Sport on television

NOW FOR the best of the rest. Alternative viewing to the Olympics over the coming week kicks off today with live coverage of the Makita football final (ITV, 3.15-5.15pm) and the British motorcycling Grand Prix (BBC2, 1.30-3.30pm). The decisive fifth Test between England and Pakistan begins on Thursday, and BBC dovetails coverage with action from Barcelona.

Gazza's sister, Anna-Maria Gascoigne, an actress, stars in Dream On, tomorrow (Channel 4, 10.0pm-12.10am), as a bulimia-suffering member of a women's darts club. Sounds like a tear-jerker. .