Saturday 23 December 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Saturday 23 December 2017
We would like to wish everyone a very happy and peaceful Christmas and 2018. Happy Christmas, everyone!
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Irish Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Premier League – Everton v Chelsea, 12:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League ROI, then six games at 3pm, including ** v **, Sky Sports Premier League ROI, followed by Burnley v Tottenham, 5:30pm, BT Sport 1, and Leicester v Man Utd, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League ROI
Scottish Premiership – Kilmarnock v Rangers, 12:30pm, BT Sport 1, then five games at 3pm, including Celtic v Aberdeen
Championship – Ten games at 3pm then Aston Villa v Sheffield United, 5:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football
League One – Northampton Town v Blackburn at 2pm then ten games at 3pm
League Two – Eleven matches, all at 3pm
National League – Eleven matches, all at 3pm
National League South – Eleven matches, all at 3pm
Scottish Championship – Five matches, all at 3pm
Scottish League One – Five matches, all at 3pm
Scottish League Two – Five matches, all at 3pm
Northern Ireland Premiership – Four matches, all at 3pm
La Liga – El Clasico – Real Madrid v Barcelona, midday, ‘El Clasico’, live on Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports Football – Also playing are Valencia v Villareal, 3:15pm, and Deportivo la Coruna v Celta Vigo, 5:30pm
Eredivisie – One game at 5:30pm, NAC Breda v FC Utrecht, then two games at 6:45pm, including PSV Eindhoven v Vitesse Arnhem, live on Sky Sports Mix, and Excelsior v FC Twente, 7:45pm
Serie A – Lazio v Crotone, 11:30am, eir Sport 1 and BT Sport 2, then five games at 2pm, including Napoli v Sampdoria, 2pm, eir Sport 1, then AC Milan v Atalanta, 5pm, eir Sport 1 and BT Sport 2, and Juventus v Roma, 7:45pm, eir Sport 1 and BT Sport 2
A-League – Wellington Phoenix v Sydney FC, 6:35am, BT Sport 1, and Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory, 8:50am, BT Sport 1
Belgian First Division – One match at 5pm, one at 7pm and one at 7:30pm
Portuguese Primeira Liga – Votoria Guimaraes v Tondela, 6:15pm
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HORSERACING
The Saturday line-up is:
Newcastle, 11:45pm – A seven-race National Hunt card
Haydock, 11:50am – Where the card includes the £25,000 Tommy Whittle Handicap Chase, a £20,000 Listed mares’ novice hurdle and a £20,000 handicap hurdle
Lingfield, midday – Where the card includes the £37,000 Betway Quebec Stakes (a Listed Race), a £19,000 12f handicap and a £15,500 fillies’ Conditions Stakes race (3yo+, one mile)
Ascot, 12:40pm – Where the feature races are the £100,000 Grade 1 JLT Reve de Sivola Long Walk Hurdle, the £100,000 Listed Lavarazza Silver Cup Handicap Chase and the £150,000 Grade 3 Racing Welfare Handicap Hurdle; among the other races are the £35,000 Ascot Handicap Chase and the £25,000 Sodexo Graduation Chase
They also race at Kolkata in India (10:30am) and at Pau in France (11:50am) and Neuss in Germany (4pm); later in the shops it is Hipo Chile (5:15pm) in Chile and Philadelphia (5:25pm) in the USA
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Gulfstream, 5pm, Aqueduct, 5:20pm, Tampa Bay, 5:25pm, Laurel Park, 5:30pm, Sunland Park, 7:30pm and Turf Paradise, 7:40pm
The South African meetings are Turffontein (10:25am) and Kenilworth (11:15am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Saturday line-up is as follows:
10:03am – TRALEE
10:06am – TOWCESTER
10:31am – ROMFORD
10:38am – CRAYFORD
2:24pm – NEWCASTLE
3:08pm – POOLE
6:28pm – CENTRAL PARK
6:33pm – MONMORE
6:39pm – SUNDERLAND
The next live meeting on Sky Sports will be in 2018
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 16
Saturday December 23 – Indianapolis Colts @ Baltimore Ravens, 9:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action – Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Sunday December 24 – 12 games from 6pm to 9:25pm
Monday December 25 – Pittsburgh Steelers v Houston Texans, 9:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event – Oakland Raiders @ Philadelphia Eagles, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
College Football
The Birmingham Bowl – 5pm, BT Sport ESPN
Armed Forces Bowl – Army v San Diego State Aztecs, 8:30pm, BT Sport ESPN
Dollar General Bowl – midnight, BT Sport ESPN
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BASKETBALL
There are 13 NBA matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from 10pm on Saturday to 3am on Sunday – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Live:
Oklahoma City Thunder @ Utah Jazz, 1am, BT Sport 1 – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
No games scheduled as live in Ire/UK
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
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CRICKET
One Day International – New Zealand v West Indies, 10pm
Australian Big Bash League – Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers, 5:10am, BT Sport 2 – Melbourne Renegades v Brisbane Heat, 8:25am, BT Sport 2
New Zealand T20 – Auckland v Wellington, 2:10am – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
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DARTS
Coming up on the PDC calendar:
The 2017/2018 William Hill World Darts Championship takes place from Alexandra Palace (Ally Pally) in London from Thursday December 14 to Monday January 01 – Day ten, 2:30pm and 10pm, Sky Sports Main Event, and at 1pm and 7pm on Sky Sports Darts
There will a three-day break in the middle of the tournament: Dec 24, 25 and 26
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
The next set of games are scheduled for Saturday December 30th – Round One of the O’Byrne Cup, McGrath Cup, Walsh Cup and Munster SHL
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GOLF
USPGA Tour – Sentry Tournament of Champions, Maui, Hawaii, Jan 4-7, 2018
PGA European Tour – BMW SA Open, Gauteng, South Africa, Jan 11-14, 2018
USLPGA Tour – the next tournament will take place in 2018
USPGA Champions Tour – the next tournament will take place in 2018
Seniors Tour, Europe – the next tournament will take place in 2018
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ICE HOCKEY
There are 15 NHL matches taking place today, with start times ranging from 6pm on Saturday to 3am on Sunday – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Live:
New York Islanders v Winnipeg Jets, 6pm, eir Sport 2
New York Rangers v Toronto Maple Leafs, midnight, eir Sport 1
Pittsburgh Penguins v Anaheim Ducks, midnight, eir Sport 2
Vancouver Canucks v St Louis Blues, 3am, eir Sport 2 – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
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RUGBY UNION
Aviva Premiership – four games all getting underway at 3pm – Newcastle v Harlequins – Northampton v Exeter, live on BT Sport 2 – Sale Sharks v Bath – Wasps v Gloucester
French Top 14 – Agen v Brive, 1pm, Sky Sports Action – Bordeaux-Begles v La Rochelle, 3pm, Sky Sports Action – Montpellier v Lyon, 5pm – plus three games getting underway at 7:45pm
Pro 14 – Benetton Rugby v Zebre, 2pm – Edinburgh v Glasgow Warriors, 5:10pm, Sky Sports Action – Connacht v Ulster, 7:35pm, live on TG4 and BBC2 Ulster
The Championship – Rotherham Titans v Doncaster, 2pm – Three remaining games getting underway 3pm
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SNOOKER
Dafabet Masters, London, Alexandra Palace 14 January – 21 January
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP, Qatar Open, Doha, Jan 1-7
ATP, Maharashtra Open, Pune, India, Jan 1-7
ATP & WTA, Brisbane International, Australia, Jan 1-7
WTA, Shenzhen Open, Jan 1-7
WTA, ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand, Jan 1-7
Posted: 23rd December 2017