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Saturday
World Cup 2026
8am (all times BST)World Cup news liveblog
Another colossal time for England arsenic Thomas Tuchel’s Three Lions complete their group fixtures nether escalating unit pursuing nan goalless tie pinch Ghana. Our rolling liveblog squad of Taha Hashim, Billy Munday, Alex Reid and John Brewin will beryllium pinch you each nan measurement successful nan buildup to Saturday night’s crippled against Panama successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. There’ll beryllium plentifulness much too, pinch each nan latest breaking news and updates arsenic nan past 32 shape takes shape. Plus guidance to nan mouthwatering duel betwixt Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland aft France faced Norway and Spain met Uruguay successful nan prime of Friday’s matches.
Cricket
11am England v New Zealand live
It’s time 3 of nan 3rd and deciding Test astatine Trent Bridge and Tim de Lisle and James Wallace will helm our basal over-by-over coverage. Ben Stokes’ return to world work has truthful acold been a gripping matter during a relentless heatwave. England’s skipper is backmost successful nan fold since nan incident successful a London nightclub that led to him and nan accelerated bowler Gus Atkinson being issued written behaviour warnings, while being cleared of immoderate wrongdoing successful an altercation pinch a Saracens player. England mislaid heavy astatine nan Oval successful his absence and Stokes understands he is nether immense unit to present a victory. Reporting from Nottingham are Ali Martin, Andy Bull and Simon Burton.
Formula One
3pmAustrian GP qualifying live
Philip Cornwall clambers into nan liveblog cockpit for lap-by-lap sum of qualifying for nan eighth of 22 scheduled rounds. A resurgent Lewis Hamilton heads into this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix firmly successful nan title chat aft he charged to his first Ferrari triumph astatine nan erstwhile information successful Spain. Hamilton’s triumph ended a 686-day hold for a main-race triumph aft an disfigured first play successful reddish wherever he grounded to grounds a azygous podium. The British seasoned is 2nd successful nan standings, 41 points down Mercedes’s 19-year-old Kimi Antonelli. Giles Richards reports from nan Red Bull Ring.
Women’s T20 World Cup
6.30pmEngland v New Zealand live
Danni Wyatt-Hodge powered England into nan semi-finals pinch a well-crafted 65 successful a 38-run triumph complete nan West Indies astatine Lord’s. That made it 4 wins from 4 successful nan location tourney aft they posted 186 for seven, pinch Wyatt-Hodge hitting 8 fours successful a good 42-ball innings earlier being tally out. The triumph secured a last-four berth and apical spot successful Group B, ensuring nary semi-final gathering pinch nan Group A leaders and six-time T20 champions, Australia. For Saturday’s last group fixture pinch New Zealand, Taha Hashim will helm nan liveblog, pinch Raf Nicholson reporting from nan Oval.
World Cup 2026
10pm (5pm ET)England v Panama live
England caput into their last Group L crippled keen to return apical spot with a win, contempt a frustrating 0-0 tie pinch Ghana that drew disapproval for nan team’s deficiency of attacking threat. The dazzling 4-2 victory complete Croatia successful their opener suggested Thomas Tuchel’s broadside mightiness yet person recovered nan blend of talent and authority required to extremity six decades of hurt. Then came Ghana and a goalless tie that brought England backmost down to earth, exposing nan acquainted frustrations that person haunted them astatine awesome tournaments. Still, nan Three Lions look already-eliminated Panama, knowing triumph will springiness them a awesome chance of finishing apical of nan group. Scott Murray brings nan sound arsenic blog big pinch our reporting squad of David Hytner, Jacob Steinberg, Barney Ronay and Ed Aarons reporting from New Jersey.
World Cup 2026
10pm (5pm ET)Croatia v Ghana live
Croatia and Ghana spell into Saturday’s last Group L crippled pinch their World Cup destiny successful their ain hands, and a tie could nonstop some sides into nan past 32. Ghana are 2nd successful nan group, level connected 4 points pinch nan leaders, England. Croatia are 1 constituent down successful third, and cannot decorativeness immoderate little having beaten fourth-placed Panama. Croatia whitethorn request a tie to guarantee they declare 1 of nan eight champion third-placed berths successful nan knockout round, and will beryllium leaving nothing to chance. Will Unwin has minute-by-minute coverage, while Paul MacInnes and Leander Schaerlaeckens are our lucifer reporters.
Sunday
World Cup 2026
From 12.30am (7.30pm ET)Final group games live
The 48-team group stages travel to a close: subordinate america for unmissable unrecorded coverage of Colombia v Portugal, nan Democratic Republic of nan Congo v Uzbekistan successful Group K, positive Algeria v Austria and Lionel Messi’s Argentina v Jordan successful Group J.
World Cup 2026
8am-6.30pmWorld Cup news liveblog
Updates, guidance and much from England’s last group game, positive each nan latest arsenic nan last-32 lineup takes shape. Join John Brewin, Billy Munday and Yara El-Shaboury as they way each nan latest news and look guardant to co-hosts Canada facing South Africa successful Los Angeles successful nan first of nan World Cup’s knockout matches.
Cricket
11amEngland v New Zealand live
James Wallace and Tanya Aldred return up nan baton for unrecorded sum of time 4 of nan bid decider astatine Trent Bridge. Join them present for over-by-over updates.
Formula One
2pmAustrian Grand Prix live
And truthful to nan Red Bull Ring, wherever McLaren vanished one-two past twelvemonth connected their measurement to winning some titles. That power has faded fast, pinch nan squad 3rd successful nan constructors’ standings, a whopping 121 points down nan pacesetters, Mercedes, aft 7 rounds. Oscar Piastri has had an up-and-down season, with nan Australian failing to commencement nan first 2 races successful Australia and China but past finishing second successful Japan and 3rd successful Miami. His teammate Lando Norris, reigning champion and past year’s victor successful Spielberg, was 2nd successful Miami and 3rd successful Barcelona this month. Kimi Antonelli stands 41 points clear of Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton successful nan championship, but the business could alteration quickly. Dominic Booth has lap-by-coverage, pinch Giles Richards reporting.
Women’s T20 World Cup
2.30pm (11.30pm AEST) Australia v India live
Two powerhouses of women’s cricket meet astatine Lord’s connected Sunday. Sophie Molineux’s Australia, pinch their spot successful nan semi-finals almost assured, person nan chance to sound Harmanpreet Kaur’s India retired of nan tournament. But India stay assured they tin gain nan triumph complete their aged rivals that would astir apt gain them a reprieve, pipping South Africa for nan 2nd spot successful nan group and enabling them to beforehand to nan past four. Join america for over-by-over sum from Cameron Ponsonby, positive reports from Raf Nicholson and Geoff Lemon.
World Cup
8pm (3pm ET)South Africa v Canada live
Daniel Harris brings unrecorded sum of nan first crippled successful nan World Cup’s past 32. Canada must time off location turf and caput to Los Angeles aft finishing 2nd successful Group B, while South Africa edged into nan runner-up spot successful Group A pinch triumph complete South Korea. Taking connected different broadside making their knockout debut, Jesse Marsch’s co-hosts person a awesome chance to make nan past 16 – but Bafana Bafana cannot beryllium taken lightly. An intriguing conflict awaits.
