WPL final, Manchester United v Liverpool, Atletico Madrid v Barcelona and more – Firstpost
The second season of the Women’s Premier League concludes this weekend while the FA Cup is set to witness heavyweight clashes such as United v Liverpool, Manchester City v Newcastle United and more.
As the week comes to a close, most of us will be looking forward to leaving our workstations a little early to celebrate. Some will consider watching a movie with friends and family, while others will look forward to using this time to take care of household chores. There will also be those who look forward to catching up on sleep on their days off.
For sports fans, however, the weekend is usually when some of the biggest matches take place and this Saturday and Sunday are no different.
The second season of the Women’s Premier League is set to conclude on Sunday with Delhi Capitals, who qualified directly for the final for the second consecutive year, awaiting the winner of the Eliminator between defending champions Mumbai Indians and the Royal Challengers of Bangalore. The weekend will also witness
Here’s a quick overview of this weekend’s main sporting events, with match times and live broadcast information:
Cricket:
Women’s Premier League Final: Delhi Capitals vs TBA (Sports18/JioCinema) – Sunday, 7:30 p.m.
Afghanistan vs Ireland, 2nd T20I in Sharjah (FanCode) — Sunday, 9:30 p.m.
Soccer:
FA Cup (Sony Sports Network)
SATURDAY:
Manchester City v Newcastle United — 11:00 p.m.
Sunday:
Chelsea v Leicester City – 6:15 p.m.
Manchester United v Liverpool – 9:00 p.m.
Premier League (Star Sports Network)
SATURDAY:
Fulham v Nottingham Forest — 11:00 p.m.
Sunday:
West Ham United v Aston Villa – 7:30 p.m.
LaLiga (Sports18/JioCinema)
SATURDAY:
Osasuna vs. Real Madrid — 8:45 p.m.
Getafe vs. Girona — 11:00 p.m.
Sunday:
Sevilla vs Celta Vigo — 6:30 p.m.
Villareal vs Valencia — 8:45 p.m.
Atlético Madrid vs Barcelona — 1h30
Series A (Sports18/JioCinema)
Sunday:
Juventus vs Genoa – 5 p.m.
Hellas Verona vs AC Milan — 7:30 p.m.
AS Roma vs Sassuolo — 10:30 p.m.
Atalanta vs. Fiorentina — 10:30 p.m.
Inter Milan vs Napoli – 1h15
Bundesliga (Sony Sports Network)
SATURDAY:
Heidenheim vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach – 8 p.m.
Union Berlin v Werder Bremen – 8 p.m.
Mainz vs Bochum – 8 p.m.
Darmstadt vs. Bayern Munich – 8 p.m.
Hoffenheim vs. Stuttgart — 11:00 p.m.
Sunday:
Freiberg v Bayer Leverkusen – 8 p.m.
Borussia Dortmund vs. Eintracht Frankfurt — 10:00 p.m.
Ligue 1 (Sports18/JioCinema)
SATURDAY:
Lens vs Nice — 1h30
Sunday:
Stade Rennais vs Marseille — 9:35 p.m.
Montpellier vs Paris Saint-Germain — 1h15
Badminton
All England Badminton Championship (Sports18/JioCinema) — Although the schedule has not yet been released for the weekend, the semi-finals and final are expected to take place on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
Lakshya Sen is the only Indian left in the competition and he could be in action this weekend provided he beats Lee Zii Jia in the men’s singles quarter-final on Friday.
Tennis:
Indian Wells Open (Sony Sports Network)
Women’s singles semi-finals (Saturday): Iga Swiatek vs. Marta Kostyuk; Coco Gauff vs. Maria Sakkari
Men’s singles semi-finals (Sunday): Tommy Paul vs. Daniil Medvedev; Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz