World Artistic Championships

Antwerp, which held the first world championships in 1903, is hosting the championships for the third time this week. In the second edition, in 2013, 16-year-old Simone Biles announced herself to the world when she claimed two gold medals, one silver and one bronze. The seven-time Olympic medal winner is back in Belgium competing this week. Crucially, for many of the competitors, this is also a qualification event for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. – BBC, Sep 30th – Oct 8th

Cricket World Cup

The 13th edition of the Men’s World Cup begins on Thursday in India. Ten nations have qualified for the finals, which will be held in 10 stadiums throughout the country – Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka. (Unfortunately, Ireland did not qualify). India are favourites to claim the trophy, which was won by England in London four years ago. – Sky Sports, Oct 5th – Nov 19th

FAI Cup

The semi-final draw makes for two tricky encounters for the Dublin heavyweights. On Saturday, Galway United – who have dominated Division One this season and dispatched Dundalk 4-0 in the cup quarter-final – host Bohemians. The following day, St Patrick’s Athletic – who have played all their cup ties away from home – are in Turners Cross for their clash with Cork City, with the home side desperate for a big result. – RTÉ, Saturday & Sunday

MONDAY (Oct 2nd)

• NFL – Sky Sports NFL – 1.20am Kansas City Chiefs @ New York Jets
• CRICKET – Sky Sports Cricket from 9.20am – World Cup warm-up England v Bangladesh
• SNOOKER – Eurosport 1, 1pm-5pm, 7pm-11pm English Open
• CYCLING – Eurosport 2, 1pm-2.30pm Coppa Bernocchi
• SOCCER – Premier Sports 1 – Serie A – 5.30pm Torino v Hellas Verona; 7.45pm Fiorentina v Cagliari
• SOCCER – Premier Sports 2 – Serie A – 5.30pm Sassuolo v Monza
• DARTS – Sky Sports Arena, 6pm-11pm World Grand Prix
• SOCCER – Sky Sports Premier League – 8pm Fulham v Chelsea
• SOCCER – LaLigaTV & Premier Sports 1 – La Liga – 8pm Las Palmas v Celta Vigo
• GAA – TG4, 8pm-9pm Club highlights
• RUGBY – RTÉ 2, 8pm-9pm Against the Head

TUESDAY (Oct 3rd)

• NFL – Sky Sports NFL – 1.15am Seattle Seahawks @ New York Giants
• CRICKET – Sky Sports Cricket from 9.20am – World Cup warm-up Pakistan v Australia
• CYCLING – Eurosport 2, noon-3.30pm Binche-Chimay-Binche
• SNOOKER – Eurosport 1, 1pm-5pm, 7pm-11pm English Open
• CYCLING – Eurosport 2, 3.30pm-4.45pm Tour of Munsterland
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 3 – Champions League – 5.45pm Union Berlin v Sporting Braga; 8pm Napoli v Real Madrid
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 4 – Champions League – 5.45pm Salzburg v Real Sociedad; 8pm Copenhagen v Bayern Munich
• GYMNASTICS – BBC 2, 7pm-8pm World Artistic Championships
• SOCCER – RTÉ 2 & TNT Sports 1 – Champions League – 8pm Man Utd v Galatasaray
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 2 – Champions League – 8pm Lens v Arsenal
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 6/7 – Champions League – 8pm PSV Eindhoven v Sevilla; 8pm Inter v Benfica
• DARTS – Sky Sports Arena, 6pm-11pm World Grand Prix
• SOCCER – Sky Sports Football Red Button – Championship – 7.45pm Birmingham v Huddersfield; 7.45pm Ipswich v Hull; 7.45pm Middlesbrough v Cardiff; 7.45pm Plymouth v Millwall; 8pm West Brom v Sheffield Wednesday
• SOCCER – Sky Sports Football – Championship – 8pm Stoke City v Southampton

WEDNESDAY (Oct 4th)

• SNOOKER – Eurosport 1, 1pm-5pm, 7pm-11pm English Open
• CYCLING – Eurosport 2, 2pm-4pm Tre Valli Varesine
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 1 – Champions League – 5.45pm Atlético Madrid v Feyenoord
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 4 – Champions League – 5.45pm Royal Antwerp v Shakhtar Donetsk; 8pm Borussia Dortmund v Milan
• GYMNASTICS – BBC 2, 7pm-8pm World Artistic Championships
• DARTS – Sky Sports Arena, 7pm-11pm World Grand Prix
• SOCCER – Sky Sports Football Red Button – Championship – 7.45pm Coventry v Blackburn; 7.45pm Leeds v QPR; 7.45pm Leicester v Preston NE; 7.45pm Swansea v Norwich
• SOCCER – Sky Sports Mix – Championship – 7.45pm Sunderland v Watford
• SOCCER – Sky Sports Football – Championship – 8pm Rotherham Utd v Bristol City
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 3 – Champions League – 8pm Celtic v Lazio
• SOCCER – Virgin Media Two & TNT Sports 2 – Champions League – 8pm Newcastle v PSG
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 1 – Champions League – 8pm Leipzig v Man City
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 6/7 – Champions League – 8pm RS Belgrade v Young Boys; 8pm Porto v Barcelona

THURSDAY (Oct 5th)

• CRICKET – Sky Sports Cricket from 8.30am – World Cup England v New Zealand
• GOLF – Sky Sports Golf, noon-5pm Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
• SNOOKER – Eurosport 1, 1pm-5pm, 7pm-11pm English Open
• CYCLING – Eurosport 2, 1.50pm-3.45pm Gran Piemonte
• SOCCER – Virgin Media Two & TNT Sports 1 – Europa League – 5.45pm Marseille v Brighton; 8pm Liverpool v Union Saint-Gilloise
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 2 – Europa League – 5.45pm SC Freiburg v West Ham Utd; Europa Conference League – 8pm Aston Villa v Zrinjski Mostar
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 3 – Europa League – 5.45pm Aris Limassol v Rangers; Europa Conference League – 8pm Aberdeen v HJK Helsinki
• DARTS – Sky Sports Arena, 7pm-11pm World Grand Prix
• GYMNASTICS – BBC 2, 7pm-8pm World Artistic Championships
• GOLF – Sky Sports Golf, 7pm-9pm Korn Ferry Tour Championship
• SOCCER – Sky Sports Football – Scottish Women’s Premier League – 7.30pm Celtic v Glasgow City
• RUGBY – RTÉ 2 & ITV4 – World Cup – 8pm New Zealand v Uruguay
• GOLF – Sky Sports Golf, 9pm-midnight Sanderson Farms Championship

FRIDAY (Oct 6th)

• NFL – Sky Sports NFL – 1.15am Chicago Bears @ Washington Commanders
• GOLF – Sky Sports Golf, 6am-10am LET: Aramco Team Series
• CRICKET – Sky Sports Cricket from 9am – World Cup Pakistan v Netherlands
• SNOOKER – Eurosport 1, 11.45am-5pm, 6.45pm-10pm English Open
• GOLF – Sky Sports Golf, noon-5pm Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
• F1 – Sky Sports F1 from 2pm – Practice & Qualifying Qatar Grand Prix
• GOLF – Sky Sports Golf, 5pm-9pm Korn Ferry Tour Championship
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 2 – Serie A – 5.30pm Empoli v Udinese; 7.45pm Lecce v Sassuolo
• DARTS – Sky Sports Arena, 7pm-11pm World Grand Prix
• BOXING – TNT Sports 1 from 7pm Ellis Zorro v Luca D’Ortenzi
• SOCCER – Sky Sports Premier League – Women’s Super League – 7.30pm Manchester Utd v Arsenal
• SOCCER – BBC 2 – Irish Premiership – 7.45pm Linfield v Glentoran
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 3 – Ligue 1 – 8pm Strasbourg v Nantes
• SOCCER – LaLigaTV & Premier Sports 1 – La Liga – 8pm Athletic Bilbao v Almería
• RUGBY – RTÉ 2 & UTV – World Cup – 8pm France v Italy
• SOCCER – Sky Sports Football – Championship – 8pm Birmingham City v West Brom
• RUGBY LEAGUE – Sky Sports Mix – Super League Semi-final – 8pm Dragons v Saints
• GOLF – Sky Sports Golf, 9pm-midnight Sanderson Farms Championship

SATURDAY (Oct 7th)

• CRICKET – Sky Sports Cricket from 5.30am – World Cup Bangladesh v Afghanistan; South Africa v Sri Lanka
• GOLF – Sky Sports Golf, 6am-10am LET: Aramco Team Series
• CYCLING – Eurosport 2, 9.10am-4pm Tour of Lombardy
• GOLF – Sky Sports Golf, noon-5pm Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 1 – Premier League – 12.30pm Luton Town v Tottenham
• SOCCER – Sky Sports Football – Championship – 12.30pm Sunderland v Middlesbrough
• SNOOKER – Eurosport 1, 12.45pm-4.30pm, 6.45pm-10.30pm English Open Semi-finals
• RUGBY LEAGUE – Sky Sports Arena & Channel 4 – Super League Semi-final 2 – 12.45pm Warriors v Hull KR
• SOCCER – LaLigaTV & Premier Sports 2 – La Liga – 1pm Cádiz v Girona; 3.15pm Real Madrid v Osasuna
• GYMNASTICS – BBC 1, 1.15pm-4.30pm; BBC 2, 4.30pm-5pm World Artistic Championships
• F1 – Sky Sports F1 from 1.30pm – Sprint Qatar Grand Prix
• RUGBY – RTÉ 2 & Virgin Media Two – World Cup – 2pm Wales v Georgia
• SOCCER – RTÉ 1 – FAI Cup Semi-final – 2.40pm Galway Utd v Bohemians
• SOCCER – Premier Sports 1 – Premier League – 3pm Burnley v Chelsea
• RUGBY – RTÉ 2 & UTV – World Cup – 4.45pm England v Samoa
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 2 – Serie A – 5pm Juventus v Torino
• SOCCER – TG4 – Women’s National League – 5.30pm Shamrock Rovers v Shelbourne
• SOCCER – Sky Sports Premier League – 5.30pm Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest
• SOCCER – Sky Sports Football – Bundesliga – 5.30pm Werder Bremen v Hoffenheim
• SOCCER – LaLigaTV & Premier Sports 1 – La Liga – 5.30pm Mallorca v Valencia; 8pm Sevilla v Rayo Vallecano
• GOLF – Sky Sports Golf, 6pm-9pm Korn Ferry Tour Championship
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 1 – Serie A – 7.45pm Genoa v AC Milan
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 2 – Ligue 1 – 8pm Reims v Monaco
• RUGBY – Virgin Media One & UTV – World Cup – 8pm Ireland v Scotland
• DARTS – Sky Sports Arena, 8pm-11pm World Grand Prix
• GOLF – Sky Sports Golf, 9pm-midnight Sanderson Farms Championship
• SOCCER – BBC 1, 10.30pm-11.50pm Match of the Day

SUNDAY (Oct 8th)

• UFC – TNT Sports 1 from 3am – Las Vegas Grant Dawson v Bobby Green
• GOLF – Sky Sports Golf, 6am-10am LET: Aramco Team Series
• CRICKET – Sky Sports Cricket from 9am – World Cup India v Australia
• CYCLING – Eurosport 1, 10.45am-12.45pm – Stage 1 Tour of Turkey
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 1 – Serie A – 11.30am Monza v Salernitana
• GOLF – Sky Sports Golf, 11.30am-5pm Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
• SOCCER – Sky Sports Football – Scottish Premiership – Noon St Mirren v Rangers
• RUGBY – Virgin Media & UTV – World Cup – Noon Japan v Argentina
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 3 – Ligue 1 – Noon Marseille v Le Havre; 2pm Lyon v Lorient; 4.05pm Lens v Lille
• SOCCER – BBC 2 – Women’s Super League – 12.30pm Man City v Chelsea
• SNOOKER – Eurosport 1, 12.45pm-4pm, 6.45pm-10pm English Open Final
• SOCCER – LaLigaTV & Premier Sports 1 – La Liga – 1pm Villarreal v Las Palmas; 3.15pm Atlético Madrid v Real Sociedad; 5.30pm Alavés v Real Betis; 8pm Granada v Barcelona
• GYMNASTICS – BBC 1, 1.15pm-2.45pm; BBC 2, 2.45pm-5pm World Artistic Championships
• SOCCER – Sky Sports Premier League – 2pm Brighton v Liverpool; 4.30pm Arsenal v Manchester City
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 2 – Serie A – 2pm Lazio v Atalanta
• GAA – TG4 – Meath SFC Final – 2.15pm Summerhill v Ratoath; Leitrim SFC Final – 4.15pm Mohill v St Mary’s
• CYCLING – Eurosport 2, 2.10pm-4.10pm Paris-Tours
• RUGBY – TNT Sports 1 – Premiership Cup – 2.15pm Newcastle v Caldy
• SOCCER – Sky Sports Football – Bundesliga – 2.30pm Bayer Leverkusen v Cologne; 4.30pm Bayern Munich v SC Freiburg
• RUGBY – TNT Sports 1 – Premiership Cup – 2.30pm Northampton v Doncaster
• SOCCER – RTÉ 1 – FAI Cup Semi-final – 2.40pm Cork City v St Patrick’s Athletic
• F1 – Sky Sports F1 from 4.30pm Qatar Grand Prix
• RUGBY – RTÉ 2 & ITV3 – World Cup – 4.45pm Tonga v Romania
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 1 – Serie A – 5pm Cagliari v Roma; 7.45pm Napoli v Fiorentina
• SOCCER – LaLigaTV & Premier Sports 2 – La Liga – 5.30pm Celta Vigo v Getafe
• NFL – Sky Sports NFL – 6pm NY Giants @ Miami Dolphins; 9.05pm Philadephia Eagles @ LA Rams; 1.20am Dallas Cowboys @ San Francisco 49ers
• SOCCER – Sky Sports Premier League – Women’s Super League – 6.45pm Liverpool v Aston Villa
• SOCCER – TNT Sports 2 – Ligue 1 – 7.45pm Rennes v PSG
• RUGBY – RTÉ 2 & ITV4 – World Cup – 8pm Fiji v Portugal
• DARTS – Sky Sports Arena, 8pm-10pm World Grand Prix Final
• GOLF – Sky Sports Golf, 9pm-midnight Sanderson Farms Championship
• SOCCER – BBC 1, 10.30pm-11.50pm Match of the Day 2