Weekend Guide to Sport on Television

What’s on RTÉ, TV3, Setanta, Sky Sports, & others (Dec 2nd–Dec 8th)

FRIDAY (Dec 6th)

GOLF Sky Sports 4, 5am-9am
Day 2 Hong Kong Open

GOLF Sky Sports Red Button (from 8am)
Sky Sports 4 from 1.30pm
South Africa Nedbank Golf Challenge

SNOOKER BBC 2, 1pm-4.30pm, 7pm-8pm
York UK Championship

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SOCCER RTE 2, 4.35pm-5.40pm
BBC 2, 4.30pm-5.45pm
Draw 2014 Fifa World Cup

SOCCER BT Sport 1 from 7pm
(7.45) Motherwell v Celtic

SOCCER ESPN from 7.30pm
(7.30) Nuremberg v Mainz

SOCCER BT Sport 2 from 7.45pm
(7.45) Bologna v Juventus

RUGBY Sky Sports 1 from 7.30pm
(8.00) Cardiff Blues v Glasgow Warriors

RUGBY Sky Sports 1 Red Button
(8.00) Castres v Ospreys

GOLF Sky Sports 4, 8pm-11pm
California World Challenge

CRICKET Sky Sports 2 from 11.30pm
2nd Test, Day 3 Australia v England

SATURDAY (Dec 7th)

GOLF Sky Sports 4, 5am-9am
Day 3 Hong Kong Open

GOLF Sky Sports Red Button (10.30am)
Sky Sports 4, 1pm-2.30pm
South Africa Nedbank Golf Challenge

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from noon
(12.15) Derby County v Blackpool

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

RUGBY Sky Sports 2 from 1pm
(1.35) Exeter v Toulon
(3.40) Racing Metro v Harlequins
(6.00) Northampton v Leinster

RUGBY Sky Sports 2 Red Button
(1.35) Clermont Auvergne v Scarlets
(1.35) Saracens v Zebre
(6.00) Ulster v Treviso

SNOOKER BBC 1, 1.15pm-4.30pm
BBC 2, 4.30pm-5.30pm, 7pm-10pm
York UK Championship

HORSE Channel 4, 1.30pm-4.10pm
RACING Sandown & Aintree

SOCCER Setanta Sports 1 from 2.30pm
(3.00) Liverpool v West Ham Utd

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 5pm
(5.30) Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur

SOCCER BT Sport 1 from 5pm
(5.30) Borussia Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen

SOCCER BT Sport 2 from 5pm
(5.00) Livorno v AC Milan

GOLF Sky Sports 4, 6pm-11pm
California World Challenge

SOCCER BT Sport 2 from 7pm
(7.00) Lorient v Rennes

BOXING Sky Sports 1 from 8pm
Stuttgart Darren Barker v Felix Sturm

SOCCER Setanta Ireland, 8.30pm
BBC 1, 10.20pm-11.45pm
Highlights English Premier League

RUGBY TG4, 9.05pm-11pm
Highlights Heineken Cup

SOCCER BBC 1, 11.45pm-1am
Highlights Football League Show

SOCCER UTV, 0.05am-1am
Highlights FA Cup (second round)

CRICKET Sky Sports 2 from 11.30pm
2nd Test, Day 4 Australia v England

SUNDAY (Dec 8th)

BOXING Sky Sports 1 from 2am
Middleweight Matthew Macklin v Lamar Russ
Light-Middleweight Glen Tapia v James Kirkland
Super-Bantamweight Guillermo Rigondeaux v Joseph Agbeko

GOLF Sky Sports 4, 5am-9am
Day 4 Hong Kong Open

CRICKET Sky Sports 3 from 7.55am
2nd ODI South Africa v India

GOLF Sky Sports 4, 9am-2.30pm
Sun City Nedbank Golf Challenge

SOCCER BT Sport 2 from 11.15am
(11.30) AS Roma v Fiorentina

SOCCER BT Sport 1 from 11.30am
(12.00) Cambridge Utd v Sheffield Utd

ATHLETICS RTE 2, noon-2pm
BBC 2, noon-1.55pm
Belgrade European Cross Country

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 12.30pm
(1.30) Fulham v Aston Villa
(4.00) Arsenal v Everton

RUGBY Sky Sports 2 from 12.30pm
(12.45) Munster v Perpignan
(3.00) Leicester Tigers v Montpellier

SOCCER ESPN from 1pm
(1.00) Bordeaux v Lille

GAA TG4 from 1.30pm
(2.00) Portlaoise v St Vincent's

RUGBY Sky Sports 2 Red Button
(3.00) Toulouse v Connacht

SOCCER UTV from 1.30pm
(2.00) Tamworth v Bristol City

SOCCER BT Sport 2 from 1.45pm
(2.00) Torino v Lazio

SOCCER Setanta Ireland from 1.55pm
(2.00) Sampdoria v Catania

SNOOKER BBC 2, 1.55pm-6pm, 7pm-11pm
York UK Championship

SOCCER BT Sport 1 from 2.30pm
(2.30) SC Freiburg v Wolfsburg
(4.30) Eintracht Braunschweig v Hertha Berlin

RUGBY TG4, 5.30pm-6.57pm
Highlights Heineken Cup

NFL Sky Sports 3 from 5.30pm
(6.00) Detroit Lions @ Philadelphia Eagles
(9.25) Seattle Seahawks @ San Francisco 49ers

GOLF Sky Sports 4, 6pm-11pm
California World Challenge

SOCCER BT Sport 1 from 7.45pm
(7.45) Inter Milan v Parma

SOCCER Setanta Ireland from 7.45pm
BT Sport 2 from 8pm
(8.00) Monaco v Ajaccio

SOCCER UTV, 10.20pm-11.05pm
Highlights FA Cup (second round)

SOCCER BBC 1, 10.25pm-11.30pm
Highlights Match of the Day 2

CRICKET Sky Sports 2 from 11.30pm
2nd Test, Day 5 Australia v England

NFL Channel 4 from 0.55am
(1.30) Carolina Panthers @ New Orleans Saints

Damian Cullen

Damian Cullen

Damian Cullen is Health & Family Editor of The Irish Times