SHAQUILLE O’NEAL (basketball) – one of the most dominant players in NBA history, winning four championship titles with the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat, born 1972.
TIMO WERNER (soccer) – Germany forward, born 1996.
It happened....
1962: Accrington Stanley were forced to withdraw from the Football League with 13 matches left of the season due to financial problems.
2015: Katarina Johnson-Thompson won gold and claimed a new British record in the pentathlon at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague.
What’s on TV
FRIDAY
FOOTBALL: FA Cup, Wolves v Liverpool – TNT Sports 1 1900, BBC One 1945; Championship, Preston v Oxford – Sky Sports Football 1930.
RUGBY UNION: Six Nations, Ireland v Wales – ITV 1920, S4C 1930.
WINTER PARALYMPICS: Live from Milano Cortina – Channel 4 1830.
CRICKET: Women’s Test, Australia v India – TNT Sports 2 0515.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Leigh v Catalans Dragons – Sky Sports Action 1930; York v Warrington – Sky Sports+ 2000.
DARTS: UK Open – ITV4 1200 and 1900.
TENNIS: Indian Wells Open – Sky Sports Main Event 2230.
GOLF: Joburg Open – Sky Sports Golf 1030;Arnold Palmer Invitational – Sky Sports Golf 1530; Australian Women’s Classic – Sky Sports Golf 0100 (Sat); LIV Golf – TNT Sports 1 0430 (Sat).
SATURDAY
FOOTBALL: FA Cup, Mansfield v Arsenal – TNT Sports 1 1130, Wrexham v Chelsea – TNT Sports 2 1700, BBC One 1730, Newcastle v Man City – TNT Sports 1 1900; Women’s World Cup qualifier, England v Iceland – ITV 1200; Championship, Blackburn v Portsmouth – Sky Sports Football 1100.
FORMULA ONE: Australian Grand Prix – Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports F1 0355 (Sun).
RUGBY UNION: Six Nations, Scotland v France – BBC One 1300; Italy v England – ITV 1535.
WINTER PARALYMPICS: Channel 4 1030.
CRICKET: Women’s one-day international, New Zealand v Zimbabwe – TNT Sports 4 2130.
RUGBY LEAGUE: St Helens v Bradford – Sky Sports+ 1730.
DARTS: UK Open – ITV4 1300 and 1900.
TENNIS: Indian Wells Open – Sky Sports Main Event 2300.
GOLF: Joburg Open – Sky Sports Golf 1000; Arnold Palmer Invitational – Sky Sports Golf 1430; Australian Women’s Classic – Sky Sports Golf 0100 (Sun); LIV Golf – TNT Sports 2 0400 (Sun).
HORSE RACING: Sandown – ITV3 1330.
SUNDAY
FOOTBALL: FA Cup, Fulham v Southampton – TNT Sports 2 1130, Port Vale v Sunderland – TNT Sports 1 1300, Leeds v Norwich – TNT Sports 1 1600; Championship, QPR v Middlesbrough – Sky Sports Football 1600; League One, AFC Wimbledon v Northampton – Sky Sports Football 1100.
WINTER PARALYMPICS: Channel 4 0800.
CRICKET: Women’s Test, Australia v India – TNT Sports 4 0630, TNT Sports 2 0515 (Mon); T20 World Cup final – Sky Sports Cricket 1300.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Huddersfield v Hull KR – Sky Sports+ 1500; Leeds v Castleford – Sky Sports+ 1500.
TENNIS: Indian Wells Open – Sky Sports Main Event 2200.
GOLF: Joburg Open – Sky Sports Golf 0900; Arnold Palmer Invitational – Sky Sports Golf 1400.
Sports quiz
With which club did Celtic manager Martin O’Neill win the European Cup as a player?
Who did Hull KR beat to win the World Club Challenge?
Which British tennis player won the biggest title of his career in Indian Wells last year?
How many times has Tiger Woods won the Masters?
Former Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso currently drives for which team?
Answers: 1. Nottingham Forest; 2. Brisbane Broncos; 3. Jack Draper; 4. Five; 5. Aston Martin.