Monday
Sky Sports 2 (7.0) - Live Soccer: Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham (FA Cup, third round, kick-off 8.0). A cup upset could be on the cards at White Hart Lane tonight but, so long as complacency doesn't set in, Fulham should make it safely through to the fourth round. Highlights on BBC1 at 10.0.
TnaG (9.0) - Ole Ole: Celtic v Rangers. Can't wait to hear the TnaG commentator describe Celtic's second goal against Rangers, Paul Lambert's exocet missile in to the top right corner. Ear muffs at the ready. Highlights of the rest of the week's matches in Scotland and Spain.
Tuesday
Sky Sports 2 (7.30) - Live Foot- ball: West Ham v Arsenal (League Cup quarter-final, kick-off 7.45).
TnaG (10.30) - World Cup Gold: France v Brazil. The World Cup quarterfinal match from the 1986 finals in Mexico, between a French team that had a goalkeeper called Bats and a Brazilian line-up that had the wonderful Josimar at full-back - or `Josie Maher' as Jimmy Magee used to call him in his commentary.
Eurosport (11.0) - Live Swimming: The World Championships. The eighth World Championships get under way in Perth, Australia - Eurosport has live coverage through the week.
Wednesday
Network Two (7.0) - The Soccer Show. The first edition of the new year of the domestic and Irish international football show.
Sky Sports 2 (7.30) - Live Soc- cer: Newcastle v Liverpool (League Cup quarter-final, kick-off 7.45). No one should take delight in other teams' misfortunes but . .. to those Liverpool supporters who spent ALL of last week chanting "We Love You Coventry, We Do" at any passing Manchester United fan: "Na, na, na, na, na". Highlights of Newcastle v Liverpool and the night's other quarterfinals - Ipswich Town v Chelsea and Reading v Middlesborough - are on UTV's Soccer Night at 10.40.
Thursday
Sky Sports 2 (9.0) - Golf USA: The Mercedes Championships. Just when you thought there was nothing but football on telly this week . . . coverage from California, through to Sunday, where Tiger Woods defends the title he won last year against a field that includes Nick Faldo and Greg Norman.
TnaG (10.30) - World Cup Gold: Republic of Ireland v Northern Ireland (1989 World Cup Qualifier). Packie Bonner presents a full re-run of the Republic's penultimate qualifying match for Italia 90 at Lansdowne Road. Happy days.
Friday
Sky Sports 1 (8.0) - NBA Bas- ketball: Miami Heat v Chicago Bulls. Full coverage of the NBA game of the week, played on Wednesday in Miami.
Saturday
Network Two (1.15) - Saturday Sports Live: Horse Racing. u48,000 £48,000 goes to the winner of the Ladbroke Hurdle, the highlight of today's meeting at Leopardstown.
Sunday
Channel 4 (1.15) - Live Soccer: AC Milan v Roma or Sampdoria v Parma (Italian Serie A, kick-off 1.30).
Sky Sports 1 (3.0) - Live Soccer: Derby v Blackburn Rovers (Premiership, kick-off 4.0).
BBC2 (5.55) - Live Darts: The World Professional Darts Championship Final. Lots of 'Wan Undred and A Teeeeeeeees', we hope, in the Embassy World Championship final. Can Leamington Spa's Steve 'Bronze Adonis' Beaton repeat his 1996 success? Can Bobby 'The Dazzler' George roll back the years and the spare tyres? Or will top seed Raymond 'Barney Rubble' Barneveld, a Dutch postman, play Total Darts and snatch glory? Fasten your seatbelts and join Dougie Donnelly in Frimley Green, Surrey to find out.
Channel 4 (11.0) - The American Football Big Match. Championship Game. The top teams from the NFC and the AFC meet in their respective finals, with the winners going through to the Super Bowl later this month.
