SPORTS PREVIEW
Friday 21 JULY 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Euro Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Friday July 21
Airtricity League Premier Division – Bohemians v Derry City, 7:45pm –Galway Utd v Drogheda Utd, 7:45pm – St Patricks Athletic v Bray Wanderers, 7:45pm live eir Sport 2
Airtricity League First Division – Cabinteely v Shelbourne, 7:45pm –U.C.D. v Athlone, 7:45pm –Waterford Utd v Cobh Ramblers, 7:45pm – Wexford Youths v Longford Utd, 8pm
Scottish League Cup – Ross County v Hibernian, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1
MLS – Orlando City SC v Atlanta United FC, midnight Sky Sports Main Event
Woman’s Euro 2017 – Sweden v Russia, 5:00pm More4/Eurosport 2 – Germany v Italy, 7:45pm More4/Eurosport2
HORSERACING
The FRIDAY line-up is :
NEWBURY (1:40pm) – Eight race flat card which includes the Listed ‘Rose Bowl Stakes’ (3:50pm) run over 6f for the 2YO and worth nearly £15,000 to the winner. Top jockeys Will Buick, Silvestre de Sousa and Jim Crowley all have rides at the meeting
HAYDOCK (1:50pm) – Seven race flat card with field sizes of 16-8-7-9-7-6-11.
NOTTINGHAM (2pm)- Seven race flat card with field sizes of 7-10-7-8-9-7-15. Includes a Class 3 Handicap over 6f worth nearly £10,000 to the winner at 3:30pm
NEWMARKET (5:35pm) – Seven race flat card including a Class 3 EBF Fillies’ Handicap (7:45pm) run over 6f and worth £13,000 to the winner and a Class 3 Conditions Stakes (7:10pm) over 5f. Jamie Spencer, Ryan Moore and Will Buick all have some interesting rides on the card
HAMILTON (5:45pm) – Seven race flat card which includes the Listed EBF Glasgow Stakes at 7:55pm – run over 1m 3f for the 3yo and The Scottish Stewards Cup Handicap at 7.20pm run over 6f – worth £21,000 to the winner and featuring the popular veteran ‘Hoof It’ for the Mick Easterby yard
KILBEGGAN (5:50) – Includes the Midlands National (8:30pm, with a winner’s prize of €29,500), the biggest race of the season at the track and a big crowd is always guaranteed.
PONTEFRACT (6:30pm) – Six race flat card with field sizes of 13-6-13-10-11-13. Includes two Class 3 Handicaps at 7.35pm and 8.05pm.
They also race in India at Hyderabad (10:20am), in Germany at Bad Harzburg (10:55am) and in France atVichy (12:40pm); later in shops it is Club Hipico, 7:15pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Monmouth Park, 5:50pm,Saratoga, 6pm, Gulfstream, 7:15pm, Woodbine, 8:45pm and Penn National, 11pm
The South African meeting is Fairview (11:30am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The FRIDAY line-up is as follows:
10:31am – KINSLEY
10:38am – SWINDON
2:08pm – HOVE
2:18pm – MONMORE
6:28pm – NOTTINGHAM
6:33pm – CRAYFORD
6:39pm – SHEFFIELD
The next meeting live on Sky Sports is theBetfred Select Stakes on July 26 at Nottingham
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 18 of the season
Friday 21 July
Adelaide Crows v Geelong Cats , 10:50am BT Sport 1
Saturday 22 July
Essendon v North Melbourne , 4:45am BT Sport 2– Melbourne v Port Adelaide, 5:10am –Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast Suns, 7:35am –Fremantle v Hawthorn, 8:40am – Sydney Swans v St Kilda, 10:25am
Sunday 23 July
Richmond v GWS Giants , 4:10am – Collingwood v West Coast Eagles, 6:20am – Brisbane Lions v Carlton, 7:40am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are fifteen games taking place today, with start times ranging from 7:20pm Friday to 3:15am on Saturday, i.e. – Friday evening/Early Saturday morning
Live :
St Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs , 7:20pm, BT Sport ESPN
Houston Astros @ Baltimore Orioles , midnight, BT Sport ESPN
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – h ttp://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Big fights coming up
Sun July 30th
Adrien Broner v Mikey Garcia , 12 Rounds Super-Lightweight, Barclays Centre, Brooklyn, New York, midnight, Sky Sports
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CRICKET
Friday July 21
Natwest T20 Blast 2017 – Worcestershire Rapids v Lancashire Lightning, 5:30pm –Somerset v Gloucestershire, 5:30pm –Notts Outlaws v Derbyshire Falcons, 6:30pm –Yorkshire Vikings v Birmingham Bears, 6:30pm – Leicestershire Foxes v Northamptonshire Steelbacks, 6:30pm – Surrey v Middlesex, 6:30pm Live on Sky Sports Cricket –Glamorgan v Sussex Sharks, 6:30pm – Essex Eagles v Hampshire, 7pm
Under-19 Warm-Up 2017 – England Under 19’s v Unicorns, 11am
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CYCLING
Check out this website – http://www.uci.ch/road/calendar/
Some of the next main events…
From the UCI road calendar
The blue riband event of cycling, the Tour de France, runs from July 1st to July 23rd; stage 19, a flat 222.5 km journey from Embrun to Salon de Provence
Live coverage:
12:35pm, TG4 – 11:00am, ITV4 – 11:00am, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
Iranian National Championships – July 8-17
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DARTS
Coming up:
World Matchplay – July 22-30, Winter Gardens, Blackpool
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FORMULA ONE
Hungarian Grand Prix , Budapest, July 28-30
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 22 July
All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers Round 4A
Galway v Donegal , Markievicz Park, 7pm – SKY
Cork v Mayo , Gaelic Grounds, 5pm – SKY
All-Ireland SHC quarter-final
Clare v Tipperary , Pairc Ui Chaoimh, 3pm – RTE
All-Ireland JFC semi-finals
Kerry v Leitrim , Gaelic Grounds, 3pm
Kilkenny v Meath , Nowlan Park, 3pm
All-Ireland U21HC C final
Sligo v Donegal , Markievicz Park, 5pm
Sunday 23 July
All-Ireland SHC quarter-final
Wexford v Waterford , Pairc Ui Chaoimh, 4pm – RTE
All-Ireland IHC final
Cork v Kilkenny , Pairc Ui Chaoimh, 2pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – THE 146th Open Championship, Royal Birkdale, Southport, Merseyside, England, July 20-23, day two, Sky Sports Golf (Ch 405)
USPGA Tour – the Barbasol Classic, RTJ Trail (Grand National), Auburn/Opelika, AL, USA, July 20-23, day two, 10pm, Sky Sports Mix (Ch 121)
LPGA Tour – the Marathon Classic presented by Owens Corning and O-I, Sylvania, OH, USA, July 20-23
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour) and European Seniors Tour, is the SENIOR OPEN Championship, Royal Porthcawl GC, Bridgend, Wales, July 27-30
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HOCKEY
Men’s Hockey World League Quarter Finals
9th/10th place play-off , 8:30am BT Sport 1 – 5th/8th place play-off, 11am BT Sport 1 – 5th/8thplace play-off, 1:15pm BT Sport 1 – First Semi-Final, 3:30pm BT Sport 1 – Second Semi-Final, 5:45pm BT Sport 1
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ICE HOCKEY
No keys games scheduled; the new NHL season begins on Wednesday, October 4
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RUGBY LEAGUE :
Friday 21 July
NRL – Sydney Roosters v Newcastle Knights, 9am, eir Sport 2 – Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v South Sydney Rabbitohs, 10:50am, eir Sport 2
Super League – Hull FC v Huddersfield Giants, 8pm –Leigh Centurions v Salford Red Devils, 8pm –Wigan Warriors v Leeds Rhinos, 8pm, Sky Sports Main Event
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RUGBY UNION
Friday 21 July
Currie Cup – Free State Cheetahs v Sharks, 6pm
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SNOOKER
Next:
The next key tournament is the Hong Kong Masters – July 20-23, day two
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP Hall of Fame Tennis Championships , Newport, Rhode Island, USA, Mon July 17 – Sun July 23
ATP SkiStar Swedish Open , Bastad, Sweden, Mon July 17 – Sun July 23
ATP Konzum Croatia Open Umag , Umag, Croatia, Mon July 17 – Sun July 23
WTA BRD Bucharest Open , Bucharest, Romania, Mon July 17 – Sun July 23, day Quarter Finals, midday and 6:30pm, BT Sport 2
WTA Ladies Championship Gstaad , Gstaad, Switzerland, Mon July 17 – Sun July 23
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OTHER SPORT
Diving World Championships – Men’s 10m Prelims, 9am, Eurosport 2 – Women’s 3m Final from Budapest, 5:30pm Eurosport 1
World Series of Poker – Day 11 of the main event in Las Vegas 2am, BT Sport 1
Canadian Football League – BC Lions v Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 3am, BT Sport 2
Posted: 21st July 2017