LPGA Shanghai – Sky Sports Golf 0600; Open De France – Sky Sports Golf 1130; PGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf 2200.

DARTS: World Grand Prix, Leicester – Sky Sports Main Event 2000.

HORSE RACING: Ffos Las – Sky Sports Racing 1410.

GRIDIRON: NFL – Sky Sports NFL 1330.

ATHLETICS: Chicago Marathon – Eurosport 1 1315.

BASEBALL: MLB – TNT Sports 1 0030 (Mon).

Sports quiz

1. Where was the first soccer World Cup held in 1930?

2. Which basketball team are the current NBA champions?

3. Name the American venue which will host the 2025 Ryder Cup.

4. Jamaica sprinter Usain Bolt set the world record for the 100 metres in 2009 – what was his time?

5. In which year did Roger Federer win his first men’s singles title at Wimbledon?

Answers: 1. Uruguay; 2. Boston Celtics; 3. Bethpage Black (Long Island, New York); 4. 9.58 seconds; 5. 2003.