Happy Birthday

ASAFA POWELL (athletics) – Jamaican former 100m world-record holder, born 1982.

JAMES MADDISON (soccer) – Tottenham and England forward, born 1996.

It happened...

2012: Mark Hughes was sacked as manager of QPR following a run of 12 games without a victory at the start of the Premier League season.

2014: Lewis Hamilton claimed his second Formula One world championship with victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

What’s on TV?

FRIDAY

FOOTBALL: Championship, Plymouth v Watford – Sky Sports Football 1930.

CRICKET: First Test, Australia v India – TNT Sports 1 0215, West Indies v Bangladesh – TNT Sports 2 1430.

RUGBY UNION: France v Argentina – TNT Sports 1 1930.

GOLF: Australian PGA Championship – Sky Sports Golf 0230; PGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf 1300.

DARTS: Players Championship Finals – ITV4 1245 and 1900.

BOXING: Harlem Eubank v Nurali Erdogan – Channel 5 2230.

SATURDAY

FOOTBALL: Premier League, Leicester v Chelsea – TNT Sports 1 1100, Man City v Tottenham – Sky Sports Premier League; Championship, Coventry v Sheff Utd – Sky Sports Football 1100.

RUGBY UNION: Ireland v Fiji – TNT Sports 1 1430, Wales v South Africa – S4C 1700, TNT Sports 1 1715, Italy v New Zealand – TNT Sports 1 1945.

FORMULA ONE: Las Vegas Grand Prix – Sky Sports F1 0555 (Sun).

CRICKET: Australia v India – TNT Sports 2 0230.

DARTS: Players Championship Finals – ITV4 1245 and 1900.

GOLF: Australian PGA Championship – Sky Sports Golf 0230; PGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf 1800.

HORSE RACING: Haydock, Ascot and Punchestown – ITV 1300.

SNOOKER: UK Championship – Eurosport 1 1300 and 1845, BBC One 1315, BBC Two 1630.

SUNDAY

FOOTBALL: Premier League, Southampton v Liverpool – Sky Sports Premier League 1300, Ipswich v Man Utd – Sky Sports Premier League 1600; Championship, Swansea v Leeds – Sky Sports Football 1500.

CRICKET: Australia v India – TNT Sports 2 0230; First T20 international, South Africa v England – Sky Sports Cricket 1140.

RUGBY UNION: Scotland v Australia – TNT Sports 1 1230, England v Japan – TNT Sports 1 1545.

DARTS: Players Championship Finals – ITV4 1245 and 1900.

GOLF: Australian PGA Championship – Sky Sports Golf 0230; PGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf 1800.

SNOOKER: UK Championship – Eurosport 1 1245 and 1845.

GRIDIRON: NFL – Sky Sports NFL 1700.

Sports quiz

1. How many grand slam titles did Billie Jean King win in her career: 29, 39 or 49?

2. England cricketer Liam Livingstone plays for which county?

3. Gareth Taylor manages which side in the Women’s Super League?

4. Which of men’s golf’s four major titles did Arnold Palmer fail to win?

5. Scotland striker Tommy Conway plays for which side in the Sky Bet Championship?

6. Norway’s Petter Solberg is a former world champion in which sport?

7. Which Canadian city is home to an NHL team called the Oilers?

8. Which racecourse hosts the prestigious Boxing Day race, the King George VI Chase?

9. Who is the head coach of England women’s rugby league team?

10. Australia’s Brett Robinson has been elected chair of which international sport’s governing body?

Answers: 1. 39; 2. Lancashire; 3. Manchester City; 4. US PGA Championship; 5. Middlesbrough; 6. Rallying; 7. Edmonton; 8. Kempton Park; 9. Stuart Barrow; 10. World Rugby.