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Your Guardian Sport weekend: Champions League final, French Open and Spanish GP

Champions League, Spanish GP, French Open
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Saturday

8am (all times BST)

Weekend previews

Football

With the National League playoff final between Oldham Athletic and Southend United poised to take place on Sunday, Dominic Booth previews the latter’s run to Wembley – Southend are seeking a return to the EFL after financial turmoil and the threat of going bust. We will also have the view from Paris before the Champions League final, as Luke Entwistle looks at PSG’s big-game preparations.

8.30am

Matchday live

Football

Join Barry Glendenning and Rob Smyth for our special liveblog covering all the reaction to Friday’s Women’s Nations League results – including England v Portugal at Wembley – plus the buildup to Saturday’s big game: the men’s Champions League final between PSG and Inter at 8pm. Who will be crowned champions of Europe? Send your thoughts, predictions and questions to matchday.live@theguardian.com.

9.30am

French Open day seven live

Tennis

The first week of the French Open ends on Saturday, with John Brewin helming the liveblog for another busy day, with Britain’s Jacob Fearnley and Cam Norrie facing off in the third round. Tumaini Carayol is at Roland Garros to wrap up the best of the action in his reports.

10.30am

Giro d’Italia stage 20 live

Cycling

This year’s Giro finishes on Sunday with a procession in Rome and a Vatican visit, but the winner’s pink jersey will be claimed the day before on a brutal climb to Sestriere. Can Mexico’s Isaac Del Toro hold on to the maglia rosa, or can a contender such as Britain’s Simon Yates make a late break for glory? Join Tom Bassam for live updates throughout the day.

3pm

Spanish Grand Prix qualifying live

Formula One

An exciting title race continues in Barcelona and a change of the rules on wing-flexing – described by Ferrari’s team principal, Frédéric Vasseur, as a possible “gamechanger” – could throw up further drama. With the McLarens fastest in practice, Dominic Booth will keep you abreast of the latest qualifying updates as the drivers battle for pole position on Sunday.

8pm

PSG v Inter live

Champions League

The men’s Champions League comes to a close in Munich as PSG take on Inter hoping to earn their first ever title in Europe’s elite competition. The French side are favourites after beating the English trio of Liverpool, Aston Villa and Arsenal in the knockout stage but Inter are a tough nut to crack and will want to put right their 2023 final defeat. Scott Murray will lead the buildup in our liveblog from around 6pm before the 8pm kick-off, while David Hytner, Barney Ronay, Jonathan Liew and Nick Ames will be in Munich, offering reports, news and comment on the biggest game in club football.

Sunday

9.30am

French Open day eight live

Tennis

It’s the fourth round at Roland Garros as we get into the business end of the tournament. Daniel Harris has all the latest in our rolling liveblog, where women’s title contenders Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek are expected to be in action, while Tumaini Carayol is again reporting from Paris, with the latest reports and news from the two draws.

11am

England v West Indies, second men’s ODI live

Cricket

Following England’s emphatic opening win over the West Indies at Edgbaston, the series continues in Cardiff with Sunday’s second one-day international, as Harry Brook hopes to prevail in his first series as white-ball captain of England. Tanya Aldred and James Wallace will be on hand for our over-by-over report from the action at Sophia Gardens, while Simon Burnton’s match report will follow later on.

2pm

Spanish Grand Prix live

Formula One

How will Lando Norris fare after the McLaren driver claimed a brilliant win in Monaco to close to within three points of teammate Oscar Piastri at the top of the standings? Will Max Verstappen – 25 points back from the leader, Piastri – close the gap? Luke McLaughlin is manning our lap-by-lap report on the action in Barcelona, while Giles Richards, our F1 correspondent, will wrap up the final race report and reaction.

3pm

Oldham v Southend live

National League playoff final

Oldham and Southend may have finished fifth and seventh in the regular season – the latter a full 28 points behind second-placed York City – but now both teams have a chance to return to the Football League with victory at Wembley on Sunday. Will Unwin has our minute-by-minute liveblog, while Paul MacInnes will be filing his match report from Wembley.

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