Wednesday 19th JULY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Wednesday 19th JULY 2017
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FOOTBALL
Wednesday July 19
Champions League Qualifying (2nd Legs, 2nd Qualifying Round) – F91 Dudelangethv Apoel Nicosia, 5pm (Agg, 0-1) – Rosenborg v Dundalk, 6:15pm, live on RTE2 (Agg, 1-1) – FC Copenhagen v MSK Zilina, 6:30pm (Agg, 3-1) – FK Kukesi v Sheriff Tiraspol, 6:30pm (Agg, 0-1) – Ludogorets v VMFD Zalgiris, 7pm (Agg, 1-2) – Maribor v Zrinjski Mostar, 7:15pm (Agg, 2-1) – Red Bull Salzburg v Hibernians, 7:30pm (Agg, 3-0) – Celtic v Linfield, 7:45pm (Agg, 2-0) – Legia Warsaw v IFK Mariehamn, 7:45pm (Agg, 3-0) – Budapest Honved v Hapoel Beer-Sheva, 8:15pm (Agg, 1-2)
Premier League Asia Trophy – Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion, 11am Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League ROI – Liverpool v Crystal Palace, 1:30pm Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League ROI
International Championship Cup – Bayern Munich v Arsenal, 12:20pm, eir Sport 2 – Roma v Paris Saint-Germain, 1am – i.e. late Weds night/early Thurs morning – live on eir Sport 2
Scottish League Cup – Buckie Thistle v Dundee United, 8pm
UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 – England v Scotland, 7:45pm, the opening match for both teams from Group D
MLS – Montreal Impact v Philadelphia Union, 00:30am, i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning – New York City FC v Toronto FC, 00:30am, Sky Sports Main Event, i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning – New York Red Bulls v San Jose Earthquakes, 00:30am – Minnesota United FC v Houston Dynamo, 1am Los Angeles Galaxy v Vancouver Whitecaps, 3:30am – Portland Timbers v Real Salt Lake, 3:30am – Seattle Sounders FC v D.C. United, 3:30am
HORSERACING
The Wednesday line-up is:
Uttoxeter (1:55pm) – seven races, with field-sizes of 4-5-13-10-7-12 and 8; Ireland James Nash runs Waterville Rock (1:55pm, Ciaran Gethings) and Vintage Selection (first-time headgear, 4:40pm, Ciaran Gethings) on the card and Gordon Elliott runs Free Of Charge (3pm, Richard Johnson) and Arizona Bound (5:15pm, James Bowen), while RA Curran runs Ballygrooby Bertie (3pm, Brian Hughes)
Catterick (2:05pm) – seven races, with the finale being for amateur riders; field-sizes on the card are 12-9-9-8-8-4 and 15; there is a £10,000 5f212y handicap at 3:50pm; jockeys riding on the card include Graham Lee, Tom Eaves, PJ McDonald, Dane O’Neill, Phillip Makin, Paul Mulrennan, Andrew Mullen, Danny Tudhope, Tom Eaves, Shane Gray, Louis Steward, Cam Hardie, Paul Hanagan, Tony Hamilton, Jack Garritty, Connor Beasley, Jason Hart and David Allan
Lingfield (2:15pm) – the first four races are on turf, the last three on the all-weather track; field-sizes are 12-11-9-6-9-10- and 9; jockeys in action include William Buick, Silvestre de Sousa, Pat Cosgrave, Jamie Spencer, Josephine Gordon, Luke Morris, Harry Bentley, Sean Levey, Richard Kingscote, Fran Berry and Tom Queally
Yarmouth (5:45pm) – seven races, the first of which is a Pro-Am Lady Jockeys race and in which Hayley Turner rides Hart Stopper for Michael Bell; the feature is the £19,000 Diomed Development Handicap (6:45pm); field-sizes are 7-9-8-6-10-14 and 8; jockeys riding on the card include Ryan Moore, James Doyle, Andrea Atzeni, Martin Harley, Jamie Spencer and Stevie Donohoe
Killarney (5:55pm) – day three of the four-day July Festival, which consists of four flat races, two hurdle contests and a Ladies Pro/Am flat race; field-sizes are 9-10-15-14-12-9 and 7; the card starts with a €25,000 fillies’ handicap and race six (at 8:30pm) is the €26,000 Racing Post-sponsored handicap hurdle; jockeys in action include Chris Hayes, Kevin Manning, Wayne Lordan, Colm O’Donoghue, Ana O’Brien, Declan McDonogh, Colin Keane, Billy Lee, Pat Smullen, Seamie Heffernan, Niall McCullagh, Andrew Lynch, Sean Flanagan, Jody McGarvey, Ruby Walsh, Rachael Blackmore, Lisa O’Neill and Katie Walsh
Sandown (6:05pm) – six races, featuring the £13,000 Robert Dyas Handicap at 7:40pm; field-sizes are 6-13-13-5-9 and 10; jockeys in action include Jim Crowley, Oisin Murphy, David Probert, Silvestre de Sousa, Tom Marquand, Dougie Costello, Richard Kingscote, Luke Morris, Adam Kirby, Pat Cosgrave and Shane Kelly
They also race in India at Kolkata (10:30am); later in shops it is Valparaiso, 7:15pm, in Chile
In Vichy (France), at 8:10pm there is the Group 3 Grand Prix de Vichy (10f, 3yo+, turf, £34,188 to the winner)
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, Delaware Park, 6:15pm, Thistledown, 6:40pm, and Louisiana Downs, 9:15pm
The South African meeting is Greyville (11:35am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Wednesday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – PERRY BARR
11:11am – NEWCASTLE
2:08pm – HOVE
2:18pm – BELLE VUE
6:28pm – SWINDON
6:33pm – DONCASTER
6:39pm – SUNDERLAND
The next meeting live on Sky Sports The Action (from 7pm) is tonight’s William Hill UK Festival of Greyhound Racing at Sunderland
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 18 of the season
Friday 21 July
Adelaide Crows v Geelong Cats, 10:20am
Saturday 22 July
Essendon v North Melbourne, 4:45am – 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 15 games taking place today, with start times ranging from 5:10pm Wednesday to 3:00am on Thursday – i.e. late Wednesday evening/early Thursday morning
Live:
Chicago Cubs @ Atlanta Braves, 5pm BT Sport ESPN
Cleveland Indians @ San Francisco Giants, 8:45pm, BT Sport 1
St Louis Cardinals v New York Mets, midnight on Wednesday, BT Sport ESPN
Washington Nationals @ Los Angeles Angels, 3am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://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
Wednesday July 19
Natwest T20 Blast 2017 – Worcestershire Rapids v Derbyshire Falcons, 5:30pm, live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket – Surrey v Essex Eagles, 6:30pm
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 17, a Mountainous 183km journey from La Mure to Serre-Chevalier
Live coverage:
1:10pm, TG4 – 11am, Eurosport 1 – 11am, ITV4
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
Wednesday 19 July
Ulster U21HC semi-finals
Derry v Antrim, Owenbeg, 7.30pm
Armagh v Down, Athletic Grounds, 7.30pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – THE 146th Open Championship, Royal Birkdale, Southport, Merseyside, England, July 13-16
Live on Sky Sports Mix today from 2pm, Sky Sports The Open from 2pm and Sky Sports Main Event from 3:45pm is coverage of the practice round ahead of The Open beginning on Thursday
USPGA Tour – the Barbasol Classic, RTJ Trail (Grand National), Auburn/Opelika, AL, USA, July 20-23
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
First quarter-final, 10:15am, BT Sport 1 – Second quarter-final, 12:30pm, BT Sport 1 – Third quarter-final, 2:45pm, BT Sport 1 – Fourth quarter-final, 5:00pm, 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:
Thursday 20 July
Super League – Warrington Wolves v Widnes Vikings, 8pm
NRL – Sydney Roosters v Newcastle, 9am – Brisbane Broncos v Canterbury Bulldogs, 10:50am
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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
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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 three, 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 3m prelims, live on Eurosport 2 at 9am, with the men’s 3m semi-finals at 2:30pm on the same channel
Canadian Football League – Montreal Alouettes @ Ottawa Redblacks, 12:30am, BT Sport 1 – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Posted: 18th July 2017