Saturday<\/p>\n
Football<\/p>\n
10am (all times BST)Matchday live<\/p>\n
The countdown to the Euro 2025 final is on, with just one day to go before England take on Spain in Basel. Preparations for the showpiece event are in full swing with both teams gearing up for what is sure to be a compelling climax between the holders and the world champions. Emillia Hawkins will be bringing you all the latest from Switzerland throughout the day, along with news and transfer updates from the wider football world.<\/p>\n
Rugby union<\/p>\n
11amAustralia v British & Irish Lions second Test live<\/p>\n
A beefed-up Australia will look to win the physical battle at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and avoid the ignominy of losing the series with a Test to spare in front of a bumper crowd of 95,000. Coach Joe Schmidt will look for more power in the collisions from loose forward Rob Valetini and lock Will Skelton, whose collective brawn was missed at Lang Park as the duo nursed calf problems. Nine Ireland players make up Andy Farrell\u2019s starting XV. It\u2019s a chance to clinch a first series win in the 12 years since Warren Gatland\u2019s team beat Robbie Deans\u2019 Australia 2-1. Victory at the MCG would also make Farrell\u2019s Lions the first to wrap up the series with a match to spare since the 1997 tour of South Africa. Lee Calvert helms our live blog, with Robert Kitson and Gerard Meagher in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
The Lions\u2019 Ben Earl plays a spot of cricket at the MCG during pre-match training. Photograph: David Gibson\/Fotosport\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n
Cycling<\/p>\n
11amTour de France stage 20 live<\/p>\n
John Brewin is your host for a busy day of live cycling. In the men\u2019s Tour, Tadej Pogacar took a huge step towards winning 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 towards Pontarlier, making its first Tour appearance since 2009 when Alberto Contador won the stage to Verbier. British interest focuses on the young Scot Oscar Onley, whose hopes of a podium finish took a blow on La Plagne. This summer\u2019s Tour de France Femmes also gets under way later on Saturday, with Kasia Niewiadoma ready to defend the title she so dramatically seized by just four seconds in 2024. Jeremy Whittle is our reporter in France.<\/p>\n
Cricket<\/p>\n
11am England v India, fourth men\u2019s Test live<\/p>\n
Who better than Rob Smyth and Tim de Lisle to guide through the over-by-over action on day four of yet another compelling Test in a dramatic series? Anyone seeking a lesson from the past will note that when England last faced India at Old Trafford in early August 2014, the hosts won by a tidy innings and 54 runs. England took nine wickets after tea to bowl India out for 161, with the spinner Moeen Ali taking four for 39. That was after poor Stuart Broad had his nose broken by an Varun Aaron bouncer at the end of England\u2019s first innings. Ali Martin, Simon Burnton and Taha Hashim form our expert reporting cadre in Manchester.<\/p>\n
Joe Root\u2019s 150 at Old Trafford puts him second only to Sachin Tendulkar in the all-time Test run standings. Photograph: Jon Super\/AP<\/p>\n
Formula One<\/p>\n
11amBelgian GP sprint race and qualifying live<\/p>\n
Formula One returns from its midseason break and for its first gathering in 20 years without Christian Horner in the paddock. The Red Bull principal was dumped after Silverstone and there is sure to be plenty of focus on Max Verstappen\u2019s foundering team, despite the world champion insisting that he is staying put \u2013 with a winning car, that is. The rivalry between the McLarens could also take a significant twist at Spa. After two wins in a row, Lando Norris trails teammate Oscar Piastri by just eight points in the title race. That\u2019s the same number awarded for a sprint win \u2013 but the Australian is on pole for Saturday\u2019s sprint. Tom Bassam will cover all the action live, with the sprint race at 11am and qualifying at 3pm. Giles Richards reports.<\/p>\n
Racing<\/p>\n
4.10pmThe King George at Ascot <\/p>\n
The big 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\u2019s Calandagan triumphed in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and has form at Ascot, romping home in last year\u2019s King Edward VII Stakes. Rebel\u2019s Romance and Kalpana are also in with a shout. Greg Wood reports from Ascot.<\/p>\n
Sunday<\/p>\n
Cycling<\/p>\n
12pm Tour de France Femmes live<\/p>\n
Michael Butler picks up the stage two action and whirls you along to the finish in Quimper. This year\u2019s Tour has grown to nine stages and now heads east across France to a conclusion in the Alps. Our live blogging team then switches to live coverage of the final stage of this year\u2019s men\u2019s Tour de France from 4pm. To mark the 50th anniversary of the first finish on the Champs \u00c9lys\u00e9es, it\u2019s no champagne-sipping procession into the heart of Paris this time: mais non, it\u2019s three laps of the Champs circuit, then three times up the Butte Montmartre. Jeremy Whittle will cover the climax as well as reporting on the women\u2019s race.<\/p>\n
Demi Vollering (front left) is aiming for Tour de France Femmes glory after missing out by just four seconds last year. Photograph: Hollandse Hoogte\/Rex\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n
Formula One<\/p>\n
2pmBelgian Grand Prix live<\/p>\n
Last year at Spa, Lewis Hamilton inherited victory after his then Mercedes teammate George Russell was disqualified, his car 1.5kg underweight \u2013 about the same as a medium-sized pineapple. Since this season\u2019s move to Ferrari the picture has been mixed for Britain\u2019s seven-time world champion. His scarlet car now boasts a new floor and updated suspension, upgrades that should help him on the fast and flowing Spa circuit \u2013 although he span out of sprint qualifying on Friday. It\u2019s a big race for the Scuderia, with Luke McLaughlin your live host.<\/p>\n
Euro 2025 final<\/p>\n
5pmEngland v Spain live<\/p>\n
England have reached their second successive Women\u2019s Euros final through sheer grit. Late goals by 19-year-old Michelle Agyemang rescued the Lionesses in their quarter-final against Sweden and semi-final against Italy to set up Sunday\u2019s decider against the world champions, Spain. It\u2019s a third consecutive major tournament final for Sarina Wiegman\u2019s team and a chance for revenge against the side that beat them in the 2023 World Cup final. It\u2019s a huge day for women\u2019s football, with Emillia and Dominic Booth leading the pre-match buildup. Sarah Rendell will cover all the match action, minute by minute. In Basel, our team of Suzanne Wrack, Tom Garry and Jonathan Liew will report on the final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday Football 10am (all times BST)Matchday live The countdown to the Euro 2025 final is on, with just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1687,372,6537,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-23161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-f1","9":"tag-formula-1","10":"tag-formula1","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23161","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=23161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}