The Euro 2016 Championship is in full swing this weekend but organisers are hoping the crowd violence that overshadowed the first week of football won't hit the headlines again.
Russia and England have both been put on notice by UEFA after disturbances in Marseilles, with Russia given a suspended disqualification should their fans misbehave inside a stadium once again.
Fox Sports football commentator Simon Hill believes enough is enough and expressed his anger over the scenes of violence seen across several French cities.
"The people I feel sorry for are the locals that have to live in Lille and Lens and having to put up with this sort of garbage. And have done in Marseille as well for the last few days. This should not be happening, this is not football, this needs to be stopped. And if it takes throwing England and Russia out of the tournament well, as hard as that may be for people such as myself to swallow, I think they've got to do it. It's as simple as that."
On the pitch this weekend, Italy will look to book its spot in the last 16 tonight with a win against Sweden, while Croatia can do the same with a win against the Czech Republic in the early hours of Saturday morning.
That match will be followed by Spain's clash with Turkey.
The third and final round of group matches get underway in the early hours of Sunday morning and the line-up for the last 16 of the tournament will be finalised by the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The Wallabies go into a must-win encounter with England in Melbourne tomorrow with a new-look side containing four new faces from last week's first test defeat.
The big talking point is Australia's Sean McMahon earning a first test start in place of the injured David Pocock.
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika believes McMahon can impress.
"He's been the standout, probably one of the standout players for the Australian teams in super rugby all year. He'll be very clear on the job he needs to do and I think he'll go about it really well. I believe in him a lot."
Australia has changed its props with Greg Holmes and Scott Sio dropped and replaced by James Slipper and Sekope Kepu.
In other international action this weekend, New Zealand and Wales meet in Wellington while Ireland will aim to beat South Africa for the second week running, this time in Johannesburg.
There's plenty of tennis action taking place in the lead up to the Wimbledon Championships.
The Queens Club tournament will conclude in London while Germany's Halle tournament and the Mallorca event in Spain will also be coming to a finish this weekend.
In golf, Australia's Jason Day won't just be battling the the tough Oakmont golf course when he tries to win a second major title as the US Open golf continues.
The world number one didn't have an ideal preparation for the tournament battling a cold, but he's adjusted his preparation in the lead-up accordingly.
"As you can probably hear I'm a little bit under the weather right now, but I took Saturday and Sunday off and I feel good about my game I just want to make sure I'm rested."
Quite apart from any health concerns the course at Oakmont is considered one of the toughest in the United States.
Day, along with Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and Jordan Spieth of the United States go into the tournament as favourities.
Australia's cricketers are gearing up for the final two one-day matches in the Tri-Series, against South Africa and the West Indies on Monday and Wednesday next week in Barbados.
But while the squad aims to reach the final of the tournament one eye is already looking ahead to test tours of Sri Lanka and India in the coming months that will test Australia's hold on the number one ranking.
Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood says it won't be easy.
"The one spot we've struggled alot with is the subcontinent and we've got three in Sri Lanka and then four tests in India in the next 12 months so there's going to be plenty of opportunity there to do better in those conditions and hopefully get a few wins."
Closer to home this weekend there's a full round of NRL, AFL and Netball to look forward to.
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