The NFL regular season does not begin on Aug. 31, even though college football's season began in earnest Saturday.

The Kentucky Wildcats face the Toledo Rockets in what should make for an intriguing Week 1 college football showdown.

Manchester United welcome Burnley to Old Trafford on Saturday for the first meeting between the two sides in over a year, with both Ruben Amorim and Scott Parker desperate for three points

The American-owned broadcaster has a history of showing live NFL games overnight in the UK, including the Super Bowl, but from next month will also be able to offer regular-season games at 6pm (1pm ET, 10am PT) on its main channel, now known as 5, with another game on its Freeview channel 5Action in the later 9pm or 9.25pm window.

The "3pm blackout" rule prevents football matches from being shown on UK television between 14:45 and 17:15 on Saturdays. The policy was introduced in the 1960s to encourage fans to attend lower league games - and it remains in force. The blackout comes into effect when 50% of fixtures in the top two divisions are scheduled to kick off at 15:00.

Crystal Palace take on Norwegian side Fredrikstad FK in the Europa Conference League play-offs, and fans in the UK will actually be able to watch both legs of the two-legged affair for free

Global sports streamer DAZN has sublicensed college football and basketball rights from ESPN in the UK and key territories in Europe and MENA region.