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Saturday
Football
11am-7pm (all times BST)Matchday live
The home run whitethorn beryllium done and dusted but, pinch nan World Cup heaving into position connected Thursday, Emilia Hawkins and Tom Bassam are primed for our last rolling blog of season. There’s still plentifulness of breaking news to support gait with, from nan managerial merry-go-round to nan latest transportation updates. And not forgetting nan buildup to Scotland and England’s World Cup warm-ups successful nan United States astatine 9pm. Join nan liveliest of shot conversations by sending your thoughts to [email protected].
Cricket
11amEngland v New Zealand live
England’s first Test since their ill-fated Ashes circuit has truthful acold been a typically topsy-turvy matter for nan hosts, a cavalcade of falling wickets pinch nan inclement upwind intruding connected play. Although Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes kept their jobs arsenic caput coach and skipper aft nan 4-1 drubbing successful Australia, that travel was surely nan extremity of nan section for nan all-action marque of cricket they built together. There has been talk of evolving and sharpening up their methods. A complete alteration of personality would beryllium a immense ask, leaving immoderate to mobility really overmuch of a displacement fans will spot this summer. Day 3 whitethorn connection immoderate clues, pinch James Wallace and Daniel Gallan helming our over-by-over coverage. Simon Burnton and Andy Bull study from Lord’s.
Horse racing
11.30amDerby day
To Epsom and nan the crown jewel of Flat racing, nan chance for nan harvest of nan sport’s apical three-year-old colts to prehend glory and stamp their names connected Thoroughbred history. There really is nary different title rather for illustration nan Derby, with Tony Paley helming nan unrecorded blog connected nan large time and Greg Wood reporting from nan thronging Surrey venue. They’re disconnected successful nan large title astatine 4pm and they will beryllium bringing each nan colour and action. There are storylines aplenty to unpick: can anyone forestall Aidan O’Brien from claiming a record-extending 12th triumph pinch Benvenuto Cellini? The Chester Vase victor is nan maestro of Ballydoyle’s large play connected Saturday, pinch 9 of his twelve victories achieved successful nan past 14 years. If nan crushed was quick, Benvenuto Cellini would person excessively overmuch class, but pinch nan rainfall having arrived successful caller days it is nary awesome astonishment nan money has travel for Pierre Bonnard, different of O’Brien’s 4 runners, and he mightiness travel of property complete a testing mile and a half.
Tennis
2pmFrench Open women's singles final
Roland Garros will witnesser a first-time expansive slam victor connected Saturday erstwhile nan Russian eighth seed, Mirra Andreeva, takes to nan tribunal to look Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska. The 114-ranked Chwalinska is successful sensational shape and has rolled done 9 consecutive victories crossed 3 weeks, losing only 1 set. She’s now conscionable a triumph distant from becoming nan first subordinate to triumph nan French Open arsenic a qualifier. All eyes will beryllium connected Philippe-Chatrier court. Katy Murrells is connected unrecorded blog work and Tumaini Carayol will beryllium reporting successful Paris.
Formula One
3pmMonaco Grand Prix qualifying live
Kimi Antonelli has emerged victorious successful nan past 4 races and nan Italian prodigy is 43 points clear of his Mercedes teammate George Russell, who won nan play opener successful Melbourne. But Monaco’s unsocial situation and comparatively slower corners are apt to level nan playing section considerably and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc is poised to extremity their domination connected his nan streets wherever he grew up. Leclerc, who has driven for Ferrari since 2019, has a typical relationship pinch nan unforgiving Monte Carlo layout having watched drivers specified as, er, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton roaring to triumph successful nan iconic race. The 28-year-old has been connected rod position 3 times successful nan past 5 years, won successful 2024 and rolled successful 2nd past year. Philip Cornwall steers nan lap-by-lap coverage, while Giles Richards files from Monte Carlo.
Football friendly
9pmBolivia v Scotland live
Scotland are backmost astatine nan World Cup for nan first clip since 1998, but this clip it is astir much than qualification. The exhilarating 4-2 triumph complete Denmark astatine Hampden Park successful November meant nan Scots topped their qualifying group to scope nan finals successful North America, wherever they will look Haiti and Morocco successful Foxborough, adjacent Boston, and Brazil successful Miami. Friendly defeats against Japan astatine Hampden and Côte d’Ivoire astatine Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium successful March, some 1-0, brought backmost a touch of reality. A 4-1 triumph against nan World Cup debutants Curaçao connected 30 May threw up a caller look successful 19-year-old Tyler Fletcher, nan boy of nan erstwhile Scotland skipper Darren, arsenic he made his debut arsenic a second-half substitute. The last lucifer earlier nan title starts is against Bolivia successful New Jersey, which should spot immoderate of Steve Clarke’s experimentation, tweaking aliases tinkering travel to an end. John Brewin hosts our unrecorded blog, pinch Ewan Murray reporting from nan Sports Illustrated Stadium.
Football friendly
9pmEngland v New Zealand live
England touched down successful nan United States connected Monday to statesman preparations successful sweltering Florida, pinch 3 friendlies lined up earlier nan buildup continues astatine their Kansas City base. Thomas Tuchel’s squad are hoping to extremity 60 years of wounded by winning nan trophy, but this will beryllium their biggest situation yet, fixed nan ambiance and logistics progressive successful a tourney spanning 3 countries and 4 clip zones. England look New Zealand astatine Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium, pinch their last warm-up against and Costa Rica to travel connected Wednesday. The Three Lions person besides added Miami United, who play successful nan 4th tier of US football, astatine Palm Beach Gardens, to their schedule for an unofficial lucifer astatine immoderate constituent successful between. They past played successful Miami successful a goalless tie pinch Honduras earlier their ill-fated 2014 World Cup successful Brazil. Scott Murray covers nan lucifer minute-by-minute, pinch David Hytner and Jacob Steinberg reporting from Tampa.
Sunday
Cricket
11amSurrey v Hampshire live
There’s a one-off County Championship derby conflict astatine nan Oval, pinch nan hosts looking to rebound from a large nonaccomplishment against Yorkshire by an innings and 127 runs astatine Headingley. Their grounds sounds won one, mislaid 1 and drawn 4 earlier they look their location counties neighbours. Hampshire make nan travel up nan M3 to Kennington aft drafting pinch top-ranked Notts but stay stone bottommost of Division One aft six games and a azygous victory. Tanya Aldred has over-by-over coverage.
Cricket
11amEngland v New Zealand live
Tim de Lisle and Daniel Gallan are connected platform for time 4 of nan first Test astatine Lord’s. And possibly it will beryllium a chance to spot really good Ben Stokes’ reinvention is faring. The England skipper has performed a agelong database of jobs for his state complete nan years and is now group for yet different renewal. After diminishing returns pinch nan bat complete nan past 18 months he has agreed to driblet down to No 7 successful nan order, swapping pinch Jamie Smith, and is besides considering revising his domiciled arsenic a imaginable opening bowler astatine times. Seizing nan infinitesimal is Ollie Robinson. After his Ashes struggles, nan England speedy is bringing immoderate accomplishment and power to an onslaught that became progressively ragged down under, completing a five-wicket haul connected time two, pinch figures of 5 for 39 arsenic New Zealand were skittled for 113.
Formula One
1pmMonaco Grand Prix live
The Canadian Grand Prix spiced up nan title title arsenic nan Mercedes teammates George Russell and Kimi Antonelli battled wheel-to-wheel for thigh aft lap, only for an motor nonaccomplishment connected nan latter’s car to spoil nan show. Yet Sunday’s expansive prix whitethorn spot an extremity to nan Silver Arrows’ power for now, pinch nan Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton mounting nan title pace. Their cars person a smaller turbocharger, which mightiness springiness them a quicker footwear of powerfulness retired of nan galore slow corners. For nan first time, location is simply a de facto velocity limiter reducing electrical powerfulness erstwhile nan car is travelling astatine much than 200kph (124 mph) connected information grounds, and nan new-for-2026 moving aerodynamic parts for straight-line velocity won’t beryllium utilized successful Monaco. Essentially, nan way is being treated for illustration 1 large corner. Mercedes, Red Bull and McLaren person fixed miniature “winglets” connected their cars for other downforce alternatively of nan components that would usually move nan wings. John Brewin keeps gait pinch nan action, thigh by lap, astatine nan helm of our unrecorded blog.
Tennis
2pmFrench Open men’s singles last live
Adriano Panatta was expecting to grant nan French Open trophy to Jannik Sinner 50 years aft his ain triumph successful Paris. Turns retired he whitethorn still manus complete nan Coupe des Mousquetaires to a chap Italian aft nan men’s singles last connected Sunday aft being invited by Roland Garros to return attraction of nan honours connected nan day of his 1976 triumph. Despite Sinner’s stunning nonaccomplishment successful nan 2nd round, Italy is assured to person a subordinate successful nan title lucifer since Flavio Cobolli faced his compatriot Matteo Arnaldi successful Friday’s semi-finals. An Italian man has not raised nan singles trophy successful Paris since nan 75-year-old Panatta, nan only subordinate ever to conclusion Björn Borg astatine Roland Garros. Daniel Harris helms nan blog, pinch Tumaini Carayol reporting.
