Pick Of The Week

Monday SKY SPORTS 1 (7.0) - Live Football: Spurs v Crystal Palace

Monday SKY SPORTS 1 (7.0) - Live Football: Spurs v Crystal Palace. "Christian Who's White and Navy Army," the Spurs fan may well sing tonight.

TnaG (9.0) - Ole Ole. Highlights of last Wednesday's Old Firm derby and Saturday's matches between Atletico Madrid and Valencia, Celtic and Dundee United and Rangers' game at Motherwell.

BBC1 (10.40) - On Side. Amongst tonight's guests are England cricket coach David Lloyd, who looks, ahem, forward to the winter tour of the West Indies, and John Fashanu, who gives his first full interview since he was acquitted of football corruption charges.

CHANNEL FOUR (11.35) - The American Football Big Match. Highlights of the weekend's big game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers.

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Tuesday

SKY SPORTS 3 (7.30) - Live Rugby Union: ERP (English Rugby Partnership) XV v New Zealand. Live coverage from Ashton Gate, Bristol. A team of Premier League players have the, er, pleasure, of taking on the All Blacks tonight. CHANNEL FOUR (9.0) - Cutting Edge: The Englishman and His Horse. A rare glimpse in to the world of the Jockey Club stewards, the unelected group of amateur officials who are the `turf's guardians of fair play'. TnaG (10.30) - All-Ireland Gold Hurl- ing: Clare v Cork (1978 Munster Final).

Wednesday

NETWORK TWO, UTV (7.30) - Live Football: Barcelona v Newcastle (Champions' League). Highlights of the rest of the night's matches on UTV at 11.40 with a full showing of Feyenoord v Juventus at 2.40 a.m.

Thursday

NETWORK TWO (6.05) - The Grip. Why would anyone want to be a referee? Hockey, football, basketball and rugby umpires and referees try to explain.

NETWORK TWO (7.0) - Sideline View. The results of the goals of the season competitions.

NETWORK TWO, UTV (7.30) - Live Football: Manchester United v FC Kosice (Champions League). A win guarantees United a place in the quarter-finals.

TnaG (10.30) - All-Ireland Gold Foot- ball: Galway v Meath (1966 All-Ireland Final).

Friday

SKY SPORTS 2 (1.0) - Live Tennis: Davis Cup Final (final day). Coverage of the first day's singles matches from Gothenburg where Sweden, five-times winners and last year's runners-up, meet the US (31-times winners). Coverage through till Sunday.

Saturday

SKY SPORTS 2 (1.0) - Live Rugby Union: England v South Africa. UTV are showing the full match at 4.15.

EUROSPORT (2.0) - Live Football: Australia v Iran (World Cup play-off, second leg - first leg finished 1-1). Live from the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the match that decides the 32nd and final place at next year's World Cup finals in France. NETWORK TWO, BBC1 (2.40) - Live Rugby Union: Wales v New Zealand. Live coverage of the match at Wembley - Wales' best hope is that the All Blacks turn up at the under-construction Cardiff Arms Park.

Sunday

RTE1 (1.30), BBC2 (1.35) - Live Rugby Union: Ireland v Canada (kick-off 1.45). "We did all right in the first and second phases, but it was the third, fourth, fifth and sixth that finished us," said Irish full-back Kevin Nowlan after the 63-15 defeat by New Zealand - hopefully phases three to six will go a little better against the Canadians.

SKY SPORTS 3 (2.0) - Live Football: Celtic v Dundee Utd (League Cup Final).

SKY SPORTS 1 (3.0) - Live Football: Arsenal v Liverpool (Premiership).

NETWORK TWO (9.20) - Sunday Sport. Highlights of Dublin v Cavan in the National Football League and a review of the day's rugby international at Lansdowne Road.