Introduced by Steve Rider.
Provisional Timetable
12.20 Football Focus
12.50 Racing; 1.10 News
1.15 Athletics; 1.25 Racing
1.40 Athletics; 1.55 Racing 2. 10 Rugby league
3.00 Motor racing 3. 10 Rugby league
3.50 Football half-times
4.00 Figure skating
4.40 Final Score
Rugby League
Live coverage (kick-off
2.15pm) of the first semi-final of the Silk Cut Challenge Cup, with the second semi-final next week. Wigan are still on course for a sixth consecutive title and meet either Bradford Northern or Oldham in one of the semi-finals. Leeds play Widnes or Hull KR in the other.
Commentary by Ray French .
Football Focus
Bob Wilson and Alan Hansen review the midweek Premier
League action and last weekend's FA Cup quarter-finals, and look ahead to this afternoon's matches.
(Match of the Day is at 10.20pm)
Figure Skating
World Championships from Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Coverage of the ladies' free programme. With reigning champion Kristi Yamaguchi not competing, a new title winner is promised. American
Nancy Kerrigan looks to improve on her silver medal of a year ago, but faces competition from
Yuha Sato of Japan, China's Lu Chen , and European champion Surya Bonaly. Commentary by Alan Weeks and Barry Davies. (Coverage continues on BBC2)
Athletics
IAAF World Indoor
Championships from Toronto. Action from the opening day of the competition, which saw five titles decided, the highlight being the search to find the fastest man and woman in the world over 60m. American
Andre Cason and Irina Sergeyeva of the Soviet Union took these titles back in 1991 in Seville. Cason should once again be a contender in the men's event. As for the women, Russia's Irina Privalova has already broken the world record in this current indoor season. Commentary by David Coleman , Stuart Storey and Paul Dickenson.
Racing
From Chepstow.
1.00 Berkeley Hurdle (2m)
1.30 Lifetime UK Novices' Chase (Handicap. 2½m)
2.00 Beaufort Hurdle (2m)
With commentary by Peter O'Sullevan , Julian Wilson and Richard Pitman. Plus a look ahead to the Cheltenham
Festival, coverage of which begins on Tuesday at 1.50pm onBBCl.
Motor Racing
On the eve of the Formula 1 Grand Prix opener in South Africa, Steve Rider looks forward to the coming season. Plus the latest news on the grid for tomorrow's race from
Kyalami, which is being shown live from 11.55am on BBC2.
Producer Martin Hopkins
Editor Dave Gordon