Introduced by Steve Rider.
Provisional Timetable
12.20 Football Focus
1.00 News
1.05 Boxing
1.25 Racing
1.35 Water-skiing
1.55 Racing
2.05 Bowls
2.25 Racing
2.35 Bowls
2.55 Racing
3. 15 Touring Cars
3.40 Racing
3.50 Bowls
4.35 Athletics
4.40 Final Score
Football Focus
A preview of the week's action from the first-round first- leg ties in the European club competitions. With Bob Wilson.
Racing
From Newbury.
1.30 Highclere Nursery Handicap (5f)
2.00 Rokeby Farms Mill Reef Stakes (6f)
2.30 Courage Rated Stakes (1¼ m)
3.00 Tote Autumn Cup (Handicap. Im5f61yds)
Commentary by Peter O'Sullevan , Julian Wilson and Jimmy Lindley.
From the Curragh.
3.10 Smurfit National Stakes (7f)
3.45 Jefferson Smurfit Memorial Irish StLeger(lm6f)
Commentary by Tony O'Hehir.
Boxing
British super-middleweight championship from London. Former European champion
James Cook from south London takes on Fidel Castro from
Sheffield. Commentary by Harry Carpenter.
Crown Green Bowls
Greenalls Waterloo Handicap from Blackpool. Eight men contest three more rounds today to decide the winner. Brian Duncan , who won a record-breaking fifth Waterloo title in 1992, was eliminated in the second round this year. Plus coverage of the women's event which Karen Johnson won in 1992. She too was knocked out in the early rounds this year. Commentary by Harry Rigby and Michael Leach.
Motor Sport
Rounds 15 and 16 of the Autotrader British Touring Cars Championship from
Donington Park. Commentary by Murray Walker.
Water-skiing
World Championships from Kallang River, Singapore. European slalom champion John Battleday heads the British men's team which includes Paul Studd in the tricks and jump and Jodi Fisher in the slalom and jump. Highlights of the men's competition today, and the women's tomorrow.
Commentary by Gerald Sinstadt.
Athletics
News of the Junior North Run which precedes the main Great North Run tomorrow.
Producer Martin Hopkins Editor Dave Gordon