Football
The A-League returns with another spicy Sydney Derby, this time with Sydney FC at the top of the standings after overtaking Auckland FC last round. There's also an important showdown between Melbourne City and Central Coast Mariners in which the loser could potentially fall out of the top six.
On Friday night, Sam Kerr will be starting on the bench as the Matildas take on New Zealand in an international friendly in Gosford, continuing their preparations for next year's AFC Asian Women's Cup on home soil.
Just two weeks remain in the inaugural Australian Championship, which will hold its semi-finals this weekend.
Narrow tournament favourites Heidelberg United have to travel to Lakeside Stadium for an all-Melbourne derby with four-time NSL champions South Melbourne, the day after Marconi Stallions host south-east Queensland's Moreton City Excelsior.
Flashscore's Favourites: Matildas v New Zealand, Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney FC
Looking overseas, these are our three games that will be most worth getting up early for!
Chelsea (2nd) v Arsenal (1st) - Monday, 3:30am AEDT
Leverkusen (3rd) v Dortmund (4th) - Sunday, 4:30am AEDT
Roma (1st) v Napoli (3rd) - Monday, 6:45am AEDT
Formula 1
Our beloved Oscar Piastri is fast running out of chances to reclaim the 2025 F1 Driver's World Championship and even winning the final two rounds of the season probably won't be enough, particularly after he lost ground last weekend on Max Verstappen with McLaren's controversial double disqualification.
The penultimate race of the season, the Qatar Grand Prix, is set to get underway under lights at 3:00am AEDT on Monday morning. Another one for the night owls.
Flashscore's Favourites: Qatar Grand Prix
Basketball
There's a week off for the NBL this week with the final FIBA men's international window of the year now open.
That's because it's the beginning of regional qualifying for the 2027 FIBA World Cup in Qatar, and the Boomers have been drawn into Group A of the Asia pool alongside the Philippines and Guam.
This weekend, we'll be taking on New Zealand twice - in Tasmania on Friday night and then in Wellington at 5:00pm AEDT on Sunday evening.
Get your foldout chairs ready for the Philippines legs next year...
Flashscore's Favourites: Boomers v New Zealand
AFL
The 2026 AFLW season comes to a climax at a sold out Ikon Park in Melbourne on Saturday night with a repeat of the two previous Grand Finals.
The invincible Kangaroos host the Brisbane Lions, who again finished third for a second straight season but used their unrivalled finals experience to work their way to the final weekend of November.
Brisbane will be contesting a record-breaking seventh Grand Final, having lost four of the previous six, and will be studying closely the way the Demons had the unbeaten Kangaroos on the ropes in the first quarter last weekend.
2025 B&F winner Ash Riddell and her fellow midfielder Jasmine Garner are absolute possession machines and almost share favouritism to win the Best on Ground medal, led by 2024 winner Garner.
Flashscore's Favourites: North Melbourne-Tasmania v Brisbane Lions
Golf
The cut will be made for the 2025 Australian PGA Championship on Friday night and some big Aussie names such as 2023 champion Min Woo Lee, 2019 winner Adam Scott and veterans Marc Leishman and Cameron Davis amongst the 20 or so names that were on -6 or better at time of writing.
Defending champion Elvis Smylie is a long way back on -2 and will play the weekend, but three-time winner Cam Smith was in grave danger of missing the cut after carding a horror 75 on Friday.
Flashscore's Favourites: Australian PGA Championship
Cricket
WBBL cricket doesn't get much better than consecutive top-four matches and that's what fans will be treated to on Saturday with the Melbourne Stars (2nd) and Melbourne Renegades (3rd) going head-to-head at the Junction Oval in the 3pm game, with Meg Lanning's Stars having won four of their last five matches.
All eyes are on Bellerive Oval in Hobart in the evening where the 5-2 Hurricanes, who were at the top of the standings on Friday night but may be leapfrogged by the Stars, host a Perth Scorchers team trying to hold onto fourth place or better.
Cricket fans can also catch the annual Prime Minister's XI tour match live on Kayo Sports from 2:40pm AEDT, where Sam Konstas will be hoping to delight the Manuka Oval crowd with some of his popular flair. England courted controversy during the week by opting not to send any of their first-choice batters to Canberra for some pink ball practice, despite getting an additional three days off last week.
Flashscore's Favourites: Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades
NFL
Saturday morning should bring us an absolute beauty from the NFL where the Philadephia Eagles (3rd) and Chicago Bears (4th) do battle at 7:00am AEDT.
The Bears have come out on top in four consecutive games decided by less than a touchdown and the Eagles were on their own four-game winning streak before they were overrun in the final term away to the Dallas Cowboys.
Flashscore's Favourites: Philadelphia Eagles v Chicago Bears
Baseball
The four-team Australian Baseball League is two weeks into the 2025/26 season and continues throughout the weekend with Brisbane hosting Perth and Sydney hosting Adelaide in a four-game series.
