Tubewatch: Australian Open, FA Cup, NBA, cricket and Storyboard

The weekend is here again and it's time to rejoice for sports enthusiasts. There’s plenty of top football, cricket and tennis action to be witnessed.

The FA Cup is back. After knocking Manchester United out of the FA Cup, Leeds will try to repeat their feat when they play Tottenham Hotspurs. Chelsea visit the championship side Preston North End. Arsenal travel to Stoke and minnows Brighton travel to Birmingham to play an in-form Aston Villa. The matches will be broadcasted on Sony PIX at various times over both Saturday and Sunday evening.

In the only premiership game of the weekend, Hull City visit Old Trafford to play Manchester United. That game kicks off at 20:25 on Saturday and is live on STAR Sports.

 

On early Saturday morning the Indians play Pakistan in the u-19 cricket World Cup in New Zealand. The winner of this showdown will advance to the semi-finals. The match begins at 2:45 am and is live on STAR Cricket.

And then there’s more cricket on Sunday.

Australia plays Pakistan in the second ODI. That’s live on ESPN at 8.50 am. India plays Bangladesh in the second Test. Catch that on NEO sports at 9:00 am.

The Australian open continues. All the action from the hard courts in Australia will be broadcasted on STAR Sports. Who will be the next big star to be eliminated in the early rounds of the Open after the defeats of Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic? The early risers can catch this at 5:30 am.

In the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers play the New York Knicks. You can watch it live on Saturday, at 6:30 am on ESPN.

 

Catch the IPL extravaganza in its entirety on Storyboard. With all broadcast sponsors tied up, new auctions and live matches on You Tube, IPL 3 promises to be bigger and better.

As two FMCG majors seal the $19 billion deal, Storyboard gets reactions to Kraft Foods' takeover of Cadbury.

Find out why brands are seeing value in crowdsourcing and why Britannia is getting aggressive with Nutrichoice. There's also a new Shots Spot and Naukri.com's new campaign on Noticeboard.

Watch all this and more on Storyboard at 8:30 am on Saturday, 11:30 am on Sunday and 7:00 pm on Tuesday on CNBC TV18.