Handy Guide to Sport on Television this Week

Saturday, August 22nd – Sunday, Aug 23rd

SATURDAY (AUG 22ND)

ATHLETICS BBC 2, 0.05am-5.30am, 11.05am-12.10pm, 5pm-6pm
BBC 1, 12.10pm-3pm
Eurosport, midnight-6.30am, 11am-2.45pm
Beijing World Championships

RUGBY Sky Sports 3 from 8.30am
ITM Cup
(8.35) Otago v Hawkes Bay

CRICKET Sky Sports 2 from 10.30am
5th Test, D3 England v Australia

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SOCCER BT Sport 2 from 11.30am
(12.00) Dundee Utd v Celtic

SOCCER BBC 1, 11.30am-noon
Previews Football Focus

GAA TG4 from noon
Women's Senior Football Quarter-finals
(12.30) Armagh v Donegal
(2.15) Dublin v Monaghan

GOLF Sky Sports 4, noon-4pm
Farso Made in Denmark

SOCCER BT Sport 1 from noon
(12.45) Manchester Utd v Newcastle Utd

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from noon
(12.30) Leeds Utd v Sheffield Wednesday

F1 Sky Sports F1 from noon
BBC 2 from 12.10pm
Qualifying Belgian Grand Prix

HORSE Channel 4, 1.30pm-4.15pm
RACING York, Sandown & Chester

RUGBY Sky Sports 3 from 1.35pm
(1.40) La Rochelle v Clermont Auvergne

SOCCER Setanta from 2.30pm
(3.00) Leicester v Tottenham

RUGBY LEAGUE Sky Sports 1 from 3pm
(3.00) Leigh Centurions v Wakefield Wildcats
(5.00) Catalans Dragons v Castleford Tigers

EQUESTRIAN BBC 1, 3pm-4.30pm
Aachen Euro Team Jumping Championships

TENNIS Sky Sports 3 Red Button from 4pm
Sky Sports 4, 2am-4am
ATP Western & Southern Open

GAA TG4 from 3.50pm
All-Ireland U-21 Hurling Semi-finals
(4.00) Wexford v Antrim
(6.00) Galway v Limerick

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 5pm
(5.15) Cardiff City v Wolverhampton

RUGBY LEAGUE Sky Sports 5 from 5pm
(5.00) Catalan v Castleford

SOCCER BT Sport 2 from 5pm
(5.00) Verona v AS Roma

SOCCER BT Sport Europe from 5.15pm
(5.30) Hamburg v Stuttgart

SOCCER Sky Sports 3 from 5.25pm
(5.30) Deportivo La Coruna v Real Sociedad
(7.30) Atletico Madrid v Las Palmas
(9.30) Rayo Vallecano v Valencia

SOCCER Sky Sports 3 Red Button
(5.30) Espanyol v Getafe

CYCLING Eurosport, 5.45pm-8pm
The Vuelta Stage 1: Team time-trial

GOLF Sky Sports 4, 6pm-11pm
Sedgefield CC Wyndham Championship

SOCCER Sky Sports 4 Red Button
(6.45) Heerenveen v PSV Eindhoven

RUGBY BT Sport 1 from 7pm
(7.00) Italy v Scotland

RUGBY Sky Sports 1 from 7.30pm
(8.00) France v England

TENNIS BT Sport 2, 8pm-10.30pm
WTA Western & Southern Open final

GOLF Sky Sports 4 Red Button
(8.00) US Amateur Championship

SOCCER Setanta, 8.30pm-10.05pm
BBC 1, 10.20pm-11.40pm
Highlights English Premier League

SUNDAY (AUG 23RD)

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from midnight
(0.00) DC United v San Jose Earthquakes

ATHLETICS BBC 2, 1.30am-6am, 11am-3pm, 7pm-8pm
Eurosport, midnight-6am, 11am-2.45pm, 5.45pm-7.45pm
Eurosport 2, 6am-8am
Beijing World Championships

CRICKET Sky Sports 3 from 8.55am
2nd ODI South Africa v New Zealand

CRICKET Sky Sports 2 from 10am
5th Test, D4 England v Australia

GOLF Sky Sports 4, 11.30am-4pm
Himmerland Made in Denmark

F1 Sky Sports F1 from 11.30am
BBC 1, 12.10pm-3.30pm
Setanta, 12.55pm-3pm
Race day Belgian Grand Prix

SOCCER Sky Sports 5 from noon
(12.30) Rangers v Hibernian

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 12.30pm
(1.30) West Bromwich Albion v Chelsea
(4.00) Everton v Manchester City

SOCCER BT Sport 1 from 1pm
(1.00) Lille v Bordeaux

GAA TG4 from 1pm
(1.30) MF: Derry v Kerry

SOCCER BT Sport Europe from 2.15pm
(2.30) Ingolstadt v B Dortmund

TRIATHLON BT Sport 2, 2.30pm-4.45pm
BBC 2, 3pm-4.15pm, 5.15pm-6pm
Stockholm ITU World Series

GAA RTE 2 from 2.45pm
Sky Sports 5 from 3pm
(3.30) SFC: Kerry v Tyrone

CYCLING Eurosport, 3pm-4.45pm
The Vuelta Stage 2: To Caminito Del Rey

SOCCER Sky Sports 5 Red Button
(3.45) Feyenoord v Vitesse Arnhem

EQUESTRIAN BBC 2, 4.15pm-5.15pm
TG4, 4.25pm-5.25pm
Aachen Euro Jumping Championships

SOCCER BT Sport 2 from 4.45pm
(5.00) Juventus v Udinese

SOCCER Sky Sports 3 from 5pm
(5.30) Athletic Bilbao v Barcelona
(7.30) Sporting Gijon v Real Madrid
(9.30) Real Betis v Villarreal

CYCLING TG4, 5.25pm-6.25pm
Highlights Junior Tour of Ireland

TENNIS Sky Sports 5, 6pm-8.30pm
ATP Western & Southern Open final

GOLF Sky Sports 4, 6pm-11pm
Greensboro Wyndham Championship

SOCCER BT Sport Europe from 7.45pm
(7.45) Fiorentina v AC Milan

GOLF Sky Sports 4 Red Button 8pm
Sky Sports 4, 11pm-1am
Illinois US Amateur Championship

SOCCER Sky Sports 3 Red Button
(9.00) Levante v Celta Vigo

GAA RTÉ 2, 9.30pm-11pm
Highlights The Sunday Game

SOCCER Setanta, 10pm-11.15pm
BBC 1, 10.30pm-11.40pm
Highlights English Premier League

Damian Cullen

Damian Cullen

Damian Cullen is Health & Family Editor of The Irish Times