TODAY

Football

Premier League
Manchester United v Liverpool, Sky Sports 1, 1pm, kick-off 1.30pm;
Chelsea v Arsenal, Sky Sports 1, 3.30pm, kick-off 4pm
The Big Four go head-to-head in a mouthwatering day’s action that will go a huge way to deciding the destination of the league trophy.

Golf
CA championship, Sky Sports 2, 7pm
Everywhere and anywhere that Tiger Woods tees up these days, the feeling is the rest of the field is playing for second place. There’s a winner’s cheque of $1.4m waiting for anyone who can stop him.

Tennis
Pacific Life Open
Women’s final, British Eurosport, 7.15pm;
Men’s final Sky Sports 3, 9pm
Tommy Haas outfought Andy Murray in the Battle of Wounded Knee in Indian Wells last week. Now the Scot can only sit back and watch today’s final as another title passes him by.

Cricket
New Zealand v England, Sky Sports 1, 9pm
Having lost three wickets for four runs in their first innings, England were in danger of inventing a new 10-over version of the game. It’s flounder or fightback time today

MONDAY

Olympic torch relay
British Eurosport, 10am
The torch starts out on its journey from Olympia to China via Tibet and the summit of Everest. As far as forward planning goes, nothing holds a flame to this.

Super League
Sky Sports 1, 1pm
Hull FC take on Leeds Rhinos, who are aiming to cement their position at the top of the league.

Cricket
West Indies v Sri Lanka, Sky Sports Xtra, 2pm
The hosts are looking for their first Test series win since 2004.

TUESDAY

Football
Under-21 friendly, England v Poland, Sky Sports 1, 7pm
Stuart Pearce gets a chance to assess his options as he plans for the crucial European Championship qualifier against Portugal in September.

Greyhound racing
Sky Sports Xtra, 7.30pm
Oxford’s Pall Mall race offers one of the biggest prizes in dog racing. Chances are the winning trainer will need a hair of the dog after collecting the £8,000 cheque.

WEDNESDAY

Cricket
India v South Africa, Sky Sports 2, 4am
India, fresh from a gruelling tour of Australia, meet a team fresh from a one-day hiding of Bangladesh in the first of three Tests.

Track cycling
World championships, BBC2, 7pm
Manchester Velodrome is the venue where Britain’s best will be aiming to top last year’s seven gold medals. Coverage continues throughout the week.

Football
France v England, Sky Sports 1, 7.30pm, kick-off 8pm;
Scotland v Croatia, Sky Sports 2, 7.30pm, kick-off 8pm
Fabio Capello takes charge of his first match on foreign soil as England manager, while George Burley faces an equally difficult task in his first game as Scotland manager.

THURSDAY

Golf
European Tour, Sky Sports 1, 11am, 3pm
Opening round of the Open de Andalucia from Marbella, with England’s Lee Westwood defending his title.

Premier League darts
Sky Sports 1, 7.30pm
Raymond van Barneveld and his imaginatively named Barney Army supporters converge on Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena for round nine of the competition.

FRIDAY

Super League
Sky Sports 1, 7.30pm
The world club challenge champions, Leeds Rhinos, look to do their reputation justice in a showdown with St Helens at Knowsley Road.

SATURDAY

Horse racing
Sky Sports Xtra, 1.30pm
Live coverage from the 2008 Dubai International Racing Carnival at Nad Al Sheba, which culminates with the Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest race.

Rowing
ITV1, 4pm
Craig Doyle and James Cracknell present live coverage of the 154th University Boat Race.

Football
Premier League, Manchester United v Aston Villa, Setanta Sports 1, 5pm, kick-off 5.15pm
Cristiano Ronaldo has been busy practising those fancy free kicks. Villa will need to be careful.

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