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TOMORROW

Cricket T20 World Cup, semi-final - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Cricket 1330.

Golf Ladies European Tour, Aramco Team Series - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Golf 1100.

ON THIS DAY

2001 Members of the Professional Footballers’ Association voted in favour of a strike over the distribution of television revenue, which was not carried out as the dispute was eventually settled by the end of the month.

2004 Former Liverpool and England captain Emlyn Hughes died at the age of 57.

2006 The Football Association was fined by UEFA for the improper conduct of England fans before a

Euro 2008 qualifying match against Croatia in Zagreb.

2007 Glasgow was named as the host city for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, following a vote of delegates in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It overcame a rival bid from Abuja, Nigeria.

2007 Warren Gatland was appointed coach of the Wales rugby union national team on a four-year contract. 2012 Chelsea announced a profit of £1.4m for the year ending June 30, the first time the club had been in the black since Roman Abramovich took over as owner in 2003.

2015 An independent commission set up by WADA released its report, which revealed “state-sponsored” doping and claimed the London 2012 Olympics were “sabotaged” by the presence of Russian athletes with suspicious doping profiles. 2018 England wrapped up their first overseas Test victory for more than two years, downing Sri Lanka at their Galle stronghold by 211 runs with a day to spare.

2019 England lost 2-1 to Germany in their women’s international friendly at Wembley in front of a record crowd for a Lionesses home fixture of 77,768.