Derek McInnes’ Rangers travel to Dundee United in the opening match of the 2026-27 William Hill Premiership season.
Commonwealth Games medals are up for grabs in athletics, boxing and judo, while Manchester Super Giants meet Trent Rockets in The Hundred.
Here is where you can watch the major sporting events taking place on Friday.
McInnes begins Rangers tenure at Tannadice
Derek McInnes will take charge of his first match as Rangers manager when the new William Hill Premiership campaign kicks off on Friday evening.
Former Gers midfielder McInnes, who narrowly missed out on the title to Celtic while in charge of Hearts last season, begins his tenure away to Dundee United from 7pm on Sky Sports Main Event.
Rangers finished third last term under former boss Danny Rohl, while Dundee United came seventh.
Commonwealth Games continues
A busy track and field schedule in Glasgow concludes with the men’s and women’s 200m finals.
Track cycling at The Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome includes the men’s and women’s 4000m individual pursuit finals.
Medals are also on the line in boxing and judo, with all events on TNT Sports 2 at 8.30am and 6pm.
Super Giants host Rockets
Table-topping Manchester Super Giants and second-placed Trent Rockets clash in The Hundred men’s competition.
Earlier in the women’s tournament, Super Giants and Rockets will bid to continue their strong starts to the season as they each go in search of a third win from four games.
Coverage of the two matches at Old Trafford is on Sky Sports Cricket at 2.45pm and 6pm respectively.
What else is happening on Friday?
Wigan travel to Leigh in the Betfred Super League, from 7.30pm on Sky Sports Action.
Round two of the AIG Women’s Open Championship will be shown at 9am and 1pm on Sky Sports Main Event, while the first semi-final of the Shanghai Masters snooker will be screened from 7am on TNT Sports 4.
Tennis’ Washington DC Open is on Sky Sports Main Event from 11.30pm. Coverage of Glorious Goodwood starts at 1.30pm on ITV1.
On this day in history
2009: Former England and Newcastle manager Sir Bobby Robson died aged 76. Robson, who had been fighting cancer for several years, played for Fulham and West Brom and also managed Fulham, Ipswich, PSV Eindhoven, Sporting Lisbon, Porto and Barcelona.
2015: Beijing won the vote to host the 2022 Winter Olympics despite having no natural snow.
2022: England triumphed in the Women’s European Championship final, defeating Germany 2-1 after extra time at Wembley, claiming the first major trophy in the team’s history and the first for an England side since the men’s 1966 World Cup success.
