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Don't touch that dial... here's the sport on TV this weekend

There’s half the RTÉ canteen on the Late Late again, you’ve lost your video shop card and it’s cold outside. Stick on the Welsh Open snooker then.

IT’S A QUIET weekend of sport, truth be told reader. But let’s get on our Superman pyjamas, build a fort and watch the telly all weekend anyway, shall we?

  • One to sit in for: TG4 have reversed their decision to show the Garrycastle v St Brigid’s game tomorrow and will now feature the box-office clash of Dr Crokes and Crossmaglen.
  • One to Sky-plus: I’m heading to Noel Gallagher tonight so the Leinster game is taking a back seat.
  • One to skip: World Cup men’s giant slalom is just not my cup of tea. Shoot me.

Today

Cricket: Commonwealth Bank ODI, Australia v India (Sky Sports 1, 6am); Twenty20 international, New Zealand v South Africa, (Sky Sports 3, 6am).

Cycling: World Cup from London Olympic Velodrome, (BBC2, 7pm).

Football: Championship, Reading v Burnley, (Sky Sports 2, 7.30pm); Serie A, Fiorentina v Napoli, (ESPN, 7.45pm).

General: Seó Spóirt, (TG4, 8.30pm).

Golf: Avantha Masters, India (Sky Sports 1, 8am). Northern Trust Open (Sky Sports 3, 8pm).

Rugby: Pro12, Leinster v Scarlets, (TG4, 7.25pm); Cardiff Blues v Ulster, (BBC2, 7pm). Top 14, Perpignan v Biarritz, (Setanta Ireland, 7.40pm).

Snooker: Welsh Open, (Eurosport, 1pm, 7pm).

Tennis: ATP World Tennis Tournament, (Sky Sports 4, 11.30am, 6.30pm).

Tomorrow

Athletics: Aviva Grand Prix from Birmingham, (BBC1, 1pm).

Boxing: WBC International Super Bantamweight, Kid Galahad v Jason Booth, (Channel 5, 10pm).

Cricket: Third one-day international, Pakistan v England, (Sky Sports 1, 10.30am). Seventh one-day international, Australia v India, (Sky Sports 2, 3am, Sun).

Cycling: World Cup from London Olympic Velodrome, (BBC2, 7pm).

Football: FA Cup fifth round, Chelsea v Birmingham, (ESPN 11.30am); Sunderland v Arsenal, (ITV1, 4.50pm). Primera Division, Real Madrid v Racing Santander, (Sky Sports 1, 6.55pm). Serie A, Juventus v Catania, (ESPN, 7.45pm); Primera Division, Sevilla v Osasuna, (Sky Sports 1, 9pm).

GAA: AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Football semi-finals, Dr Crokes v Crossmaglen Rangers, live and St Brigid’s v Garrycastle, deferred (TG4, 130pm)

Golf: European Tour, Avantha Masters, from Delhi, (Sky Sports 1, 6.30am). PGA Tour, Northern Trust Open, (Sky Sports 3, 6pm).

Horse racing: Live racing, (Channel 4, 1.40pm).

Rugby: RaboDirect Pro12, Munster v Benetton Treviso, (RTÉ Two, 3pm); Connacht v Warriors, (TG4 5pm). Premiership, Bath v Gloucester, (Sky Sports 2, 2pm); Harlequins v Worcester, (ESPN, 5pm). Championship, Doncaster v Rotherham, (Sky Sports 2, noon). Top 14, Stade Francais v Toulon, (ESPN, 3.15pm).

Skiing: World Cup men’s giant slalom, (Eurosport, 8am, 11am); World Cup women’s downhill, (Eurosport, 9am). World Cup men’s cross-country, (Eurosport, 11.45am).

Snooker: Welsh Open, (Eurosport, 1pm, 7pm).

Tennis: ATP World Tennis Tournament, (Sky Sports 4, 1pm, 6.30pm).

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Colm Cooper’s Dr Crokes take on Crossmaglen. It might be a little harder to walk through them in Portlaoise.

Sunday

Cricket: Seventh one-day international, Australia v India, (Sky Sports 2, 6am).

Cycling: World Cup from London Olympic Velodrome, (BBC2, 2.45pm, Eurosport, 3pm).

Football: FA Cup fifth round, Crawley v Stoke, (ESPN, 11.30am); Stevenage v Tottenham, (ITV, 1.35pm); Liverpool v Brighton, (ESPN, 3.45pm).  Scottish Premier League, Aberdeen v St Johnstone, (Sky Sports 1, 12.30pm); Hibernian v Celtic, (Sky Sports 1, 2.45pm). Serie A, Palermo v Lazio, (ESPN, 7.30pm). Primera Division, Barcelona v Valencia, (Sky Sports 1, 8pm).

Leo Messi may line out against Valencia on Sunday night. MANU FERNANDEZ/AP/Press Association Images

GAA: League Sunday, (RTÉ Two, 8pm).

Golf: European Tour, Avantha Masters, from Delhi, (Sky Sports 3, 6.30am). PGA Tour, Northern Trust Open, (Sky Sports 3, 6pm).

Rugby: Premiership, Saracens v Leicester, (Sky Sports 2, 2pm).

Skiing: World Cup women’s Super-G, (Eurosport, 7am, 9.45am). World Cup men’s slalom, (Eurosport, 8am, 11am). World Cup Nordic Combined, (Eurosport, 9am, noon). World Cup ski-jumping, (Eurosport, 12.45pm).

Snooker: Welsh Open final, (Eurosport, 7pm)

Tennis: ATP World Tennis Tournament final, (Sky Sports 4, 1pm).

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