SIR IAN MCGEECHAN (rugby union) – four-time British and Irish Lions coach, born 1946.

COURTNEY WALSH (cricket) – former West Indies pace bowler who took 519 Test wickets, born 1962.

It happened....

2003: The Football Association suspended four Arsenal players and handed out fines totalling £275,000 for indiscipline in a Premiership match against Manchester United at Old Trafford in September.

What’s on TV

FRIDAY

FOOTBALL: Championship, Sheffield United v Wrexham – Sky Sports Football 1930.

CRICKET: T20 international, New Zealand v India – TNT Sports 1 0645; Men’s third Test, South Africa v Australia – Sky Sports Cricket 0800.

RUGBY UNION: English Prem, Bristol v Leicester – TNT Sports 1 1900.

TENNIS: WTA Tokyo, WTA Guangzhou – Sky Sports Tennis 0500; ATP Basel, ATP Vienna – Sky Sports Tennis 1230.

GOLF: Wistron Ladies Open – Sky Sports Golf 0600; Mexico Open – Sky Sports Golf 2000.

HORSE RACING: Breeders’ Cup – ITV4 1830.

SATURDAY

FOOTBALL: Premier League, Chelsea v Man Utd – TNT Sports 1 1100, Tottenham v C Palace – Sky Sports Premier League 1700, Aston Villa v Fulham – Sky Sports Premier League 1945; Championship, Stoke v Preston – Sky Sports Football 1130; Women’s Super League, Everton v Man Utd – Sky Sports Premier League 1230.

CRICKET: One-day international tri-series final – Sky Sports Cricket 0730.

RUGBY UNION: English Prem, Bath v Sale – TNT Sports 1 1500, Northampton v Gloucester – TNT Sports 1 1715; United Rugby Championship, Ospreys v Cardiff – S4C 1930.

TENNIS: WTA Tokyo, WTA Guangzhou – Sky Sports Tennis 0300; ATP Basel, ATP Vienna – Sky Sports Tennis 1230.

GOLF: Wistron Ladies Open – Sky Sports Golf 0600; Mexico Open – Sky Sports Golf 2000.

SNOOKER: International Championship, Nanjing – TNT Sports 1 0600, 1130.

HORSE RACING: Wetherby, Ascot and Down Royal – ITV 1245; Breeders’ Cup – ITV4 2000.

SUNDAY

FOOTBALL: Liverpool v Arsenal – Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Sports Main Event 1530; Women’s Super League, Arsenal v Aston Villa – Sky Sports Plus 1200, London City v Man City – Sky Sports Premier League 1130, Charlton v Chelsea – BBC Two 1415, Birmingham v Tottenham, Brighton v Crystal Palace, West Ham v Liverpool – Sky Sports Plus 1400.

FORMULA ONE: Mexico City Grand Prix – Sky Sports F1 1955.

TENNIS: WTA Tokyo, WTA Guangzhou – Sky Sports Tennis 0300; ATP Basel, ATP Vienna – Sky Sports Tennis 1030.

GOLF: Wistron Ladies Open – Sky Sports Golf 0600; Mexico Open – Sky Sports Golf 2000.

ATHLETICS: New York City Marathon – TNT Sports 2 1330.

SNOOKER: International Championship, Nanjing – TNT Sports 1 0600, 1130.

MOTOR CYCLING: Grand Prix of Malaysia MotoGP race – TNT Sports 2 0615.

AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL – Sky Sports NFL 1730 & Channel 5 2100.

Sports quiz

1. Michael Carrick began his playing career with which club?

2. Who is Formula One’s youngest world champion, having won the title aged 23 years and 134 days in 2010?

3. England centre Joe Marchant plays for which Gallagher Prem club?

4. Britons Emily Craig and Imogen Grant won Olympic gold in which sport at the Paris 2024 Games?

5. Who scored both of Real Madrid’s goals in Sunday’s 2-1 LaLiga win at Barcelona?

Answers: 1. West Ham; 2. Sebastian Vettel; 3. Sale; 4. Rowing; 5. Kylian Mbappe.