Frosinone will look to upset Juventus when the teams meet for a Matchday 1 Serie A clash at the Benito Stirpe Stadium on the early evening of Sunday 23 August.

RCD Espanyol will be keen to hand Real Madrid a losing start to their La Liga season when they meet at the RCDE Stadium on 22 August.

Manchester City will officially begin their “post Pep Guadriola” era when they welcome Bournemouth for a Premier League Matchday 1 clash at the Etihad Stadium on the afternoon of Sunday 23 August.

Formula 1 returns from its summer break at Circuit Zandvoort on Sunday 23 August, with Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc both chasing championship leader Kimi Antonelli – while simultaneously battling each other for supremacy inside the Scuderia.

South Africa’s Louis Liebenberg will look to climb the Order of Merit on the Betway Big Easy Tour when he plays at the Blu Label Unlimited Invitational #4, set for the State Mines Country Club from 18 to 20 August 2026.

Rory McIlroy will look to build on his major-winning form by winning the FedEx St. Jude Championship, making a great start to the FedExCup Playoffs.