SATURDAY 3rd JUNE 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
SATURDAY 3rd JUNE 2017
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FOOTBALL
Champions League Final (Millenium Stadium, Cardiff) – Juventus v Real Madrid, 7:45pm, BT Sport 2 and RTE2
International – Portugal v Cyprus, 4pm – U.S.A. v Venezuela, 3am
Chinese Super League – Yunbian Fude FC v Guangzhou Evergrande, 8:30am – Jiangsu Suning FC v Hebei China Fortune FC, 12:35pm – Shandong Luneng v Tianjin Quanjian, 12:35pm, Sky Sports 5 – Shanghai SIPG v Liaoning Whowin, 12:35pm
MLS – New York City FC v Philadelphia Union, 6pm, Sky Sports 3 and Sky Sports Mix – Sporting Kansas City v Minnesota United FC, 10pm – Vancouver Whitecaps v Atlanta United FC, 10:30pm, Sky Sports 3 – D.C. United v Los Angeles Galaxy, midnight – Montreal Impact v New York Red Bulls, 00:30am – New England Revolution v Toronto FC, 00:30am, FC Dallas v Real Salt Lake, 1am – Colorado Rapids v Columbus Crew, 2am
Women’s Super League – there is a match scheduled to be live at 3:15pm on BT Sport 2
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HORSERACING
The Saturday line-up is:
Navan, 1:20pm – A seven-race flat card, with field sizes of 11-23-14-19-10-18 & 8 and features the €50,000 Royal County Handicap (3:35pm). Top jockeys in action include Kevin Manning , Colin Keane, Shane Foley, Chris Hayes, Billy Lee, Gary Carroll and Sean Davis to name just a few.
Hexham, 1:30pm – An eight-race card, with the Totepool Ladies Day Is On 25th June Handicap Chase being split into two divisions. Top jockeys in action include Brian Hughes, Wayne Hutchinson, Henry Brooke, Will Kennedy, Jamie Hamilton and Callum Bewley.
Musselburgh, 1:40pm – A seven-race card, including the Listed Edinburgh Gin’s Fillies’ Stakes (2:50pm)
Worcester, 1:45pm – A seven-race card
Doncaster, 1:55pm – A seven-race card
Epsom, 2pm – A seven-race card on Investec Derby Day, the card includes the Group 3 Princess Elizabeth Stakes (2:35pm), the Group 3 Investec Diomed Stakes (3:10pm) and the feature Group 1 Investec Derby (4:30pm)
Tramore, 6pm – A seven-race jumping card
Newcastle, 6:10pm – A seven-race card
Lingfield, 5:45pm – A seven-race card
They also race in Germany at Dortmund (10:35am) and in Mauritius, 10:52am; later in shops it is Philadelphia Parx, 5:55pm and Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, in the USA and Hipo Chile, 7:15pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Monmouth Park, 5:50pm, Gulfstream, 5:55pm, Belmont Park, 6:30pm, Penn National, 8:45pm and Santa Anita, 9pm
The South African meetings are Greyville (10:15am) and Kenilworth (11:05am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Saturday line-up is as follows:
9:11am – TRALEE
9:34am – TOWCESTER
10:31am – ROMFORD
10:38am – CRAYFORD
2:24pm – NEWCASTLE
6:28pm – CENTRAL PARK
6:33pm – MONMORE
6:39pm – PETERBOROUGH
The next meeting live on Sky Sports is the English Greyhound Derby Third Round meeting at Towcester on June 17th; the first round of the Greyhound concludes today
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 11 of the season
Saturday 03 June
Gold Coast Suns v West Coast Eagles, 4:45am, live on BT Sport 1 (early on Sat morning) – GWS Saints v Essendon, 7:35am – North Melbourne v Richmond, 10:25am, live on BT Sport 1
Sunday 04 June
Fremantle v Collingwood, 5:40am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 15 MLB games today, with start times ranging from 6:07pm on Saturday to 3:10am on Sunday morning – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Live games:
Houston Astros @ Texas Rangers, midnight on Sat, BT Sport 1
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BASKETBALL
The NBA Finals schedule is as follows:
Game 1 was played at 2am on Friday – i.e. late Thurs night/early Fri morning – and was won by ****
Game 2: Sunday June 4th – Cleveland Cavaliers @ Golden State Warriors, 1am – i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning – live on BT Sport 1
Game 3: Wednesday June 7th – Golden State Warriors @ Cleveland Cavaliers, 2am – i.e. late Wed night/early Thurs morning
Game 4: Friday June 9th – Golden State Warriors @ Cleveland Cavaliers, 2am – i.e. late Fri night/early Sat morning
Game 5 (if required): Monday June 12th – Cleveland Cavaliers @ Golden State Warriors, 2am – i.e. late Mon night/early Tues morning
Game 6 (if required): Thursday June 15th – Golden State Warriors @ Cleveland Cavaliers, 2am – i.e. late Thurs night/early Fri morning
Game 7 (if required): Sunday June 18th – Cleveland Cavaliers @ Golden State Warriors, 1am – i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning
Live games:
As above
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
The 2017 European Championships run from June 14-26, from Kharkiv in the Ukraine
This week’s fights include:
See above link
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CRICKET
County Championship Division 1 – three games, all at 11am, day two of four
County Championship Division 2 – three games, all at 11am, day two of four
CC Champions Trophy 2017 – Sri Lanka v South Africa, 10:30am, Sky Sports 2
ODI Series 2017 – England Lions v South Africa A, 11am
County Championship Division 1 – three games, all at 11am, day one of four
County Championship Division 2 – three games, all at 11am, day one of four
Twenty20Series 2017 – West Indies v Afghanistan, midnight
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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
Skoda – Tour de Luxembourg, May 31 – June 04
The Tour de France runs from July 1st to July 23rd; it begins in Dusseldorf, Germany, before 1making its way through Belgium to France
From the track calendar:
National Track Championship – Frankfurt/Oder, Germany, June 7-11
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DARTS
Next up:
The World Cup Of Darts 2017, from Frankfurt, Germany, moves into day three (of four); live on Sky Sports 1 at 1pm and 7pm; it is a team (doubles) event
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FORMULA ONE
The next race in the 2017 Formula One season is the Canadian Grand Prix, June 9-11
It will be followed by the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, June 23-25
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 3 June
Leinster SFC quarter-final
Carlow v Dublin, O’Moore Park, 7pm – live on Sky Sports 5
Sunday 4 June
Munster SHC semi-final
Limerick v Clare, Semple Stadium, 4pm – live on Sky Sports 3
Leinster SFC quarter-finals
Louth v Meath, Parnell Park, 3pm
Laois v Kildare, O’Connor Park, 3pm
Ulster SFC quarter-final
Down v Armagh, Pairc Esler, 2pm – live on RTE 2
Munster U25HC semi-final
Limerick v Clare, Semple Stadium, 2pm
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GOLF
European Tour – The Nordea Masters, Barsebäck G&CC, Malmo, Sweden, June 01-04 – today is day three, which is live on Sky Sports 4 from midday
USPGA Tour – The Memorial Tournament – Presented by Nationwide, Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, Ohio, USA, June 01-04 – today is day three, which is live on Sky Sports 4 from 5:30pm
LPGA Tour – The next tournament is the ShopRite LPGA Classic – Presented by Acer, Galloway, New Jersey, June 02-04 – today is day two
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the Principal Charity Classic, Wakonda Club, Des Moines, IA, USA, June 09-11
On the European Seniors Tour, the next tournament is the European Tour Properties Senior Classic, Linna GC, Finland, June 21-23
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ICE HOCKEY (NHL)
The Stanley Cup best-of-seven finals series began on Monday May 29th, Nashville Predators @ Pittsburgh Penguins
Game 2: Wednesday May 31, Nashville Predators @ Pittsburgh Penguins, 1am – i.e. late Wed night/early Thurs morn – live on eir Sport 2 – Pittsburgh won game one 5-3
Game 3: Saturday June 3rd, Pittsburgh Penguins @ Nashville Predators, 1am – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morn – live on eir Sport 2
Game 4: Monday June 5th, Pittsburgh Penguins @ Nashville Predators, 1am – i.e. late Mon night/early Tues morn
Game 5 (if required): Thursday June 8th, Nashville Predators @ Pittsburgh Penguins, 1am – i.e. late Thurs night/early Fri morn
Game 6 (if required): Sunday June 11th, Pittsburgh Penguins @ Nashville Predators, 1am – i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morn
Game 7 (if required): Wednesday June 14th, Nashville Predators @ Pittsburgh Penguins, 1am – i.e. late Wed night/early Thurs morn
Live:
As above
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Today:
Saturday 03 June
Super League – Hull FC v Wigan Warriors, 8pm, Sky Sports 1
NRL – St George-Illawarra Dragons v Wests Tigers, 6am, eir Sport 2 – Sydney Roosters v Brisbane Broncos, 8:30am, eir Sport 2 – North Queensland v Gold Coast Titans, 10:30am, eir Sport 2
Sunday 04 June
Super League – Huddersfield Giants v Warrington Wolves, 3pm – Salford Red Devils v Wakefield Trinity, 3pm – Widnes Vikings v Catalans Dragons, 3pm – Castleford Tigers v St Helens, 3pm
Kingstone Press Championship – six games, all at 3pm, including Toronto Wolfpack v Coventry Bears, 9:30pm, eir Sport 2
NRL – Manly Sea Eagles v Canberra Raiders, 5am – Canterbury Bulldogs v Penrith Panthers, 7am
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RUGBY UNION
World Rugby Under-20 Championship – the next games are on Sunday June 4th
Today:
Saturday 03 June
British & Irish Lions Tour – Provincial Union XV v British and Irish Lions, 8:35am, Sky Sports 1
Super Rugby – Chiefs v Waratahs, 6:05am, Sky Sports 3 – Brumbies v Melbourne Rebels, 10:45am, Sky Sports 3 and Sky Sports Mix – Western Force v Hurricanes, 12:55pm, Sky Sports 3
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SNOOKER
TBC
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TENNIS
Current tournaments:
The French Open from Roland Garros, Paris, France, runs from Sun May 28 to Sun June 11 – today’s action is live on ITV4 and Eurosport 1 at **9:30am, at 10am and 1pm on eir Sport 1, and at 10am on Eurosport 2
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OTHER SPORT
Sailing – America’s Cup qualifying, 6pm, BT Sport 1
NCAA Championship – Women’s College Softball, BT Sport ESPN at 5pm, 7:30pm and midnight on Saturday and 2:30am on Sunday – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
UFC 212 Prelims – 1am, BT Sport 2 – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning – and 3am, BT Sport 2 – Jose Aldo v Max Holloway for the UFC featherweight title (a championship unification bout) from Rio de Janeiro – also on the card is Claudia Gadelha v Karolina Kowalkiewicz
MotoGP Italy – third free practice 1 at 8am, BT Sport 2, and Qualifying at 11am, BT Sport 2
Red Bull Air Race – qualifying, 7:55am, eir Sport 1 and at 4:55am – i.e. early on Sunday morning – on the same channel
Blancpain GT Sprint Series – 1:30pm, BT Sport 3
Verizon IndyCar Series – 8:30pm, BT Sport 3, from the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix
Posted: 2nd June 2017