The Tour de France Femmes finale and Carabao Cup – follow with us

(Clockwise from top left) West Ham entertain Portsmouth in the League Cup first round; the Wallabies take on Japan, and the Tour de France Femmes reaches its conclusion. Composite: Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen(Clockwise from top left) West Ham entertain Portsmouth in the League Cup first round; the Wallabies take on Japan, and the Tour de France Femmes reaches its conclusion. Composite: Getty ImagesYour Guardian sport weekendSportThe Tour de France Femmes finale and Carabao Cup – follow with usHere’s how to follow along with our coverage – the finest writing and up-to-the-minute reportsGuardian sportFri 7 Aug 2026 17.00 BSTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleJump toSaturdaySundaySaturdayRugby union11.05am (all times BST)Japan v Australia liveAustralia are desperate to register back-to-back Test wins for the first time in a year when they take on ⁠Japan. Not since they beat ⁠the British & Irish Lions ⁠and Springboks in ​August last year have the Wallabies managed two wins in a row, but that is the target in Osaka after they beat ⁠Italy in July to end a six-match losing streak. Saturday’s clash also marks the first match in charge for Les Kiss and he will pit his coaching smarts against Eddie Jones, who has twice been in charge of the Wallabies and will be hoping to lead Japan to their first win over Australia. Jonathan Howcroft brings you the action.Football3pm Clockwatch: West Ham v Portsmouth liveAnd it’s back … in what may seem to some a blink of the eye, football returns in England, barely three weeks since the end of the summer’s World Cup. In Scotland, the season is already up and running and while the Premier League’s elite fine-tune with a host of friendlies – from Manchester United v Paris Saint-Germain in Gothenburg to Chelsea v Milan in Jakarta and all points in between – the core action arrives in the Carabao Cup. Of the 29 matches, the standout comes at the London Stadium where freshly relegated West Ham wake up to the reality of demotion for t...