Sports News Roundup: Birthdays, Historical Events, and TV Schedule
Today we celebrate the birthdays of several sports personalities, including Tony Drago, Rickard Rydell, Emmanuel Petit, Paul Sculthorpe, Harry Kewell, Ed Joyce, Thiago Silva, Faris Haroun, Sabine Lisicki, Philip Hindes, and Jamie Stead. In sports history, on this day in 1927, the 'Battle of the Long Count' took place in a world heavyweight title fight between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. In 1995, Joe Bugner made a winning comeback to boxing after an eight-year absence. The United States won the Solheim Cup in 1996, and in 2000, Steve Redgrave won his fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal. Other notable events include Fabrizio Ravanelli signing with Dundee in 2003, Jonathan Woodgate's own goal on his Real Madrid debut in 2005, and Anthony Joshua defending his heavyweight titles in 2018. In 2021, standing areas were set to be offered at selected Premier League and Championship grounds, ending a long-standing ban on standing in English football. Surrey won the LV= Insurance County Championship title in 2022, and Lando Norris won the Singapore Grand Prix in 2024.
On TV today, you can watch the Championship match between Millwall and Watford, as well as the Serie A game between Napoli and Pisa. Snooker fans can tune in to the British Open on ITV4. Tomorrow, the Carabao Cup match between Liverpool and Southampton will be broadcast on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event. More snooker action from the British Open will be on ITV4. Tennis fans can catch ATP and WTA coverage on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports Main Event. Cricket enthusiasts can watch the Asia Cup Super Fours match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka on TNT Sports.
Test your sports knowledge with some trivia questions: 1. Lewis Hamilton was born in Stevenage. 2. Hull KR won the League Leaders shield in Super League in 2025. 3. Jocelyn Precheur is the head coach of London City Lionesses in the WSL. 4. Judd Trump is the current world number one in snooker. 5. Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d'Or five times. 6. England spin bowler Sophie Ecclestone plays for Lancashire in domestic cricket. 7. David Haye famously beat Nikolai Valuev in 2009. 8. The 2025 Ryder Cup will take place in New York. 9. Emma Raducanu was born in Canada. 10. Worcestershire won cricket's Metro Bank One-Day Cup.