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Saturday
Commonwealth Games
10am-10pm Day 2 live
The Commonwealth Games person historically served arsenic a staging station for early stars. While Glasgow’s reduced 10-sport and six para-sport arena whitethorn not transportation nan lustre of old, there’s a consciousness of uplift astir this edition, not slightest owed to King Charles’s opening ceremonial Tardis scene-stealer. With 9 golds up for grabs, Saturday’s highlights see Adam Ramsay-Peaty seeking golden successful nan 100m breaststroke last (9.04pm). As good arsenic each nan nosy of nan mixed 4x100m freestyle relay (9.11pm), nan 18-year-old Filip Nowacki – world inferior 100m and 200m breaststroke champion – is looking to go Jersey’s first Commonwealth medallist since 1990. In nan creator gymnastics women’s squad final, England are aiming to take sides nan title they won successful 2022. There’s plentifulness of netball action too, pinch each 4 location nations opening their campaigns. Scotland commencement against New Zealand, who claimed bronze successful Birmingham. Will Unwin helms our unrecorded blog, pinch Sean Ingle and Yara El-Shaboury reporting from Glasgow.
Cycling
12pmTour de France live
Alpe d’Huez hosts a 2nd straight acme decorativeness connected Saturday to reason the Tour de France’s aggravated Alpine trilogy. The Tour returns to nan celebrated highest for nan first clip successful four years, erstwhile Britain’s Tom Pidcock claimed triumph successful 2022. On its first quality successful 1952, Fausto Coppi claimed triumph but it wasn’t until 24 years later that La Grande Boucle returned. Saturday’s 170.9km way from Bourg-d’Oisans ramps up nan difficulty, featuring 5,450m of climbing and 4 categorised ascents. The shape includes a daunting approach to Alpe d’Huez via nan Col de Sarenne. Tadej Pogacar has a large lead successful nan title for nan yellowish jersey, but his squad are struggling pinch a sickness bug. Tom Bassam’s shape 20 rolling blog will seizure each nan thrills and spills, pinch Jeremy Whittle reporting.
Horse racing
12pmAscot live
Ascot is group to shape a genuinely world renewal of nan King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (3.35pm) pinch past year’s winner, Calandagan, facing up to 8 rivals, including his stablemate Goliath. Jointly owned by an American successful John Stewart, Goliath will beryllium ridden by nan Belgian Christophe Soumillon, who hopes to debar a repetition of his Royal Ascot tally successful nan Hardwicke Stakes, erstwhile he mislaid an robust successful nan closing stages. Aidan O’Brien has a beardown manus arsenic he looks to extremity a 10-year drought successful nan title since Highland Reel’s 2016 victory. He runs this year’s Irish Derby winner, Benvenuto Cellini, past year’s Derby hero, Lambourn, nan Dante runner-up Action and nan filly Minnie Hauk, a aggregate Group One victor past season. The only UK-trained runner is Andrew Balding’s mare Kalpana, doubly a victor astatine Ascot connected Champions Day. Given she gave Calandagan nan astir to do successful this title past year, her way shape stands up to scrutiny. Greg Wood helms our unrecorded racing blog.
Formula One
4pmHungarian Grand Prix qualifying
Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton could spell into Formula One’s August break connected a Hungarian precocious this play while nan title leaders, Mercedes, activity urgent answers to George Russell’s car woes. Russell’s plight, pinch his car losing chunks of clip connected nan straights, has dominated paddock chatter arsenic his 19-year-old Italian teammate Kimi Antonelli goes from spot to spot pinch six wins successful 10 rounds. The Briton is now 50 points adrift of Antonelli aft spinning disconnected into nan gravel successful Belgium past Sunday for his 3rd DNF of nan year. That blank fto Hamilton backmost into 2nd spot overall, 45 points down Antonelli, and nan Hungaroring is simply a favourite for nan seven-time world champion, who won six of his titles pinch Mercedes earlier moving to Maranello. Philip Cornwall has each nan action, thigh by thrilling lap.
Sunday
Commonwealth Games
10am-10pmDay 3 live
Another large netball time successful Glasgow, and a conflict of titans arsenic Australia look England successful Pool A. The Diamonds ended England’s defence pinch a 60-51 semi-final triumph astatine Birmingham NEC 4 years agone earlier going connected to declare gold. It was saccharine revenge for nan Aussies, who were denied nan title by their aged Ashes foes successful melodramatic manner successful nan last 2nd connected nan Gold Coast successful 2018. This whitethorn beryllium a group match, but don’t expect either broadside to dial down nan intensity. In Pool B, Wales face Scotland. There’s much action successful nan pool, wherever Australian swimmers are judge to dominate: Olympic and world champion and world record-holder, Cameron McEvoy, goes for golden successful nan men’s 50m freestyle. In nan boxing ring, Scotland’s first female British champion Stephanie Kernachan competes successful nan women’s bantamweight past 16. Last twelvemonth she became nan first Scottish female to compete astatine a boxing world championships. It’s besides a time for medals successful creator gymnastics and weightlifting. Daniel Harris helms nan blog.
Formula One
3pmHungarian Grand Prix live
Kimi Antonelli has won six of 10 grands prix this play and nan 19-year-old Formula One title leader, successful conscionable his 2nd season, heads into Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix pinch a 45-point buffer astatine nan apical of nan standings. Lewis Hamilton, nan man whose spot he filled astatine Mercedes, is his closest rival, pinch nan Italian’s teammate, George Russell, a further 5 points back. At nan backmost of nan field, nan well-funded but hugely disappointing Aston Martin squad – pinch conscionable 1 constituent scored this twelvemonth – person introduced a awesome upgrade package from their creation chief, Adrian Newey. John Brewin hosts our lap-by-lap coverage.
Cycling
3pmTour de France live
After 3 weeks of aggravated action, nan large loop lands successful Paris for nan finale and different cobbled climb of Montmartre, pinch Tadej Pogacar connected nan verge of a record-equalling 5th Tour de France, aged only 27. Should he debar nan unwellness sweeping done his UAE Team Emirates-XRG teammates and triumph connected Sunday, nan Slovene would subordinate nan greats successful nan Tour pantheon. The Spaniard Miguel Indurain won nan Grande Boucle 5 times successful a statement from 1991 to 1995. Eddy Merckx, Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault person besides claimed 5 triumphs. Pogacar has plentifulness much successful nan vessel and could spell connected to triumph respective much Tours – an intimidating imaginable for nan remainder of nan field. Tom Bassam hosts nan final-stage rolling blog.
