ON THIS DAY
1990: American jockey Willie Shoemaker had his 40,351st and last ride, on Patchy Groundfog at Santa Anita in the appropriately named 'The Legend's Last Ride Handicap'.
1991: Runcorn Highfield drew 12-12 with Carlisle to end the worst losing streak in rugby league history. The team had lost their previous 55 league games, going back to 29 January 1989. Their first win came 20 games later.
2004: UEFA rejected Wales' appeal to have Russia thrown out of the Euro 2004 finals for fielding midfielder Yegor Titov, who later failed a drugs test, in the teams' play-off match.
2006: Stuart Fielden scored two tries as Bradford won a record-equalling third World Club Challenge with a 30-10 success over Wests Tigers at the Galpharm Stadium.
2007: World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson scored 27 points on his comeback from injury as England opened their RBS 6 Nations campaign with a 42-20 win over Scotland at Twickenham.
2009: American swimmer and 22-time Olympic medallist Michael Phelps apologised after pictures of him smoking a 'bong' emerged.
2012: John Terry was stripped of the England football captaincy due to his racism court trial. The decision was taken without input from then-coach Fabio Capello, who resigned five days later.
2014: Joe Kinnear resigned as Newcastle's director of football after just eight months in the role.
2016: A century from Jos Buttler helped England win the first one-day international against South Africa by 39 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method.
BIRTHDAYS
Michael Quinlivan (GAA) – Tipperary footballer and recipient of an All-star award last year, born 1993.
Michael Dickinson (horse racing) - former leading National Hunt trainer, born 1950.
Tim Flowers (soccer) - former England and Blackburn goalkeeper, born 1967.
Mixu Paatelainen (soccer) - former Dundee United and Finland manager, previously a striker with teams including Bolton and Hibernian, born 1967.
Retief Goosen (golf) - US Open champion in 2001 and 2004, from South Africa, born 1969.
Mart Poom (soccer) - former Estonia and Sunderland goalkeeper, born 1972.
Robbie Hunter-Paul (rugby league) - former Bradford and New Zealand half-back, born 1976.
Paul Franks (cricket) - former Nottinghamshire all-rounder who earned a single ODI cap for England, born 1979.
David Edwards (soccer) - Wolves and Wales midfielder, born 1986.
Gregory van der Wiel (soccer) - Fenerbahce and Holland full-back, born 1988.
QUICK QUIZ BLITZ
1 Who knocked Armagh out of the 2015 All-Ireland SFC?
2 How many of Rafael Nadal's 14 grand slam titles have come at the French Open?
3 England lock George Kruis plays his club rugby for which side?
4 Who are the highest-placed Asian team in the FIFA world rankings?
5 Cavan’s Cian Mackey plays his club football with which club?
SPORT ON TV
Today (Friday, February 3)
GAA: Seo Sport, Dara O Cinneide presents the analysis show, looking ahead to the first round of the National Football League and the start of the Six Nations rugby union championship – TG4 2030.
SOCCER: Sky Bet Championship, Wigan v Sheffield Wednesday - Sky Sports 1 1900; Bundesliga, Hamburg v Bayer Leverkusen - BT Sport 2 1915; Ligue 1, Metz v Marseille - eir Sport 1 1915; LaLiga, Deportivo La Coruna v Real Betis - Sky Sports 5 1940.
RUGBY UNION: PRO12, Edinburgh v Munster - Sky Sports 2 1930; Aviva Premiership, Northampton v Scarlets - BT Sport 1 1930; Sevens World Series - Sky Sports 2 0510.
TENNIS: WTA, St Petersburg Ladies' Trophy - BT Sport 1 0900; Taiwan Open - BT Sport 2 0600.
GOLF: European Tour, Dubai Desert Classic - Sky Sports 4 0730; PGA Tour, Waste Management Phoenix Open - Sky Sports 4 2000.
CYCLING: Tour of Dubai - Eurosport 2 0930; Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana - Eurosport 2 1400.
SNOOKER: German Masters - Eurosport 1 1245 and 1845.
WINTER SPORTS: Winter Universiade - Eurosport 2 0600 and 0800.
BASKETBALL: NBA, Boston Celtics v Los Angeles Lakers - BT Sport 1 0100 (Sat).
Tomorrow (Saturday, February 4)
GAA: Mayo v Monaghan, action from the National Football League Division One match at MacHale Park, Castlebar – eir Sport 1 2145; Down v Fermanagh, action from the National Football League Division Two encounter at Pairc Esler – eir Sport 1 2315.
SOCCER: Premier League, Chelsea v Arsenal - Sky Sports 1 1130; Tottenham v Middlesbrough - BT Sport 1 1700; Scottish Premiership, Motherwell v Hearts - BT Sport 1 1200; Sky Bet Championship, Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa - Sky Sports 1 1715; Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund v RB Leipzig - BT Sport 2 1715; African Nations Cup, third-place play-off - Eurosport 2 1930; Serie A, Bologna v Napoli - BT Sport 2 1930; LaLiga, Valencia v Eibar - Sky Sports 5 1940.
RUGBY UNION: Six Nations, Scotland v Ireland - BBC One 1400; England v France - ITV 1610; Sevens World Series, Sky Sports 2 0600 and Sky Sports 5 0510 (Sun).
CRICKET: Second one-day international, South Africa v Sri Lanka - Sky Sports 2 1125; Third one-day international, New Zealand v Australia - Sky Sports 2 2200.
TENNIS: WTA, St Petersburg Ladies' Trophy - BT Sport 2 1100; Taiwan Open - BT Sport 2 0700; Davis Cup, Canada v Great Britain - BBC Two 1800.
GOLF: European Tour, Dubai Desert Classic - Sky Sports 4 0830; PGA Tour, Waste Management Phoenix Open - Sky Sports 4 1800.
CYCLING: Tour of Dubai - Eurosport 2 0930; Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana - Eurosport 2 1330.
SNOOKER: German Masters - Eurosport 1 1245 and 1845.
ATHLETICS: European Indoor Athletics - Eurosport 2 1730.
HORSE RACING: Racing Live from Sandown - ITV4 1330.
WINTER SPORTS: Winter Universiade - Eurosport 2 0700.
BASKETBALL: NBA, New York Knicks v Cleveland Cavaliers - BT Sport 1 0130 (Sun).
Quick Quiz Blitz answers: 1 Galway; 2 Nine; 3 Saracens; 4 Iran (29th); 5 Castlerahan.
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