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After the off-field fun of the transfer window the Premier League returns – and it is also the opening weekend of the Women’s Super League. David Tindall and Tom Bassam bring you all the buildup and breaking news. Join our Matchday live community by sending your thoughts and queries to matchday.live@theguardian.com.
It’s day four of a rain-affected round of County Championship fixtures as the season enters its final month. Tanya Aldred will bring you all the action from around the grounds.
Matthias Jaissle’s Newcastle have taken four points from what should have been a tricky opening pair of fixtures, against Newcastle and Tottenham, so will be confident of a victory that would take them temporarily top of the table. Bournemouth are yet to win and are cursing their inability to see out games, having conceded a 92nd-minute winner against Manchester City and a 91st-minute equaliser against Everton. David Tindall is on liveblog duty, Louise Taylor reports from St James’ Park.
There are five 3pm Premier League kick-offs for Rob Smyth to keep his eye on in the blog. Brentford face Sunderland, Brighton welcome Leeds to the south coast, Fulham and Crystal Palace meet in a London derby, Manchester City take on Coventry in a battle of the Sky Blues and winless Tottenham travel to the City Ground to face Nottingham Forest. And we’ll have live updates from the Championship, Bundesliga and beyond.
Philip Cornwall is at the wheel as F1 screeches on to the track at Monza, where Max Verstappen has won three of the last four editions of the Italian GP. His Red Bull doesn’t look quick enough to challenge this time around however, and Lando Norris in the McLaren has taken the last two poles of the 2026 season, breaking the Mercedes stranglehold at the front of the grid. Giles Richards reports from the track.
The third round continues at Flushing Meadows, where plenty of big names are in action in the women’s singles – Elena Rybakina, Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek all continue their campaigns on a bumper Saturday. Katy Murrells brings you all the action on the blog, while Tumaini Carayol reports from New York.
The Greatest Rivalry series has done a decent job of living up to its name thus far with the Springboks taking the opener and the All Blacks levelling things up at Ellis Park last weekend. Now for the third Test. Daniel Gallan helms the blog and Gerard Meagher reports.
One of these teams have won two out of two in the league, without having conceded a goal. The other have lost two out of two and are yet to score. And it’s not the way round you would have expected at the start of August. Billy Munday is on the blog to see if Villa can break their duck, while Ross Heppenstall reports from an MKM Stadium that is sure to be rocking for the undefeated hosts.
John Brewin is on hand to review Saturday’s action and preview Sunday’s games in the Premier League, WSL and beyond. Email matchday.live@theguardian.com with your notions and queries.
England have dominated the series thus far, cruising to back-to-back six-wicket victories to clinch the series with a game to spare. Can they make it a clean sweep on Sunday? Tanya Aldred and James Wallace are on over-by-over duty, while Raf Nicholson reports from Worcester.
Kimi Antonelli arrives at his home grand prix at the top of the drivers’ championship and hoping to end a long drought for the home fans at Monza – no Italian has won the Italian Grand Prix since Ludovico Scarfiotti in 1966. Michael Butler provides lap-by-lap coverage on the blog, while Giles Richards is at the track.
It’s a new season in the WSL and last season’s runners-up, Arsenal, will be hoping to get off to a winning start after improving their squad with some star signings. They travel to Broadfield Stadium to take on Brighton, who are still reeling after the departure of head coach Dario Vidosic this week. He has been hastily replaced by Arturo Ruiz, who led Real Sociedad into the qualifying stage of the Women’s Champions League. Rob Bleaney will bring you live updates.
Deadline day was a tough one for Everton, who failed to land the striker they so badly need. David Moyes’s side are unbeaten in their first two Premier League games, however, and might fancy their chances against a United side still finding their feet. Tim de Lisle helms our liveblog, while Andy Hunter and Will Unwin will be at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
The final major of the year reaches the fourth-round stage (or the last 16 if you prefer). Seven Americans made the last 32 in the men’s singles – can any of them push into the latter stages at a tournament that has not had a US winner in the men’s singles since Andy Roddick in 2003? Daniel Harris is in the liveblog hotseat and Tumaini Carayol reports from Flushing Meadows.
