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Saturday
Football
8am-12pm (all times BST)Matchday live
Highs and lows aplenty connected a Saturday wherever nan play hits its tight spot. Four Premier League games to style nan title and relegation tussles, but surely nan astir compelling action arrives astatine lunchtime successful nan Championship pinch a clutch of collisions that will style nan promotion and playoff picture. Expect fireworks astatine Ipswich v QPR, Millwall v Oxford and Wrexham v Middlesbrough – and we will beryllium reporting from each 3 games. David Tindall hosts our rolling shot blog, offering breaking news and updates from astir nan grounds, positive readers’ thoughts and queries. Why not subordinate nan conversation? Email [email protected].
Cricket
11amCounty Championship live
Tanya Aldred keeps nan updates flowing from astir 7 region grounds pinch time 2 of her blog, pinch Surrey, Leicestershire, Glamorgan, Yorkshire, Northamptonshire and Derbyshire searching for their first wins. With each 4 Division One matches ending successful a tie past week – and nary coming adjacent to a affirmative consequence – possibly nan eight-point reward for a drawn crippled needs revisiting. Twenty points for a triumph alternatively of 16? Email Tanya pinch your observations and comments.
Horse racing
11.30am 2,000 Guineas time live
Greg Wood saddles up for an breathtaking time of racing astatine Newmarket arsenic nan Betfred 2000 Guineas (3.35pm) offers punters plentifulness of options. Bow Echo and Gstaad caput nan 15 runners. Charlie Appleby has won 3 of nan past 4 renewals of nan title and this twelvemonth relies connected Distant Storm, 3rd successful nan Dewhurst, and nan unbeaten King’s Trail. Oxagon was an awesome victor of nan Craven for John and Thady Gosden and will person nan assistance of Oisin Murphy while Avicenna, different who runs successful nan bluish of Godolphin trained by Roger Varian, will purpose to springiness Ray Dawson a first Classic. Karl Burke’s Alparslan was a astonishment victor of nan Greenham and takes his chance while Needle Match tin beryllium expected to amended connected his 4th location fixed that was conscionable his 2nd run. Thesecretadversary, Into The Sky, Padraig Dawn, Power Blue, Venetian Prince, Billecart and Lord Britain complete nan list.
Premier League
12pm Clockwatch
John Brewin keeps way of each nan ebb and travel of nan Championship promotion title pinch an early commencement for clockwatch. He past switches attraction to 2 of nan 3 midafternoon kick-offs, pinch plentifulness riding connected some featured matches. Nottingham Forest and Leeds person put immoderate daylight betwixt themselves and nan bottommost three, leaving West Ham and their London rivals Tottenham either broadside of nan information line. The Hammers are 2 points up of 18th-placed Spurs, 3 adrift of Forest and 4 awkward of Leeds earlier Daniel Farke’s side’s Friday gathering pinch nan relegated Burnley. West Ham’s past 4 matches of nan run commencement pinch Saturday’s travel to Brentford and culminate successful a final-day sojourn from Leeds, which could yet beryllium decisive. Newcastle, meanwhile, person struggled this play and beryllium 14th successful nan standings aft 4 consecutive defeats, starring to questions complete Eddie Howe’s early astatine nan club. Their Saudi Arabian owners opportunity they stay arsenic committed arsenic ever to nan club’s success, moreover arsenic their Public Investment Fund prepares to sever ties pinch nan LIV Golf series. They big Brighton, successful sixth spot connected 50 points and closing successful connected a European slot.
WCL semi-final
2pmOL Lyonnes v Arsenal live
A beardown second-half show saw Arsenal travel from down to hit Lyon 2-1 and return a slender lead from nan first limb of their Women’s Champions League semi-final. The French nine – beaten by nan Gunners astatine nan aforesaid shape of past season’s title – took nan lead successful nan 18th infinitesimal done a good breakaway extremity from Jule Brand. Arsenal, though, regrouped for nan 2nd half and equalised done an ain extremity from Ingrid Engen aft a correction by nan Lyon goalkeeper, Christiane Endler – who was past caught retired again erstwhile Olivia Smith slotted successful pinch 7 minutes left. It was an awesome turnaround arsenic Renée Slegers’s defending champions achieved a first location triumph complete Lyon. Now they recreation to Parc Olympique Lyonnais pinch nan Oslo last successful their sights. Taha Hashim hosts nan blog pinch Tom Garry reporting from Lyon.
Formula One
5pm and 9pmMiami Grand Prix live
Formula One returns astatine nan Miami Grand Prix aft an unexpected five-week break erstwhile a brace of races successful nan Middle East were called disconnected because of nan warfare successful Iran. The clip disconnected gave nan FIA, nan sport’s governing body, clip to make changes to nan regulations that drivers heavy criticised aft nan first 3 races of nan twelvemonth because of really nan electrical artillery powerfulness has changed nan cars and competition. Will it help? Max Verstappen, who has been truthful vocal astir his dislike of nan existent cars that he is openly considering leaving F1, called nan changes “a tickle”. Philip Cornwall has lap-by-lap sum of nan sprint title and qualifying, pinch Giles Richards reporting from nan Miami International Autodrome.
Premier League
5.30pmArsenal v Fulham live
Arsenal person a chance to crank up nan unit connected Manchester City arsenic they activity to widen their lead astatine nan apical of nan Premier League. The Gunners tin spell six points clear of their in-form rivals if they hit Fulham, 2 days earlier City look a tricky travel to Everton, but they must re-discover their scoring touch successful a play that could beryllium decided by nan tightest of margins. Before nan Gunners’ triumph against Newcastle past weekend, nan apical 2 were level connected points and extremity difference. Arsenal cognize moreover if they triumph their 4 remaining games it whitethorn not beryllium capable – they person grounded to people much than 1 extremity successful immoderate crippled since mid-March. City, pinch a crippled successful hand, person clicked into cogwheel and are scoring overmuch much freely than their rivals. Rob Smyth hosts nan unrecorded blog, pinch David Hytner reporting.
Sunday
Football
8am-4.30pmMatchday live/clockwatch
Emillia Hawkins, Xaymaca Awoyungbo and Tom Bassam are our apical blog squad for a breathless time of football. They will beryllium offering news, previews and scholar comments arsenic good arsenic keeping tabs connected 3 Premier League fixtures: Bournemouth v Crystal Palace, Manchester United v Liverpool and Aston Villa v Tottenham. Plus nan champion of nan action successful Europe and Scotland arsenic good arsenic nan Women’s Super League. They’ve sewage it covered.
Cricket
11amCounty Championship live
Tanya Aldred is backmost astatine her station to supply updates connected time 3 of nan latest information of County Championship fixtures.
Women’s Super League
12pmManchester City v Liverpool live
Manchester City’s title statement plans suffered a setback arsenic nan WSL leaders mislaid 3-2 astatine mid-table Brighton past Saturday, delaying their apt coronation. Sunday’s gathering pinch Liverpool is their past location crippled of nan play and Andree Jeglertz’s broadside activity 3 captious points against a broadside led by their erstwhile manager. A triumph against nan Reds could past beryllium capable for their first WSL title since 2016, if Arsenal neglect to triumph astatine Brighton connected Wednesday. Gareth Taylor’s broadside will not beryllium rolling complete anytime soon though, contempt a 1-0 conclusion by West Ham past clip out. Emillia Hawkins helms nan MBM.
Snooker
2pmWorld Snooker Championship last live
John Higgins aliases Shaun Murphy; Wu Yize aliases Mark Allen – whoever emerges victorious from Saturday’s champion of 33-frame semi-finals collide connected Sunday successful nan Crucible climax. Daniel Harris has frame-by-frame commentary while Aaron Bower reports from Sheffield.
Premier League
3.30pmManchester United v Liverpool live
What was erstwhile nan most-anticipated conflict successful English shot is simply a much of a sideshow these days, but location are still plentifulness of crippled lines to follow. Liverpool are buzzing again aft 3 successive Premier League wins and Sunday’s consequence could beryllium important successful nan conflict for Champions League qualification. Mohamed Salah misses retired pinch a musculus wounded but is expected to return earlier nan extremity of nan season. United person improved considerably nether caretaker Michael Carrick. They beryllium 3rd successful nan table, 3 points up of Liverpool, and request 2 much points to unafraid a top-five decorativeness and a spot among Europe’s elite adjacent season. Rob Smyth hosts nan blog, pinch Jamie Jackson and Andy Hunter reporting from Old Trafford.
Premier League
7pmAston Villa v Tottenham live
It seems for illustration 1 measurement forward, 1 measurement backmost for Spurs these days. Tottenham claimed a desperately needed first Premier League triumph successful 16 matches past play pinch a 1-0 triumph astatine Wolves only for their precarious endurance hopes to suffer crushing wounded blows to Xavi Simons and Dominic Solanke. An already crowded curen room intends Roberto De Zerbi’s options are narrowing accelerated arsenic a autumn done nan top-tier trapdoor edges person for nan first clip since 1977. Spurs stay 2 points from information earlier nan weekend, a spread which could agelong to 5 by kick-off connected Sunday, depending connected West Ham’s consequence against Brentford. They meet Unai Emery’s Villa, who are hoping to get their Champions League bid backmost connected way aft losing to Fulham past clip retired successful nan convention and went down 1-0 to Nottingham Forest connected Thursday successful nan Europa League. Luke McLaughlin buckles up pinch minute-by-minute updates and Ben Fisher reports from Villa Park.
Formula One
9pmMiami Grand Prix live
Kimi Antonelli holds nan apical spot successful nan Formula One drivers’ standings, but nan youngster faces a adjacent conflict erstwhile nan rubber hits nan roadworthy connected Sunday. Antonelli swept nan F1’s two-race enactment successful Asia, winning nan Chinese and Japanese grands prix aft earning rod position some times. That came aft Mercedes teammate George Russell opened nan play by capturing nan Australian GP. Antonelli and Russell are first and 2nd successful nan drivers’ standings, pinch Russell only 9 points disconnected nan pace. Ferrari are proving Mercedes’ closest rival truthful far. Mercedes leads Ferrari 135 points to 90 successful nan manufacturers’ standings, and nan men successful scarlet, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, inhabit nan 3rd and 4th spots successful nan drivers’ standings. The commencement clip of nan title could beryllium moved up because of nan consequence of terrible thunderstorms. Watch this abstraction arsenic Tom Lutz steers nan lap-by-lap title blog.
