• One to watch: Most Irish sports fans will agree that Conor McGregor’s fight with Max Holloway, despite taking place at an unsociable hour (roughly 1am), is undoubtedly worth staying up for.
• One to Sky+: The Premier League is back, and David Moyes’ league debut as manager of United on Saturday should be an intriguing affair, particularly as it comes against tricky opposition in the form of Swansea.
• One to skip: Call us cynics, but the rugby match between Waikato and Northland isn’t an encounter we’re especially eager to see.

Friday

Athletics: World Championships, (BBC2, 6.30am and 3.35pm; Eurosport, 6.35am and 3.45pm).

Baseball: MLB, Boston Red Sox v New York Yankees, (ESPN, midnight).

Cycling: Eneco tour, (Eurosport, 2pm).

Golf: Solheim Cup, (Sky Sports 1, 2pm and 7.30pm).

Rugby Union: ITM Cup, Canterbury v Taranaki, (Sky Sports 4, 8.30am); Currie Cup, Sharks v Golden Lions, (Sky Sports 3, 4pm); Top 14, Montpellier v Toulon, (BT Sport 1, 7pm).

Soccer: Ligue 1, Sochaux v Lyon, (ESPN, 7.30pm).

Tennis: Cincinnati Masters, (Sky Sports 4, 4pm and midnight); Western and Southern Open, (Eurosport, 6.45pm and BT Sport 2 from 6pm).

Saturday

Athletics: World Championships, (BBC2, 12.15pm, Eurosport, 12.15pm, BBC1, 1.15pm).

Boxing: IBF Middleweight Title, Darren Barker v Daniel Geale, (Sky Sports 1, 2.30am).

Horse Racing: Live meeting, (Channel 4, 1.30pm).

GAA: Liberty Insurance Senior Camogie semi-finals, Cork v Kilkenny and Wexford v Galway, (RTÉ.ie, 2pm); All-Ireland Senior Ladies Football Championship quarter-finals, Galway v Tyrone and Laois v Monaghan (TG4, 4.15pm).

Golf: Solheim Cup, (Sky Sports 3, 2pm and 7.30pm).

Rugby Union: ITM Cup, Southland v Tasman, (Sky Sports 4, 6.30am), Waikato v Northland, (Sky Sports 4, 8.30am); Rugby Championship, Australia v New Zealand, (Sky Sports 4, 10.30am), South Africa v Argentina, (Sky Sports 4, 3.30pm); Top 14, Biarritz v Clermont Auvergne, (ESPN, 2pm); World Club Sevens, (BT Sport 2, 3pm).

Soccer: Premier League, Liverpool v Stoke, (BT Sport 1, 11.30am), Swansea v Manchester United, (Sky Sports 1, 5pm); Scottish Premier League, Aberdeen v Celtic, (BT Sport 2, noon); SkyBet Championship, Leeds v Sheffield Wednesday, (Sky Sports 1, noon); Bundesliga, Borussia Monchengladbach v Hannover, (BT Sport 1, 5.15pm); Primera Division, TBC, (Sky Sports 4, 7pm); Ligue 1, Toulouse v Bordeaux, (BT Sport 2, 7pm).

Tennis: Cincinnati Masters, (Sky Sports 4, 6pm).

MMA: Conor McGregor v Max Holloway (Setanta Ireland, 1am).

Sunday

Athletics: World Championships, (BBC1, 12.45pm; Eurosport, 12.45pm).

GAA: All-Ireland SHC semi-final, Limerick v Clare, (RTÉ Two, 3.30pm); All-Ireland MHC semi-final, Limerick v Galway, (RTÉ Two, 1.30pm). Sunday Game, (RTÉ Two, TBC).

Golf: Solheim Cup, (Sky Sports 1, 7pm).

Soccer: Premier League, Crystal Palace v Tottenham, (Sky Sports 1, 12.30pm), Chelsea v Hull, (Sky Sports 1, 3.30pm); Ligue 1, Monaco v Montpellier, (BT Sport 1, 12.30pm), Paris St Germain v Ajaccio, (BT Sport 1, 7.45pm); Bundesliga, Nurenberg v Hertha Berlin, (ESPN, 2.30pm), Borussia Dortmund v Eintracht Braunschweig, (BT Sport 1, 4.15pm); Primera Division, TBC, (Sky Sports 4, 6pm).

Rugby Union: World Club Sevens, (BT Sport 2, noon).

Tennis: Cincinnati Masters, (Sky Sports 3, 5.30pm); Western and Southern Open, (BT Sport 2, 7pm & Eurosport, 9pm).

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