The 2026 NFL season is already underway. This year's Kickoff Game was moved to Wednesday for the first time in league history to avoid clashing with Thursday's International Series opener — the Seattle Seahawks edged the New England Patriots 13-10 in that early curtain-raiser. Thursday then saw the San Francisco 49ers thump the Los Angeles Rams 27-7 in Melbourne, Australia, in front of a sold-out international crowd.

The bulk of Week 1 unfolds this Sunday with a 13-game slate. The early window features Buffalo Bills at Houston Texans, Baltimore Ravens at Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns at Jacksonville Jaguars among others, before the afternoon window brings Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings and Miami Dolphins at Las Vegas Raiders. Sunday Night Football closes out the day with Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants, before Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs wraps up the opening week on Monday Night Football.

With every team fresh off a full offseason and Week 1 notoriously unpredictable against the spread, this is the weekend that sets the tone for the entire NFL betting season.

Sunday, 13 September: Full 13-game slate from 19:00 CEST (early window) · Sunday Night Football: Cowboys at Giants, 02:20 CEST (Monday)
Monday, 14 September: Broncos at Chiefs, 02:15 CEST (Tuesday)

The final Grand Slam of the year reaches its climax this weekend, and the draw has produced genuine history. The women's semi-finals delivered the first all-top-four-seed lineup at the US Open since 1975, and it is Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina — the tournament's two biggest names — who have booked their place in Saturday's final, with no American woman reaching the championship match. Sabalenka is chasing a historic three-peat, while Rybakina has already secured the World No. 1 ranking regardless of the result and can cement her status as the sport's dominant force with a second hard-court major of the year following her Australian Open title.

The men's draw was rocked when defending champion Carlos Alcaraz was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Ben Shelton in an epic five-setter that finished at 3:33am ET. That result guarantees an American finalist for the first time in years — no US man has won the title since Andy Roddick in 2003 — with Shelton facing Frances Tiafoe in an all-American semi-final on Friday, the rubber match in their head-to-head after a win apiece in previous meetings at Flushing Meadows. In the other half, top seed Alexander Zverev — the 2020 runner-up here, chasing a second career major after this year's Roland Garros title — takes on three-time Grand Slam semi-finalist Karen Khachanov for the right to reach Sunday's final.

Arthur Fils's run at the Cincinnati Open before the tournament began added extra intrigue to this year's draw — the last three Cincinnati champions had gone on to win the US Open in the same year — but Fils's own run ended before the final rounds, leaving Rybakina, Sabalenka and the winner of Friday's men's semi-finals to determine who lifts the trophies this weekend.

Women's Final: Saturday, 12 September · Men's Semi-Finals: Friday, 11 September · Men's Final: Sunday, 13 September · USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York

Europe's domestic football offers no bigger fixture this weekend than the first Manchester derby of the season. Manchester City arrive at Old Trafford unbeaten through three Premier League games under new head coach Enzo Maresca, sitting top of the table and chasing a seventh instance of winning their opening four league games — a outright record. Fresh off a 2-0 Champions League win over Porto, City will be relishing the chance to hand Maresca a statement derby victory in his first true test since replacing Pep Guardiola in the summer.

Manchester United, under new boss Michael Carrick, have endured a far bumpier start — an opening-day defeat to Hull, a 5-2 win over Ipswich and a battling 2-2 draw with Everton — but bounced back with a commanding 4-0 Champions League win over Sabah on Thursday. Bruno Fernandes has been United's standout performer, already among the goals and assists again after setting a new Premier League record with 21 assists last season. Erling Haaland, meanwhile, arrives with eight goals in seven career appearances against United — only Mohamed Salah and Alan Shearer have scored more against the Red Devils in Premier League history — and City have never lost a Manchester derby in which he has scored.

The reverse fixture in January ended in a surprise 2-0 win for United, meaning City will be eager for revenge as they look to keep their perfect start intact against their oldest rivals.

Manchester United vs. Manchester City: Sunday, 13 September, 17:30 CEST · Old Trafford, Manchester