Sports this weekend: Australia vs Pakistan 3rd Test, FA Cup third round and more to watch in first weekend of 2024

Sports Sports this weekend: Australia vs Pakistan 3rd Test, FA Cup third round and more to watch in first weekend of 2024 From the Australia vs Pakistan third Test to the FA Cup third round, we take a look at major sporting competitions that's in store for the first weekend of 2024. FP Sports January 05, 2024 15:43:36 IST Liverpool vs Arsenal in the FA Cup is expected to be a mouthwatering contest, whereas Australia vs Pakistan 3rd Test resumes in Sydney.

AP It’s the first weekend of 2024. The world celebrated New Year’s Day on Monday (1 January) and this year brings fresh sporting competitions across the globe, and for several teams and athletes, it’s time again to focus on glory with renewed hopes. There’s plenty of competitions lined up for 2024 across all sports , including the 2024 Paris Olympics, the T20 World Cup, European football Championships as well as the Copa America.

However, all those tournaments are still a few months away, so for now, we take a look a sporting events lined up for the upcoming weekend: Cricket Related Articles FA Cup: Dominic Calvert Lewin sent off as Everton hold Crystal Palace Sports this weekend: India vs Australia women's Test, Liverpool vs Arsenal in Premier League and more India women vs Australia women T20I series: Following a disappointing outing in the ODI series where they lost 0 3 to Australia, Harmanpreet Kaur led Team India will now switch focus to the T20I format .

The T20I format is important this year with the Women’s T20 World Cup slated to be held in Bangladesh later this year. The first and second T20Is will be played at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Friday and Sunday. Australia vs Pakistan 3 rd Test: The Australia vs Pakistan Test series reaches it’s conclusion this weekend.

The Aussies have already won the series following victories in Perth and Melbourne, and look favourites to complete a clean sweep in Sydney. Pakistan will resume Day 4 on Saturday from their overnight score of 68/7 , with a second innings lead of 82 runs. Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe 1 st ODI: Sri Lanka play their first international match since the 2023 Cricket World Cup as they host Zimbabwe for a three match ODI series.

The first ODI will take place in Colombo on Saturday. Big Bash League: BBL action resumes with Adelaide Strikers hosting Perth Scorchers on Friday. On Saturday, Melbourne Stars will take on Sydney Sixers in a battle between third and fourth places. Brisbane Heat will host Hobart Hurricanes at the Gabba on Sunday.

Football European domestic football resumes this weekend, with the FA Cup third round and Copa de Rey round of 32 getting underway. There’s Serie A action as well Serie A (Sports18/JioCinema) Inter Milan vs Verona (Saturday, 5 pm) Torino vs Napoli (Sunday, 7.30 pm) Roma vs Atalanta (Monday, 1.15 am) FA Cup (Sony Sports/Sony LIV) Chelsea vs Preston North End (Saturday, 11 pm) Manchester City vs Huddersfield Town (Sunday, 7.30 pm) Arsenal vs Liverpool (Sunday, 10 pm) Copa del Rey (FanCode) Elche vs Girona (Saturday, 10.30 pm) Arandina CF vs Real Madrid (Sunday, 2 am) Barbastro vs FC Barcelona (Monday, 1.30 am Tennis Auckland Tennis Classic: The Auckland Tennis Classic that got underway on 29 December continues over the weekend, with the likes of Coco Gauff and Emma Navarro having made the semi finals.

The qualifiers for the men’s event will take place on Saturday, with Jiri Vesely and Denis Shapovalov among the stars in action. Brisbane International (Tennistv.com): Brisbane International also began last week and continues with the quarter final and semi final stages of the tournament. The likes of Elena Rybakina and Victoria Azarenka have made the semis in the women’s singles, whereas Holger Rune and Grigor Dimitrov are a couple of big names in the men’s singles semis.

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