Saturday and Sunday’s sporting picks 20-21 August

THIS WEEKEND the sporty mad train rolls on again.

Ireland’s women’s rugby team kick off their Japan tour with a first game against Japan in the early hours of Saturday morning (11am Irish time).

Premier League football is rumbling once again. Manchester United play Liverpool on Monday, Newcastle play Manchester City, and there are plenty of other games to hang on to across Europe.

The BMW Championship also takes place over Saturday and Sunday

There will also be the European Athletics Championships which will feature plenty of Irish sporting talent.

Here is a list of our top picks

Bavaria, Germany – August 17, 2022; Thomas Barr of Ireland, right, on his way to victory in the 400m hurdles (Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Saturday

10.40 a.m: Japan v Ireland, Women’s Summer Tour – TG4

10.55 a.m.: Athletics, European Championships – RTÉ2

11.30 a.m.: Tottenham – Wolves, Premier League – BT Sport 1

11.30 a.m.: Hibernian v Rangers, Scottish Premiership – Sky Sports Football

3 pm: Everton v Nottingham Forest, Premier League – Premier Sports

4 p.m.: BMW Championship, PGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf & Sky Sports Main Event (10pm)

4:30 p.m.: Bournemouth v Arsenal, Premier League – Sky Sports Premier League

6 p.m.: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua II, IBF, WBA & WBO Heavyweight Titles – Sky Box Office

6.35 p.m.: Athletics, European Championships – RTÉ2

19:30 o’clock: Inter Milan – Spezia, Serie A – BT Sport 2

8 p.m.: Marseille vs Nantes, Ligue 1 – BT Sport 3

8:15 p.m.: Porto vs Sporting CP, Liga Portugal – BT Sport 1

8.30 p.m.: Celta Vigo vs Real Madrid, La Liga – Premier Sports 1

“He has to work harder to beat me”

Anthony Joshua on what Usyk could do differently coming into the fight. 🥊

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— SPORF (@Sporf) August 18, 2022

Sunday

2 a.m: Emanuel Navarrete vs. Eduardo Baez, WBO Featherweight Title – Sky Sports Action & Sky Sports Main Event (3.10pm)

3 a.m.: UFC 278, Usman vs Edwards II (main card) – BT Sport 1

12.30 p.m.: Athletics, European Championships – RTÉ2

13 o’clock: Leeds United v Chelsea, Premier League – Sky Sports Premier League & Sky Sports Main Event (2pm)

2:15 p.m.: GAA Club Championships – TG4

4 p.m.: Newcastle United v Manchester City, Premier League – Sky Sports Premier League

4:10 p.m.: GAA Club Championships – TG4

4:30 p.m.: BMW Championship, PGA Tour – Sky Sports Golf & Sky Sports Main Event (10pm)

6:30 p.m.: Atletico Madrid vs Villarreal, La Liga – Premier Sports 1

7.3opm: Atalanta vs Milan, Serie A – BT Sport 1

19:30 o’clock: Lille vs PSG, Ligue 1 – BT Sport 2

8.30 p.m.: Real Sociedad vs Barcelona, ​​​​La Liga – Premier Sports 1