ON THIS DAY in 2018 two-goal Leo Messi inspired Barcelona to a 4-2 Champions League win over Spurs at Wembley

ON THIS DAY in 1921 Ray Lindwall, great Australian fast bowler, was born (died 1996)

Excellent.

ON THIS DAY in 1954 Don Revie scored a goal on his debut for England in a 2-0 win over Northern Ireland

FIFA president Gianni Infantino repeats his plea for world peace as Euro FAs wait on latest Gaza talks . . . keirradnedge.com/2025/10/02/i...

It's coming home [again], well, sort of . . . England chosen by FIFA to host the four-team finals of the 2026 Women's Champions Cup next January/February

Latest on the rise and rise of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi. PSG president attended FIFA Council in his role as ECA chair and to report on the Club World Cup. Does he fancy Infantino's job one day?

ON THIS DAY in Copenhagen, in 2009, the IOC elected Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympics

ON THIS DAY in 1936 legendary Busby Babe Duncan Edwards was born (died Munich, 1958)

ON THIS DAY in 1934 baseball legend Babe Ruth played his last game for the Yankees

RIP Jose Araquistain at 88 - Real Madrid's goalkeeper in the 1966 European Cup Final victory over Partizan. He had not played a league match all season but was called in after semi-final injury to Antonio Betancort. Yet another international in the Basque goalkeeping tradition.

ON THIS DAY in 1913 Silvio Piola, Italy’s 1938 World Cup winning centre forward, was born (died 1996)

ON THIS DAY in 1952 John Cobb was killed on Loch Ness, trying to break the world water speed record

ON THIS DAY in 2016 Mel Charles, one of Wales’ 1958 World Cup heroes and Arsenal star, died aged 81

750km separate Bremen and Munich. So obviously the Bundesliga decided to schedule Werder‘s away game against Bayern on a Friday evening, after a work day in Germany. Match-going supporters are being regularly ignored for the sake of appeasing TV. „Football as it’s meant to be,“ they said. #FCBSVW

As FIFA unveils the World Cup mascots so scammers and fraudsters prepare to cash in on the ticketing announcements . . . www.keirradnedge.com

S America steps up pressure on FIFA to expand 2030 World Cup to 64 teams / No extradition treaty so, with one bound, Jack [Warner] is free / World Cup 2026: 30 slots open and all to play for / Israeli teams fear pressure on UEFA for ban over Gaza . . . keirradnedge.com

ON THIS DAY in 1929 Sandor Kocsis, scorer of 75 goals in 68 games for Hungary’s ‘Magical Magyars,’ was born (dd 1979)

ON THIS DAY IN 1955 Rocky Marciano knocked out Archie Moore in the ninth round of their world heavyweight clash

Interesting strategy on bbc tv now - interrupting all its self-promotional items with the occasional programme

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

ON THIS DAY in 1929 Stirling Moss, iconic British motor racing driver, was born (dd 2020)

ON THIS DAY in 1928 Kent’s ‘Tich’ Freeman became the only bowler to take 300 wickets in an English cricket season

ON THIS DAY in 1951 Johan Neeskens, scorer in 1974 of the first World Cup Final penalty, was born [dd 2024]

ON THIS DAY in 1913 the legendary Olympic champion Jesse Owens was born (died 1980) . . . not that I've heard it mentioned in the World Athletics coverage yet [probably was out of the room]

ON THIS DAY in 1961 German racing driver Wolfgang Von Trips and 15 spectators were killed when his Ferrari crashed into the crowd at the Italian GP at Monza

ON THIS DAY in 2013 Tokyo was selected in Buenos Aires by the IOC to host the 2020 Olympic Games

ON THIS DAY in 1997 the IOC selected Athens to host the 2004 Olympic Games

ON THIS DAY in 1931 Celtic goalkeeper John Thomson died after being injured in an ‘Old Firm’ derby against Rangers

ON THIS DAY in 2006 world football mourned Italy and Inter legend Giacinto Facchetti, aged 64

ON THIS DAY in 1955 Sporting Clube and Partizan drew 3-3 in Lisbon in the first European Champions Cup tie

ON THIS DAY in 1938 the IOC decided to switch the doomed 1940 Games from Tokyo to Helsinki

ON THIS DAY in 1925 Pierre de Coubertin retired as president of the IOC, aged 62

ON THIS DAY in 1960 in Rome Armin Hary became the first European sprinter to win the Olympic 100m

ON THIS DAY in 1968, Garry Sobers became the first cricketer to hit six sixes in one first-class over

ON THIS DAY in 1972 Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut won gold at the Munich Olympics

ON THIS DAY IN 1987 Mirandinha joined Newcastle to become the first Brazilian to play in English football

ON THIS DAY in 1952 the great Emil Zatopek completed a unique Olympic treble by winning the marathon at the Helsinki Games

ON THIS DAY in 1972 the Olympic Games opened in Munich, West Germany

ON THIS DAY in 1978 Argentina mourned the death of Jose Manuel Moreno, one of their greatest players, aged 62

ON THIS DAY in 1960 the 17th modern Olympic Games opened in Rome

ON THIS DAY in 1921 Sam Cook, England and Gloucestershire left-arm spinner, was born (died 1996)

ON THIS DAY in 1934 Australian opener Bill Ponsford was out for 266 in his final cricket Test match

HAPPY BIRTHDAY at 82 to Gianni Rivera, ‘Golden Boy’ of Italy and Milan in the 1960s and 1970s

ON THIS DAY Just Fontaine, 13-goal record World Cup top scorer in the 1958 finals for France, was born in Marrakesh (dd in 2023)

ON THIS DAY at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Usain Bolt set a 100m world record of 9.69sec

ON THIS DAY in 1920 the first post-war Olympic Games opened in Antwerp

ON THIS DAY in 2003 German football mourned the death of 1954 World Cup Final match winner Helmut Rahn

ON THIS DAY in 1948 the first Olympic Games for 12 years opened in London

ON THIS DAY in 1984 Mary Decker tripped over the heels of Zola Budd in the women’s 3,000m at the Los Angeles Olympics