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Saturday
Football
8am (all times BST)Matchday live
A bumper play will person kicked disconnected connected Friday nighttime pinch West Ham v Wolves, a lucifer that could mean Spurs fans waking up successful nan relegation zone, aliases Hammers fans lamenting a nonaccomplishment to hit nan bottommost side. Emillia Hawkins will beryllium picking complete that, and each nan buildup to a Saturday erstwhile immoderate promotion and relegation issues could beryllium settled arsenic nan EFL play enters nan location straight. Send your thoughts to [email protected]
Cricket
11amCounty Championship information two, time 2 live
A lively opening information of games complete Easter produced only 3 affirmative results because of immoderate fantabulous rearguard actions, and Tanya Aldred is astatine Old Trafford to spot if Jimmy Anderson’s Lancashire tin get complete nan disappointment of being denied by Northants’ past brace surviving 15 overs and 3 balls; Derbyshire are nan visitors. Tanya will beryllium keeping a upwind oculus connected nan action from each nan grounds, and so connected nan skies supra them. You tin return portion by mailing Tanya aliases commenting beneath nan line.
Horse racing
11am, pinch nan large title astatine 4pmGrand National
The biggest time successful nan racing almanac is pinch america and Tony Paley is your guideline to events astatine Aintree, pinch John Brewin stepping successful for nan main event. Greg Wood and Sean Ingle will beryllium reporting from nan course, and you tin cheque retired Greg’s guide to each nan Grand National runners if you want to person an informed punt alternatively than sticking a pin successful it. All we cognize for judge is that Nick Rockett, past year’s winner, will not beryllium repeating that occurrence aft being pulled retired because of a cough. Does that unfastened up nan doorway for I Am Maximus, victor successful 2024 and runner-up past year, to reclaim nan crown?
Football
12.30pmArsenal v Bournemouth live
The Premier League leaders recovered from their double cup blip by winning 1-0 successful Lisbon against Sporting connected Tuesday, and, for each nan talk of their stumbling, they tin spell 12 points clear overnight pinch 3 points here. On nan different hand, if Andoni Iraola’s broadside were to repetition their 2-1 triumph astatine nan Emirates Stadium past May, past Manchester City would beryllium 9 points down pinch 2 games successful manus and their location crippled against Mikel Arteta’s broadside to come. Barry Glendenning will travel nan action live, while Ed Aarons and Paul MacInnes will beryllium reporting from nan ground.
Football
12.30pmClockwatch
If Millwall person stumbled astatine West Brom connected Friday night, this could beryllium nan time erstwhile Coventry seal their return to nan Premier League aft 25 years, and sloppy of events astatine nan Hawthorns Frank Lampard’s broadside tin each but decorativeness nan job, fixed their immense extremity quality advantage, by polishing disconnected long-since-relegated Sheffield Wednesday successful 1 of nan lunchtime games. Bromley, too, could beryllium going up, from League Two, though may, for illustration Coventry, request a helping manus successful 3pm KOs to corroborate it, moreover if they triumph astatine MK Dons. Northampton, meanwhile, are connected League One doomwatch. In nan Premier League 3pms, Burnley really request to dent Brighton’s slim European hopes if they are to guidelines immoderate faint chance of survival, while Brentford and Everton some request a triumph erstwhile they meet to committedness Champions League qualification, now that extends to 5th place. In Scotland, Hearts request to hit Motherwell pinch their lead now down to 1 point, while Celtic – boosted by nan post-split fixture database – tin burnish their title credentials against St Mirren. Andy McGrath will shepherd you done it all.
Rugby union
2.25pmEngland Women v Ireland Women
The world champions and Six Nations winners for nan past 7 years footwear disconnected their run astatine Twickenham against Ireland, and Daniel Gallan will screen each effort and footwear live, earlier Sarah Rendell reports from south-west London. John Mitchell’s broadside are overmuch changed from nan XV that hit Canada successful September’s World Cup final, acknowledgment to a operation of retirements, injuries and pregnancies, but Ellie Kildunne – runner-up successful nan BBC’s Sports Personality of nan Year grant – will dream to beryllium arsenic lethal arsenic ever.
Football
5.30pmLiverpool v Fulham live
Arne Slot’s embattled champions past won a convention crippled connected 28 February – albeit that’s only 3 winless matches since – and person had a rocky week, surrendering astatine Manchester City successful nan FA Cup and clinging connected by their fingernails astatine PSG successful nan Champions League. Fulham, meanwhile, are connected nan fringes of nan European qualification conversation. What likelihood a Harry Wilson victor backmost astatine Anfield? Rob Smyth is astatine nan minute-by-minute helm, while Andy Hunter reports from Merseyside.
Golf
6pmThe Masters’ 3rd information live
Never mind nan clocks changing, nan harbinger of nan sporting outpouring is seeing Augusta National successful afloat flower. Of people for nan players immoderate will beryllium packing their bags already, aft failing to make Friday night’s cut, but location are worse places to person spent a fewer days, moreover if they extremity successful disappointment, particularly pinch nan cleanable upwind Georgia has been enjoying. Scott Murray, arsenic ever, is your master guideline to moving day, while Ewan Murray and Andy Bull are among nan patrons.
Boxing
8pm onwardsTyson Fury v Arslanbek Makhmudov and undercard
There is thing awkward astir Tyson Fury and, for nan 5th time, location is nary longer thing retiring astir him, arsenic he steps backmost into nan ringing 15 months aft his 2nd conclusion by Oleksandr Usyk. Thirteen years connected from saying: “I’ve retired 1,000,000%; nary matter what, I’ll ne'er conflict again,” arsenic he retired for nan first time, Fury ends his 5th sabbatical by facing nan Russian/Dagestani Arslanbek Makhmudov astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Alex Reid will supply blow-by-blow coverage, while Donald McRae reports from ringside.
Sunday
Football
8amMatchday live
Regardless of really West Ham fared against Wolves connected Friday night, Sunday’s crippled astatine Sunderland is simply a large trial for Tottenham and their caller manager, Roberto De Zerbi. The Italian returns to nan Premier League having muddied his estimation a touch astatine Marseille, but pinch a five-year statement arsenic Spurs effort desperately to debar relegation. Dominic Booth will person each nan buildup to this and nan day’s different matches, and will return a look astatine nan champion and worst of Saturday’s action. Email [email protected] pinch your views
Cricket
11amCounty Championship information two, time 3 live
Essex were nan only Division One winners successful nan first information of matches, beating Hampshire by an innings astatine nan Rose Bowl; this week nan early leaders are astatine location to Somerset, who had nan amended of their location tie against nan defending champions, Nottinghamshire. Notts, successful turn, are playing Glamorgan astatine Trent Bridge. Tanya Aldred will person updates from each nan matches, but pinch typical attraction connected events taking spot successful beforehand of her astatine Old Trafford arsenic Lancashire return connected Derbyshire. Take portion by mailing Tanya aliases commenting beneath nan line.
Football
2pmClockwatch
Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa is an intriguing match-up betwixt 2 sides pinch divided focus: some achieved creditable results successful their Europa League quarter-final first legs connected Thursday and will person beardown hopes of progressing, but Villa person slipped to 4th aft winning 1 of their past 5 convention games and Forest request to fend disconnected relegation fears. Forest’s past convention crippled did them a powerfulness of good: nan 3-0 triumph astatine Tottenham, which near Spurs dicing pinch nan bottommost 3 themselves. They are astatine Sunderland, while Crystal Palace – Conference League emblem flyers – big Newcastle. Daniel Harris has news of each these matches, positive immoderate fallout from Rangers’ noon kick-off astatine Falkirk.
Football
4.30pmChelsea v Manchester City live
At slightest 1 broadside will beryllium near emotion bluish astatine nan extremity of this conflict betwixt nan sides starting nan play successful sixth and second. City surely request a triumph to person immoderate chance of overhauling Arsenal astatine nan top, while Chelsea will beryllium seventh astatine kick-off if Saturday’s Brentford v Everton crippled has produced a affirmative result. A tie would suit neither. Rob Smyth will beryllium your guideline arsenic nan crippled unfolds, while Jacob Steinberg and Barney Ronay are astatine Stamford Bridge.
Golf
6pmThe Masters’ last information live
All Masters Sundays are memorable successful portion but immoderate are utterly unforgettable. Last year, Rory McIlroy and a gallant Justin Rose fought each different to nan extremity of regularisation and beyond earlier nan Northern Irishman won nan playoff, nan Green Jacket and nan profession expansive slam. Thirty years ago, Greg Norman teed disconnected against Nick Faldo successful nan last pairing pinch a six-stroke lead but changeable a 78, while nan Englishman made a 67 to triumph by five. There is nary amended guideline to nan action arsenic it happens than Scott Murray, while Ewan Murray (no relation) and Andy Bull (also nary narration …) are connected manus to spot who gets to prime nan paper for adjacent year’s champions’ dinner.
