Introduced by Steve Rider from Wembley.
Provisional Timetable
12.20 Football Focus
12.55 Rugby league
1.05 News; 1.10 Racing
1.25 Snooker; 1.40 Racing
1.55 Snooker; 2.10 Racing
2.25 Rugby league
4.40 Final Score
Rugby League
Stones Bitter World Cup final from Wembley.
Great Britain v Australia
It's 20 years since Great
Britain last won the World Cup and ten years since Australia came to this country and humiliated the home side with a 3-0 test series hammering that left British coaches saying the game here was a decade behind the southern hemisphere. Can the British side prove that the lessons have been learned? The whole match live. Commentary by Ray French and John Monie. ● SPORT: page 12
Football Focus
Bob Wilson and Gary Lineker look back at the efforts of British clubs in the second round of the three European club competitions. Plus the usual comprehensive roundup of the best of the action from the Premier League.
Snooker
Grand Prix from the Hexagon, Reading. The two semi-finals start this afternoon.
Commentary by Ted Lowe , Jack Karnehm and Clive Everton.
(Coverage continues at 4.40pm on BBC2) ● STEREO
Racing
From Newbury.
1.15 Radley Stakes (7f 64yds)
1.45 Castrol St Simons Stakes (1½m)
2.15 FLS Aerospace Handicap Stakes (9f)
Commentary by Peter O'Sullevan , Julian Wilson and Jimmy Lindley.
Producer Martin Hopkins Editor Dave Gordon