Sporting events you can’t miss

Sport editor Michael Potts on the best of the week’s action on TV and radio

16—22 AUGUST 2025

27 JULY

Sport editor Michael Potts on the best of the week’s action on TV and radio

Results mean nothing in the pre-season games, but it’s a chance to see how teams gel, says Simon Barnes

Apart from the half-empty stadiums, the extreme heat, pitch complaints and the hour-plus interruptions to matches due to lightning, the USA’s warm-up for 2026 went pretty smoothly with the Club World