Happy Birthday

JOHN ISNER (tennis) – American player who in 2010 beat Nicolas Mahut in the longest-ever match at Wimbledon, which lasted 11 hours and five minutes, born 1985.

It happened...

2005: The Royal & Ancient Club voted in principle to allow women to compete in the Open Championship.

What’s on TV?

FRIDAY

FOOTBALL: Championship, QPR v Leeds – Sky Sports Football 1930.

CRICKET: IPL – Sky Sports Cricket 1450.

SNOOKER: World Championship, BBC Two 1000 & 1300 and Eurosport 1 1000.

RUGBY UNION: Bath v Saracens – TNT Sports 1 1900.

RUGBY LEAGUE: Hull KR v Wigan – Sky Sports Action 1930.

TENNIS: ATP & WTA 1000 Madrid, Sky Sports Tennis 1000.

GOLF: Handa Championship – Sky Sports Golf 0400; PGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf 1415; South African Women’s Open – Sky Sports Golf 1200.

HORSE RACING: Sandown – ITV 4 1310.

BASEBALL: MLB, Detroit Tigers v Kansas City Royals – TNT Sports 4 1800.

SATURDAY

FOOTBALL: Premier League, West Ham v Liverpool – TNT Sports 1 1100, Everton v Brentford – Sky Sports Premier League 1700, Aston Villa v Chelsea – TNT Sports 1 1900; Women’s Champions League, Chelsea v Barcelona – TNT Sports 3 1730; Championship, Hull v Ipswich – Sky Sports Football 1930; League One– Sky Sports Football 1200; League Two – Sky Sports Football 1445; National League – TNT Sports 2 1700.

CRICKET: IPL – Sky Sports Cricket 1050.

SNOOKER: World Championship, BBC Two 1000 & 1900 and Eurosport 1 1000.

RUGBY UNION: Women’s Six Nations, Ireland v Scotland – BBC Two NI 1415, France v England – BBC One 1620; Premiership, Harlequins v Northampton – TNT Sports 1 1500.

TENNIS: ATP & WTA 1000 Madrid, Sky Sports Tennis1000.

GOLF: Handa Championship – Sky Sports Golf 0400; PGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf 1600; South African Women’s Open – Sky Sports Golf 1200.

HORSE RACING: Sandown – ITV 1 1330.

BASEBALL: MLB, New York Mets v St Louis Cardinals – TNT Sports 4 2100.

SUNDAY

FOOTBALL: Premier League, Tottenham v Arsenal – Sky Sports Premier League 1300, N Forest v Man City – Sky Sports Premier League 1600; Women’s Super League, Everton v Arsenal – BBC Two 1215, Bristol City v Man City – Sky Sports Football 1830; National League – TNT Sports 2 1530.

CRICKET: IPL – Sky Sports Cricket 1050.

SNOOKER: World Championship, BBC Two 1000, 1435 & 1900 and Eurosport 1 1030.

RUGBY UNION: Gloucester v Exeter – ITV 1 and TNT Sports 1 1430.

RUGBY LEAGUE: Hull v Leeds – Sky Sports Action 1455.

TENNIS: ATP & WTA 1000 Madrid, Sky Sports Tennis 1000.

GOLF: Handa Championship – Sky Sports Golf 0330; PGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf 1600; South African Women’s Open – Sky Sports Golf 1200.

MOTORCYCLING: MotoGP, Spanish Grand Prix – TNT Sports 2 1215.

BASEBALL: MLB, Toronto Blue Jays v Los Angeles Dodgers – TNT Sports 4 1830, Colorado Rockies v Houston Astros – TNT Sports 4 2145, Boston Red Sox v Chicago Cubs – TNT Sports 2 0000 (Mon).

Sports quiz

1. In which divisions has British boxer Natasha Jonas won world titles?

2. Who was the leading Test wicket-taker in 2023 with 47 dismissals?

3. When did Jana Novotna win her only Wimbledon women’s singles title?

4. What was the scoreline when Luke Humphries defeated Luke Littler in this year’s PDC World Darts Championship?

5. What was the only golfing major Tom Watson did not win?

Answers: 1. Welterweight and light-middleweight; 2. Nathan Lyon; 3. 1998; 4. 7-4; 5. US PGA Championship.