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Bangor City's Welsh Cup fourth round clash with Rhyl on 31 January has been brought forward to a 1215 GMT kick-off in a bid to avoid crowd trouble.

Swindon Town boss Maurice Malpas is left disappointed after his side's League One game at Walsall was postponed only an hour before kick-off.

England take on Papua New Guinea in the opening match of Rugby League's 13th World Cup in Australia on Saturday.

December's Scottish Premier League match between Rangers and Celtic now has a 1230GMT kick-off as other fixtures are moved.

Fifa's plans to play the next round of World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers at the same time have been scrapped.

Leeds United's clash with Huddersfield Town in November has been moved to a 1215 GMT kick-off.

Rangers host Motherwell and Celtic travel to face Kilmarnock on a big day in the Scottish Premier League.

Motherwell host champions Celtic in Saturday's early kick-off in the Scottish Premier League.

Hundreds of Wales football fans miss the start of the World Cup qualifier in Cardiff after queuing to buy tickets.

All you need to know about each of the 12 teams ahead of Saturday's kick-off

Knee surgery means Scottish kicker Lawrence Tynes will miss the start of the New York Giants' title defence.

Scotland football manager George Burley opens Falkirk Football Club's new base at the University of Stirling.

Altrincham and Wrexham play out a draw in Monday's Blue Square Premier early kick-off.

Madonna opens her world tour in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium in front of thousands of fans.

Bristol scrum-half Shaun Perry faces up to three months on the sidelines with a shoulder injury.

The Premier League begins on Saturday with Arsenal taking on newly-promoted West Brom at 1245 BST.

Linfield kick-off their title defence looking for goals from new striker Michael Carvill.

Pictures from Saturday's kick-off to the Scottish Premier League

The Football League begins on Saturday with action from the Championship, League One and League Two.

Csaba Laszlo admits his Hearts side must sharpen up in front of goal ahead of the Scottish Premier League kick-off.

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