Saturday
Soccer
8am (all occasions BST)Matchday stay and Arsenal v Nottingham Forest stay
Tom Bassam has all of the buildup to Saturday's bumper soccer motion. He'll spin via the headlines and stay up for eight Premier League fixtures, with crew information and breaking tales. First motion of the day is the lunchtime kick-off on the Emirates Stadium, the place Arsenal host Nottingham Forest and English soccer welcomes again its favorite not-for-turning Aussie. Ange Postecoglou is again in work after changing Nuno Espírito Santo on the Metropolis Floor, lower than three months after leaving Spurs. David Hytner and Barney Ronay present skilled experiences and evaluation, with Rob Smyth offering on-line protection.
Athletics
10amWorld championships
The worlds get rolling in Tokyo and we've got all of the motion coated. Fellow sprinters Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita could also be extra acquainted names, however the Grantham athlete Amy Hunt is having fun with a superb season. The 23-year-old British 100m champion has set private bests in three occasions this yr, although she faces a stacked lineup in each the 100m and 200m in Tokyo. Hunt and the British ladies, who landed Olympic silver in Paris, have excessive hopes for the 4x100m relay, an occasion they enter with a world-leading 41.69sec set in July. Hunt, Asher-Smith and Neita all additionally go within the 100m heats, whereas fellow British athletes Erin Wallace, Revée Walcott-Nolan and Laura Muir characteristic within the 1500m heats and Megan Keith races within the ladies's 10,000m closing. Billy Munday analyses the motion stay, whereas Sean Ingle experiences from Tokyo.
Ladies's Rugby World Cup
1pm and 4pmNew Zealand v South Africa and Canada v Australia stay
Two compelling quarter-finals on Saturday and first up with minute-by-minute protection is Daniel Gallan, with Robert Kitson at Exeter. New Zealand, the holders, face a South Africa aspect which have 10 modifications to the beginning XV crushed 57-10 by France. With a nod to Rassie Erasmus's males's choice when the Springboks defeated the All Blacks of their 2023 World Cup closing, their head coach, Swys de Bruin, has picked seven forwards on the bench. “We just like the bodily stuff, we again our power and we really feel it's the fitting factor to do,” De Bruin says. After that, it's Canada v Australia at Ashton Gate. Canada are the match's darkish horses and underlined their credentials with a thumping 40-19 defeat of Scotland. Australia confirmed hosts England they aren't to be underestimated both in Brighton, and their backs Desiree Miller and Caitlyn Halse will definitely take a look at Canada's defence. Alex Reid hosts our stay weblog, with Sarah Rendell our reporter in Bristol.
Premier League
3pmClockwatch
Again from the worldwide break, the rolling thunder that's the Premier League gives 5 3pm kick-offs. There's Bournemouth v Brighton, Crystal Palace v Sunderland, Everton v Aston Villa, Fulham v Leeds and Newcastle v Wolves, the place Eddie Howe is looking forward to a “storm of video games” in September, when his aspect additionally come up towards Barcelona, Bournemouth, Bradford and Arsenal. “Massively vital for us,” says the Newcastle supervisor, who will likely be with out Yoane Wissa, who suffered a knee harm within the Democratic Republic of the Congo's World Cup qualifier defeat by Senegal. “We all the time knew with the schedule how the early a part of this season would search for us, form of a gradual begin with week-to-week video games then bang. We're going to be right into a storm of video games and that's what we would like.” Emillia Hawkins helms our clockwatch, with all of the targets and match updates.
Premier League
5.30pmWest Ham v Tottenham stay
There's loads of needle to this spicy London derby with West Ham's summer season sale of Mohammed Kudus to Spurs the most recent flashpoint between two groups with an addled historical past of mutual antipathy. The Ghana winger has already grow to be a agency favorite with Spurs followers after his £55m summer season change. Nevertheless, Graham Potter insists he has no regrets about promoting Kudus. “We're on the stage now the place you need gamers which are absolutely dedicated to West Ham, that wish to be right here,” says the Hammers supervisor. “Then, as soon as that's the place, you must try to get one of the best deal you can, one of the best monetary place for the membership, and hopefully develop the crew and enhance the squad.” West Ham have beefed up safety for the match whereas additionally banning supporters from sporting half-and-half scarves in an effort to ease tensions between rival followers. Rob Smyth helms our minute-by-minute protection whereas Jacob Steinberg experiences from the London Stadium.
Premier League
8pmBrentford v Chelsea stay
The night kick-off is one other London derby, with the eye shifting from east to west. Simply one of many eight Premier League conferences between Brentford and Chelsea have been gained by the house aspect, a 2-1 win for the Blues in December 2024. Brentford have gained three Premier League matches towards Chelsea however all of them have been at Stamford Bridge – at house, they're winless in 4. The Blues' head coach, Enzo Maresca, is hoping to present his new signing Alejandro Garnacho some sport time: “He's working properly. For certain, he must work as a result of he arrived right here not 100% match. He must work. He's working properly and we'll see. Hopefully we may give him minutes.” Xaymaca Awoyungbo helms our stay weblog with John Brewin reporting from the Gtech Neighborhood Stadium.
Sunday
Boxing
4amÁlvarez v Crawford stay
Terence Crawford – America's best boxer since Floyd Mayweather Jr – steps up two weights to face the undisputed super-middleweight champion Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez in Las Vegas, the 37-year-old Nebraskan fighter aiming to grow to be the primary male boxer to win an undisputed title in three weight lessons within the four-belt period. Bryan Armen Graham brings you all of the motion, spherical by thrilling spherical.
Soccer
8amMatchday stay
John Brewin and Niall McVeigh are your hosts as we stay up for Sunday's key soccer motion. Our unmissable stay countdown will convey you all of the construct as much as the large video games within the Premier League – the Manchester derby plus Burnley v Liverpool – with the day's huge Championship sport, the south coast assembly of Southampton and Portsmouth, the main focus of our clockwatch; Ben Fisher will likely be reporting from St Mary's. Good reality: the final south coast derby within the league takes place after a hiatus of 13 years and 160 days and it's solely the seventh league assembly between the groups previously 37 years.
Ladies's Rugby World Cup
1pm France v Eire stay
Daniel Gallan hosts our stay weblog for Eire's first Ladies's Rugby World Cup quarter-final since 2014. The sport sees the return of the back-row Aoife Wafer in Exeter. The 2025 Six Nations participant of the match missed the pool levels as she recovered from knee surgical procedure in July. She takes the place of co-captain Edel McMahon, who performs her membership rugby for Exeter, after the flanker picked up a knee harm within the defeat by New Zealand. Eire are quietly assured of reversing their 27-15 defeat by France within the Ladies's Six Nations in March.
Premier League
2pmBurnley v Liverpool stay
With the summer season switch saga lastly resolved, Arne Slot is holding off on giving Alexander Isak his debut after the striker's £125m change from Newcastle. “Don't anticipate Alex to [play] 90 minutes on the pitch each single sport,” the Liverpool supervisor mentioned. “That's undoubtedly not going to occur for the subsequent few weeks. He missed a correct pre-season … so now we've got to construct him up steadily. That's going to be a problem, however we've got signed him for six years so that is what we've got to remember, and what the followers have to remember if I take him off in a sure second or I solely convey him in for just a few moments. That's all for the health of the participant.” John Brewin brings you all of the motion, minute by minute, with Will Unwin reporting from Turf Moor.
Cricket
2.30pmEngland v South Africa stay
England misplaced by 14 runs through the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern technique at soggy Sophia Gardens in Cardiff after a run chase of solely 5 overs. Rain within the Welsh capital had minimize the T20 contest by greater than half with the match delayed till 8.50pm – two hours and 20 minutes after the scheduled begin. The Proteas had reached 97 for 5 from 7.5 overs earlier than a brief bathe ended their innings prematurely, leaving England a tricky revised victory of 69 from 30 balls beneath DLS calculations. The second sport of the three-match collection takes place at Outdated Trafford on Friday. James Wallace has over-by-over protection of the finale at Trent Bridge on Sunday, with Ali Martin reporting from Nottingham.
Ladies's Rugby World Cup
4pmEngland v Scotland stay
England are decided to keep away from being overcome by the event after they conflict with outdated rivals Scotland in Sunday's quarter-final. The Purple Roses are pink sizzling favourites to register a thirty first successive Check victory – they thrashed the Scots 59-7 on this yr's Ladies's Six Nations – with the winners at Ashton Gate happening to face France or Eire. Something aside from lifting the World Cup on 27 September could be seen as failure, however the forwards coach Louis Deacon insists England are approaching every impediment as simply one other day within the workplace. “It's a type of issues the place you don't make it greater than it already is. You need it to really feel regular to the gamers, which is strictly what we've performed,” Deacon mentioned. England have been lifted by Zoe Aldcroft's return to coaching after their captain missed the Pool A victories over Samoa and Australia with a knee harm however the world participant of the yr, Ellie Kildunne, will miss the quarter-final due to concussion. Niall McVeigh is our stay weblog host, with Sarah Rendell and Robert Kitson reporting from Bristol.
Premier League
4.30pmManchester Metropolis v Manchester United stay
There's little early-season uplift to detect at both Manchester membership as Pep Guardiola and Ruben Amorim's sides go face to face on the Etihad Stadium. After one win from their opening three Premier League fixtures (and never forgetting that EFL Cup exit at League Two Grimsby) there's been little cheer for the guests. Metropolis's report thus far – W1 L2 – is equally underwhelming and makes for Guardiola's worst begin to a league marketing campaign. With squad rebuilds at each membership partly the explanation for the torpor, laying down a marker for the remainder of the marketing campaign will likely be uppermost within the respective managers' minds. Rob Smyth tracks the motion minute-by-minute with Jamie Jackson and Jonathan Wilson offering experiences and evaluation.
