Sunday football: Arsenal face Manchester City in Community Shield as PSG meet Lens in French Super Cup

Sunday, 16 August 2026 features two domestic super-cup fixtures, a series of pre-season friendlies and the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations final.

The day’s headline match in England sees Arsenal take on Manchester City for the Community Shield, with kick-off scheduled for 17:00 Cairo time. The match will be broadcast on beIN SPORTS 1, with Amer Al-Khudairi providing commentary.

The fixture is one of two domestic season-opening contests taking place on Sunday, as clubs prepare to begin their respective campaigns.

French Super Cup

Lens and Paris Saint-Germain will meet later in the day in the French Super Cup.

Their match is due to begin at 21:45 Cairo time and will also be shown on beIN SPORTS 1. Ahmed Al Balushi will be on commentary for the game.

Pre-season friendlies

Several high-profile European clubs are also in action as part of their preparations for the new season.

Swiss side Basel will play Barcelona in a friendly at 17:30. No Arabic television channel had announced coverage of the match at the time of publication.

Real Madrid face Schalke at 18:00, with the game available on Saudi broadcaster stc tv Sports.

Liverpool will then meet Como in another pre-season fixture at 20:00. The match will be broadcast by both Kuwait Sports and ON Sport.

FilGoal.com has published details of the day’s full fixture list, including further information about kick-off times, broadcasters and commentators.

Turkish league

Eyupspor travel to face Besiktas in the Turkish league at 21:30.

The match will be shown on beIN SPORTS 4, with Nawfal Bachi appointed as commentator.

Women’s Africa Cup of Nations final

The final of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations will take place at 22:00, when Cameroon face Malawi.

The decisive match will be broadcast on beIN SPORTS 6.

Sunday’s schedule therefore combines the opening competitive fixtures of the new season in England and France with significant international and club matches across Europe and Africa. Arsenal versus Manchester City is the first of the two domestic super-cup games, while Paris Saint-Germain will attempt to claim the French title against Lens later in the evening.