Sports this weekend: India start U19 World Cup campaign, Australian Open, AFC Asian Cup and more

There’s lots of sporting competitions to look forward to in the upcoming weekend. The Indian men’s senior team may not be in action this weekend, but their Under-19 side, led by Uday Saharan, commence their U19 World Cup title defence against Bangladesh in Bloemfontein on Saturday. India have been placed in Group A along with Bangladesh, USA and Ireland

Apart from cricket, there’s football and tennis too, with the AFC Asian Cup 2023 in Qatar and the Australian Open 2024 in Melbourne taking place respectively. And Premier League’s matchweek 21 carries on from last weekend, with Arsenal facing Crystal Palace in the London Derby at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday, while Liverpool travel to the Vitality Stadium to face Bournemouth.

As far as hockey is concerned, the India women’s team led by Savita Punia would hope to defeat Japan in the FIH Olympic Qualifiers bronze medal match after going down to Germany via penalties with a 3-4 margin. This will be the last chance at qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics for the women’s hockey team.

We now take a quick look at the sporting events that’s in store and where you can watch them (All times IST):

Cricket

ICC Under-19 World Cup (Star Sports/Disney + Hotstar)

India vs Bangladesh (Saturday, 1.30 pm)

Pakistan tour of New Zealand (Amazon Prime Video)

New Zealand vs Pakistan, 5^th T20I (Sunday, 5.30 am)

Football

AFC Asian Cup (Sports18/JioCinema)

Jordan vs South Korea (Saturday, 5 pm)

Kyrgyzstan vs Saudi Arabia (Sunday, 11 pm)

Premier League (Star Sports/Disney + Hotstar)

Arsenal vs Crystal Palace (Saturday, 6 pm)

Bournemouth vs Liverpool (Sunday, 10 pm)

LaLiga (Sports18/JioCinema)

Real Madrid vs Almeria (Sunday, 8.45 pm)

Real Betis vs Barcelona (Sunday, 11 pm)

Serie A (Sports18/JioCinema)

AS Roma vs Hellas Verona (Saturday, 10.30 pm)

Udinese vs AC Milan (Sunday, 1.15 am)

Bundesliga (Sony Ten/Sony LIV)

FC Koln vs Borussia Dortmund (Saturday, 8 pm)

Bayern Munich vs Werder Bremen (Sunday, 10 pm)

Ligue 1 (Sports18/JioCinema)

Lyon vs Rennes (Saturday, 1.30 am)

PSG vs Brest (Monday, 1.15 am)

Tennis

Australian Open (3^rd round) (Sony Sports Network)

Anna Kalinskaya vs Sloane Stephens (Saturday, 5.30 am)

Shang Juncheng vs Carlos Alcaraz (Saturday, 7.45 am)

Ugo Humbert vs Hubert Hurkacz (Saturday, 8 am)

Jelena Ostapenko vs Victoria Azarenka (Saturday, 8.30 am)

Grigor Dimitrov vs Nuno Borges (Saturday, 10 am)

Cameron Norrie vs Casper Ruud (Saturday, 11.30 am)

Magdalena Frech vs Coco Gauff (Sunday, time TBD)

 

 

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