Saturday
Soccer
10am (all instances BST)Matchday dwell
The countdown to the Euro 2025 remaining is on, with simply someday to go earlier than England tackle Spain in Basel. Preparations for the showpiece occasion are in full swing with each groups gearing up for what is bound to be a compelling climax between the holders and the world champions. Emillia Hawkins shall be bringing you all the newest from Switzerland all through the day, together with information and switch updates from the broader soccer world.
Rugby union
11amAustralia v British & Irish Lions second Take a look at dwell
A beefed-up Australia will look to win the bodily battle on the Melbourne Cricket Floor and keep away from the ignominy of dropping the sequence with a Take a look at to spare in entrance of a bumper crowd of 95,000. Coach Joe Schmidt will search for extra energy within the collisions from free ahead Rob Valetini and lock Will Skelton, whose collective brawn was missed at Lang Park because the duo nursed calf issues. 9 Eire gamers make up Andy Farrell's beginning XV. It's an opportunity to clinch a primary sequence win within the 12 years since Warren Gatland's crew beat Robbie Deans' Australia 2-1. Victory on the MCG would additionally make Farrell's Lions the primary to wrap up the sequence with a match to spare because the 1997 tour of South Africa. Lee Calvert helms our dwell weblog, with Robert Kitson and Gerard Meagher in Melbourne.
Biking
11amTour de France stage 20 dwell
John Brewin is your host for a busy day of dwell biking. Within the males's Tour, Tadej Pogacar took an enormous step in the direction of successful his fourth title by stealing a march on Jonas Vingegaard on the formidable Col de la Loz. The penultimate stage sees the race cross the Jura hills in the direction of Pontarlier, making its first Tour look since 2009 when Alberto Contador gained the stage to Verbier. British curiosity focuses on the younger Scot Oscar Onley, whose hopes of a podium end took a blow on La Plagne. This summer season's Tour de France Femmes additionally will get beneath means in a while Saturday, with Kasia Niewiadoma able to defend the title she so dramatically seized by simply 4 seconds in 2024. Jeremy Whittle is our reporter in France.
Cricket
11am England v India, fourth males's Take a look at dwell
Who higher than Rob Smyth and Tim de Lisle to information via the over-by-over motion on day 4 of one more compelling Take a look at in a dramatic sequence? Anybody in search of a lesson from the previous will be aware that when England final confronted India at Outdated Trafford in early August 2014, the hosts gained by a tidy innings and 54 runs. England took 9 wickets after tea to bowl India out for 161, with the spinner Moeen Ali taking 4 for 39. That was after poor Stuart Broad had his nostril damaged by an Varun Aaron bouncer on the finish of England's first innings. Ali Martin, Simon Burnton and Taha Hashim type our skilled reporting cadre in Manchester.
System One
11amBelgian GP dash race and qualifying dwell
System One returns from its midseason break and for its first gathering in 20 years with out Christian Horner within the paddock. The Pink Bull principal was dumped after Silverstone and there's certain to be loads of deal with Max Verstappen's foundering crew, regardless of the world champion insisting that he's staying put – with a successful automotive, that's. The rivalry between the McLarens may additionally take a major twist at Spa. After two wins in a row, Lando Norris trails teammate Oscar Piastri by simply eight factors within the title race. That's the identical quantity awarded for a dash win – however the Australian is on pole for Saturday's dash. Tom Bassam will cowl all of the motion dwell, with the dash race at 11am and qualifying at 3pm. Giles Richards reviews.
Racing
4.10pmThe King George at Ascot
The large race on Saturday is the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes, which is being billed as a rematch between Jan Brueghel and Calandagan. Francis Graffard's Calandagan triumphed within the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and has type at Ascot, romping dwelling in final 12 months's King Edward VII Stakes. Insurgent's Romance and Kalpana are additionally in with a shout. Greg Wooden reviews from Ascot.
Sunday
Biking
12pm Tour de France Femmes dwell
Michael Butler picks up the stage two motion and whirls you alongside to the end in Quimper. This 12 months's Tour has grown to 9 phases and now heads east throughout France to a conclusion within the Alps. Our dwell running a blog crew then switches to dwell protection of the ultimate stage of this 12 months's males's Tour de France from 4pm. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the primary end on the Champs Élysées, it's no champagne-sipping procession into the center of Paris this time: mais non, it's three laps of the Champs circuit, then thrice up the Butte Montmartre. Jeremy Whittle will cowl the climax in addition to reporting on the ladies's race.
System One
2pmBelgian Grand Prix dwell
Final 12 months at Spa, Lewis Hamilton inherited victory after his then Mercedes teammate George Russell was disqualified, his automotive 1.5kg underweight – about the identical as a medium-sized pineapple. Since this season's transfer to Ferrari the image has been combined for Britain's seven-time world champion. His scarlet automotive now boasts a brand new ground and up to date suspension, upgrades that ought to assist him on the quick and flowing Spa circuit – though he span out of dash qualifying on Friday. It's a giant race for the Scuderia, with Luke McLaughlin your dwell host.
Euro 2025 remaining
5pmEngland v Spain dwell
England have reached their second successive Ladies's Euros remaining via sheer grit. Late objectives by 19-year-old Michelle Agyemang rescued the Lionesses of their quarter-final in opposition to Sweden and semi-final in opposition to Italy to arrange Sunday's decider in opposition to the world champions, Spain. It's a 3rd consecutive main match remaining for Sarina Wiegman's crew and an opportunity for revenge in opposition to the facet that beat them within the 2023 World Cup remaining. It's an enormous day for ladies's soccer, with Emillia and Dominic Sales space main the pre-match buildup. Sarah Rendell will cowl all of the match motion, minute by minute. In Basel, our crew of Suzanne Wrack, Tom Garry and Jonathan Liew will report on the ultimate.
