BIRTHDAYS

■ Graeme Le Saux (football) – former Southampton, Chelsea, Blackburn and England defender, born 1968. ■ Ernie Els (golf) – four-time major winner from South Africa, born 1969. ■ Anil Kumble (cricket) – former India spinner who took 619 wickets in Tests and 337 in one-day internationals, born 1970. ■ Andre Villas-Boas (football) – former Porto, Chelsea, Tottenham and Zenit boss, born 1977.