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Hugh McIlvanney OBE (2 February 1934 – 24 January 2019) was a Scottish sports journalist who had long stints with the British Sunday newspapers The Observer (30 years until 1993) and then 23 years with The Sunday Times (1993–2016). After nearly six decades in the profession, he retired in March 2016 at the age of 82.

Henning Jonathan van Aswegen (born 11 February 1955 in Okahandja, South West Africa (now Namibia) is a former South African rugby union player.

The Tbilisi tramway network (Georgian: თბილისის ტრამვაი) operated in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi between 1883 and 2006. In 1986 it extended to 105 km (65 miles) of (single) track covering 12 different routes.

Alfred Joseph Conway (March 16, 1930 – August 3, 2012) was an American football official for 28 seasons. He worked in the American Football League (AFL) in its last year, 1969, and in the National Football League (NFL) from 1970 to 1996. Over the course of his career in professional football, Conway officiated 31 playoff games, including four Super Bowls—Super Bowl IX in 1975, Super Bowl XIV in 1980, Super Bowl XVI in 1982, and Super Bowl XXII in 1988. On the field, he wore uniform number 27.

Roderick Dwayne Higgins (born January 31, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player who formerly served as president of basketball operations for the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Hornets. He is also the father of former Charlotte Bobcats point guard Cory Higgins.

Manel Estiarte Duocastella (born October 26, 1961, in Manresa) is a Spanish former water polo player born in Manresa, a municipality in Barcelona, Spain. He is currently a member of Pep Guardiola's technical staff at Manchester City. He is usually considered one of the two greatest water poloists of all time.

Michal Kempný (born 8 September 1990) is a Czech professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for Brynäs IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Kempný formerly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Washington Capitals in 2018.

Bianca Elissa Sierra García (born 25 June 1992) is a former professional footballer who last played as a centre-back for Liga MX Femenil club UANL. Born in the United States, she represented Mexico at international level.

Zachary "Zack" Test (born October 13, 1989) is an American retired rugby union player who played for the United States national rugby sevens team. With 143 career tries in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Test led all U.S. players in tries scored until Perry Baker broke his record in early 2018. He is the former head coach of the San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby (MLR).

Shane Paul Howarth (born 8 July 1968) is a former international rugby union player who gained four caps and scored 54 points for the All Blacks before later switching allegiance to Wales, attaining 19 Welsh caps.

Kazuya Oshima (大嶋和也, Ōshima Kazuya; born April 30, 1987) is a Japanese racing driver, currently racing in the Super GT Series for TGR Team Rookie Racing. Oshima is one of only three drivers that have won championships in both classes of Super GT, having won the GT300 Drivers' Championship in 2007, and the GT500 Drivers' Championship in 2019.

Radmilo Ivančević (Serbian Cyrillic: Радмило Иванчевић; born 4 September 1950) is a Serbian football manager and former footballer.

Ronald Faisst (born June 22, 1977) is an American professional freestyle motocross and snow bikecross rider. Faisst is a four-time Moto X bronze medalist and an original member of the Metal Mulisha. Faisst became a born-again Christian in 2006.

Luis Marcos Bronstein (2 June 1946 – 8 January 2014), was an Argentine chess player, International Master (1978), Chess Olympiad individual bronze medal winner (1976).

Bismark "Nana" Adjei-Boateng (born 10 May 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești.

Massimo "Bullo" Bulleri (born 10 September 1977) is an Italian professional basketball coach and former player. During his playing career, standing at a height of 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall, he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. He is currently the head coach for Dinamo Sassari in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

Henry Clarke Bynum Jr. (November 13, 1961 – September 3, 2007) was an American basketball player for the Clemson Tigers who helped to stop a plane hijacking in 2000.

The 1980 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 44th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Tuesday, January 1. Part of the 1979–80 bowl game season, it matched the seventh-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight Conference and the #8 Houston Cougars of the Southwest Conference (SWC). A slight underdog, Houston rallied to win, 17–14.

Bradley Arthur (born 21 May 1974) is a professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League.

Richard Crawford (born August 1, 1990) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the seventh round of the 2012 NFL draft by the Washington Redskins. He played college football for the SMU Mustangs.

Mirko Lulić (born 6 January 1962) is a Croatian former football player. He spent his career playing in the top flights of Yugoslavia and later Croatia.

William Curtis Walker (July 3, 1896 – December 9, 1955), was a professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1919 to 1930. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Giants.

TAP Sports (stylized as tap Sports) is a Philippine pay television network of sports channels owned by TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation. It was launched on April 14, 2019, under two separate channels carried by Sky Cable, and was later relaunched the following year.

Graham Dempster (born 14 January 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s.

George Overbury "Pop" Hart (May 10, 1868 – September 9, 1933) was an early 20th century American painter and watercolorist.

The Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon was an annual ultramarathon foot race held between 1983 and 1991. It was sponsored by the Westfield Group, with the start being at Westfield Parramatta shopping centre and the finish at Westfield Doncaster shopping centre (formerly known as "Doncaster Shoppingtown" or "Shoppo"). The event was the brainchild of Martin "Alby" Noonan, a distance runner who at the time was the Marketing and Promotions Manager for the Westfield Doncaster shopping centre.

Jesusemilore Talodabijesu "Semi" Ojeleye ( SHEM-ee OH-jə-lay; born December 5, 1994) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the ABA League. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils and SMU Mustangs.

Tabitha Skelly Peterson (born March 6, 1989) is an American curler from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was a bronze medalist at the 2010 World Junior Championships and is a five-time women's national champion. She currently is skip of her own team.

Gaelic Games Victoria (GGV) is the ruling body for the Irish sports of Gaelic football and Hurling in the Australian state of Victoria. The organisation was established in 2020 and is affiliated to Australasia GAA and the Gaelic Athletic Association.

Charles Robert Anet (August 11, 1917 – July 25, 1981) was a college basketball guard who helped guide the University of Oregon to win the inaugural NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament championship in 1938–39. Aside from scoring 10 points in the 46–33 win over Ohio State in the title game, Anet is most remembered for breaking the championship game trophy when he accidentally knocked it over while diving for a loose ball during play. The damaged trophy contributed to the NCAA's overall loss of $2,531 in the tournament—the only deficit that the event has ever posted.

Reinhold Mathy (born 12 April 1962) is a German former footballer who played as a forward. He played for Bayern Munich for seven years, winning four German titles and three cups. He retired due to an injury in 1993.

Sofia Linette García Peralta (born 22 June 1998) is a Paraguayan professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.

James Leytham (12 December 1879 – 20 August 1916), also known by the nickname of "Gentleman Jim", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s, 1900s and 1910s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Lancashire, and at club level for Lancaster and Wigan (captain), as a wing.

Brian Marwood (born 5 February 1960) is an English former footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League and was capped once for England. He is City Football Group's managing director of global football.

Rhett Lewis Kleinschmidt (born March 23, 1983) is an American sports reporter and previously the host of NFL Network's weekday morning show NFL AM.

Horatio "White Cloud" Jones (October 23, 1888 – September 8, 1985) was an American professional football player who played in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1922 season.

The RiverCity Rage were a professional indoor football team in the Indoor Football League. They played home games at the Family Arena in Saint Charles, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri,

Lester Keith Piggott (5 November 1935 – 29 May 2022) was an English professional jockey and horse trainer. With 4,493 career flat racing wins in Britain, including a record nine Epsom Derby victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest flat racing jockeys of all time and the originator of a much-imitated style. Popularly called "The Long Fellow", he was known for his competitive personality, restricting his weight and, on occasion, not sparing the whip, such as in the 1972 Derby. Piggott was convicted of tax fraud in 1987 and sentenced to three years in prison, but served just over a year.

The Geelong Community Cup is an annual pre-season soccer tournament held in Geelong for men and women.

Frederick Marshall "Snake" Henry (July 19, 1895 – October 12, 1987) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman and minor league manager.

Stephen Todd Franz (born April 12, 1976) is a former safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played professionally for the Cleveland Browns, New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers and Washington Redskins.

Stadion Pomorie (Bulgarian: Стадион „Поморие“, English: 'Pomorie Stadium') is a multi-purpose stadium in Pomorie, Bulgaria. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of OFC Pomorie. The stadium currently holds 2,000 spectators.

Caitlin Compton Gregg (born November 7, 1980) is an American cross-country skier who has competed since 2001.

The Tranzit Group is a New Zealand, family owned transport and tourism company that operates buses nationally. It was founded by Albert Snelgrove in Wairarapa as Grey Bus Service. It became Blue Bus Service (with a livery change) in the early 1950s and then Tranzit Coachlines in 1985. It has a 46% shareholding in InterCity.

Interstate 69W (I-69W) is a relatively short north–south Interstate Highway running through South Texas in the United States. The freeway begins northeast of the middle of the World Trade International Bridge in Laredo and ends just east of I-35. In the future, I-69W will head northeast for 180 miles (290 km) before terminating near Victoria as both I-69E and I-69W merge to form I-69. For its entire length, I-69W runs concurrently with U.S. Highway 59 (US 59).

Eric Holmback (April 16, 1916 – January 16, 1965) was an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Yukon Eric.

MFK Zvolen is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Zvolen. The club was founded in 1902. Zvolen currently plays its home matches at the MFK Zvolen Stadium.

Dan Sexton (born April 29, 1987) is an American former professional ice hockey winger. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Anaheim Ducks.

Anastasiya Sergeyevna Polyanskaya, née Yatsenko (Russian: Анастасия Сергеевна Полянская Яценко; her first name is also transliterated as Anastasia by the ITU; born 5 February 1986 in Zhovti Vody) is a professional Ukrainian and Russian triathlete, Russian Supersprint Champion of the year 2009 and 2010, and permanent member of the Russian National Team.

Harvey "Gink" Hendrick (November 9, 1897 – October 29, 1941) was an American Major League Baseball player who played for several different teams during an eleven-year career.