This Week in Sport: 10th October − 16th October 2022
There is no shortage of exciting sporting action taking place this week.
American sports dominate the start of the week with the Kansas City Chiefs playing the Las Vegas Raiders. The following day sees one of the Wild Card Series winners, the Cleveland Guardians, play the impressive New York Yankees.
World T20 preparations continue with Australia playing England in the second match of their series midway through the week. Thursday is day 2 of the UCI World Track Cycling Championships which is guaranteed excitement on the fast boards of the French national velodrome. The next day will see the start of the LIV Golf Invitational in Jeddah with some big names taking part.
The weekend is also packed full of sport with England meeting Samoa in the Rugby League World Cup. This is just one of the incredible RLWC matches happening so make sure you stay up to date with the Fixture Calendar site to see all the fixtures going on.
The week finishes with Liverpool playing hosts to Manchester City in a game that always proves to be a huge Premier League battle.
NFL: Kansas City Chiefs v Las Vegas Raiders
Monday 10th October 00:15AM (11th) GMT/7:15PM Local Time
Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City
The Kansas City Chiefs play host to the Las Vegas Raiders at Arrowhead Stadium. The travelling side have won only three of their last 18 match-ups against the Chiefs and they will be hoping to turn this around.
Official Website: NFL
Tickets: Ticketmaster
Fantasy: Fantasy NFL
MLB: New York Yankees v Cleveland Guardians
Tuesday 11th October 11:37PM GMT/7:37PM Local Time
Yankee Stadium, New York
The Cleveland Guardians won their Wild Card Series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Guardians move on to the American League Divisional Series in what will be an exciting series against the New York Yankees.
Official Website: MLB
Tickets: Ticketmaster
News: MLB
Cricket: Australia v England (2nd T20I)
Wednesday 12th October 8:10AM GMT/7:10PM Local Time
Manuka Oval, Canberra
England managed to claim victory in the first T20 of the series and will be looking to do the same at the Manuka Oval. With the World T20 competition fast approaching, both teams will be looking to pick up some winning momentum.
Match Centre: ECB
Statistics: ESPN Cricinfo
News: Sky Sports
Cycling: UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Thursday 13th October 6:15AM GMT/8:15AM Local Time
Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Some of the best cyclists in the world travel to Paris to take part in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. There are 22 world titles available and each race will push the riders to their limits.
Official Website: UCI
Tickets: UCI
News: Olympics
Golf: LIV Golf Invitational Series Jeddah
Friday 14th October 11:00AM GMT/2:00PM Local Time
Royal Greens Golf & Country Club, King Abdullah Economic City
Cameron Smith, Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka are some of the star names taking part in the penultimate LIV Golf tournament of the year.
Official Website: LIV Golf
Tickets: LIV Golf
News: BBC
Rugby League World Cup: England v Samoa
Saturday 15th October 1:30PM GMT/2:30PM Local Time
St James’ Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
Sam Tomkins will be hoping to lead the England side to victory in their first match of the Rugby League World Cup, taking place in England. But Samoa will put up stiff competition with some NRL superstars representing the island.
Official Website: Rugby League World Cup 2021
Match Preview: Sky Sports
Videos: YouTube
Premier League: Liverpool v Manchester City
Sunday 16th October 3:30PM GMT/4:30PM Local Time
Anfield, Liverpool
Two of the top teams in recent football history will meet at Anfield for a huge Premier League game. However, Liverpool are sitting in 10th and will be desperately hoping for an improvement on their recent perfromances.
Official Website: Premier League
Statistics: Sky Sports
Fantasy: Fantasy Premier League
Photo by: Kelsey Mitchell
Written and information correct on 9th October 2022 at 10pm GMT
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