CRICKET
England v Pakistan, Sky Sports 1, from 10.30am today; highlights, Five, 7.15pm Pakistan’s victory charge was stopped by the rain in Cardiff on Wednesday, but Inzamam-ul-Haq’s touring team will be favourites to carry on where they left off in the second one-day international at Lord’s.
HORSE RACING
Kempton Park and Thirsk, Channel 4, 2pm today Mike Cattermole and Lesley Graham present live coverage of six feature races.
TENNIS
US Open, Sky Sports Xtra, from 4pm today and tomorrow; Eurosport from 5.30pm today and 6pm tomorrow Live coverage of the sixth and seventh days of the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York.
BOXING
Big Fight Live, ITV 1, 9.35pm today Live coverage of tonight’s IBF light-heavyweight title bout between Clinton Woods and Glen Johnson at the Bolton Arena, where Woods is making the third defence of the belt he won last year. The undercard features Amir Khan v Ryan Barrett, Souleymane M’Baye v Raul Balbi and Takaloo v Michael Jennings.
FOOTBALL
Brazil v Argentina, BBC One, 3.35pm tomorrow It would have been hard to imagine Brazil and Argentina playing at Highbury, but Arsenal have pulled off a coup by putting on this friendly at the Emirates Stadium.
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CYCLING
Tour of Britain, BBC Two, 3.40pm tomorrow The Tour of Britain will never have the cachet of its French cousin, but this year it has not had a drug’s scandal. The champion will be crowned in London on Sunday.
RUGBY UNION
Guinness Premiership, Sky Sports 1, from 1pm tomorrow The season kicks off with live coverage of Northampton v Newcastle Falcons and Leicester v Sale Sharks. TV PICK
England v Andorra
BBC One, 4.45pm today Steve McClaren could not have wished for an easier match to start England’s Euro 2008 qualifying campaign. The head coach watched his team defeat Greece 4-0 in his first game in charge on August 16 and he will be expecting a similar performance and possibly an even bigger score at Old Trafford this afternoon.