MiD DAY's weekend sports guide

FORMULA ONE







After emerging fastest at Friday's free practice, F1 defending champ Lewis Hamilton could give Brawn GP's current leader Button a run for his money. Catch all the action from the Hungarian GP Live on Star Sports.
Qualifying on Saturday at 5:20pm & Hungarian GP on Sunday at 5:15pm

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With just two stages to go in the 2009 edition of the Tour de France, only a disaster could stop yellow jersey holder and 2007 Tour of Spain winner Alberto Contador from losing his grip on the title.
Live on Saturday 7pm & Sunday 9:30pm on NEO SPORTS

MOTO GP







Can Italian world champion Valentino Rossi add yet another GP to his list? Rossi (176 points) currently holds au00a0 comfortable 14-point lead over second-placed Spaniard and Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo after nine races this season. He hopes to bid a winning farewell to Donington Park on Sunday, as the world championship is staged there for the last time. To find out if he can win the British GP, tune in to...
ESPN or NEO Sports at 5pm on Sunday

CRICKET

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World Cup 1999 with former Pak skipper Wasim Akram
Saturday at 10:30pm (Star Cricket)

Friends Provident Trophy: Hampshire vs Sussex
Live on Saturday at 3:15pm (Star Cricket)

Summer of 1999
Saturday at 12:30pm (Star Cricket)

Natwest Series 2002, India matches
Sunday at 8:30am (Star Cricket)

TENNIS

There may be no World No 1 Roger Federer or number two Rafael Nadal here but the ongoing Hamburg Open is generating quite a lot of interest nevertheless as it nears its closing stages. Russia's Nikolay Davydenko, Spaniard David Ferrer, Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu, Pablo Cuevas are some of the prominent players in action here. Catch the semi-final action LIVE on...
Saturday at 8pm on Star Sports

GOLF

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Golfing greats like Tom Watson, Greg Norman etc will tee off at the Senior Open Championship at Sunningdale. Watson, who nearly won the British Open last week but lost in the final stages said he's keen tou00a0 atone for his Open disappointment by winning the Seniors version of the event. Only time will tell if the 59-year-old can create history or repeat it by going down in the final stages of the Open again.
Saturday 7:30pm & Sunday 9pm on Star Sports

TOP 5 FACES ON TV

Nikolay Davydenko
Having beaten Romanian Victor Hanescu 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 yesterday, Russian No 2 seed Nikolay Davydenko definitely is the man to watch in theu00a0 Hamburg Open.
David Ferrer, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Pablo Cuevas are the other semi-finalists.
Hamburg Open semis, Live on Saturday 8pm Star Sports
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Valentino Rossi
Such is Valentino Rossi's domination in Moto GP that whenever he says he wants to win, he more often than not does it. So, when the Italian Yamaha rider said yesterday that he wants to bid farewell to the British GP, it looks like he will.
British MOTO GP, Sunday 5pm on ESPN & NEO SPORTS

Tom Watson
Tom Watson (59) was heart-breakingly edged out in the play-off at the British Open last week by compatriot Stewart Cink at Turnberry as he attempted to become the oldest ever winner of a major. Looks like the Seniors' British Open is his for the taking.
Senior Open on Star Sports, Saturday 7:30pm & Sunday 9pm

Jenson Button
Brawn GP's Jenson Button may be the current leader in the Formula One driver's world championship, but defending champion Hamilton has sounded a warning by emerging fastest in Friday's free-practice.
A must watch on Star Sports.
Qualifying: Saturday 5:20pm; RACE DAY: Sunday 5:15pm

Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong's dream of winning an eighth Tour de France may have ended but he still remains one of the world's best athletes. Watch the cancer survivor wear Team Astana's jersey for the last time as he will lead Team Radioshack in 2010.
Saturday 7pm & Sunday 9:30pm on NEO SPORTS