• One to sit in for: Ireland and the Boks, wha? Get it done.
• One to Sky+: Plenty of soccer on Sunday even if you have to go the the garden centre.
• One to skip: No Ronnie, no snooker.

Friday

Cricket: Test, Australia v South Africa (Sky Sports 1, 11.55pm).

Football: Bundesliga, Mainz v Nuremberg (ESPN, 7.30pm).

Golf: Singapore Open (Sky Sports 1, 6am). PGA Tour, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic (Sky Sports 3, 6pm).

Snooker: Players Tour Championship (Eurosport, 7.30am).

Tennis: ATP Finals (Sky Sports 1, Noon; BBC Two, 1.45)

Saturday

Boxing: World heavyweight title, Wladimir Klitschko v Mariusz Wach, (ESPN, 10pm).

Cricket: First Test, Australia v South Africa, (Sky Sports 1, 6am, 11.55pm).

Darts: Grand Slam of Darts, (Sky Sports 1, 7pm).

Football: Scottish Premier League, Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Hearts, ( ESPN, 11.30am); Championship, Leicester v Nottingham Forest, (Sky Sports 2, 12.30pm); Premier League, Aston Villa v Manchester United, (Sky Sports 2, 5pm); Primera Division, Malaga v Real Sociedad, (Sky Sports 4, 8.55pm); Premier Soccer Saturday, RTÉ Two, 7.45pm); Match of the Day, (BBC1, 10.30pm).

Golf: European Tour, Singapore Open, (Sky Sports 2, 6am; Sky Sports 3, 3am, Sunday); PGA Tour, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic, (Sky Sports 4, 6pm).

Horse racing: Doncaster and Wincanton , (Channel 4, 1.55pm).

Rugby: Ireland v South Africa, (RTÉ Two, BBC2, 5pm); Wales v Argentina, (BBC1, Sky Sports 1, 2pm); France v Australia, (ESPN, 7.45pm).

Skiing: Men’s World Cup slalom, Finland, (Eurosport, 8.45am, 11.45am).

Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals, (Sky Sports 1 12pm, BBC2, 1.45pm, Sky Sports 3, 2pm, 5.30pm).

Sunday

American football: NFL, Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints, Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles (Sky Sports 3, 5.3pm, 9.15pm); NFL, Chicago Bears v Houston Texans, (Channel 4, 1.05am, Monday)

Cricket: First Test, Australia v South Africa, (Sky Sports 1, 6am, 11.55pm).

Darts: Grand Slam of Darts, (Sky Sports 1 , 1pm, 7pm).

Football: Serie A, Palermo v Sampdoria, (ESPN,11.30am); Scottish Premier League, Hibernian v Dundee United, (Sky Sports 4, 12.30pm); Premier League, Manchester City v Tottenham, (Sky Sports 1, 1pm); Serie A, Lazio v Roma, (ESPN, 1.30pm); Premier League, Chelsea v Liverpool, (Sky Sports 1, 3.30pm); Bundesliga, Stuttgart v Hannover, (ESPN, 4.15pm); Primera Division, Real Mallorca v Barcelona, (Sky Sports 4, 4.45pm); Primera Division, Atletico Madrid v Getafe, (Sky Sports 4, 6.45pm); Ligue 1, Montpellier v Paris St Germain, (ESPN, 7.30pm); Primera Division, Levante v Real Madrid, (Sky Sports 4, 8.30pm).

GAA: GAA Beo, Thurles Sars v Cork Sars, (TG4, 2.30pm).

Golf: European Tour, Singapore Open, (Sky Sports 3, 6am).

Motorcycling: MotoGP, Valencia Grand Prix, (BBC2, 12.30pm).

Rugby: Scotland v New Zealand, (BBC1, 2.10pm)

Skiing: Men’s World Cup slalom, Finland, (Eurosport, 8.45am, 11.45am).

Tennis: ATP World Tour finals, (Sky Sports 2, 12pm, 6pm; BBC2, 2pm).

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