EXCITEMENT is building ahead of a jam-packed week of sport coming your way in March.
A hectic schedule involving football, horse racing, rugby, F1, darts, tennis and golf lies ahead for fans from March 10 to March 16.
We ease our way in with a Premier League clash as Newcastle head to West Ham on the Monday night.
But things start getting chaotic on Tuesday as the Cheltenham Festival begins in the afternoon before the first batch of second legs in the last-16 of the Champions League kick-off that evening.
Today’s draw revealed mouth-watering ties like PSG vs Liverpool, Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid and Arsenal vs PSV.
The dates of the games are not yet confirmed but there will be four on Tuesday night and another four on Wednesday night – both after huge days at Cheltenham.
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On Thursday, again the horse racing fills our afternoon before the Europa and Conference Leagues take centre stage.
Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea are all set to be in action on the night of March 13.
Spurs welcome AZ Alkmaar, United face Real Sociedad and the Blues come up against Copenhagen.
For those that prefer darts, it is also night six of the Premier League from Nottingham.
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Bumper week of sport
IT promises to be an incredible week of sport from March 10th to March 16th
These are the highlights…
March 10: Premier League – West Ham vs Newcastle
March 11: Cheltenham Festival & Champions League
March 12: Cheltenham Festival & Champions League
March 13: Cheltenham Festival, Europa/Conference League, Premier League Darts
March 14: Cheltenham Festival – Gold Cup Day
March 15: F1 Australian Grand Prix qualifying, Six Nations including England vs Scotland, Premier League
March 16: F1 Australian Grand Prix race, Old Firm derby, Premier League including Arsenal vs Chelsea, Carabao Cup Final between Liverpool and Newcastle
On Friday 14, Cheltenham draws to a close on Gold Cup day.
It sets fans up for a blockbuster weekend of wall-to-wall to sport.
The Six Nations draws to close with THREE games on Saturday as Italy face Ireland, England take on Wales and France battle Scotland.
There are also five Premier League games and the first qualifying session of the F1 season from the Australian Grand Prix.
The race then takes place early on Sunday 16 morning from 4am before football regains our attention.
At 12:30pm, it is the Old Firm Derby between Celtic and Rangers at the same time as Sheffield Wednesday clash with bitter rivals Sheffield United in the Steel City Derby.
There are three Prem matches at 1:30pm as Arsenal vs Chelsea and Fulham vs Tottenham.
It is then the Carabao Cup final from Wembley as Liverpool come up against Newcastle at 4:30pm.
That is before we switch back to the Premier League as Man Utd head to Leicester.
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If that was not enough, the weekend also brings us the tennis Indian Wells final in a tournament considered one of the biggest outside of the Grand Slams.
And in golf, it is The Players Championship final day from Florida.
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