Your Guardian sport weekend: Australian Open finals, Premier League and T20 cricket

Tom Bassam and Emillia Hawkins clock on as hosts of our live football blog for a Sunday that throws up four cracking Premier League clashes as well as the fast-approaching transfer deadline day. There’s a lively day of women’s football too, with the top two, Manchester City and Chelsea, set for a 2.30pm kick-off.

Then at teatime, Arsenal meet Corinthians in the Women’s Champions Cup final. In Scotland, Rangers and Celtic are in action, while on the continent, Real Madrid host Rayo Vallecano in the day’s eye-catching fixture. Real have had a turbulent season marked by Xabi Alonso’s departure as manager and being knocked out of the Spanish Cup last 16 by second-tier Albacete two weeks ago.

They had won their last three games in all competitions under their new manager, Álvaro Arbeloa, but Wednesday’s 4-2 Champions League defeat by Benfica has rocked the Spanish aristos.

8.30amMen’s singles final live

Carlos Alcaraz produced one of the gutsiest wins of his career as he battled through physical struggles and staged a fifth-set fightback to beat Alexander Zverev in an epic semi-final. Now the Spaniard must hope he has enough time to fully recover for Sunday’s blockbuster final, when he will take on the 10-times Australian Open champion, Novak Djokovic. The 22-year-old Spaniard who is the top seed, has reached a fourth consecutive grand slam climax, though he is in the final at Melbourne for the first time.

On Sunday he will try to become the youngest player ever to have won all four grand slam events while the veteran Djokovic is through to an 11th Australian Open final and seeking a record-breaking 25th grand slam singles title. Daniel Harris rises early for our unrivalled game-by-game live coverage.

1.30pmSri Lanka v England live

Sam Curran took a hat-trick as England began their T20 World Cup preparations by easing to an 11-run victory on the DLS method in the series-opener against Sri Lanka on Friday. That came in the wake of England wrapping up the one-day international series by beating their hosts by 53 runs on Tuesday. The T20 World Cup begins for Harry Brook’s side against Nepal on 8 February. For the second T20, Tanya Aldred is at the over-by-over controls and Taha Hashim reports from Kandy.

2pmManchester United v Fulham live

Manchester United host Fulham at Old Trafford, aiming to extend their impressive unbeaten league run to seven matches. Michael Carrick has made a perfect start as United’s interim head coach, delivering back‑to‑back statement victories over Manchester City and Arsenal, lifting United firmly into the top‑four battle. Fulham, however, arrive in strong form themselves, with Marco Silva’s side sitting seventh and having lost just once in their last eight league fixtures. Luke McLaughlin hosts our live blog with Jamie Jackson reporting.

2.30pmManchester City v Chelsea live

Chelsea will be feeling the strain if they don’t come away from their top-two clash at pacesetting City with three points. The defending WSL champions slipped nine points behind City after their 2-0 defeat by Arsenal last week. Andrée Jeglertz’s side, meanwhile, keep rolling along, and following their 2-1 win at London City Lionesses – their 12th in a row – are taking giant strides closer to winning their first WSL title in a decade. City have a formidable attacking record, averaging just under three goals per game, and have scored 10 times in the final 15 minutes of their WSL matches. Emillia Hawkins hosts our liveblog with Tom Garry at the Etihad Stadium.

4.30pmTottenham v Manchester City live

Pep Guardiola’s City face an unpredictable Spurs side knowing that Arsenal’s result at Elland Road on Saturday could blow the title race wide open. Second-placed City were level on points with third-placed Aston Villa before the weekend fixtures, and were buoyed by the January additions of Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guéhi. Erling Haaland also finally ended his goal drought on Wednesday with his first from open play in 10 games.

Spurs, who have not won a league game since beating Crystal Palace 1-0 on 28 December, are stagnant in 14th place. Thomas Frank’s troubled tenure enjoyed a brief uplift in midweek with an encouraging 2-0 victory at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League, and the Dane will be eager for his side to build on that rare win. Dominic Booth hosts our live blog, while our big hitters David Hytner and Jonathan Wilson provide reports and analysis from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.