Saturday
Soccer
8am (all instances BST)Matchday stay
Billy Munday brings all of the breaking information and units the scene for the day's soccer, which options 5 Premier League matches, 11 Championship video games and a full decrease leagues and Scottish soccer programme in addition to a cluster of massive video games throughout Europe. He'll preserve you up to date because the day unfurls in our important gateway to the weekend's motion.
WSL
12pm Arsenal Ladies v Chelsea Ladies
Usually Arsenal v Chelsea is a season-defining collision of first towards second within the Ladies's Tremendous League, however not this time. Renée Slegers' hosts are lagging approach behind their undefeated London rivals in fifth and face the daunting activity of constructing up a five-point deficit. Rob Smyth retains on prime of the motion with our minute-by-minute stay weblog, whereas Suzanne Wrack stories from the Emirates Stadium.
Premier League
12.30pmTottenham v Manchester United
Assembly for the primary time since Spurs claimed the Europa League trophy in Bilbao, the hosts sprung a double over United within the Premier League final season and a 3rd consecutive league win within the lunchtime kick-off can be Tottenham's first such unbroken run because the 1959-1960 marketing campaign. A 4-0 Champions League victory over Copenhagen offered Spurs with a raise after a wretched 1-0 house defeat by Chelsea. United, in the meantime, are on the rise eventually beneath Ruben Amorim, unbeaten of their final 4 league video games (W3 D1), their joint greatest run beneath the Portuguese. The supervisor says: “We're extra assured. We reached the Europa League remaining assured that we may win it. However on this second, we're taking part in with a special confidence.” Tim de Lisle hosts our stay weblog, with Nick Ames and Jonathan Wilson reporting from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Premier League
3pmEverton v Fulham and West Ham v Burnley
Barry Glendenning is your clockwatch host for Saturday's 3pm kick-offs. Fulham journey to Hill Dickinson Stadium with out an away victory in three video games, although a house win over Wolves is proof of their inconsistency. Everton have likewise been erratic at house, drawing with West Ham and beating Crystal Palace, however struggling heavy defeats towards Tottenham and Manchester Metropolis. Nuno Espírito Santo has challenged West Ham to take one other “little step” after they face Burnley and construct on his first win in cost. The Hammers got here from behind to beat Newcastle 3-1 on the London Stadium final Sunday, ending a run of three defeats to supply some renewed hope of pulling away from the underside three. Burnley had been seventeenth heading into the weekend's fixtures and one other three factors for Nuno's toilers would transfer them stage. “We win one match, however you simply made a bit of step on what we have now to do shifting ahead,” the West Ham supervisor says. Andy Hunter stories from Everton, with John Brewin protecting the motion on the London Stadium.
Rugby union
3.10pmScotland v New Zealand
A primary victory over the All Blacks would signify a big shot within the arm for Gregor Townsend's facet. The Scots have by no means crushed New Zealand in 32 conferences over the previous 120 years, though they did maintain a 23-14 lead after an hour earlier than shedding 31-23 in the newest assembly, in 2022. Having pulled off some long-awaited away victories over England, France and Wales in recent times, Scotland for as soon as are quietly optimistic they'll produce one other landmark outcome towards essentially the most formidable staff in world rugby, albeit with out Duhan van der Merwe, Jamie Ritchie and Zander Fagerson. Lee Calvert helms our stay weblog, with Michael Aylwin reporting from Murrayfield.
Tennis
4pmWTA Finals
Aryna Sabalenka, the world No 1, booked a WTA Finals title showdown with Elena Rybakina by overcoming Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in a gladiatorial semi-final on Friday. Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, had earlier come by means of her personal three-set epic, battling again from a set all the way down to defeat Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Taha Hashim has stay protection of the ultimate in Riyadh as each gamers look to say their first WTA Finals crown.
Premier League
5.30pmSunderland v Arsenal
Whereas it's nonetheless early within the season, a beefed-up Arsenal look well-equipped to guard prime spot, having conceded solely three objectives in 10 league video games and none within the final 4. That mentioned, the Premier League pacemakers can be cautious of a Sunderland facet who've thrived again among the many elite. Though Régis Le Bris's staff have loved a beneficial fixture checklist, they stand fourth earlier than the weekend spherical, with 18 factors after 10 video games. No promoted staff has had extra factors after 10 Premier League video games since Hull managed 20 from 10 video games in 2008, though that needs to be a cautionary story for Sunderland as Hull later collapsed and had been virtually relegated. Arsenal are more likely to be with out Viktor Gyökeres for the journey to the north-east after he suffered a hamstring harm towards Burnley final weekend whereas Martin Ødegaard remains to be not able to return from harm. Scott Murray retains you up to date on our stay weblog, with Miles Starforth on the Stadium of Mild.
Rugby union
5.40pmEngland v Fiji
England beat Fiji within the quarter-finals of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, having misplaced to them for the primary time, at Twickenham, in a warm-up for the match and gained't be taking the guests' return calmly. Steve Borthwick has overhauled his beginning XV, with Marcus Smith at full-back and Fin Smith at fly-half handed begins. Ellis Genge will lead the staff as one in every of two co-captains, with the common skipper, Maro Itoje, on the bench for the primary time since 2017. There are solely eight survivors from the 25-7 victory over Australia that opened the autumn and simply six retain the identical beginning jersey, with Tommy Freeman shifting to the wing and Ben Earl slotting in at openside. Earl's back-row transfer is to permit Chandler Cunningham-South's first begin at No 8. Subsequent up, England face New Zealand and Argentina on the next two weekends. Lee Calvert has stay protection with our weblog, whereas Robert Kitson, Gerard Meagher and Andy Bull report from Allianz Stadium in Twickenham.
System One
6pmSão Paulo Grand Prix qualifying
Max Verstappen confirmed in Brazil final yr, profitable from seventeenth on the grid, that he can by no means be counted out however McLaren's Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri want no reminding of that in São Paulo. The battle on the prime between Norris and Piastri is on a knife-edge with 4 rounds remaining, with the Briton a degree away from the Australian. Norris has momentum and has crushed his teammate prior to now 5 races, though they collided in the newest dash in Austin. However Piastri confirmed indicators of a comeback and return to type within the Mexico race, if not qualifying, and, with a Saturday dash additionally within the combine in Brazil and paying additional factors, the hole is ready to widen a technique or one other. Mark Dobson has lap-by-lap protection of the race for pole, with Giles Richards reporting.
Premier League
8pmChelsea v Wolves
Chelsea host rock-bottom and rudderless Wolves (simply two factors from 10 matches) in Saturday's late kick-off, however there's nothing easy concerning the Blues of late. Enzo Maresca's younger cohort got here near squandering a three-goal lead when beating Wolves within the Carabao Cup simply over per week in the past, solely to observe that with a strident 1-0 win at Tottenham. Then a rejigged XI may solely fettle a attract Azerbaijan towards Qarabag within the Champions League in midweek. Barry Glendenning steers our minute-by-minute protection with Jacob Steinberg reporting from Stamford Bridge.
Sunday
Soccer
8amMatchday stay
John Brewin and Alex Reid sift by means of the fallout from Saturday's programme earlier than our unmissable stay soccer countdown weblog seems ahead to a Sunday fixture checklist that options Brentford v Newcastle and Nottingham Forest looking for their first Premier League win beneath Sean Dyche as they host Leeds. They will even be protecting a watch on the WSL video games and the Scottish Premiership – with the leaders, Hearts, in motion, alongside the Glasgow giants, Celtic and Rangers.
Premier League
2pmCrystal Palace v Brighton and Aston Villa v Bournemouth
Clockwatch hosts John Brewin and Tom Bassam preserve monitor of two early afternoon kick-offs. Within the mid-table tussle between Crystal Palace and Brighton, Oliver Glasner's staff beat Brentford 2-0 final trip, whereas the guests' file towards their M23 derby rivals reads a grim winless in six away video games. Fifth-placed Bournemouth journey to Aston Villa, who regardless of being eleventh are solely 4 factors behind second-placed Manchester Metropolis earlier than Saturday's matches.
American soccer
2.30pmNFL stay weblog
The Indianapolis Colts misplaced to the Pittsburgh Steelers final trip and have rebounded from that upset by signalling their Tremendous Bowl ambitions with a blockbuster commerce for the cornerback Sauce Gardner from the Jets this week. They'll search to observe that up with a win towards the Atlanta Falcons, who've misplaced three in a row. It's the opener to a day of compelling motion that additionally options Jacksonville Jaguars v Houston Texans, New Orleans Saints v Carolina Panthers, New York Giants v Chicago Bears, Buffalo Payments v Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens v Minnesota Vikings, Cleveland Browns v New York Jets, New England Patriots v Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Arizona Cardinals v Seattle Seahawks, Los Angeles Rams v San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions v Washington Commanders. Graham Searles steers our rolling weblog because the marketing campaign reaches its halfway level, with 9 weeks left to play within the common season.
Premier League
4.30pmManchester Metropolis v Liverpool
Marquee conferences between Manchester Metropolis and Liverpool are often key fixtures in Premier League title races however Sunday's encounter might merely level to which of those golf equipment is greatest outfitted to chase down Arsenal. By the point the weekend's massive recreation kicks off on the Etihad, Arsenal, who can have confronted Sunderland on Saturday, could possibly be 10 factors away from Liverpool and 9 forward of Pep Guardiola's Metropolis. That might enhance the strain on Metropolis and Liverpool, who head into the final spherical of fixtures earlier than one other worldwide break second and third respectively. Not less than there are indicators that each golf equipment are discovering type. Metropolis have misplaced solely as soon as of their final 13 video games in all competitions and on Wednesday pummelled Borussia Dortmund 4-1 within the Champions League. Arne Slot's champions have likewise emerged from a run of six defeats in seven matches in all competitions to beat Aston Villa and Actual Madrid of their final two video games. Rob Smyth hosts our clockwatch with David Hytner, Barney Ronay and Jamie Jackson reporting from the Etihad Stadium.
System One
5pmSão Paulo Grand Prix
With a bumper 33-point haul to be claimed from the weekend's races, Max Verstappen can be seeking to additional reel in McLaren's pacemakers. Pink Bull's four-times world champion was 36 factors behind Norris earlier than Saturday's dash race, after being 104 adrift of the then chief, Oscar Piastri, on the finish of August, and São Paulo's bowl-like Interlagos circuit is an previous favorite. The Dutch driver goes for his third successive win there and fourth in all. Alex Reid calls the race lap-by-lap with and Giles Richards stories.
