SPORT ON TV

Football World Cup, Argentina v Saudi Arabia – ITV 0900, Denmark v Tunisia – ITV 1210, Mexico v Poland – BBC One 1530, France v Australia – BBC One 1830.

Cricket One- day international, Australia v England – BT Sport 1 0300; T20 international, New Zealand v India – BT Sport 2 0600.

TOMORROW

Football World Cup, Morocco v Croatia – ITV 0900, Germany v Japan – ITV 1210, Spain v Costa Rica – ITV 1510, Belgium v Canada – BBC One 1830.

ON THIS DAY

1922 St Albans’ Billy Minter scored seven goals in an FA Cup tie against Dulwich, but ended up on the losing side as the match finished 8- 7.

1986 Mike Tyson became the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion when he beat Trevor Berbick at the age of 20 years and six months.

2003 Jonny Wilkinson’s extra- time drop- goal gave England a dramatic 20- 17 win over Australia in the rugby union World Cup final.

2007 Steve McClaren was sacked as England manager after the team failed to qualify for Euro 2008. 2008 New Zealand won the rugby league World Cup final 34- 20 against Australia in Brisbane.

2010 The Scottish Football Association drew up contingency plans to deal with a proposed strike by referees, including “sourcing match officials in other countries”. The strike went ahead, with officials brought in from Israel, Malta and Luxembourg.

2013 England failed to cope with the pace of Mitchell Johnson as they lost six wickets for nine runs in a hapless collapse which turned the first Ashes Test on its head at the Gabba.

2015 Rory McIlroy took victory in the DP World Tour Championship to claim a third Race to Dubai title in the last four years.