The Daily Telegraph - Saturday - Review
SPORT ON TV LPGA: Tournament of Champions
CRICKET Sri Lanka v England Saturday-Tuesday, Sky Main Event, 4.30am
England secured a sevenwicket win over
Sri Lanka in the first Test, taking a step closer to the inaugural World Test Championship final at Lord’s in June. Joe Root scored an outstanding double hundred, leading England to a fourth consecutive overseas Test victory for the first time since 1957, while Essex batsman Dan Lawrence looked to the manor born on his Test debut. Spinners Dom Bess and Jack Leach bowled well in the absence of Moeen Ali, who returns from quarantine for the second and final Test in Galle. A four-match Test series in India awaits in February.
FOOTBALL FA Cup Fourth Round
Saturday-Monday, BBC & BT Sport
Manchester United and Liverpool played out a strangely gripping goalless draw in their first meeting of the season last week, and have all of seven days to prepare for the next – this time in the FA Cup fourth round
(Sunday, BBC One, 5pm). United had the pick of the chances in that game, with Liverpool’s front three off-colour, but neither deserved to win. The second meeting, at Old Trafford, could be more liberal, with changes expected as Jürgen Klopp and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer manage another hectic few weeks. Today, League Two Cheltenham Town are giant slayers-elect as they
face Manchester City (BBC One, 5.30pm), while title-chasing Arsenal take on West Ham United in the Women’s Super League (BBC iPlayer/Red Button, 12noon). Leicester City play Championship side Brentford in the FA Cup tomorrow (BT Sport 1, 2.30pm) and, on Monday, Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur face Wycombe Wanderers (BT Sport 1, 7.45pm).
Saturday-Sunday, Sky Golf
Following the men’s tournament earlier this month, the most successful golfers on the LPGA Tour over the past two years meet at the Four Seasons Golf and Sports Club in Orlando, Florida. Last year’s winner Gaby López returns to defend her title against a strong field, including Danielle Kang, Jin Young Ko and Lexi Thompson. Georgia Hall, Bronte Law and
Mel Reid represent
British interests.
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS UFC 257: Dustin Poirier v Conor McGregor
Sun, BT Box Office, 1am
The biggest name in combat sports returns to the UFC Octagon for an intriguing lightweight contest against former interim champion Dustin Poirier, who McGregor beat at featherweight in 2014. The Irishman claims to be in the shape of his life, with one eye on a rematch against “retired” pound-for-pound champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.