Callum Dent 
Pakistan put their 100 per cent record on the line in the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals against Australia. The Shaheens surged into the last four with five wins from five en route to topping Group 2 and look the team to follow again in Dubai.
England are two wins away from becoming double world champions. Having beaten New Zealand in a thrilling 50-over World Cup final at Lord’s in 2019, Eoin Morgan’s side are looking to go one better than in 2016, when they lost in the T20 World Cup decider to West Indies.
Norwich are yet to record a Premier League victory and will be looking to get off the mark in this crunch clash with Leeds. In fact, this is an opportunity for both teams to pick up some vital points, with the pair languishing towards the bottom of the table.
Precious points are on the line in this Vicarage Road clash and Southampton are shading favouritism having taken four points from their last two. However, Watford bounced back from a 5-0 defeat by Liverpool in style when running out 5-2 winners over Everton last weekend.
Ireland have a mountain to climb if they are to stand any chance of securing World Cup Qualification. Qatar is looking a very slim prospect for them ahead of their trip to Azerbaijan and anything short of three points will leave them playing for only pride in Group A.
Burnley and Norwich are propping up the Premier League table and still searching for a first win of the campaign ahead of this basement clash. The Clarets have only collected two points and visitors City are rooted to bottom spot following six straight losses.
Even at this early stage of the season, Watford’s clash with Newcastle has the makings of a relegation ‘six-pointer’. With both of these sides earmarked as candidates for the drop, Steve Bruce may struggle to keep quiet the murmurs of discontent in the north east.
Vital Premier League points are on the line in the first top-flight clash between these two sides. Wolves are chalked up as favourites following their first win of the season last weekend and they will be hoping to double their points tally at Molineux.
Rangers are finding form at just the right time as they welcome the seven-time French champions to Glasgow for what looks set to be an entertaining night at Ibrox. This is the first competitive meeting between the two clubs since the group stage of the 2007/8 Champions League, when Lyon took home all three points via a 3-0 scoreline.
Ange Postecoglou takes his Celtic side to Spain for what is the first meeting between these two clubs. The Hoops have a score to settle in Seville, travelling to the Andalusian capital for the first time since losing to Porto in the 2003 UEFA Cup final.
Louis Van Gaal had to settle for a share of the spoils with Norway in his first game back in the Oranje dugout and now faces another tricky assignment as Netherlands welcome Montenegro to Eindhoven. Both of these sides sit a point behind pace-setters Turkey in Group G.
Tottenham will be looking to bounce back from a shock 1-0 defeat in Portugal last week when hosting Pacos Ferreira in their Europa Conference League qualifier. Nuno Espirito Santo rested players for the first leg and has some selection headaches here.
Celtic face a tough trip to Denmark as they look to progress to the third qualifying round of the Champions League. The Hoops were held to a 1-1 draw by Midtjylland in the first leg at Parkhead last Tuesday night and were thrashed 6-2 by West Ham in Saturday’s friendly.
Colombia are always hard to beat in big matches but Argentina have to be rated a form pick in their Copa America semi-final clash. La Albiceleste cruised through the group stage and were the most impressive victors at the last-eight stage when crushing Ecuador 3-0.