The UEFA Champions League and Artistic Gymnastics World Championships lead Wednesday’s coverage, followed on Thursday by Ireland’s opening ODI against Namibia and the start of three major golf tournaments. Friday brings League of Ireland action, Connacht and Zebre on TG4, World Championship gymnastics and the opening practice sessions at Formula One’s United States Grand Prix.
The weekend then features Leona Maguire at the BMW Ladies Championship, Leinster–Munster, the Women’s Premier Division finale, two Ireland–Scotland shinty and camogie internationals, the World Series, the Northern Ireland Open and a full Sunday of NFL action. All times are Irish.
Wednesday, October 21st
Tennis – ATP and WTA Tours
Japan Open and Ningbo Open from 03:30
Lyon Open, Almaty Open and Brussels Open from 14:00
Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+
Cricket – South Africa Vs Australia
Second Test, Day Four; coverage from 08:30
Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket
Snooker – Northern Ireland Open
Second-round programme, with sessions during the afternoon and evening
TNT Sports and HBO Max. Mark Allen was eliminated by Jordan Brown on Tuesday
Horse Racing – Navan
Wednesday card beginning at 13:02
Racing TV
Football – UEFA Champions League
Como Vs Manchester United, 17:45
Virgin Media Two and Virgin Media Play from 17:00; TNT Sports and HBO Max
Lille Vs Galatasaray, 17:45
TNT Sports and HBO Max
Bayern Munich Vs Arsenal, 20:00
RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player from 19:30; Premier Sports 1 and TNT Sports/HBO Max
Real Madrid Vs RB Leipzig, 20:00
Virgin Media Two and Virgin Media Play from 19:45; TNT Sports and HBO Max
Aston Villa Vs Viking; Club Brugge Vs Lens; Inter Milan Vs Shakhtar Donetsk; Real Betis Vs Feyenoord; Sporting CP Vs LASK, 20:00
TNT Sports and HBO Max
Gymnastics – Artistic World Championships
Women’s Team Final, 19:30–22:00
Eurovision Sport live and free; BBC television and BBC iPlayer
Football – EFL Championship
Reading Vs Leyton Orient, 20:00
Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football from 19:30
Thursday, October 22nd
Golf – BMW Ladies Championship
First Round in South Korea from 03:00, featuring Ireland’s Leona Maguire
Sky Sports Golf, Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports+
Golf – Genesis Championship
First Round from 04:00
Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Golf
Tennis – ATP and WTA Tours
Japan Open and Ningbo Open from 03:30; Lyon, Almaty and Brussels coverage from 14:00
Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+
Cricket – South Africa Vs Australia
Second Test, Day Five; coverage from 08:30
Sky Sports+
Cricket – Men’s ODI Tri-Series
Sri Lanka Vs England; coverage from 08:30
Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket
Cricket – Ireland Tour of Namibia
Namibia Vs Ireland, First ODI, 09:00
ICC.tv
Horse Racing – Clonmel
Thursday card
Racing TV
Snooker – Northern Ireland Open
Third-round programme, with afternoon and evening sessions
TNT Sports and HBO Max
Football – UEFA Europa League and Conference League
Lech Poznań Vs Sunderland, 17:45
Premier Sports 1 from 17:30; TNT Sports and HBO Max
Trabzonspor Vs Hearts; Jablonec Vs Brighton and Hove Albion, 17:45
TNT Sports and HBO Max
Celtic Vs Celta Vigo, 20:00
Premier Sports 1 from 19:45; TNT Sports and HBO Max
Bournemouth Vs AC Milan; Beşiktaş Vs Crystal Palace, 20:00
TNT Sports and HBO Max
Darts – European Championship
Opening session from 18:00
ITV4 and ITVX
Golf – Butterfield Bermuda Championship
First Round from 18:00
Sky Sports Golf
Gymnastics – Artistic World Championships
Men’s All-Around Final, 19:30–22:00
Eurovision Sport live and free; BBC television and BBC iPlayer
Friday, October 23rd
NFL – Thursday Night Football
New England Patriots at Chicago Bears, 01:15
Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports NFL from 00:05; NFL Game Pass on DAZN
Golf – BMW Ladies Championship
Second Round from 03:00, featuring Leona Maguire
Sky Sports Golf; Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports+ from 03:30
Golf – Genesis Championship
Second Round from 03:00
Sky Sports Golf; Sky Sports Main Event from 04:30
Tennis – ATP and WTA Tours
Japan Open and Ningbo Open from 03:30; Lyon, Almaty and Brussels coverage from 14:00
Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+
Horse Racing – Sligo and Dundalk
Afternoon racing at Sligo and an evening Flat card at Dundalk
Racing TV
Snooker – Northern Ireland Open
Quarter-Finals, with sessions from 13:00 and 19:00
TNT Sports and HBO Max
Formula One – United States Grand Prix
First Practice, 18:30
Second Practice, 22:00
Sky Sports F1
Darts – European Championship
Second session from 18:00
ITV4 and ITVX
Golf – Butterfield Bermuda Championship
Second Round from 18:00
Sky Sports Golf
Football – SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division
Bohemians Vs Shelbourne; Galway United Vs St Patrick’s Athletic; Derry City Vs Dundalk; Waterford Vs Drogheda United, 19:45
Shamrock Rovers Vs Sligo Rovers, 20:00
LOITV
Rugby Union – United Rugby Championship
Connacht Vs Zebre Parma, 19:45
TG4 and TG4 Player; Premier Sports 1 from 19:15
Edinburgh Vs Lions, 19:45
Premier Sports 2
Gymnastics – Artistic World Championships
Women’s All-Around Final, 19:30–22:00
Eurovision Sport live and free; BBC television and BBC iPlayer
Football – EFL Championship
Bolton Wanderers Vs Middlesbrough, 20:00
Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football from 19:30
Ipswich Town Vs Nottingham Forest, 20:00
Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League
Saturday, October 24th
Baseball – World Series
Game One: Tampa Bay Rays at Milwaukee Brewers, 01:00
MLB.TV. Irish TNT Sports and HBO Max channel confirmation remains outstanding
Golf – BMW Ladies Championship
Third Round from 03:00, featuring Leona Maguire
Sky Sports Golf, Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports+
Golf – Genesis Championship
Third Round from 04:30
Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Golf
Cricket – Ireland Tour of Namibia
Namibia Vs Ireland, Second ODI, 09:00
ICC.tv
AFLW
Deferred coverage of a selected Round Ten match from 09:40
TG4 and TG4 Player; TG4 has not identified the fixture or Irish players involved in its published listing
Football – Premier League
Aston Villa Vs Manchester City, 12:30
TNT Sports and HBO Max
Arsenal Vs Everton, 15:00
Premier Sports 1
Chelsea Vs Tottenham Hotspur, 17:30
Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports+
Football – Women’s Super League
Tottenham Hotspur Vs Arsenal, 12:45
BBC One and BBC iPlayer
Brighton and Hove Albion Vs West Ham United, 17:15
Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Mix
Rugby Union – United Rugby Championship
Bulls Vs Ulster, 12:45
Premier Sports 2
Benetton Vs Glasgow Warriors, 15:00
Premier Sports 2
Leinster Vs Munster, 18:00
Premier Sports 1
Ospreys Vs Dragons, 19:45
Premier Sports 2 and S4C
Rugby Union – Women’s International
South Africa Vs Ireland, 14:00
RugbyPass TV
Gymnastics – Artistic World Championships
Apparatus Finals: Men’s Floor, Women’s Vault, Men’s Pommel Horse, Women’s Uneven Bars and Men’s Rings, 14:00–18:00
Eurovision Sport live and free; BBC television and BBC iPlayer
Snooker – Northern Ireland Open
Semi-Finals, with sessions from 13:00 and 19:00
TNT Sports and HBO Max
Darts – European Championship
Sessions from 12:00 and 18:00
ITV4 and ITVX
Horse Racing – Galway and Aintree
Saturday card at Galway
Racing TV
Old Roan Chase meeting at Aintree; coverage from 12:45
Virgin Media One and Virgin Media Play
Shinty and Camogie – Ireland Vs Scotland
Women’s Camogie/Shinty International, 16:00
Men’s Hurling/Shinty International, 18:00
Spórt TG4 YouTube
Football – SSE Airtricity Women’s Premier Division
Galway United Vs Shelbourne, 16:35
TG4 and TG4 Player from 16:10
Bohemians Vs Shamrock Rovers; Treaty United Vs DLR Waves; Sligo Rovers Vs Peamount United; Wexford Vs Waterford; Athlone Town Vs Cork City, 17:00
LOITV
Gaelic Games – Dublin Senior Hurling Championship Final
Cuala Vs Kilmacud Crokes, 19:15
RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player
Football – SSE Airtricity First Division Play-Offs
Longford Town Vs UCD, 19:30
Kerry Vs Bray Wanderers, 19:45
LOITV
Formula One – United States Grand Prix
Third Practice, 18:30
Qualifying, 22:00
Sky Sports F1
Golf – Butterfield Bermuda Championship
Third Round from 18:00
Sky Sports Golf
Sunday, October 25th
Baseball – World Series
Game Two: Tampa Bay Rays at Milwaukee Brewers, 01:00
MLB.TV. Irish TNT Sports and HBO Max channel confirmation remains outstanding
Golf – BMW Ladies Championship
Final Round from 03:00, featuring Leona Maguire
Sky Sports Golf, Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports+
Golf – Genesis Championship
Final Round from 03:30
Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Golf
Cricket – Men’s ODI Tri-Series
Pakistan Vs England; coverage from 07:30
Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket
Athletics – Dublin Marathon
Live coverage from approximately 08:00
TG4 and TG4 Player
Football – Scottish Premiership
Hibernian Vs Celtic, 12:00
Sky Sports Football from 11:00
Motherwell Vs Hearts, 14:00
Premier Sports 1
Football – Women’s Super League
Crystal Palace Vs Chelsea, 12:00
Sky Sports Mix
Birmingham City Vs Charlton Athletic; Everton Vs Aston Villa, 14:00
Sky Sports+
Liverpool Vs London City Lionesses, 14:00
Sky Sports Mix
Manchester United Vs Manchester City, 18:00
Sky Sports Football
Snooker – Northern Ireland Open
Final, played across afternoon and evening sessions
TNT Sports and HBO Max
Darts – European Championship
Final-day sessions from 12:00 and 18:00
ITV4 and ITVX
Gymnastics – Artistic World Championships
Apparatus Finals: Men’s Vault, Women’s Balance Beam, Men’s Parallel Bars, Women’s Floor and Men’s Horizontal Bar, 14:00–18:00
Eurovision Sport live and free; BBC television and BBC iPlayer
NFL – Regular Season Week Seven
Pittsburgh Steelers Vs New Orleans Saints in Paris, 13:30
Virgin Media Two and Virgin Media Play; Sky Sports NFL from 13:00; NFL Game Pass on DAZN
Indianapolis Colts at Minnesota Vikings; Miami Dolphins at New York Jets; Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens; Cleveland Browns at Tennessee Titans; Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers; San Francisco 49ers at Atlanta Falcons; New York Giants at Houston Texans, 17:00
NFL Game Pass on DAZN
Denver Broncos at Arizona Cardinals, 20:05
NFL Game Pass on DAZN
Los Angeles Rams at Las Vegas Raiders; Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions, 20:25
NFL Game Pass on DAZN
NFL RedZone, 17:00
NFL Game Pass on DAZN
Football – Premier League
Crystal Palace Vs Newcastle United; Hull City Vs Brentford; Liverpool Vs Brighton and Hove Albion; Manchester United Vs Bournemouth, 14:00
Sky Sports channels and Sky Sports+, with individual channel allocations as listed in the Sky programme guide
Sunderland Vs Leeds United, 16:30
Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League
Horse Racing – Galway and Wexford
Sunday cards at Galway and Wexford
Racing TV
Formula One – United States Grand Prix
Race, 20:00; build-up from 19:00
Sky Sports F1
Football – La Liga
Barcelona Vs Real Madrid, 20:30
Premier Sports 1
Golf – Butterfield Bermuda Championship
Final Round from 17:00
Sky Sports Golf
Monday, October 26th
NFL – Sunday Night Football
Kansas City Chiefs at Seattle Seahawks, 00:20
Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports NFL from 00:10; NFL Game Pass on DAZN
Tennis – Paris Masters and WTA Tour
Opening-day coverage throughout the day
Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+
Horse Racing – Galway and Wexford
Bank Holiday Monday cards
Racing TV
Tuesday, October 27th
Baseball – World Series
Game Three: Milwaukee Brewers at Tampa Bay Rays, 00:00
MLB.TV. Irish TNT Sports and HBO Max channel confirmation remains outstanding
NFL – Monday Night Football
Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles, 00:15
Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports NFL from 00:05; NFL Game Pass on DAZN
Cricket – South Africa Vs Australia
Third Test, Day One; coverage from 07:30
Sky Sports Cricket
Cricket – Men’s ODI Tri-Series
Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka; coverage from 07:30
Sky Sports, with the precise channel awaiting the final daily allocation
Cricket – Ireland Tour of Namibia
Namibia Vs Ireland, Third ODI, 08:00
ICC.tv
Tennis – Paris Masters and WTA Tour
Live coverage throughout the day
Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+
Football – SSE Airtricity First Division Play-Offs
Bray Wanderers Vs Kerry; UCD Vs Longford Town, 19:45
LOITV
Football – German Cup
Borussia Dortmund Vs Werder Bremen, 20:30
Premier Sports 1
Wednesday, October 28th
Baseball – World Series
Game Four: Milwaukee Brewers at Tampa Bay Rays, 00:00
MLB.TV. Irish TNT Sports and HBO Max channel confirmation remains outstanding
Cricket – South Africa Vs Australia
Third Test, Day Two; coverage from 08:00
Sky Sports Cricket
Tennis – Paris Masters and WTA Tour
Live coverage throughout the day
Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+
Football – UEFA Women’s Champions League
Chelsea Vs Roma; Bayern Munich Vs Real Madrid; Servette Vs OH Leuven, 17:45
Arsenal Vs Benfica; OL Lyonnes Vs Inter Milan, 20:00
Disney+
Football – Scottish Premiership
Hearts Vs Rangers, 20:00
Sky Sports Football from 19:30
Thursday, October 29th
Baseball – World Series
Game Five, if required: Milwaukee Brewers at Tampa Bay Rays, 00:00
MLB.TV. Irish TNT Sports and HBO Max channel confirmation remains outstanding
Cricket – South Africa Vs Australia
Third Test, Day Three; coverage from 08:00
Sky Sports Cricket
Cricket – Men’s ODI Tri-Series
Sri Lanka Vs England; coverage from 07:30
Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket
Tennis – Paris Masters and WTA Tour
Live coverage throughout the day
Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+
Football – UEFA Women’s Champions League
Austria Wien Vs Juventus; Paris FC Vs Häcken, 17:45
HB Køge Vs Barcelona; Manchester City Vs Paris Saint-Germain, 20:00
Disney+
Friday, October 30th
NFL – Thursday Night Football
Carolina Panthers at Green Bay Packers, 00:15
Sky Sports NFL and NFL Game Pass on DAZN; the precise Sky programme start awaits the final listing
Cricket – Ireland Tour of Namibia
Namibia Vs Ireland, Fourth ODI, 08:00
ICC.tv
Cricket – South Africa Vs Australia
Third Test, Day Four; coverage from 08:00
Sky Sports Cricket
Tennis – Paris Masters and WTA Tour
Live coverage throughout the day
Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+
Horse Racing – Down Royal and Dundalk
Afternoon racing at Down Royal and an evening Flat card at Dundalk
Racing TV
Formula One – Mexico City Grand Prix
First Practice, 18:30
Second Practice, 22:00
Sky Sports F1
Football – SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division
St Patrick’s Athletic Vs Bohemians; Drogheda United Vs Galway United; Shelbourne Vs Waterford; Sligo Rovers Vs Derry City; Dundalk Vs Shamrock Rovers, 19:45
LOITV
Football – EFL Championship
Sheffield United Vs Wrexham, 20:00
Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football from 19:30
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