 "Manchester City and Arsenal are set to lock horns at the former's home ground of the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Sunday. Reuters")
There’s plenty of sporting action to look forward to over the weekend, especially with the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) underway and the race to the title getting hotter than ever in the European football leagues.
The T20 carnival that is the IPL witnesses its second set of weekend double-headers take place while European football will have some of its biggest clubs in action, with defending Premier League champions Manchester City set to take on leaders Arsenal in what could be a title-deciding clash on Sunday.
Here’s a quick guide at the major sporting events this weekend:
Cricket
IPL 2024 (Star Sports/JioCinema):
Saturday: Lucknow Super Giant vs Punjab Kings, 7.30 pm
Sunday: Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 3.30 pm; Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings, 7.30 pm
International:
Saturday: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Day 1 (FanCode)
Sunday: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Day 2 (FanCode)
Football
Premier League (Star Sports Network)
Saturday:
Newcastle United vs West Ham United — 6 pm
Chelsea vs Burnley — 8.30 pm
Tottenham Hotspur vs Luton Town — 8.30 pm
Aston Villa vs Wolverhampton Wanderers — 11 pm
Brentford vs Manchester United — 1.30 am
Sunday:
Liverpool vs Brighton and Hove Albion — 6.30 pm
Manchester City vs Arsenal — 9 pm
LaLiga (Sports18/JioCinema)
Saturday:
Getafe vs Sevilla — 6.30 pm
Barcelona vs Las Palmas — 1.30 am
Impact Shorts
More ShortsSunday:
Girona vs Real Betis — 7.45 pm
Real Madrid vs Athletic Club — 12.30 am
Serie A (Sports18/JioCinema)
Saturday:
Napoli vs Atalanta — 5 pm
Lazio vs Juventus — 10.30 pm
Fiorentina vs AC Milan — 1.15 am
Bundesliga (Sony Sports Network)
Saturday:
Bayer Leverkusen vs Hoffenheim — 8 pm
Borussia Monchengladbach vs Freiburg — 8 pm
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Union Berlin — 8 pm
RB Leipzig vs Mainz — 8 pm
Bayern Munich vs Borussia Dortmund — 11 pm
Sunday:
FC Augsburg vs FC Cologne — 7 pm
Stuttgart vs Heidenheim — 9 pm
Ligue 1 (Sports18/JioCinema)
Saturday:
Metz vs AS Monaco — 9.30 pm
Lyon vs Stade de Reims — 1.30 am
Sunday:
Nice vs Nantes — 6.30 pm
Strasbourg vs Stade Rennais — 8.35 pm
Marseille vs Paris Saint-Germain — 12.15 am
Badminton
Madrid Spain Masters (BWF TV): The Madrid Spain Masters is currently underway in the Spanish capital, with the semi-finals and the final set to take place over the weekend.
The mixed doubles pair of B Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy have qualified for the semi-finals following their 14-21, 21-11, 21-17 victory over Indonesia’s Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and Lisa Ayu Kusumawati.
Their match will begin at 1 pm local time, which is 5.30 pm in India.
Tennis:
Miami Open:
Saturday:
Men’s Singles semi-finals: Daniil Medvedev vs Jannik Sinner (12.30 am); Grigor Dimitrov vs Alexander Zverev (4.30 am)
Sunday:
Women’s Singles final: Danielle Collins vs Elena Rybakina (TBA).