понедельник, 17 сентября 2012 г.

The sporting week; Richard Morgan picks the highlights on TV.(Features) - The Mirror (London, England)

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ATHLETICS

Great Britain v Scandinavia Russia and an International All Star team, Sunday, BBC2, 2.05pm, Live.

CRICKET

Sri Lanka v England Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Sky Sports 2, 6am, 7am. Highlights, C4, 7pm (Sat), 7.30pm (Sun), 11.55pm (Mon). The final three days of the third Test from Colombo. Nasser Hussain and the boys conclude their quest against Sri Lanka. Live.

West Indies v South Africa Saturday, Sky Sports Extra, 2pm, 4.30pm. Sunday, Sky Sports 3 and Sky Sports Extra, 2pm, 4.30pm and 6.30pm. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sky Sports Extra, 2pm and 4.30pm. Carl Hooper's side have a tough task in Trinidad.

Sri Lanka v England Friday, Sky Sports 2, 3.45am, 6am and 8am, and highlights Saturday C4, 12.30am. The first one-day international, from the Premedasa Stadium, Colombo. Sri Lanka are the former World Champions and are notoriously hard to beat on home soil in this form of cricket. Live.

CYCLING

Paris-Nice Saturday, Eurosport, 3.30pm, Live.

FOOTBALL

Football Focus Saturday, BBC1, 12.20pm. News, views and interviews.

On The Ball Saturday, ITV, 1.10pm. Football chat show hosted by Barry Venison and Gabby Yorath.

Match of the Day, Saturday, BBC1, 10.30pm. Featured games to be decided nearer to the day.

Spanish Football Saturday, Sky Sports 3, 7.30pm, Live.

Gazzetta Football Italia Saturday, C4, 10am. Goals and highlights from last week's Serie A fixtures.

Wolves v West Bromwich Albion Sunday, Sky Sports 2 and Sky Sports Extra, 12pm. A Black Country derby as Wolves, under new coach Dave Jones, attempt to spoil West Brom's promotion challenge. Live.

Aston Villa v Arsenal Sunday, Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports Extra, 3pm. A key game for Arsene Wenger's side as they attempt to seal second place in the Premiership. Live.

Spanish Football Sunday, Sky Sports 3, 6.30pm, Live action from La Primera Liga.

Football Italia Sunday, C4, 1.45pm. Live.

Eurogoals Monday, Eurosport, 5.30pm and 10.15pm. All the goals from Europe's leagues.

Champions League Review Monday, ITV, 11.30pm. Last week's action reviewed.

England U-18 v Poland U-18 Thursday, Sky Sports 1, 8pm. A crucial qualifier for England's promising U-18s from White Hart Lane. Live.

England U-21 v Finland U-21 Friday, Sky Sports 1, 7.45pm. Having drawn 2-2 with Finland in Helsinki last October, England will be looking for a victory on home soil. Live.

FORMULA ONE

Malaysian GP Qualifying - Saturday, ITV, 4.30am live, and 2.25pm. The race - Sunday, ITV, 6.45am live, and 1.30pm. See Pick Of The Week.

GENERAL

Onside Monday, BBC1, 10.25pm. With Lennox Lewis, Frank Bruno and Matthew Pinsent.

GOLF

Bay Hill Invitational Saturday, Sky Sports 2, 8pm. Sunday, Sky Sports 2, 7.20pm. Tiger Woods won this tournament last year by four shots from Davis Love III and he will be favourite to repeat that feat this time. Live.

Players Championship Thursday, Friday, Sky Sports 2, 4.30pm. Day one from Ponte Verde in Florida. Hal Sutton is the holder here having sensationally got the better of Tiger Woods last year. Live.

HORSE RACING

Uttoxeter Saturday, BBC2, 1.10pm. Live

Lingfield Saturday, C4, 2.35pm.

Doncaster Thursday, C4, 1.55pm.

Doncaster Friday, C4, 1.55pm.

MOTOR RACING

Indy Racing League Sunday, Sky Sports 3, 9pm. Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200. Live.

RALLYING

The Rally Of Portugal Sunday, BBC2, 1.35pm. Can Britain's Richard Burns repeat his victory here last year to reignite his championship challenge to Harri Rovanpera and four times world champion Tommi Makinen? Live.

RUGBY LEAGUE

Castleford Tigers v Wigan Warriors Saturday, Sky Sports 1, 6pm. Live.

Wigan Warriors v Leeds Rhinos Friday, Sky Sports 3, 7.30pm. Live. Wigan look to make a solid start to this year's Superleague following victory in their opening game of the season.

RUGBY UNION

Leicester v Newcastle Saturday, Sky Sports 2, 12pm. Zurich Premiership, live.

France v Wales Saturday, BBC1, 2pm. There's always a fantastic atmosphere when the Welsh travel to Paris and the Stade de France, although neither team will be challenging for honours this time around. Live.

Scotland v Italy Saturday, BBC1, 4pm. This could well turn out to be the battle for the wooden spoon between this year's two under-achievers of the Six Nations. Live.

SKI JUMPING

World Cup Saturday, Sunday, Eurosport, 10am, Live from Planica in Slovenia.

TENNIS

WTA Tournament Saturday, ONsport 1, 7.30pm, semi-final, live. Sunday, ONsport 1, 7.30pm, final, live. Britain's Tim Henman reached the final in Indian Wells, USA, last year, losing to Australia's Lleyton Hewitt but, given his current run of good form, don't bet against him going one better. This is one of the biggest WTA Tour events of the season and Henman must be feeling confident, now that Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi have both been dumped out.

PICK OF

THE WEEK

MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX Sunday, ITV, 6.45am, repeated 1.30pm. Current F1 world champion Michael Schumacher will be going for his sixth straight victory in his Ferrari here. Scotland's David Coulthard (left) managed second place behind the German in Melbourne, so a win here for the McClaren ace would at least put him equal top of the table. Two-times champion Mika Hakkinen has yet to break his duck and will desperately want a podium finish at this superb, yet relatively new, circuit after disappointing his fans in Melbourne.