Liverpool Face Manchester City, Mamelodi Sundowns in Continental Competition and Vincente Luque Fights in UFC

• There's plenty of sporting action on offer this Easter weekend in the local and international scenes
• Manchester City and Liverpool will meet in the FA Cup while Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates are on continental duty
• Vincente Luque headlines UFC Fight Night while the DStv Premiership and Diski Challenge also keep football lovers entertained

If you’re a sporting lover, there’s plenty to keep you entertained this Easter weekend.

There’s local soccer action to keep you entertained as well some continental football and international sporting events.

Here’s what you can watch this weekend:

DStv Diski Challenge:

16 April:

Maritzburg United Reserves vs Chippa United Reserves – 10am

Golden Arrows Reserves vs Marumo Gallants Reserves – 10am

Orlando Pirates Reserves vs Mamelodi Sundowns Reserves – 10am

Swallows Reserves vs Kaizer Chiefs Reserves 12:30pm

17 April:

Baroka FC Reserves vs Sekhukhune United Reserves – 10am

Cape Town City FC Reserves vs TS Galaxy Reserves – 10am

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DStv Premiership:

16 April:

Sekhukhune United vs TS Galaxy – 3pm

AmaZulu vs Maritzburg United – 3pm

Cape Town City vs Royal AM – 5pm

Kaizer Chiefs vs SuperSport United – 7:30pm

17 April:

Gallants vs Swallows – 3pm

Chippa United vs Stellebosch – 3pm

CAF Champions League:

16 April:

Petro de Luanda vs Mamelodi Sundowns – 6pm

CAF Confederation Cup:

17 April:

Simba vs Orlando Pirates – 6pm

FA Cup:

16 April:

Manchester City vs Liverpool – 4:30pm

17 April:

Chelsea vs Crystal Palace – 5:30pm

UFC:

If you’re a fan of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, you can watch Vincente Luque take on Belal Muhammad in the main event of UFC Fight Night, MMAJunkie reported.

IPL:

Cricket lovers will also have plenty to keep them entertained as the IPL heats up this weekend, SuperSport.com reported.

16 April:

Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants – 12pm

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Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – 4pm

17 April:

Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – 12pm

Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings – 4pm

18 April:

Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders – 4pm

Orlando Pirates are determined to climb back up to the top of the DStv Diski Challenge table

Orlando Pirates reserves head coach Mandla Qhogi wants the young Bucs back on top of the DStv Diski Challenge table by the end of this weekend with a much-needed win against Mamelodi Sundowns.

Pirates and Stellenbosch FC are locked in a title race for the ages, separated by just a solitary point. After 25 matches played each, the Maroons and the Buccaneers are on 52 and 51 points respectively.

Pirates was in excellent form sitting comfortably at the summit until hitting a form rut in the second half of the season that saw Stellenbosch pop out of nowhere and take the lead, Sports Brief reported.