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The weekend's live action starts on Friday night with our FA Cup fifth-round minute-by-minute report of Aston Villa v Cardiff, with kick-off at 8pm (all times GMT). Into Saturday and we have a Champions Trophy tie to get things going: first ball in our over-by-over report of South Africa v England is at 9am. A south London derby is our early kick-off in the FA Cup as Millwall travel to Crystal Palace (12.15pm), before our wide-ranging clockwatch will cover everything from Bournemouth v Wolves (3pm) in the FA Cup, to Football League updates and even a sprinkling of the best European action. After famous FA wins over Brentford and Liverpool, Plymouth Argyle are hoping to repeat the trick away at Manchester City (5.45pm). Has there been a better time to face Pep Guardiola's side? Sunday begins with a WSL clockwatch from 12.30pm, as Manchester United hope to close the gap on Chelsea at the top of the table. There are also two marquee FA Cup ties between two top-flight clubs in Newcastle v Brighton (1.45pm) and Manchester United v Fulham (4.30pm). Enjoy!
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