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Ashes series in Australia mostly unfold through the night for England’s followers at home, meaning keeping up with the series start to finish is strictly for the hardcore. For our Australian readers, though, you’ll be fine. In Perth play begins at 2.30am GMT/10.30am AWST and is scheduled to end at 9.50am/5.50pm, so guiding you through day two’s action over by over in the dark British winter hours are the incomparable Geoff Lemon and Rob Smyth.
Yara El-Shaboury helms our essential gateway to all the day’s football action as the Premier League returns in force with seven fixtures on Saturday. There’ll be team news and breaking stories from around the grounds as well as a look ahead to the day’s full Championship and lower-leagues programme, plus anticipating Celtic and Rangers in action in the Scottish Premiership. Why not join the conversation.
Taha Hashim hosts our live blog, with Burnley hoping their forward Armando Broja is fit to face his former club Chelsea. The 24-year-old suffered an ankle injury against England and he left Albania’s World Cup qualifier on a stretcher on Sunday. But Broja has trained since Wednesday and the prospects for his return are improving. Burnley go into the game hovering above the relegation zone on goal difference, while Enzo Maresca’s side travel to Turf Moor for the early kick-off with renewed vigour after recording back-to-back victories over Tottenham and Wolves. Will Unwin reports.
