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The stage is set for arguably the biggest sporting Sunday of the year. In the football, the 2026 World Cup final is locked in: European champions Spain against South American and defending champions Argentina at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Spain earned their place with a controlled 2-0 semi-final win over France in Dallas, while Argentina broke English hearts in Atlanta, Lionel Messi's side coming from behind to beat England 2-1 — Anthony Gordon had put Gareth Southgate's successors ahead before late strikes from Enzo Fernández and Lautaro Martínez turned the tie.
Saturday's third round of the 154th Open Championship produced fireworks. Ryan Fox fired a record-tying 8-under 62 to storm into a share of the 54-hole lead alongside overnight leader Lucas Herbert, the pair sitting on 8-under par. Sam Burns, Si Woo Kim and a clutch of others remained within striking distance, while world number one Scottie Scheffler, having recovered from a scratchy start to the week, sat further back but well within range of a low Sunday number.
In the one-day arena, England squared their series with India at 1-1 courtesy of a nerveless four-wicket win in Cardiff, Joe Root anchoring the chase with an unbeaten 99. India, who had taken the opener in Birmingham behind Axar Patel and Shubman Gill, still have Virat Kohli ticking along nicely, but Root's golden run — 175 runs and not out twice across the series — has swung momentum England's way heading into the decider.
Everything else is a warm-up act for the main event. Argentina and Spain meet in the World Cup final with a UK kick-off of at MetLife Stadium. Spain arrive on a remarkable unbeaten run stretching beyond 35 matches, marshalled by Lamine Yamal and a possession game that has conceded just once all tournament. Argentina lean on the tournament's leading scorer, Lionel Messi, who has eight goals and looks determined to bookend his career with back-to-back crowns. It is youth and control against experience and a killer edge in the final third.
The final major of the men's season reaches its conclusion on the Southport links. The leaders Ryan Fox and Lucas Herbert will go out in the final group late morning, with Sunday's UK television coverage running through the afternoon. Birkdale's exposed back nine and any freshening breeze off the Irish Sea could yet reshuffle a congested board, with Burns, Kim, Cameron Young and Scheffler all capable of posting a clubhouse target. Expect a nervy, weather-dependent finish for the Claret Jug.
The three-match series is level at 1-1 and it all comes down to a Sunday at Lord's, first ball at . England will fancy their top order to fire on a good pitch, with Root in the form of his life, while India — who have not won an ODI at the ground since 2004 — need Kohli and Gill to convert starts and Rohit Sharma to rediscover his touch after a lean run.
Three British meetings headline the domestic action: Stratford (first off ), Redcar on the Flat (from ) and Newton Abbot over jumps (from ). The pick of the weekend's quality, though, is across the Irish Sea at the Curragh, where the Group 2 Minstrel Stakes goes at . Seven line up over seven furlongs, headed by Phoenix Stakes winner Power Blue, the David O'Meara-trained English raider Audience and evergreen Curragh specialist Big Gossey, with Aidan O'Brien double-handed.
Selection: Argentina to lift the trophy. Reasoning: Spain are deserved favourites (around 4/7 with BetMGM) but the defending champions look overpriced as underdogs. Messi is the tournament's top scorer on eight goals, Martínez is in ruthless touch, and no side has tested Spain's back line the way Argentina's attack can. On a one-off night with the game's greatest player chasing history, 5/4 about the holders is fair value.
Selection: Messi to score anytime (incl. extra time). Reasoning: William Hill have boosted him from 6/4 to 7/4 and it still appeals. Messi has scored or created goals throughout the knockout stage and will see plenty of the ball in the final third. Spain have been miserly, but if anyone unlocks them it is Messi — and the price gives a genuine run for your money in a showpiece he desperately wants to decorate.
Selection: Yamal to score anytime. Reasoning: The counter-angle to the Messi bet. Spain's teenage talisman has been central to their run and Argentina, for all their attacking menace, can be got at down the flanks. At 11/4 for the tournament's brightest young star to net in a final he is likely to dominate on the ball, there is clear each-way-in-spirit appeal.
Selection: Argentina v Spain, draw at full-time (90 mins). Reasoning: Finals are famously cagey, and these are two well-organised sides who respect one another. Spain's control and Argentina's discipline point to a tight, low-tempo affair that could easily be all square when the 90 is up — 2/1 is a solid price for a scenario that history says is far more likely than the odds imply.
Selection: England to beat India at Lord's. Reasoning: A near coin-flip market, and Root's form tips it England's way. He has made 175 runs for once out in the series and looks impossible to dismiss, while India have a poor recent ODI record at the ground. Back the hosts to complete the comeback with home advantage and their in-form batter setting the platform.
Both talismen are fit and firing. Messi leads the Golden Boot race on eight goals and has shown no sign of the fatigue that dogged earlier campaigns, while Lamine Yamal continues to run the game for Spain from the right. Team news for the final centres on whether Argentina keep faith with the XI that overturned England, and how Spain manage their high line against Argentina's pace on the break.
With the domestic season on the horizon, Tottenham have been the busiest club in world football, reacting to a disappointing campaign by landing Sandro Tonali from Newcastle in a club-record deal worth up to £100m, plus Mateus Fernandes, Jan Paul van Hecke, Andrew Robertson, Marcos Senesi and Martin Dubravka. Arsenal have tied down Piero Hincapié permanently after a strong loan and added goalkeeper Illan Meslier on a free from Leeds.
Brighton have completed a reported club-record £46m deal for 19-year-old Croatian defender Luka Vuskovic from Tottenham, while Aston Villa smashed their own record to bring in Switzerland midfielder Johan Manzambi from Freiburg in a deal worth up to £59.5m after his eye-catching World Cup showing.
In the Minstrel Stakes, 9-year-old grey Big Gossey bids for an eleventh course win but faces a stiff step up in class against Power Blue and English raider Audience. Aidan O'Brien saddles two, including the lightly raced Dorset, who is expected to prove better than his three runs this term suggest. Watch the market for confirmation of intended runners and going-related non-runners before kick-off.
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