Arsenal v Manchester City in Community Shield and athletics gold – follow with us

Jarrod Bowen will be in action when West Ham open their Championship campaign at Burnley; Arsenal and Manchester take their Premier League rivalry to Cardiff; Amy Hunt will be looking to add to her gold medal haul in Birmingham. Composite: Guardian Design; Shutterstock; Tom Jenkins/The Guardian; APView image in fullscreenJarrod Bowen will be in action when West Ham open their Championship campaign at Burnley; Arsenal and Manchester take their Premier League rivalry to Cardiff; Amy Hunt will be looking to add to her gold medal haul in Birmingham. Composite: Guardian Design; Shutterstock; Tom Jenkins/The Guardian; APYour Guardian sport weekendSportArsenal v Manchester City in Community Shield and athletics gold – follow with usHere’s how to follow along with our coverage – the finest writing and up-to-the-minute reportsGuardian sportFri 14 Aug 2026 17.09 BSTLast modified on Fri 14 Aug 2026 17.13 BSTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleJump toSaturdaySundaySaturdayFootball League8am (all times BST)Matchday liveLong gone are the days of an August football big bang, with all the major men’s leagues starting at 3pm on the Saturday after the Charity Shield. But in the wake of Scotland, the Carabao Cup and the National League (not forgetting assorted European qualifiers and the Super Cup), the venerable Football League itself is back – and with it Matchday live. Emillia Hawkins will look at the fallout from Friday night’s Wolves v Blackburn Championship opener (a repeat of the 1960 FA Cup final for even older nostalgia fans) and all the buildup to the rest of the programme. A Bolton v Preston derby kicks off the day’s second-tier programme, alongside League One and League Two games, though the bulk of matches kick off at the sacred hour of three o’clock. Oh, and she will also have all the latest transfer news and gossip across the men’s and women’s games. Send your thoughts to matchday.live@theguardian.com Football1.30pmFootball League clockwatchFootball, and lots of it. The p...