Saturday
Rugby union
11.05am (all times BST)Japan v Australia live
Australia are desperate to register back-to-back Test wins for the first time in a year when they take on Japan. Not since they beat the British & Irish Lions and Springboks in August last year have the Wallabies managed two wins in a row, but that is the target in Osaka after they beat Italy in July to end a six-match losing streak. Saturday’s clash also marks the first match in charge for Les Kiss and he will pit his coaching smarts against Eddie Jones, who has twice been in charge of the Wallabies and will be hoping to lead Japan to their first win over Australia. Jonathan Howcroft brings you the action.
Football
3pm Clockwatch: West Ham v Portsmouth live
And it’s back … in what may seem to some a blink of the eye, football returns in England, barely three weeks since the end of the summer’s World Cup. In Scotland, the season is already up and running and while the Premier League’s elite fine-tune with a host of friendlies – from Manchester United v Paris Saint-Germain in Gothenburg to Chelsea v Milan in Jakarta and all points in between – the core action arrives in the Carabao Cup. Of the 29 matches, the standout comes at the London Stadium where freshly relegated West Ham wake up to the reality of demotion for their first League Cup first-round tie since 2011 when they lost 2-1 to Aldershot on home soil. Portsmouth are the visitors, with Pompey progressing from two of the three prior major cup competition ties between them. Plus there’ll be transfer updates and breaking news. Scott Murray helms our rolling blog.
Cycling
1pmTour de France Femmes live
After Friday’s summit climax at Mont Ventoux, where Demi Vollering and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney were expected to make their moves on Marlen Reusser, Saturday’s stage is the longest of this year’s race at 171.9km. Starting in Sisteron, the route heads south along the Route Napoléon for 49km, before switching westward, along the River Var. The riders take on climbs of Col des Robines and Col de Toutes Aures, swoop down towards the Côte d’Azur and then confront two more ascents: Côte de Colomars and Côte de la Ginestière. The finish arrives at Nice’s Promenade des Anglais. Tom Bassam’s rolling liveblog keeps pace with all the stage eight action.
