Pa sport trivia 09/10/15

ON THIS DAY IN SPORT

1928: Two years after becoming the first man to hit three home runs in a World Series game, Babe Ruth repeated the feat, hitting three homers against the St Louis Cardinals.

1988: Jackie Milburn, one of Newcastle's greatest players and scorer of both goals in their 1951 FA Cup win, died aged 64.

1998: The Football Association was fined 60,000 Swiss francs by UEFA for racist chanting by England fans towards Sweden's Henrik Larsson and damage caused to the Rasunda Stadium in Stockholm by supporters after a 2-1 defeat in a Euro 2000 qualifier.

1999: St Helens were crowned Super League champions after beating Bradford Bulls 8-6 in the Grand Final at Old Trafford.

2004: England beat Wales 2-0 in their World Cup qualifier at Old Trafford but the win was marred by a booking and a hairline rib fracture for captain David Beckham, who later admitted deliberately earning his yellow card to ensure suspension for the following week's qualifier against Azerbaijan.

2006: Snooker professional Paul Hunter, who won three Wembley Masters titles, died at the age of 27 after a battle with cancer.

2007: Marion Jones returned all five Olympic medals she captured during the 2000 Games in Sydney after admitting taking performance-enhancing steroids and lying under oath in the BALCO investigations.

2009: The IOC announced rugby sevens and golf would be included in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

2010: England's Louise Hazel won the heptathlon gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

2011: Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won the Formula One drivers' championship after finishing third at the Japanese Grand Prix.

2012: Owen Coyle was sacked as Bolton manager.

2014: England beat San Marino 5-0 at Wembley in their Euro 2016 Group E qualifying match.

2014: Kevin Pietersen's hugely anticipated book KP: The Autobiography hits the shelves, with the former England batsman spilling the beans on his controversial sacking earlier that year.

PA SPORT BIRTHDAYS

Jim Montgomery (soccer) - former Sunderland goalkeeper most famous for his double save in the 1973 FA Cup final win over Leeds, born 1943.

Steve Ovett (athletics) - Olympic 800 metres champion in 1980, born 1955.

Eamonn Martin (athletics) - London marathon winner in 1993, born 1958.

Julian Bailey (motor racing) - former grand prix driver for Tyrrell and Lotus, born 1961.

Annika Sorenstam (golf) - winner of 10 LPGA major championships, born 1970.

Mark Viduka (soccer) - former Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Leeds and Australia striker, born 1975.

Lee McConnell (athletics) - 400m runner and London 2012 Olympian, born 1978.

Leon Pryce (rugby league) - Hull FC-bound Catalan Dragons' former St Helens, Bradford and Great Britain stand-off, born 1981.

Chev Walker (rugby league) - Bradford centre, born 1982.

Laure Manaudou (swimming) - former Olympic 400m freestyle champion, born 1986.

PA SPORT TV LISTINGS

Today (Friday, October 9)

SOCCER: Euro 2016 qualifiers, England v Estonia - ITV1 1915, Spain v Luxembourg - Sky Sports 2 1940; Under-21 European Championship qualifier, Republic of Ireland v Lithuania - Setanta Sports Ireland 1730; A-League, Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory - BT Sport 2 0945.

BASEBALL: MLB, A divisional series play-off match - ESPN 1700 and 2100, BT Sport 1 2300 and 0230 (Sat).

DARTS: World Masters - British Eurosport 2 1230, World Grand Prix - Sky Sports 1 1900.

GOLF: The Presidents Cup - Sky Sports 4 0600 and 2300, The British Masters - Sky Sports 1 and 4 0900.

HORSE RACING: Channel 4 Racing from Newmarket - Channel 4 1305, Setanta Race Day Live - Setanta Sports Ireland 1400.

MOTORCYCLING: Japan MotoGP, final practice - BT Sport 2 0100 (Sat), Japan MotoGP qualifying - BT Sport 2 0400 (Sat).

MOTOR RACING: Formula One, Russian GP practice - Sky Sports F1 0745 and 1145, BBC2 0755 and Setanta Sports Ireland 0755 and 1155.

RUGBY UNION: Rugby World Cup, New Zealand v Tonga - ITV4 2000; ITM Cup, Hawke's Bay v Waikato - Sky Sports 2 0730; Currie Cup, Western Province v Eastern Province Kings - Sky Sports 2 1655.

SNOOKER: The Ruhr Open - British Eurosport 0830 and 1400.

TENNIS: China Men's Open - Sky Sports 3 0530; China Women's Open - BT Sport 1 0730.

Tomorrow (Saturday, October 10)

SOCCER: Euro 2016 qualifiers, Bosnia-Herzegovina v Wales - Sky Sports 2 1900, Kazakhstan v Netherlands - Sky Sports 2 1655, Azerbaijan v Italy - Sky Sports 3 1700, Andorra v Belgium - Sky Sports 3 1940; National League, Macclesfield Town v Kidderminster - BT Sport 1 1200; MLS, Colorado Rapids v Montreal Impact and TBC v TBC - Sky Sports 3 2305 and 0200 (Sun); A-League, Central Coast Mariners v Perth Glory - BT Sport 1 0715 and Sydney FC v Melbourne City - BT Sport 2 0930.

BASEBALL: MLB, A divisional series play-off match - BT Sport 1 2230 and 0200 (Sun).

CRICKET: One-day international, India v South Africa - Sky Sports 2 0420 (Sun).

DARTS: World Masters - British Eurosport 2 1300, World Grand Prix - Sky Sports 1 2030.

GOLF: The Presidents Cup - Sky Sports 4 0600 and 2300; The British Masters - Sky Sports 4 1130 and Sky Sports 1 1200.

HORSE RACING: Channel 4 Racing - Channel 4 1330; Setanta Race Day Live - Setanta Sports Ireland 1415.

ICE HOCKEY: NHL, Florida Panthers v Philadelphia Flyers - Setanta Sports Ireland 0000 (Sun), San Jose Sharks v Anaheim Ducks - Setanta Sports Ireland 0330 (Sun).

MOTOR RACING: Formula One, Russian GP practice - Sky Sports F1 0945, BBC2 0955 and Setanta Sports Ireland 0955; Russian GP qualifying Sky Sports F1 1215, BBC1 1210 and Setanta Sports Ireland 1255.

MOTORCYCLING: Japan MotoGP warm-up and race - BT Sport 2 0030 (Sun) and 0545 (Sun).

RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League Grand Final - Sky Sports 1 1700.

RUGBY UNION: Rugby World Cup, Scotland v Samoa - ITV1 1400, Australia v Wales - ITV1 1630 and S4C 1600, England v Uruguay - ITV1 1915; ITM Cup, Counties Manukau v Auckland - Sky Sports 5 0730; Currie Cup, Golden Lions v Griquas - Sky Sports 2 1255 and Free State Cheetahs v Sharks - Sky Sports 2 1500.

SNOOKER: The Ruhr Open - British Eurosport 0830.

TENNIS: China Men's Open - Sky Sports 3 0530; China Women's Open - BT Sport/ESPN 1 0730.

PA SPORT QUIZ

1. In football, who was the first player to score a hat-trick in Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League?

2. Who won the British Masters the last time it was held at Woburn G&CC in 2002?

3. Which Super League team were the last to achieve the 'treble' (winning the Challenge Cup, League Leader's Shield and Grand Final)?

4. Who is the only tennis player to have beaten Novak Djokovic before the final of an event in 2015 (his four other losses this year came in finals)?

5. Which NFL team play their home matches at FedEx Field?