Introduced by Steve Rider in London and Desmond Lynam in Stuttgart.
Provisional Timetable
10.55 Athletics
12.10 Football Focus
12.40 Athletics
12.55 News
1.00 Athletics
1.40 Equestrian
1.55 Racing
2.05 Equestrian
2.55 Racing
3.05 Golf
3.25 Racing
3.35 Golf
4.40 Final Score
Athletics
World Championships from
Stuttgart. The opening day of an event second only in importance to the Olympics. Linford Christie is among the first of the British athletes in action, starting his attempt to add the world 100m title to the Olympic gold he won so memorably in Barcelona; the first round takes place this morning. Also, action from the men's 400m heats where the likes of Michael Johnson , Butch Reynolds and Quincy Watts form a formidable American team. David Grindley , winner of the European Cup earlier in the season, leads the British challenge. The women's 400m also gets under way today. The first medals are decided in the women's 10km walk, one of the newer events on the programme. Commentary by David Coleman , Stuart Storey ,
Paul Dickenson and Brendan Foster.
(Coverage continues on BBC2)
Golf
Weetabix Women's British
Open Championship from
Woburn. Coverage of the third round of the most valuable tournament in British women's golf. Hopes for a European victory are high after last autumn's Solheim Cup triumph, and the excellent form shown by players like Trish Johnson and Laura Davies on the American LPGA tour. Commentary Alex Hay , Beverley Lewis , Hazel Irvine.
Racing
From Newbury.
2.00 St Hugh 's Stakes (5f)
3.00 IBN Bey Geoffrey Freer Stakes (1 m 5f61 yds)
3.30 Eurolink Silver Trophy Rated Stakes(7f)
Commentary by Julian Wilson , Jimmy Lindley and Jim McGrath.
Equestrian
Calor Gas British Horse Trials
Championship from Gatcombe. Coverage of this prestigious one-day competition.
Commentary by Michael Tucker and Lorna Clarke.
Football Focus
Bob Wilson returns to preview the opening day of the new FA Premier League season, with Terry Venables , the man most in the football headlines since the end of last season. Plus the full results in Final Score.
Producer Martin Hopkins Editor Dave Gordon