Tony Lewis is your host. Following the World Championships in Helsinki, this weekend sees the most important Athletics event to be staged in this country since the 1948 Olympics. Eight leading nations compete for the European Cup at Crystal Palace.
Also taking place are the European Swimming
Championships in Rome, the Benson and Hedges International Golf
Tournament at Fulford and the FA Charity Shield at Wembley -
LIVERPOOL play MANCHESTER unitedInthetraditional curtain-raiser to the football season.
Producers DAVE GORDON and EMILY MCMAHON