Saturday’s sport: What’s on and where can I watch it?

World Cup favourites France will look to book their place in the quarter-finals when they face Paraguay on Saturday night.

Before then, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland are all in action in rugby’s inaugural Nations Championship, there’s the Formula One sprint race at Silverstone, while Wimbledon continues and the Tour de France gets under way.

Here is what is happening in a packed sporting schedule on Saturday – and where you can watch the action in the UK.

Mbappe looks to fire France into last eight

Kylian Mbappe is firmly in the fight for the World Cup golden boot (Yuki Iwamura/AP) (AP)

Kylian Mbappe will continue his pursuit of the World Cup golden boot – and look to close in on Lionel Messi in the all-time scoring charts – when France face Paraguay in Philadelphia. Paraguay have already seen off Germany in the previous round and France will remember they needed a dramatic 114th minute Laurent Blanc golden goal to beat La Albirroja on their way to lifting the World Cup in 1998. The match will be live on the BBC with kick off at 2200, while ITV will screen the last 16 tie between co-hosts Canada and Morocco, with coverage starting at 1715.

Silverstone sprint

George Russell will look to take another bite out of his team-mate’s Championship lead at Silverstone (Jacob King/PA) (PA Wire)

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell will both be hoping home advantage counts as they get their first opportunity of the weekend to eat into Kimi Antonelli’s lead in the Formula One driver’s championship in the British Grand Prix sprint race. Coverage starts on Channel 4 and Sky Sports F1 at 1100, while qualifying for Sunday’s main race starts from 1500.

Inaugural Nations Championship

Rugby introduces its new biennial Nations Championship this weekend, a 12-nation competition which will be played across the July and November international windows. In this weekend’s opening round of fixtures, England face South Africa in Johannesburg (ITV4, 1620), Scotland take on Argentina in Cordoba (ITV4, 1930), Wales are up against Fiji in Cardiff (ITV 1320), and Ireland are in Sydney to play Australia (ITV, 1030).

What else is on?

England and India will face off again in their second men’s T20 international (Owen Humphreys/PA) (PA Wire)

Venus and Serena Williams are due to team up in the Wimbledon doubles, facing Camila Osorio and Solana Sierra in their opening match. Coverage of the day’s play starts on BBC Two at 1100 and BBC One from 1220.

England face India in their second T20 international (Sky Sports Cricket, 1400), while coverage of the second Test between West Indies and Sri Lanka continues on TNT Sports 2 from 1445. The 113th Tour de France gets under way with a team time trial in Barcelona (TNT Sports 1, 1530).