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Sporting Highlights on TV this September!

September’s sporting highlight is the return of the Ryder Cup golf (Sep 18-21).

In football we have World Cup Qualifiers (Sat 6), Champions League (Sep 16/17 & 30/Oct1) & UEFA Cup (Sep 18 & Oct 2), and some top Premiership games - Liverpool v Man Utd (Sat 13), Chelsea v Man Utd (Sat 21). The rugby highlight is the last of the Tri-Nations Australia v NZ (Sat 13). Across in N.America the 2008 NFL season kicks off on Thu 4 (Fri 1am in Paris) with the NY Giants v Washington Redskins, and MLB continues all month with the Play-Offs. And finally from down under, Aussie Rules continues early on Sat/Sun mornings until the Grand Final (Sat 27 6.30am).

• UEFA Champs League
  • Tue 16Chelsea v Bordeaux
  • Roma v CFR
  • Panathinaikos v Inter
  • Bremen v Anorthosis
  • Basel v Shakhtar
  • Barcelona v Sporting
  • PSV v Atletico
  • Marseille v Liverpool
  • Wed 17Man Utd v Villarreal
  • Celtic v AaB
  • Steaua v Bayern
  • Lyon v Fiorentina
  • Porto v Fenerbahçe
  • Dynamo Kyiv v Arsenal
  • Juventus v Zenit
  • Real Madrid v BATE
  • (All matches start at 8.45pm)
• UEFA CUP
  • Thu 18Litex v Aston Villa
  • Portsmouth v Guimarães
  • Everton v Standard
  • Omonia v Man. City
  • Tottenham v Wisa Kraków
  • Nancy v Motherwell
  • Hertha v St Patrick’s
  • Rennes v Twente H.
  • Tel-Aviv v St-Étienne
  • Kayserispor v PSG
  • Racing v Honka
  • (All matches start at 8.30pm)
• Football
  • Mon 8 Chile v Brazil (3am)
  • Tue 9 U19 England v Netherlands (8.45pm)
  • Wed 10 Russia v Wales (5pm)
  • Montenegro v Ireland (7pm)
  • Iceland v Scotland (8.30pm)
  • N. Ireland v Czech Rep. (8.45pm)
  • Croatia v England (9pm)
  • Thu 11 Brazil v Bolivia (2.30am)
  • Peru v Argentina (4.30am)
  • Sat 13Motherwell v Celtic (1.30pm)
  • Liverpool v Man Utd (1.45pm)
  • Derby v Sheffield Utd (6.20pm)
  • Man City v Chelsea (6.30pm)
  • Sun 14Stoke City v Everton (2.30pm)
  • QPR v Southampton (5pm)
  • Mon 15Spurs v Aston Villa (9pm)
  • Sat 20Bolton Wanderers v Arsenal (6.30pm)
  • Sun 21Feyenoord v Ajax (12.30am)
  • West Brom v Aston Villa (1pm)
  • Chelsea v Man Utd (3pm)
  • Kilmarnock v Celtic (5pm)
  • Tue 23Oxford v Cambridge (8.45pm)
  • Carling Cup 3rd Round (8.45pm)
  • Sat 27Everton v Liverpool (1.45pm)
  • Ipswich v Crystal Palace (6.20pm)
  • Arsenal v Hull City (6.30pm)
  • Sun 28Portsmouth v Spurs (2.30pm)
  • Wigan v Man City (5pm)
  • Fri 3TBC (8.30pm)
  • N. Ireland v England (8.40pm)
  • Sat 4Birmingham v QPR (1.45pm)
  • Coventry City v S/hampton (6.20pm)
  • Blackburn v Man Utd (6.30pm)
  • TBC (8.30pm)
  • Sun 5West Ham v Bolton (2.30pm)
  • Everton v Newcastle Utd (5pm)
• Cricket
  • Mon 8Glamorgan v Derbys (5.30pm)
  • Tue 9Yorkshire v Warwick (5.30pm)
  • Wed 10Notts v Lancs (5.30pm)
  • Thu 11Sussex v Middlesex (5.30pm)
  • Sun 14Natwest Div 1 Match (1.45pm)
  • Natwest Play-off (2pm)
  • 24-28County - TBC (11.30am)
• Aussie Rules
  • Sat 27AFL Grand Final (5.30am)

• Ryder Cup
  • Thu 18Opening Ceremony (9.30pm)
  • Fri 19Day 1: Foursomes (1pm)
  • Fourballs (7pm)
  • Sat 20Day 2: Foursomes (1pm)
  • Fourballs (7pm)
  • Sun 21Day 3: Singles (5.30pm)
• Rugby Union
  • Tue 9Ospreys v Cardiff (8.35pm)
  • Wed 10Dragons v Llanelli (8.05pm)
  • Fri 12Blue Bulls v Boland (7pm)
  • Cardiff v Ulster (8.05pm)
  • Leinster v Edinburgh (8.30pm)
  • Sat 13Southland v N. Harbour (7.30am)
  • Wellington v Waikato (9.30am)
  • Australia v NZ (11.30am)
  • Guinness Prem (3.30pm)
  • Llanelli v Connacht (6.30pm)
  • Sun 14Munster v Dragons (7pm)
  • Fri 19W. Province v Wildeklawer (7pm)
  • Leinster v Ospreys (8.35pm)
  • Sat 20Hawke’s Bay v Waikato (7.30am)
  • Auckland v Wellington (9.30am)
  • Help for Heroes (2.30pm)
  • Munster v Cardiff (8.30pm)
  • Fri 26Valke v Free State (7pm)
  • Cardiff v Connacht (8.05pm)
  • Sat 27Wellington v Tasman (7.30am)
  • Canterbury v Hawke’s Bay (9.30am)
  • Guinness Prem (3.30pm)
  • Ospreys v Ulster (6.30pm)
  • Sun 28Leinster v Munster (8pm)
  • Thu 2Worcester v Harlequins (8pm)
• Baseball
  • Tue 9Tampa Bay v Boston (1am)
  • NY Yankees v LA Angels (4am)
  • Wed 10Florida v Philadelphia (1am)
  • Oakland v Detroit (7pm)
  • Florida v Philadelphia (10pm)
  • Fri 12Milwaukee v Philadelphia (1am)
  • Sat 13Atlanta v NY Mets (1am)
  • Sun 14Dodgers v Colorado (2am)
  • & TBC (7pm)
  • Tue 16Chicago WS v NY Yankees (1am)
  • San Francisco v Arizona (4am)
  • Wed 17Boston v Tampa Bay (1am)
  • LA Angels v Oakland (4am)
  • Thu 18Milwaukee v Chicago Cubs (8pm)
  • Fri 19Viewers’ Choice (1am)
  • St. Louis v Chicago Cubs (8pm)
  • Sat 20NY Mets v Atlanta (1am)
  • Sun 21Philadelphia v Florida (10pm)
  • Sep 23/24TBC (1am)
  • Wed 24Oakland v Texas (8pm)
  • Thu 25Tampa Bay v Detroit (7pm)
  • 26-28TBC (1am)
  • 27-28TBC (7pm)
• NFL
  • Mon 8Indianapolis v Chic.Bears (2.30am)
  • Tue 9Green Bay v Minnesota (1am)
  • Oakland Raiders v Denver (4am)
  • Fri 12Rutgers v North Carolina (1.30am)
  • Sat 13South Florida v Kansas (2am)
  • Maryland v California (6pm)
  • South Carolina v Georgia (9.30pm)
  • Sun 14USC v Ohio State (2am)
  • Detroit Lions v Green Bay (7pm)
  • Sun 14NY Jets v New England (10pm)
  • Mon 15Steelers v Cleveland (2.30am)
  • Tue 16Cowboys v Philadelphia (2.30am)
  • Fri 19Colorado v West Virginia (2.30am)
  • Sat 20Pittsburgh v Iowa (6pm)
  • Tennessee v Florida (9.30pm)
  • Sun 21Auburn v LSU (1.45am)
  • Arizona State v Georgia (2am)
  • NY Giants v Cincinnati (7pm)
  • Indianpolis v Jacksonville (10pm)
  • Mon 22Cowboys v Green Bay (2.30am)
  • Tue 23SD Chargers v NY Jets (2.30am)
  • Fri 26Oregon State v USC (3am)
  • Sat 27Louisville v Connecticut (2am)
  • Auburn v Tennessee (10pm)
  • Sun 28Penn State v Illinois (2am)
  • Bengals v Cleveland Browns (7pm)
  • Cowboys v Redskins (10pm)
  • Mon 29Bears v Philadelphia (2.30am)
  • Tue 30Steelers v Ravens (2.30am)