SPORTS PREVIEW
Tuesday 12 September 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Euro Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Tuesday Sept 12
Champions League, Group Stage, Matchday 1 – eight games, all at 7:45pm, as follows:
Benfica v CSKA Moscow
Manchester United v Basel, TV3/BT Sport 2
Celtic v PSG, BT Sport 3
Bayern Munich v Anderlecht,
Chelsea v FK Qarabag, eir Sport 1/BT Sport ESPN
Roma v Atletico Madrid,
Barcelona v Juventus,
Olympiakos v Sporting Lisbon,
Championship – eight matches at 7:45pm plus Bolton v Sheffield United, 8pm
League One – 12 matches, all at 7:45pm
League Two – 11 games at 7:45pm plus Barnet v Exeter, 8pm
National League – 12 games, all kicking off at 7:45pm
National League (North) – 8 games, all kicking off 7:45pm
National League (South) – 7 games, all kicking off 7:45pm
Carabao Cup – Barnsley v Derby County, 7:45pm
Northern Ireland Premiership – Crusaders v Linfield, 7:45pm
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HORSERACING
The Tuesday line-up is:
Catterick, 1:45pm – Eight races, consisting of seven handicaps and a 2yo race (which starts the card); field-sizes are 9-11-15-9-12-12-8 and 14; the feature is a £10,000 7f handicap (3:15pm); runners from Ireland on the card are Keith Watson’s Shamar (2:45pm) and John Nicholson’s Nora Batt (5:15pm); jockeys riding on the card include Graham Lee, Kevin Stott, Tom Eaves, Joe Fanning, Paul Mulrennan, Tony Hamilton, Luke Morris, Franny Norton, Paul Hanagan, James Sullivan, Phillip Makin, Jason Hart, Andrew Mullen and Ben Curtis
Worcester, 2:05pm – A six-race card that consists of (in thgis order) a novices’ chase, a handicap chase, a handicap hurdle, a novices’ hurdle, a mares’ maiden hurdle and a “Hands And Heels” handicap hurdle for Conditional Jockeys and Amateur Riders; field-sizes are 12-7-10-3-12 and 11; jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Harry Skelton, Tom Scudamore, Jonathan Moore, Aidan Coleman, Johnny Burke, Noel Fehily, Nico de Boinville and Paddy Brennan
Listowel, 2:10pm – Day three of the seven-day Harvest Festival, a mixed card where the feature is the €55,000 Liam Healy Memorial Lartigue Hurdle (Handicap, Grade B) at 4:40pm; the card consists of four flat races, a beginners’ chase, the feature race and a bumper; field-sizes are 5-15 (plus 3 reserves)-10-9-11-10 and 8; jockeys in action include Pat Smullen (4 rides), Chris Hayes, Kevin Manning, Declan McDonogh, Wayne Lordan, Colin Keane (1 ride), Seamie Heffernan, Shane Foley, Ruby Walsh, Davy Russell, Robbie Power, Mark Walsh and Paul Townend
Leicester, 2:25pm – Eight races, consisting of (in this order) two £10,000 divisions of the 2yo fillies’ novice stakes race, a seller, two handicaps (worth £10,000 and £12,900, respectively), a £10,000 2yo novice stakes race, a Conditions Stakes race (worth £16,000) and a ten-furlong handicap for apprentices; jockeys in action include Ryan Moore, Silvestre de Sousa, Jim Crowley, Andrea Atzeni, Frankie Dettori, Oisin Murphy, Adam Kirby, Fran Berry and James Doyle
Newcastle, 5:45pm – An eight-race card on the all-weather to round off the day, with field-sizes of 12-11-11-9-5-14-5 and 12; the card is made up of (in this order) two divisions of the nursery handicap, a 2yo fillies’ maiden, a fillies’ handicap, an £11,500 12f handicap (the card’s most-valuable race), a mile handicap, a 3-5yo maiden and a 5f handicap; the last race is due off at 9:15pm; a number of jockeys will be travelling on from Catterick to ride on the card, including Luke Morris, Paul Hanagan, Frany Norton, Tony Hamilton, Paul Hanagan, Cam Hardie and Tom Eaves (plus others); Josephine Gordon has one ride on the card (Archie Perkins in the opener for trainer Nigel Tinkler)
They also race in the USA at Philadelphia, 5:55pm, USA
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, Fort Erie, 6:20pm, Thistledown, 6:40pm, Fairmount Park, 7pm, Zia Park, 7:10pm, and Louisiana Down, 9:15pm
The South African meeting is Turffontein (11:50am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Tuesday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – NOTTINGHAM
11:11am – PERRY BARR
2:08pm – CRAYFORD
2:18pm – SUNDERLAND
6:28pm – NEWCASTLE
6:33pm – KINSLEY
6:39pm – SHEFFIELD
6:58pm – TRALEE
The next live Sky card will be the St Leger meeting from Doncaster, Weds, Sept 13, 7pm, Sky Sports Action
The Irish Greyhound Derby continues at Shelbourne on Saturday 17 September with the semi-finals
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 2 games
Thursday 14 September
Houston Texans @ Cincinnati Bengals, 1:25am – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Sunday 17 September
There are eight games at 6pm, two at 9:05pm, three at 9:25pm and one at 1:30am – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning – which is Green Bay Packers @ Atlanta Falcons
Monday 18 September
Detroit Lions @ New York Giants, 1:30am – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 15 games taking place today, with start times ranging from 6:15pm to 3:15am – i.e. late Tues night/early Weds morning
Live:
New York Yankees @ Tampa Bay Rays, midnight, BT Sport ESPN
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Big fight coming up:
Saturday September 16, 2017 – Gennady Golovkin vs Canelo Alvarez, much anticipated Middleweight title fight from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas – Kazakhstan’s Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) will defend his middleweight titles against Alvarez, the biggest boxing star in Mexico. Alvarez, whose only loss was at the hands of Floyd Mayweather Jr, is coming off a lopsided win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr last month in Las Vegas.
Saturday September 16, 2017 – Billy Joe Saunders vs Willie Monroe Jr, Billy Joe Saunders makes the second defence of his WBO middleweight title against 30 year old New Yorker Willie Monroe Jr. The fight takes place in the Copper Box Arena in London just hours before the Gennady Golovkin v Canelo Alvarez fight in Las Vegas
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CRICKET
Tuesday September 12
Twenty20 – Pakistan v World XI, 3:30pm
County Championship Division 1 – Middlesex v Hampshire – Somerset v Lancashire – Surrey v Yorkshire – Warwickshire v Essex, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket – All 10:30am (day one of 4)
County Championship Division 2 – Glamorgan v Northamptonshire – Gloucestershire v Kent – Sussex v Derbyshire – Worcestershire v Leicestershire – All 10:30am (day one of 4)
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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
Tour of Denmark, Denmark, 12th – 16th September
From the track calendar:
Ukraine National Championship Elite, Lviv, Ukraine, 12th – 17th September
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DARTS
Next up:
Unibet Champions League of Darts, Sept 16-17
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 Grand Prix will be the Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay, Sept 15-17
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Next games:
Saturday 16 September
Derry SHC Final – Banagher v Slaughneil, TBC
Donegal SHC Final – St Eunan’s v Setanta, MacCumhaill Park, 3pm
Sunday 17 September
All Ireland SFC Final – Dublin v Mayo, 3:30pm, RTE/Sky
All Ireland MFC Final – Derry v Kerry, 1:15pm, TG4
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GOLF
PGA Tour – BMW Championship, Conway Farms Golf Club, Lake Forest, Illinois – Thursday 14thSeptember – Sunday 17th September
European Tour – KLM Open, The Dutch, Gelderland, Netherlands – Thursday 14th September – Sunday 17th September
LPGA Tour – The Evian Championship, Evian-les-Bains, France – Thursday 14th September – Sunday 17th September
On the (Champions Tour) – Pacific Link Bear Mountain Championship, Bear Mountain Resort, Victoria, BC, Canada – Friday 15th September – Sunday 17th September
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ICE HOCKEY
The new NHL season begins on Wednesday, October 4
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Thursday 14 September
Betfred Super League – Hull FC v Wakefield Trinity, 8pm, Sky Sports Arena
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RUGBY UNION
Wednesday 13 September
Mitre 10 Cup – Canterbury v Counties Manukau, 8:35am, Sky Sports Action
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SNOOKER
The Indian Open runs from September 12-16
The Yushan World Open (from Yushan, China) runs from September 18-24
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TENNIS
WTA – Japan Women’s Open – Day Three of the competition from Tokyo, 3am i.e early Wednesday morning, BT Sport 1
Davis Cup Semi Finals – Played across multiple locations from Friday 15th September to Sunday 17thSeptember
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Posted: 12th September 2017