Saturday<\/p>\n
Football<\/p>\n
8am (all times BST)Matchday live<\/p>\n
Dominic Booth helms our essential gateway to the day\u2019s football action. He will be looking forward to Saturday\u2019s four Premier League fixtures \u2013 Chelsea v Sunderland, Newcastle v Fulham, Manchester United v Brighton and Brentford v Liverpool. There\u2019s also the prospect of the Lionesses hosting Brazil at Manchester City\u2019s Etihad Stadium as well as Wales Women facing\u00a0Australia in Cardiff. There\u2019ll be team news and breaking stories as well as any wash-up from Friday night\u2019s Leeds v West Ham match.<\/p>\n
Rugby league<\/p>\n
2.30pmEngland v Australia live<\/p>\n
England\u2019s head coach, Shaun Wane, has been waiting five years for a \u201csmash-up\u201d with Australia and is relishing the role of underdogs in the first of three long-awaited Tests. Wane took the England role in February 2020 but a mooted series later that year was abandoned because of the pandemic and the 61-year-old has been counting down the days to get another crack at the Kangaroos. \u201cThe chance to play against the best team in the world in an iconic stadium like this, it\u2019s got the makings of a fantastic day,\u201d he said of the game at Wembley. Wane believes he has a squad at his disposal that can build on series wins over Samoa and Tonga in the last two seasons and pull off a huge upset in the first Ashes for 22 years, when Great Britain faced the Australians. Lee Calvert is your liveblog host, with Aaron Bower reporting from Wembley.<\/p>\n
Premier League<\/p>\n
3pmChelsea v Sunderland and Newcastle v Fulham live<\/p>\n
Billy Munday\u2019s clockwatch keeps you updated for Saturday\u2019s two 3pm kickoffs. Jacob Steinberg reports from Stamford Bridge as Sunderland arrive having made an impressive return to the top flight. Only six promoted clubs have ever had more points \u2013 14 \u2013 at this stage of a Premier League season. However, Chelsea \u2013 who thrashed Ajax 5-1 at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday \u2013 are impressive at home. Only Manchester City (34) have earned more home points in the Premier League in 2025 than Chelsea (33). Louise Taylor is at St James\u2019 Park, where Eddie Howe\u2019s Newcastle are one place and one point above Fulham before the weekend round and tonked Jos\u00e9 Mourinho\u2019s Benfica 3-0 in midweek.<\/p>\n
Premier League<\/p>\n
5.30pmManchester United v Brighton live<\/p>\n
Are Ruben Amorim\u2019s United finally on the up? Beating the champions, Liverpool, at Anfield last Sunday showed promise but United have lost six of their last seven league games against Brighton. That said, their home form is solid after winning their last three matches at Old Trafford. The visitors, however, beat Newcastle last time out and have lost just two of their last 13 league games. Scott Murray is at the controls of our live blog, with Jamie Jackson reporting from Old Trafford.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s football <\/p>\n
5.30pm England v Brazil women\u2019s international friendly live<\/p>\n
Sarina Wiegman\u2019s England face Brazil in Manchester for their first match since defending their European Championship crown in the summer. The Homecoming Series \u2013 next up are Australia at Derby\u2019s Pride Park on Tuesday \u2013 sees call-ups for the Spurs forward Jess Naz, who last featured for the Lionesses as a substitute in February\u2019s 1-0 win against Spain at Wembley, and Grace Fisk. The Liverpool captain also comes in as an injury replacement to face the South American champions at the Etihad Stadium. Sarah Rendell has minute-by-minute coverage, with Suzanne Wrack and Sophie Downey reporting.<\/p>\n
Jess Naz and her England teammates during a training session at St Georges Park ahead of the match against Brazil. Photograph: Harriet Lander\/The FA\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
Premier League<\/p>\n
8pmBrentford v Liverpool live<\/p>\n
A thumping 5-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt in midweek lifted some of the Liverpool gloom after the home defeat by Manchester United meant Arne Slot\u2019s defending champions slid to four points behind the title pacesetters, Arsenal. Liverpool have lost their last three league games, as many losses as they suffered in their previous 39. Brentford, meanwhile, are no pushovers under Keith Andrews, showing West Ham no mercy on Monday in a rollicking 3-0 victory at the London Stadium. The Bees have lost just one of their five home games under Andrews, and that was a 1-0 defeat by Manchester City. Rob Smyth hosts our live blog, while Jonathan Wilson reports from the Gtech Community Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Formula One<\/p>\n
10pmMexico City GP qualifying live<\/p>\n
Max Verstappen has roared back into title contention by winning three of the last four races. That has cut the Red Bull driver\u2019s deficit to Oscar Piastri, the leader, from 104 points after Zandvoort in August to 40 points with five rounds remaining. Piastri\u2019s McLaren teammate, Lando Norris, separates the pair in the standings, 14 points behind Piastri and 26 ahead of the defending world champion. With 141 points still up for grabs, a genuine three-way title race has emerged and Verstappen is giving his all to try to clinch the crown. That sets up a potentially crucial qualifying session, with Alex Reid offering lap-by-lap coverage and Giles Richards reporting.<\/p>\n
Sunday<\/p>\n
Cricket<\/p>\n
1am and 5.30amNew Zealand v England \u2013 men and women<\/p>\n
There\u2019s coverage of two England clashes with New Zealand. First up, the men, whose T20 series against the Black Caps was something of a washout. Just 22 balls were bowled at Eden Park on Thursday, the second abandonment of the three-match T20 series which England won 1-0 after thrashing the Black Caps by 65 runs in Christchurch on Monday. The first of three ODIs is on Sunday at Mount Maunganui, with Rob Smyth and Taha Hashim on duty for our over-by-over coverage. Then cricket fans\u2019 attention shifts to the Women\u2019s World Cup where England finish their group stage matches in Visakhapatnam. England can only finish in second or third place, meaning they will avoid facing hosts India in the last four. Tanya Aldred and James Wallace are our early risers on the live blog.<\/p>\n
Football<\/p>\n
8amMatchday live <\/p>\n
Emillia Hawkins sifts through the fallout from Saturday\u2019s programme before our unmissable live football countdown blog looks forward to a Sunday fixture list that features five Premier League games as well as a top-of-the-table clash in Scotland that for once is not solely an Old Firm concern. Derek McInnes\u2019s Hearts are setting the pace north of the border and meet a misfiring Celtic. The unbeaten Jambos are being touted as title contenders after soaring five points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership following a summer of shrewd recruitment aided by Jamestown Analytics and almost \u00a310m of investment from the Brighton owner, Tony Bloom.<\/p>\n
Premier League<\/p>\n
2pmClockwatch<\/p>\n
Tom Bassam has live coverage of Sunday\u2019s four 2pm kick-offs: Arsenal v Crystal Palace, Aston Villa v Manchester City, Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest and Wolves v Burnley. Pick of the bunch is the London derby where the Gunners are running hot from a 4-0 Champions League defeat of Atl\u00e9tico Madrid on Tuesday. The title frontrunners cannot be displaced from the summit before kick-off but Palace are no pushovers, having drawn eight of their last 14 Premier League matches, including a 3-3 against Bournemouth last week, though Oliver Glasner\u2019s side were embarrassed by a 1-0 home loss to the Cypriot minnows Larnaca in the Conference League on Thursday. Manchester City are three points behind Arsenal and, after a routine 2-0 Champions League win at Villarreal, travel to Villa Park. Unai Emery\u2019s side are on an upswing having won their last three league matches, having started the season with a five-game winless streak. However, Go Ahead Eagles shocked them in midweek in the Europa League.<\/p>\n
Emiliano Buendia celebrates with Morgan Rogers and Matty Cash after scoring Aston Villa\u2019s winner at Tottenham. Photograph: Elli Birch\/IPS\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n
El cl\u00e1sico<\/p>\n
3.15pmReal Madrid v Barcelona live<\/p>\n
Billy Munday helms our blog for the cl\u00e1sico rivals\u2019 first meeting of the season. The La Liga clubs are separated by two points at the top as Bar\u00e7a chase a slice of history at the Bernab\u00e9u. Last season, Hansi Flick\u2019s side recorded four straight wins over Real, beating Madrid 4-0 and 4-3 in the league, 3-2 in extra time in the Copa del Rey final and 5-2 in the Supercopa. Bar\u00e7a could now match their longest winning run against Madrid in all competitions, having won five straight cl\u00e1sicos only under Pep Guardiola from 2008 to 2010. Sid Lowe reports.<\/p>\n
Premier League<\/p>\n
4.30pmEverton v Tottenham live<\/p>\n
Spurs visit Everton after a goalless Champions League draw at Monaco and last week\u2019s defeat by Aston Villa. Still, Thomas Frank\u2019s side have been formidable on the road this season, garnering the most away points in the Premier League. Against that is Everton\u2019s impressive home form. David Moyes\u2019s team have lost just one of their last 13 Premier League home matches and remain unbeaten in all four this season since their move to Hill Dickinson Stadium. Something has to give and Tim de Lisle hosts our live clockwatch with Andy Hunter reporting from Everton\u2019s new home.<\/p>\n
American football<\/p>\n
5pmNFL clockwatch<\/p>\n
Graham Searles\u2019 rolling blog on Sundays is gaining a following among NFL aficionados and week eight sees a clutch of compelling fixtures as the season hits the midway point including: San Francisco 49ers v Houston Texans, Cleveland Browns v New England Patriots, Chicago Bears v Baltimore Ravens, New York Giants v Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos v Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n
Star quarterback Lamar Jackson could return for struggling Baltimore against Chicago. Photograph: Kevin Richardson\/TNS\/Zuma Press Wire\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n
Formula One<\/p>\n
8pmMexico City Grand Prix live<\/p>\n
Join Billy Munday for lap-by-lap coverage, where the pressure is on Oscar Piastri now that Max Verstappen has charged into the world championship frame. Red Bull are expected to be strong again at a track where Verstappen has won five times and another successful weekend for the four-time world champion would deeply\u00a0trouble\u00a0the\u00a0McLaren\u00a0camp. Giles Richards reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday Football 8am (all times BST)Matchday live Dominic Booth helms our essential gateway to the day\u2019s football action.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-224346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}