The 2012 Aintree Grand National boasts an impressive field, with Gold Cup winner Synchronised bidding to become only the second horse (alongside Golden Miller) to win the National and Gold Cup in the same year, and Ballabriggs attempting to win back-to-back Nationals for the first time since Red Rum in 1973/4.
The first race at the Liverpool track gets away at 1310 GMT on Saturday afternoon, while they are due off in the showpiece at 1615. All the action from Aintree will be streamed live at bet365.
The race to reach the BetFred.com World Championship hots up this weekend and there'll be some big names in action in round five of the qualifiers on Saturday with former world champions Stephen Hendry, Ken Doherty and Peter Ebdon all set to take to the baize. The morning session gets underway at 1000.
It's a massive weekend for four sets of football fans with the FA Cup semi finals being played at Wembley. Saturday's semi sees Liverpool face Merseyside rivals Everton at 1230.
The Reds will be looking to make amends for their recent poor showing in the Premier League by reaching their second cup final of the season, while David Moyes is hoping to land the first trophy of his tenure at Goodison Park. Spurs and Chelsea meet in Sunday's second semi-final.
Later on Saturday evening in La Liga, Barcelona and Real Madrid continue their respective title quests before an eagerly anticipated El Clasico at Camp Nou next weekend.
Madrid host relegation threatened Sporting Gijon at 1900 GMT on Saturday evening and will be expected to take maximum points from the game. Barcelona meanwhile, have a potentially tricky away tie to Levante, who are still in contention for Champions League football next season.
There's no shortage of action to look forward to on Saturday with ATP tennis, basketball, table tennis and handball all being streamed live at bet365.
00:00 - TENNIS - Bobby Reynolds / Michael Russell v Treat Conrad Huey / Dominic Inglot
00:00 - TENNIS - Ryan Sweeting v John Isner
00:00 - SOCCER - Union Espanola v CSD Rangers
00:10 - SOCCER - Estudiantes LP v Colon
00:40 - BASKETBALL - Cocodrilos vs Uniceb/BRB/Brasilia
01:30 - TENNIS - Carlos Berlocq v Feliciano Lopez
02:10 - SOCCER - Estudiantes Tecos v Puebla
02:10 - SOCCER - Jaguares v Tijuana
05:00 - SOCCER - Kashiwa Reysol v Sendai
06:00 - SOCCER - Yokohama F-Marinos v Omiya Ardija
08:00 - SOCCER - Central Coast Mariners v Perth Glory
08:30 - SOCCER - Changchun Yatai v Guizhou Renhe
08:35 - RUGBY LEAGUE - Melbourne Storm v Canterbury Bulldogs
08:55 - TABLE TENNIS - Olympic Qualification
10:00 - SOCCER - Pailan Arrows v Air-India
10:00 - SNOOKER - World Championship
10:35 - RUGBY LEAGUE - Manly Sea Eagles v Gold Coast Titans
10:35 - RUGBY LEAGUE - Sydney Roosters v North Qland Cowboys
10:55 - BADMINTON - Dutch Open
11:00 - SOCCER - Atlantas Klaipeda v Pakruojo Kruoja
11:00 - SOCCER - Gamba Osaka v Kawasaki Frontale
11:00 - SOCCER - Tomsk v Terek Grozny
11:10 - BASKETBALL - Talk N Text vs Barako Bull
11:30 - TENNIS - WTA - Copenhagen
12:00 - FUTSAL - Dinamo Moscow v Sibiryak Novosibirsk
12:00 - SOCCER - Eintracht Frankfurt v Erzgebirge Aue
12:00 - SOCCER - MSV Duisburg v Alemannia Aachen
12:15 - SOCCER - Aberdeen v Hibernian
12:30 - SOCCER - Istanbul Buyuksehir BSK v Eskisehirspor
12:30 - SOCCER - PFC Oleksandria v Dnipro
12:30 - SOCCER - Podbeskidzie Bielsko Biala v Slask Wroclaw
13:00 - TENNIS - WTA - Barcelona
13:30 - SOCCER - Salgaocar SC v Mohun Bagan
14:00 - TENNIS - ATP - Casablanca
14:00 - HANDBALL - SG Flensburg Handewitt vs BVB Füchse Berlin Women
14:30 - SOCCER - Bayer Leverkusen v Hertha Berlin
14:30 - VOLLEYBALL - Greece vs Sweden
14:30 - SOCCER - Hamburg v Hannover 96
14:30 - SOCCER - Kaiserslautern v 1.FC Nurnberg
14:30 - SOCCER - Schalke v Borussia Dortmund
14:30 - SOCCER - Wolfsburg v Augsburg
14:45 - SOCCER - Wisla Krakow v LKS Lodz
15:00 - SOCCER - SCR Altach v Hartberg
15:00 - SOCCER - Wiener Neustadt v SV Kapfenberg
15:15 - BASKETBALL - Pieno Zvaigzdes vs BC Zalgiris Kaunas
16:00 - TENNIS - Challenger - Blumenau
16:00 - SOCCER - Independiente v Racing Club
16:00 - FUTSAL - Novaja Generacija v Tyumen
16:00 - SOCCER - Zenit St Petersburg v CSKA Moscow
17:00 - SOCCER - AC Milan v Genoa
17:00 - SOCCER - Besiktas v Galatasaray
17:00 - VOLLEYBALL - Finland vs Montenegro
17:00 - VOLLEYBALL - SC Espinho v AJF Bastardo
17:00 - SOCCER - Widzew Lodz v Legia Warsaw
17:30 - SOCCER - Bayern Munich v Mainz
17:30 - HANDBALL - BM Antequera vs F.C. Barcelona
17:30 - SOCCER - FC Trenkwalder Admira v FC Wacker Innsbruck
17:30 - SOCCER - SK Sturm Graz v FC Salzburg
17:30 - SOCCER - SV Ried v SV Mattersburg
17:45 - SOCCER - PSV v AZ
18:00 - SOCCER - Olimpo B Blanca v All Boys
18:45 - SOCCER - Feyenoord v Excelsior
18:45 - SOCCER - NEC v Heerenveen
19:00 - SOCCER - Anderlecht v Genk
19:30 - SOCCER - Rampla Juniors v Liverpool Montevideo
19:45 - SOCCER - FC Twente v NAC
19:45 - SOCCER - Leon Huanuco v Sport Boys
19:45 - SOCCER - Udinese v Inter Milan
20:00 - SOCCER - Lyon v Marseille
20:10 - SOCCER - San Lorenzo v Godoy Cruz
20:45 - SOCCER - Benfica v Gil Vicente
21:00 - SOCCER - Seattle Sounders FC v Colorado Rapids
21:30 - SOCCER - Deportivo San Martin v Juan Aurich
22:00 - BASKETBALL - La Union v Uniceub BRB
22:00 - SOCCER - Pumas Morelos v La Piedad
22:10 - SOCCER - Union San Felipe v Universidad de Concepcion
