All your weekend’s sport on the box, in one handy place.
Saturday
Live Baku European Games 2015, Setanta Ireland, 5.25am
Loads of Irish interest in Baku today, including plenty of swimming and the great Katie Taylor’s quest to win yet another medal and put even more pressure on her mantelpiece.
Super Rugby semi-finals: Hurricanes v Brumbies, Waratahs v Highlanders, Sky Sports 1, 8.15am
Rugby folk in the know will often say that the club scene in the southern hemisphere is superior to what we have here and you can judge for yourself during the semi-finals of the Super Rugby competition early on Saturday morning.
The Hurricanes take on the Brumbies in Wellington and the Waratahs entertain the Highlanders in Sydney, looking to defend the title they won in dramatic fashion last season.
Live European Tour Golf, Sky Sports 4, 12.30pm
All the action from Day three of the BMW International Open from Munich.
Irish Derby Festival Day Two, RTE 2, 4.30pm
Racing from the Curragh, including the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at 6.30pm.
Live PGA Tour Golf, Sky Sports 4, 6pm
If the golf from Munich earlier in the day wasn’t enough for you, then you can catch up on what’s happening on day three of the Travelers Championship in Connecticut.
Ulster Football semi-final, Donegal v Derry, Sky Sports 1, 6.30pm
Can the Oak Leafers actually provide the Ulster Champions with a legitimate challenge, or will this encounter offer further proof that Donegal are arguably the best team in the country right now?
The Sky Sports coverage begins at 6.30pm ahead of a 7pm throw-in.
Copa America quarter-final, Argentina v Colombia, Setanta Sports 1, 7.50pm
Lionel Messi has won everything there is to win at club level with Barcelona, but he’s yet to win any trophy of significance with Argentina.
If he can help his country win three games in this year’s Copa America then he’ll have ticked that box, starting with a cracking-looking encounter with Colombia in the last eight.
Fight Night, Sky Sports 3, 8pm
Boxing from the Echo Arena in Liverpool, where Rocky Fielding takes on Brian Vera for the WBC international Super Middleweight title.
Copa America quarter-final, Brazil v Paraguay, Setanta Sports 1, 10.20pm
Not having Neymar turned out to be a pretty big handicap for Brazil in the knockout stages of last year’s World Cup, but will it be the same old story this time around?
New Liverpool signing Roberto Firmino (above) and a rejuvenated Robinho wil try and make up for his absence against Paraguay.
Sunday
Live Baku European Games 2015, Setanta Ireland, 5.25am
Not much in the way of Irish interest today, but who doesn’t love a bit of beach soccer, Judo, BMX and Volleyball of a Sunday afternoon? Once again, Setanta will have pretty much every base covered throughout the day.
Live European Tour Golf, Sky Sports 3, 12.30pm
The final day of the BMW International Open in Munich. It doesn’t quite set pulses racing like the US Open did last weekend, but not bad fare for a Sunday on the couch all the same.
The Sunday Game Live, Westmeath v Meath, Dublin v Kildare, 1.30pm
The much-maligned Leinster Championship takes centre stage this Sunday and gets the opportunity to show that maybe it’s not so bad after all in front of the RTE cameras.
Kildare will have a mammoth task trying to dethone Dublin in the second game, while the winners of the first one will likely have to face the Dubs in the Leinster Final.
Can they be stopped?
Live PGA Tour Golf, Sky Sports 4, 6pm
The final day of the Travelers Championship in Connecticut, kicking off at 6pm. It’ll kill a few hours before The Sunday Game if nothing else.
The Sunday Game, RTE 2, 9.30pm
Des Cahill and the Sunday Game crew will look back over a big weekend of football action, with provincial semi-finals in Leinster and Ulster all under the microscope, as well as a host of games in the first round of the qualifiers.
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