Your Guardian Sport weekend: WSL finale, Lions stars on show and El Clásico

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Saturday

Football

8am (all times BST)Matchday live

Join Rob Smyth mounting up each Saturday’s action, with latest quality and buildup from astir the grounds. Before Everton question to Fulham, our Merseyside shot analogous Andy Hunter considers the Everton players retired of declaration astatine the extremity of the season. Our WSL adept Suzanne Wrack volition beryllium connected manus to usher you done each that’s astatine involvement successful Saturday’s last circular – email her your questions astatine matchday.live@theguardian.com.

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Cricket

11amCounty Championship live

Tanya Aldred provides updates from time 2 of the latest circular of County Championship matches. Former England batter Jason Roy is making an unexpected red-ball comeback with Surrey astatine Edgbaston, 5 years connected from his past appearance. The reigning region champions, who person mislaid Ollie Pope, Jamie Smith and Gus Atkinson to England duties, are further boosted by the accomplishment of overseas brace Kurtis Patterson and Nathan Smith.

Racing

12.30pmLingfield Derby proceedings time live

Greg Wood covers each the enactment from Lingfield arsenic 10-time Derby-winning trainer Aidan O’Brien runs Giselle successful the Oaks Trial (1.15pm), 1 of his 3 contenders connected the paper for the Epsom Classics. The Ballydoyle maestro besides has a beardown manus successful the William Hill Lingfield Derby Trial Stakes, which helium has won six times, notably successful 2019 with consequent Epsom victor Anthony Van Dyck. His Stay True made a large content erstwhile scoring archetypal clip retired astatine Leopardstown past period but stablemate Puppet Master has the amended signifier successful the book, finishing 4th successful the Royal Lodge arsenic a juvenile and not being disgraced down Delacroix successful the Ballysax astatine Leopardstown connected his three-year-old debut.

Women’s Super League

12pmFinal time live

Follow the last circular of the regular season, with Emillia Hawkins astatine the unrecorded helm and Suzanne Wrack reporting arsenic Arsenal instrumentality connected Manchester United. Having past mislaid their past two, Renee Slegers’ Gunners volition look to cement 2nd spot astatine the Emirates, portion Marc Skinner’s third-placed United side, who person sealed a Champions League berth and reached different FA Cup final, tin leapfrog their opponents with a win. Should the champions Chelsea debar decision against Liverpool astatine Stamford Bridge the Blues would go the archetypal broadside to implicit a 22-match WSL run unbeaten. Bompastor’s Invincibles, anyone?

Saturday clockwatch

3pmLive Premier League goals and more

Barry Glendenning keeps the updates flowing arsenic the contention for the Champions League spots hots up and relegated Southampton look Manchester City. It’s been a play to hide for the relegated Saints and their grounds against City is hardly comforting. Southampton person won conscionable 1 of their past 15 Premier League games against Pep Guardiola’s side, a 1-0 location triumph successful July 2020. By contrast, City are connected a bully run, their joint-longest winning streak of the season, having won their past four. They’re looking to triumph back-to-back distant league games for the archetypal clip since August.

Gallagher Premiership

3.05pm Bristol v Bath

Gerard Meagher reports arsenic the West Country derby crosses the Severn to Cardiff wherever there’s plentifulness astatine involvement for the aged rivals astatine the Principality Stadium. Some 10,000 other bid seats person been made disposable for the English penetration of the Welsh capital. The unit is connected the Bears, who are clinging connected to 3rd spot aft 3 consecutive defeats, but volition instrumentality comfortableness from their caller signifier against Bath, having won 4 of their past 5 Premiership meetings. Bath, though, are flying aft 5 Premiership wins connected the trot, and 10 successful a enactment successful each competitions.

Premier League

5.30pmBournemouth v Aston Villa live

The precocious crippled features different nine successful the top-four mix, Aston Villa. Ben Fisher reports from their clash connected the southbound seashore astatine Bournemouth. Scott Murray takes connected the unrecorded blogging duties from 5.30pm. The Cherries are connected a charge, unbeaten successful their past 5 Premier League games. Following their 2-1 triumph astatine Arsenal past clip out, Bournemouth are looking to triumph consecutive league games for the archetypal clip since January. And there’s thing shabby astir Villa’s signifier either. After a tally of conscionable six wins successful 21 Premier League games betwixt September and February, Villa person present won 7 of their past nine.

Analysis

8pmInside shot with Jonathan Wilson

Our intrepid columnist turns his absorption connected Napoli’s Antonio Conte, the trophy-winning instrumentality who has claimed league titles with 3 clubs crossed 2 countries and is starring the mode successful Serie A.

Sunday

Football

8amMatchday live

Rob Smyth and Dominic Booth volition prime retired the champion of Saturday’s enactment earlier looking up to Sunday’s large matches successful the Premier League: Newcastle v Chelsea, Manchester United v West Ham, Nottingham Forest v Leicester, Tottenham v Crystal Palace and Liverpool v Arsenal. Checking successful from Wembley is Simon Burnton wherever Whitstable and Whyteleafe contention the FA Vase last (12.15pm) earlier Spennymoor and Aldershot conflict for the FA Trophy (4.15pm). Plus: Nicky Bandini roves an adept oculus implicit the contention for the Serie A rubric – and reflects connected what was a colossal week for Inter.

Premier League

12pmNewcastle v Chelsea live

Fourth-placed Newcastle face fifth-placed Chelsea. The clubs are level connected 63 points and portion the winners volition boost their Champions League hopes significantly, the losers could beryllium overtaken instantly by Nottingham Forest, who look relegated Leicester astatine 2.15pm. In these clashes, the unit is with Eddie Howe whose squad person won 7 of their past 11 location games against Chelsea and person already beaten Chelsea 2-0 astatine St James’ Park this play successful the EFL Cup. Daniel Harris follows the enactment unrecorded and Louise Taylor and Jonathan Wilson report.

El clásico

3.15pmBarcelona v Real Madrid live

Arguably the standout crippled of the day. Daniel Harris takes liveblogging duties and who amended to present a study from the Olympic Stadium than Sid Lowe. There’s plentifulness to play for successful the La Liga rubric race. Barcelona person a four-point pb implicit Real Madrid astatine the apical with 4 games near and a triumph would steadfast up their grip connected the title. That said, Madrid volition beryllium anxious to spell retired swinging successful Carlo Ancelotti’s past clásico. So acold it’s been a cleanable expanse for Hansi Flick’s side, however. Barça won 4-0 astatine the Bernabéu successful October, past won again 5-2 successful January successful the Spanish Super Cup last and past period snatched the Copa del Rey 3-2 successful other time amid chaotic scenes successful Seville.

Premier League

4.30pmLiverpool v Arsenal live

Best not to notation PSG, but arsenic the champions instrumentality connected an Arsenal broadside deflated by their midweek semi-final decision successful Paris, the stakes stay precocious for Mikel Arteta. His broadside basal 2nd and request 3 points from games against Liverpool, Newcastle and relegated Southampton to marque perfectly definite of a instrumentality to the Champions League. Liverpool are unbeaten successful their past 14 location games against Arsenal successful each competitions, since a 2-0 nonaccomplishment successful the Premier League successful September 2012. Dominic Booth provides minute-by-minute coverage. Reports and investigation are provided by Andy Hunter and Jonathan Liew.

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