Saturday

Football

8am-12pm (all times BST) Matchday live Footballing Saturdays don’t come much bigger: an FA Cup semi-final, key clashes in the Premier League relegation battle, the hunt for European places, and a late game that will have a telling impact on the title race. In the Championship, with Millwall having played on Friday evening, Ipswich and Middlesbrough are running for the second automatic promotion spot. In League Two, MK Dons would be promoted with a win against Tranmere. So there’s no better place to start by joining Emillia Hawkins as she helms our unbeatable rolling football blog, offering breaking news and updates from around the grounds plus readers’ thoughts and queries. Why not join the conversation? Email matchday.live@theguardian.com

Cricket

11am County Championship live Tanya Aldred keeps the updates flowing, keeping a keen eye on Jimmy Anderson’s progress as Division Two table-toppers Lancashire face Durham. At Headingley, Yorkshire offer a warm embrace to their returning England luminaries Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow as they seek a first win of the season against Paul Farbrace’s in-form Sussex. Surrey can call on their international teammate as Gus Atkinson appears for the first time this season in their match against Essex at the Oval.

Premier League

12.30pm Fulham v Aston Villa live With Aston Villa – alongside Manchester United and Liverpool – on course to secure Champions League football next season, the side that finish sixth could still qualify for Europe’s top club competition. This gives extra incentive to a clutch of clubs from Brighton, in sixth spot, all the way down to Fulham, in 12th. For that to happen, Villa would need to win the Europa League and finish fifth in the Premier League. That said, the home side have failed to score in four of their past five Premier League matches, while Unai Emery’s visitors are still buzzing from their 4-3 win over Sunderland. Tim de Lisle keeps track of the action, while Ben Bloom reports from Craven Cottage. View image in fullscreen Ollie Watkins (left) and the home fans celebrate after he opened the scoring in Aston Villa’s 4-3 win over Sunderland . Photograph: Ian Stephen/Every Second Media/Shutterstock

Women’s Six Nations

2.15pm England v Wales live The signs are bleak for visitors Wales at Ashton Gate: last time out, the world champions set aside the absence of 10 players due to injury or pregnancy to run in 12 tries en route to a 35th consecutive Test victory. The 84-7 demolition of Scotland at Murrayfield set an ominous tone for the Red Roses’ title defence. Wales, by stark contrast, are without a win in 10 starts after losing to France 38-7 last weekend at the Arms Park. Daniel Gallan hosts the blog as Sarah Rendell reports from Bristol.

Premier League

3pm Clockwatch Tottenham desperately need a win at relegated Wolves to restore hope that they can avoid dropping down to the second tier for the first time in nearly 50 years. Now under Roberto De Zerbi, Spurs are still winless in the Premier League since December after conceding a late goal in last weekend’s draw with Brighton. At 18th in the table, they are two points from safety with five games left. In 17th spot, West Ham host Everton, whose hopes of booking a European place dealt a blow after losing the derby to Liverpool. There’s the added frisson at the London Stadium as David Moyes returns to his former patch, and the Hammers must wonder how different their outlook would be now had the Scot not departed two years ago. Barry Glendenning keeps the updates flowing.

FA Cup semi-final

5.15pm Manchester City v Southampton live In-form Southampton will temporarily set aside their promotion push to upset the Premier League leaders at the national stadium following a shock 2-1 quarter-final success over Arsenal. Southampton’s trip to Wembley comes 50 years after the club lifted the FA Cup thanks to a 1-0 victory over Manchester United in the 1976 final. Tonda Eckert has helped propel the Saints to fourth in the Championship after succeeding Will Still in November when the south-coast club were 21st, having won only two of 13 matches. Scott Murray is at the controls of our live blog with Jamie Jackson and John Brewin our reporting team at Wembley. View image in fullscreen Shea Charles slots the ball past Arsenal’s keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga for Southampton’s winner in their FA Cup quarter-final. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action Images/Reuters

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