Cahill, one that got away

The Birmingham manager Alex McLeish will today come up against the defender who he thinks could have saved his team from relegation two years ago. "You can't say for definite that we would have stayed up had we signed Gary, but I would have been pretty confident," said McLeish. "I met some Bolton fans during the summer after we had been relegated and they said Cahill was worth six points to them "We only needed another one to stay up and I am quite sure Gary would have got us that with one or two clean sheets that eluded us." Cahill, who played for Aston Villa at the time, opted to join Wanderers instead. Birmingham's defence has been solid though, conceding just four goals in six games, but have only scored three times themselves. Birmingham v Bolton, 6pm, Show Sasha

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Who was Alfred Nobel?

The Nobel Prize was created by wealthy Swedish chemist and entrepreneur Alfred Nobel.

In his will he dictated that the bulk of his estate should be used to fund "prizes to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind".
Nobel is best known as the inventor of dynamite, but also wrote poetry and drama and could speak Russian, French, English and German by the age of 17. The five original prize categories reflect the interests closest to his heart.
Nobel died in 1896 but it took until 1901, following a legal battle over his will, before the first prizes were awarded.