This week in Sports History
1751 –
1st American cricket match is played
1991 – Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge
1903 – 29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker riding Judge Himes wins in 2:09
1909 – Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs
What’s happening this weekend:
| Friday 1 | Sport | Details |
| Football | La Liga | Real Sociedad v Levante |
| Tennis | ATP BMW Open by FWU AG, Munich, Germany. | |
| WTA Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Marrakech, Morocco | ||
| WTA J&T Banka Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic. | ||
| ATP Garanti Koza Istanbul Open, Istanbul, Turkey. | ||
| ATP Millennium Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal. | ||
| Golf | WGC Cadillac Match Play, TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, California, USA. | |
| USPGA Champions Tour: Insperity Invitational, The Woodlands Golf & Country Club (Tournament Course), The Woodlands, Houston, Texas, USA. | ||
| World Golf Championships – Match Play Championship, TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, California, USA. | ||
| LPGA Tour: Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout, Irving, Texas, United States of America. | ||
| Horseracing | Bangor-on-Dee (EV) (HC) | |
| Chepstow | ||
| Fontwell Park (EV) | ||
| Lingfield Park (AW) | ||
| Musselburgh |
| Saturday 2 | Sport | Details |
| Football | Bundesliga | Wolfsburg v Hannover 96 |
| Hoffenheim v Dortmund | ||
| Schalke 04 v VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Werder v Eintracht | ||
| FC Augsburg v 1. FC Köln | ||
| SC Freiburg v Paderborn | ||
| Bayer v Bayern Munich | ||
| Football | Barclays Premier League | Leicester City v Newcastle |
| Sunderland v Southampton | ||
| Swansea City v Stoke City | ||
| West Ham v Burnley FC | ||
| Liverpool v QPR | ||
| Aston Villa v Everton | ||
| Man United v West Brom | ||
| Football | La Liga | Córdoba v Barcelona |
| Atlético Madrid v Athletic | ||
| Sevilla v Real Madrid | ||
| Deportivo v Villarreal | ||
| Tennis | ATP BMW Open by FWU AG, Munich, Germany. | |
| WTA Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Marrakech, Morocco | ||
| WTA J&T Banka Prague Open, Prague, Czech Republic. | ||
| ATP Garanti Koza Istanbul Open, Istanbul, Turkey. | ||
| ATP Millennium Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal. | ||
| WTA Mutua Madrid Open , Madrid, Spain. | ||
| ATP Mutua Madrid Open , Madrid, Spain. | ||
| Cricket | West Indies v England | |
| Golf | WGC Cadillac Match Play, TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, California, USA. | |
| USPGA Champions Tour: Insperity Invitational, The Woodlands Golf & Country Club (Tournament Course), The Woodlands, Houston, Texas, USA. | ||
| World Golf Championships – Match Play Championship, TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, California, USA. | ||
| LPGA Tour: Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout, Irving, Texas, United States of America. | ||
| Horseracing | Doncaster (EV) | |
| Goodwood | ||
| Hexham (EV) (HC) | ||
| Newmarket | ||
| Thirsk | ||
| Uttoxeter |
| Sunday 3 | Sport | Details |
| Football | Bundesliga | Mainz 05 v Hamburger SV |
| Hertha BSC v Mönchengladbach | ||
| Football | Barclays Premier League | Chelsea v Crystal Palace |
| Tottenham v Man city | ||
| Football | La Liga | Espanyol v Rayo |
| Getafe CF v Granada | ||
| Valencia v Eibar | ||
| Malaga v Elche | ||
| Tennis | ATP BMW Open by FWU AG, Munich, Germany. | |
| ATP Garanti Koza Istanbul Open, Istanbul, Turkey. | ||
| ATP Millennium Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal. | ||
| WTA Mutua Madrid Open , Madrid, Spain. | ||
| ATP Mutua Madrid Open , Madrid, Spain. | ||
| Golf | WGC Cadillac Match Play, TPC Harding Park | |
| USPGA Champions Tour: Insperity Invitational, The | ||
| World Golf Championships – Match Play Championship, | ||
| LPGA Tour: Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout | ||
| Horseracing | Hamilton Park | |
| Newmarket | ||
| Salisbury | ||
| Sligo |
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