England’s World Cup campaign draws to a close 24 hours earlier than they would have hoped when they face France in the third-place play-off.
In the Nations Championship, Wales have the most daunting of tasks as they go head-to-head with world champions South Africa, while Ireland face New Zealand, England line up against Argentina and Scotland take on Fiji.
Elsewhere, it is finals day in the Vitality Blast, moving day in the Open at Royal Birkdale and qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix.
Here’s what is happening in the sporting world on Saturday – and where you can catch the action in the UK.
After the Lord Mayor’s show
England and France both hoped to be taking to the big stage in New Jersey on Sunday with the World Cup at stake.
Instead, the losing semi-finalists will meet in Miami for the dubious honour of battling it out for third place with coverage live on BBC One from 9.30pm.
England’s rugby players have a chance to gain revenge for their footballing colleagues when they play Argentina in the Nations Championship at Santiago del Estero on ITV at 9.15pm. Ireland will attempt to get the better of the All Blacks on the same channel from 7.30am, while Scotland face Fiji at 1.10pm and Wales go up against South Africa from 4.15pm.
Northamptonshire and Somerset will contest the first Vitality Blast semi-final on Sky Sports Cricket from 10.30am and Sky Sports Main Event from 11am, while Hampshire and Nottinghamshire will go head-to-head in the second on Sky Sports Cricket from 2.25pm. Both will be played at Edgbaston, as will the final with coverage beginning at 6.25pm on Sky Sports Cricket and 8.30pm and Sky Sports Main Event.
What else is happening on Saturday?
The Formula One World Championship reaches Belgium this weekend with third practice from Spa on Sky Sports F1 at 11am and qualifying on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports F1 at 2.15pm.
Day three at the Open features on Sky Sports Golf from 11am and Sky Sports Main Event at 4pm, while coverage of stage 14 the Tour de France is on TNT Sports at 11.45am.
Elsewhere, there is flat racing from Newbury on ITV4 at 1.30pm, Diamond League Athletics from London on BBC One at 1pm and World Matchplay Darts from Blackpool on Sky Sports Action at 7pm.
On this day in history
1848: W. G. Grace was born. The cricket great scored 54,896 runs, took 2,876 wickets and 871 catches in the first-class game. He retired from first-class cricket aged 60 in 1908 and died in 1915.
1976: Romanian Nadia Comaneci became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 in Olympic history. The 14-year-old was awarded the mark on the uneven bars. Comaneci went on to score six more 10s in Montreal and won three gold medals.
1999: Scot Paul Lawrie won his only Major title in a play-off at the Open at Carnoustie. France’s Jean van de Velde famously triple-bogeyed the last hole having led by three.
