FA Cup final, US PGA golf and Premier League drama awaits – follow with us

A season like few others is set for a thrilling finale after a debatable 99th-minute penalty handed Celtic victory at Motherwell on Wednesday. The defending champions are just one point behind Hearts and know victory will deliver a 14th title in 15 seasons. No side other than Celtic and Rangers have been crowned champions for 41 years. Hearts have led for almost the entire season, taking advantage of turmoil on both sides of the Old Firm divide in Glasgow, but they must emerge undefeated at Celtic to end a 66-year wait to win the title. The latest twist in the race has added extra spice to a one-game shootout for the title. Without a late winner, Celtic would have needed to win by three goals due to Hearts’ superior goal difference. Simon Burnton hosts the blog, with Ewan Murray reporting.

Women’s Super League

1pmFinal day clockwatch

With all the key prizes wrapped up, this finale sees all 12 clubs playing for pride but with some attractive fixtures to keep our host Emillia Hawkins busy. Brighton face Tottenham before their first Women’s FA Cup final and Dario Vidosic’s side are unbeaten in seven games in all competitions. Chelsea, after the loss of their title to Manchester City, face Manchester United and can still finish above Arsenal. They’ll be bidding farewell to Sam Kerr, whose goal against Leicester made her Chelsea’s all-time top scorer in the WSL. The Australian is leaving the club when her contract expires this summer. Elsewhere, Liverpool and Arsenal meet at Anfield with their final positions in the table up for grabs.

FA Cup final

3pmManchester City v Chelsea live

A season that began with Chelsea as Club World Cup winners has unravelled into poor form, managerial upheaval and fan protests, but redemption could still come against Manchester City. For the Blues, it is all or nothing as they try to shake off the turmoil enveloping the club and win a first domestic trophy in eight years. To do so, they must end a Wembley losing streak that includes three successive FA Cup finals – against Leicester, Arsenal and Liverpool – between 2020 and 2022. For City, victory would keep alive their slender hopes of a domestic treble, having already won the League Cup and still hunting Arsenal in the title race. Not that the favourites will be taking anything for granted despite Chelsea sitting ninth in the table, having failed to win any of their last seven league games. City themselves have suffered upsets in the past two FA Cup finals, beaten by Crystal Palace last year and Manchester United in 2024. Rob Smyth buckles up for the blog, with our reporting team at Wembley comprising David Hytner, Barney Ronay, Jacob Steinberg and Jamie Jackson.

Manchester City and Chelsea will lock horns in the FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA

Golf

6pmUS PGA third round live

Scott Murray helms the rolling blog with all the latest from Aronimink. The early exchanges saw Scottie Scheffler – the world No 1 – and the former champion Martin Kaymer setting the pace alongside Aldrich Potgieter. Jordan Spieth is seeking a career grand slam and got off to a solid start, while the Masters champion, Rory McIlroy, has struggled.

Sunday

Football

8am-12pmMatchday live

Join us for another day of compelling build up as Matchday live look forward to a Sunday featuring six Premier League matches, plus anticipation of Arsenal’s vital meeting with Burnley on Monday, which has huge implications for the title race. There’s the regular mix of breaking news and updates from around the grounds, plus readers’ thoughts and queries.

Cricket

11amCounty Championship live

Tanya Aldred returns to her Headingley eyrie for another day of highs, lows and all points in between as the County Championship rolls on into day three. In Division One, Essex face Leicestershire, Hants meet Notts, Somerset host Sussex, Warwickshire face Glamorgan and Yorkshire confront Surrey. In Division Two, the fixtures are: Gloucestershire v Northants, Kent v Durham, Lancashire v Worcestershire and Middlesex v Derbyshire.

Premier League

12.30pmManchester United v Nottingham Forest live

With their respective league ambitions met – Champions League qualification for the hosts, Premier League safety for the visitors – there’s little formally on the table for either side, other than the need to finish the season on a high. For Michael Carrick, there’s the prospect of United appointing him as permanent head coach. Since replacing Ruben Amorim in January, the 44-year-old has earned 33 points from 15 matches, the most of any team in the elite. A win against a Forest side unbeaten in their last eight league games would secure third place. Michael Butler helms the blog, with Will Unwin reporting from Old Trafford.

Manchester United’s Amad Diallo scores their second goal in a 2-2 tussle with Nottingham Forest from earlier in the season. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

Premier League

3pmClockwatch

Rob Smyth is clockwatch supremo, with two of the four 3pm kick-offs front and centre. Everton are chasing down a place in Europe, but David Moyes’s side are without a victory in their past five top-flight games before facing Sunderlandon their first visit to Hill Dickinson Stadium. Brighton, likewise, have Europe in their sights, sitting seventh in the table and only two points behind Bournemouth. They travel to Leeds having dominated the home side in the Premier League, losing just one of their last 14 league games against them.

Women’s Six Nations

4.45pmFrance v England live

The Red Roses venture to Bordeaux’s Stade Atlantique on the verge of completing a fifth successive Women’s Six Nations clean sweep, despite missing a host of World Cup winners because of injury or pregnancy. They have brushed aside the setbacks to set up the title collision with their fiercest European rivals. England are targeting the 38th successive victory but post-World Cup flux in their team, as well as a leaky defence, have prompted some to predict an upset. Lee Calvert has minute-by-minute coverage, with Sarah Rendell and Robert Kitson delivering reports and analysis.

Premier League

5.30pmNewcastle v West Ham live

West Ham face a watershed moment since their move to the London Stadium in 2016. An agonising, bitterly disputed 1-0 defeat by Arsenal  left Nuno Espírito Santo’s Hammers in dire peril of dropping into the second tier, but then their relegation rivals Tottenham once again fluffed their lines and failed to beat Leeds on Monday, offering the faintest hope of survival, with just two points separating the London clubs. Last season, West Ham won the corresponding fixture against Newcastle. How they must be praying for the gods of football to grant them another three points before Spurs visit Chelsea on Tuesday. Daniel Harris steers the blog, with Louise Taylor reporting on the survival crunch game of the day.

Golf

6pmUS PGA golf final round live

There’s no better place to follow the final-round action than in the company of our rolling blog host, Scott Murray. Last year at Quail Hollow,Scottie Scheffler held off Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau. This year it promises to be yet another thrilling climax. Andy Bull reports from Philadelphia.