{"id":752795,"date":"2026-08-28T19:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/752795\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T19:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:18:09","slug":"us-open-tennis-premier-league-and-itauma-v-hrgovic-follow-with-us-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/752795\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open tennis, Premier League and Itauma v Hrgovic \u2013 follow with us | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday<\/p>\n<p>Football<\/p>\n<p>8am-12pm (all times BST)Matchday live<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">With another round of Premier League fixtures coming up and the imminent closure of the transfer window, Luke McLaughlin and Sarah Rendell will be keeping pace with all the day\u2019s breaking news from around the grounds. Join our Matchday live community by sending your thoughts and queries to <a data-link-name=\"in body link\">matchday.live@theguardian.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cricket<\/p>\n<p>11am County Championship live<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Day three of the latest round of county fixtures sees Tanya Aldred at Scarborough as Yorkshire face Leicestershire, but there\u2019s so much more to our county blog. Expect updates from all the day\u2019s action as Division One leaders Nottinghamshire take on third-placed Warwickshire at Edgbaston, while title-chasing Somerset face Sussex at Hove.<\/p>\n<p>Cricket<\/p>\n<p>11amEngland v Pakistan live<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">We head over to Lord\u2019s for day three of the second Test. Our blog hosts Tim de Lisle and James Wallace will be providing over-by-over coverage. Pakistan were woeful in all departments during an innings defeat in the first of a three-Test series at Headingley last week but have bounced back in the second Test. Can the tourists force a series decider? Ali Martin and Simon Burnton report.<\/p>\n<p>Premier League<\/p>\n<p>12.30pmLiverpool v Nottingham Forest live<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Andoni Iraola is still trying to instil his methods on Liverpool\u2019s players as he takes charge of his first competitive home game following his move from Bournemouth in the summer. Oliver Glasner has started his reign with two home defeats to Leeds, but Forest have won their last two visits to Anfield without conceding a goal. Sarah Rendell helms our live blog with Andy Hunter our match reporter for a tough contest to call.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola will be looking to open his Premier League account at Anfield with a win. Photograph: Nikki Dyer\/Liverpool FC\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Premier League<\/p>\n<p>3pmClockwatch<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Saturday\u2019s pair of top-flight 3pm kick-offs are the focus of Barry Glendenning\u2019s blog. Bournemouth lost their opener after conceding two late goals at Manchester City, and Marco Rose\u2019s side meet an Everton\u00a0side seeking to start a league season with back-to-back wins for the first time since 2020.\u00a0Elsewhere, Coventry host Hull in a meeting of promoted teams who began their seasons in contrasting fashions \u2013 and we\u2019ll have live updates from the Championship, Bundesliga and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Rugby union<\/p>\n<p>4.10pmSouth Africa v New Zealand live<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">South Africa seek to level the Greatest Rivalry series in Cape Town, where the All Blacks have played their hosts 11 times since 1928, winning seven. The scrum was a potent penalty-earning weapon for the Boks last Saturday at Ellis Park until the 56th minute, when the All Blacks forced a defensive scrum penalty in front of their posts. New Zealand quickly turned a three-point lead into 10 and went on to win 33-16 in a thrilling upset. But the main theme of this week\u2019s buildup has been about a backlash from South Africa, who haven\u2019t lost two home Tests in a row at home since August 2015. Daniel Gallan helms the blog as the two giants of the game collide in the second of this four-part Test series.<\/p>\n<p>Premier League<\/p>\n<p>5.30pmTottenham v Newcastle live<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Scott Murray provides the overview on the pick of Saturday\u2019s Premier League matches. Spurs were bludgeoned 3-0 by Brentford\u00a0last weekend, a torrid start to the season for Roberto De Zerbi\u2019s new-look side. Matthias Jaissle\u2019s team were only denied by a 99th-minute penalty equaliser against Liverpool, and both teams enjoyed morale-boosting Carabao Cup wins in midweek. Paul MacInnes and Jonathan Liew report from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Boxing<\/p>\n<p>10pm Moses Itauma v Filip Hrgovic live<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The IBF belt relinquished by Oleksandr Usyk will be on the line in London and the 21-year-old Moses Itauma (14-0, 12 KOs) could become the second-youngest heavyweight champion of all time. Croatia\u2019s Filip Hrgovic (20-1, 15KOs) will be the toughest challenge of Itauma\u2019s fledgling career. There is plenty of expectation surrounding the British prospect, with Prince Naseem Hamed claiming Itauma is a \u201cmillion times better\u201d than Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury and could become the best of all time. Bryan Armen Graham hosts the big fight blog and Donald McRae reports from the O2 Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Moses Itauma and Filip Hrgovic face-off during a pre-fight press conference. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge\/Action Images\/ReutersSunday<\/p>\n<p>Football<\/p>\n<p>8am-12.30pmMatchday live<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Emillia Hawkins clocks on bright and early to preview Sunday\u2019s action with breaking news and much more as we settle down for another engaging set of Premier League fixtures, with four games on offer. Email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/aug\/28\/mailto:matchday.live@theguardian.com\" data-link-name=\"in body link \" https:=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">matchday.live@theguardian.com<\/a> with your notions and queries.<\/p>\n<p>Cricket <\/p>\n<p>11amCounty Championship live<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Tanya Aldred has all the best of day four\u2019s county action, barring rain delays as the blazing heat of summer gives way to more clement weather, and an uneven forecast for Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Cricket<\/p>\n<p>11amEngland v Pakistan live<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">If there\u2019s day-four play in the second Test, Tom Davies and James Wallace will be on hand with over-by-over coverage of the action from Lord\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Bad light and rain delays have hampered the first two days of the Test.  Photograph: Tom Jenkins\/The Guardian<\/p>\n<p>Premier League<\/p>\n<p>2pmClockwatch<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Chelsea take on a Brighton side buzzing from their opening 4-0 battering of Aston Villa, while Xabi Alonso launched his reign with a 3-2 win over west London rivals Fulham. Leeds and Brentford also began their seasons with victories \u2013 so at least one perfect record has to go at Elland Road. Elsewhere, Sunderland host Fulham with both teams yet to get a point on the board.\u00a0John Brewin is your go-to guide.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis<\/p>\n<p>2pmUS Open live<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Follow events in New York live with our rolling blog as the final grand slam of the season gets underway. Carlos Alcaraz will open his title defence against Roman Safiullin in his first singles match since April. The current world No 3 returned to play with Serena Williams in the mixed doubles tournament and looked rusty. He may have to be sharper against Safiullin, who reached the fourth round at Wimbledon. Tumaini Carayol reports from Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n<p>Premier League<\/p>\n<p>4.30pmManchester United v Ipswich live<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Ipswich gave Gary O\u2019Neil the perfect start by beating Sunderland and they travel to Old Trafford in confident mood. Given Michael Carrick\u2019s United were given a bloody nose by Championship play-off winners Hull in their opener, facing another confident promoted club comes with added pressure. Tim de Lisle helms the blog, with Jamie Jackson and Will Unwin reporting from pitchside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday Football 8am-12pm (all times BST)Matchday live With another round of Premier League fixtures coming up and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-752795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752795","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=752795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}