Introduced by Steve Rider.
Provisional Timetable
12.35 Athletics - men's 5,000m
1.00 News
1.05 Athletics - men's mile
1.15 Motor sport
1.35 Athletics - women's 5,000m
1.55 Racing; 2.05 Showjumping
2.25 Racing; 2.35 Showjumping
2.55 Racing; 3.05 Show jumping
4.55 Final Score
Athletics
Bupa International Festival of Running from Aberdeen. Scotland's top two female athletes -world 10,000m champion Liz McColgan and rival Yvonne Murray , who won the world indoor championship 3,000m title in Toronto in March - meet in the 5,000m. The men's 5,000m race features Olympic 10,000m champion Khalid Skah of Morocco and British one-mile world record holder Steve Cram. AAA 1500m champion Kevin McKay and 1992 world cup 800m champion David Sharpe compete in the men's mile. Commentary by David Coleman and Brendan Foster.
Show Jumping
Homepride British Nations Cup from Hickstead. Great Britain will be defending their title in the British round of the Nations Cup after the success of David Broome, Nick Skelton , Tim Grubb and Tina Cassan last year. Fierce competition can be expected from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland and France, who took the President's Cup as overall winners of the Nations Cup in 1992. Commentary by Stephen Hadley and Michael Tucker.
Motor Sport
Autotrader RAC British Touring Car Championship from Donington. Steve Soper extended his lead at the top of the overall standings with his second victory this year. Tim Harvey is the only other winning driver in the series.
Commentary by Murray Walker.
Racing From Lingfield Park.
2.00 Daily Mail Dream Cottage Game Conditions Stakes (I 1 Vi m)
2.30 Daily Mail Handicap Stakes (1¼m)
3.00 Daily Mail Leisure Stakes (6f) Commentary by Peter O'Sullevan, Julian Wilson and Jimmy Lindley.
Plus a recording of this afternoon's IAWS Irish 1,000 Guineas from the Curragh, after the conclusion of the Nations Cup.
Producer Martin Hopkins
Editor Dave Gordon