TV sport round-up: Premier League kicks off, plus Rugby World Cup
How about the threats from recently-crowned World Club Cup champions Chelsea, Newcastle United, and Aston Villa?
Can Tottenham and Manchester United return to form after a dismal season? And will the promoted teams secure survival?
All those questions will be answered in the next nine months as a new Premier League campaign kicks off this weekend.
The champions got the ball rolling when they hosted Bournemouth last night, and today’s live action kicks off with Aston Villa v Newcastle United on TNT Sports 1 at 12.30pm.
Then it’s Tottenham v promoted Burnley on Premier Sports at 3pm.
Wolves v Manchester City is on Sky at 5.30pm, while live matches on the channel tomorrow are Chelsea v Crystal Palace at 2pm, Nottingham Forest v Brentford - on Sky Sports+ - also at 2pm, and Manchester United v Arsenal at 4.30pm.
The Monday match on Sky is newly-promoted Leeds United v Everton at 8pm, while next Friday, you can see a London derby between West Ham United and Chelsea at 8pm.
There is a live triple bill of Championship games on Sky today at 12.30pm - take your pick from Derby County v Coventry City, Portsmouth v Norwich City, and Wrexham v West Brom.
Ipswich Town v Southampton is on Sky tomorrow at noon.
Meanwhile, the Women’s Rugby World Cup kicks off next Friday.
The event is taking place in England and the hosts get the ball rolling against USA in Sunderland at 7.30pm.
All matches are live on RTÉ and Ireland start their campaign the following Monday, August 24, against Japan.
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