Ian Wright celebrates his birthday today
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Sports quiz, birthdays and nostalgic moments that happened on this day for November 3


A sports quiz, birthdays and nostalgic moments that happened on this day - November 3.

Today's sports quiz

1. At which club did Kevin De Bruyne begin his professional football career?

2. Who captained the victorious 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa?

3. The hammer throw and shot put were introduced to the Olympics after founder of the modern competition, Baron Coubertin, observed them at which UK competition?

4. Which boxer received a reported 25million US dollars for a 1995 boxing match that lasted just 89 seconds?

5. Who scored the decider in the 2017 FA Cup Final?

Answers below

Sport birthdays

  • Roy Emerson (tennis) - Australia-born winner of 28 grand slam titles (12 singles and 16 doubles), born 1936.
  • Gerd Muller (soccer) - former West Germany and Bayern Munich striker, born 1945.
  • Larry Holmes (boxing) - former world heavyweight champion, born 1949.
  • Ian Wright (soccer) - former Arsenal and England striker, born 1963.
  • Dwight Yorke (soccer) - former Aston Villa, Manchester United and Trinidad & Tobago striker, born 1971.
  • Paul Derbyshire (rugby union) - Italy flanker, born 1986.
  • Colin Kaepernick (American football) - former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who began kneeling racial inequality protest that swept the NFL, born 1987.
  • Joe Clarke (canoeing) - British Olympian who won gold in the men's slalom K-1 in Rio 2016, born 1992.

On this day in sport

  • 1990: Simon Hodgkinson scored a then record 23 points for England against Argentina at Twickenham.
  • 1999: Blackburn sacked manager Brian Kidd after winning just three of their first 14 games in the second tier following relegation from the Premier League.
  • 2007: Great Britain beat New Zealand 44-0 in the second rugby league Test at Hull's KC Stadium to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
  • 2008: Watford parted company with manager Aidy Boothroyd, the man who had taken them to the Premier League in 2006.
  • 2009: Alan Curbishley won his case for wrongful dismissal against West Ham.
  • 2010: A bid for London to host the 2015 World Athletics Championships was abandoned due to continuing uncertainty over the future of the 2012 Olympic Stadium. The capital was instead put forward to host the event in 2017.
  • 2011: Former Pakistan Test cricket captain Salman Butt was jailed for 30 months for his part in a conspiracy to bowl deliberate no-balls against England at Lord's.
  • 2012: Ian Holloway left Blackpool to become Crystal Palace's new manager, before leading the Eagles to promotion.
  • 2015: Former England cricket captain Tom Graveney died at the age of 88.

Sport on TV

  • SOCCER: FA Cup first round, Hyde United v MK Dons - BBC Two 1930; Championship, Wolves v Fulham - Sky Sports Main Event 1900; Bundesliga, Eintracht Frankfurt v Werder Bremen - BT Sport 1 1915, Ligue 1, Rennes v Bordeaux - BT Sport 2 1945; A-League, Melbourne City v Sydney FC - BT Sport 1 0845.
  • RUGBY UNION: PRO14, Scarlets v Benetton Treviso - BBC Two Wales 1930.
  • TENNIS: ATP, Paris Masters - Sky Sports Main Event 1400.
  • GOLF: European Tour, Turkish Airlines Open - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Golf 0900; PGA Tour, Shriners Hospitals for Children Open - Sky Sports Golf 2030, Sky Sports Main Event 2215.
  • DARTS: World Series of Darts Finals - ITV4 and eir Sport 1 1900.
  • BASKETBALL: NBA, Boston Celtics v Oklahoma City Thunder - BT Sport 1 0130 (Sat).

SNOOKER: International Championship - Eurosport 1 0600 and 1130.

CYCLING: Tour of Hainan - Eurosport 2 0515 (Sat).

Quiz answers: 1 Genk; 2 Martin Johnson; 3 Highland Games; 4 Mike Tyson; 5 Aaron Ramsey