SPORTING BIRTHDAYS Gianluca Pagliuca (soccer) – former Inter Milan and Italy goalkeeper, born 1966. Santiago Canizares (soccer) – former Valencia and Spain goalkeeper, born 1969. Justin Edinburgh (soccer) – former Tottenham and Portsmouth defender, now manager of Leyton Orient, born 1969. Keith Piper (cricket) – former Warwickshire wicketkeeper, born 1969. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (tennis) – three-time French Open winner and twice runner-up at Wimbledon, born 1971. Jim Culloty (horse racing) – former jockey best known for riding Best Mate, born 1973. Mamady Sidibe (soccer) – former Stoke striker, born 1979. Usman Khawaja (cricket) – Pakistan-born Australia batsman, born 1986. Lizzie Deignan (cycling) – London 2012 Olympic road race silver medallist, born 1988. ON THIS DAY 1810: Championship belts were introduced in boxing when bare-knuckle fighter Tom Cribb was given one after beating Tom Molineaux at Copthall Common. King George III presented the belt. 1971: Stan Mellor became the first National Hunt jockey to ride 1,000 winners when he partnered Ouzo to victory at Nottingham. 2005: Liverpool were beaten 1-0 by Sao Paulo in the final of the Club World Championship in Yokohama. 2005: Ding Junhui won snooker’s UK Championship with a 10-6 victory over Steve Davis. 2006: England surrendered the…