Friday 11th August 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Friday 11th August 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Euro Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Friday Aug 11
Premier League – Arsenal v Leicester City, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Main Event
Scottish Premiership – Partick Thistle v Celtic, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1
German DFB Cup – Holstein Kiel v Eintracht Braunschweig, 7:45pm –Karlsruher SC v Bayer Leverkusen, 7:45pm – Rot-Weiss Essen v Borussia Monchengladbach, 7:45pm
French Ligue 1 – Nice v Troyes, 6pm, and Rennes v Lyon, 7:45pm, BT Sport 3/eir Sport 1
Belgian Jupiler League – SV Zulte Waregem v Club Brugge, 7:30pm eir Sport 2
Dutch Eredivisie – ADO Den Haag v FC Utrecht, 6pm
Portuguese Primeira Liga – Sporting Lisbon v Vitoria Setubal, 8:30pm
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HORSERACING
The Friday line-up is :
Wolverhampton , 1:50pm – eight races, with field-sizes of 10-13-9-10-12-10-11 and 11; the card consists of five handicaps, a seller, a 2yo novice stakes race and a 3yo+ maiden; jockeys in action include Oisin Murphy, Josephine Gordon, Jim Crowley, Richard Kingscote, Tony Hamilton, Martin Harley, Kevin Stott, Ben Curtis, Dougie Costello, Franny Norton, Fran Berry, Liam Keniry, Jamie Spencer, Stevie Donohoe and Royston Ffrench
Musselburgh , 2pm – seven races, with field-sizes of 11-6-11-8-6-6 and 5; the most-valuable race is the £20,000 Archerfield Cup Handicap at 4pm; jockeys in action include Tom Eaves, Graham Lee, David Allan, Joe Fanning, Andrew Mullen, Tom Eaves, Connor Beasley, Jason Hart, James Sullivan and Danny Tudhope
Brighton , 2:10pm – seven races, with field-sizes of 7-7-8-7-14-7 and 12; the most-valuable race is the £12,000 Harry Bloom Memorial ‘Brighton Bullet’ Handicap at 4:10pm; the card consists of six handicaps plus a 2yo novice stakes race; jockeys in action include Silvestre de Sousa, David Probert, Tom Queally, Shane Kelly, Hector Crouch, Sam Hitchcott, Jamie Spencer, Pat Cosgrave, Pat Dobbs, Harry Bentley and Martin Lane
Tipperary , 4:45pm – featuring the €55,000 Coolmore Ivawood Stakes (Listed) at 6:55pm, backed up by a €25,000 handicap at 6:25pm and a €24,000 fillies’ maiden at 5:20pm; the final race on the card is a handicap for Lady Riders
Newmarket , 5:30pm – six races, with field-sizes of 9-6-13-7-6 and 6; the most-valuable race is the £14,000 Fly London To Southend Airport To Venice Handicap at 8:10pm; the card consists of three handicaps, a fillies 2yo novice stakes race, a seller and a 2yo (Plus10 Bonus) maiden; jockeys riding on the card include Andrea Atzeni, James Doyle, William Buick, Jim Crowley, Adam Kirby, Sean Levey, Ben Curtis, David Egan, Kieran Shoemark, Hollie Doyle and Jamie Spencer, who travels on from Wolverhampton to ride Jordan Sport for David Simcock in the finale (8:10pm)
Haydock , 5:40pm – six races, starting with a handicap for apprentice riders, one of four handicaps on the card; the other races are two 2yo novice stakes (Plus10 Bonus) races; field-sizes are 11-8-7-8-7 and 7; jockeys in action include Oisin Murphy, Paul Hanagan, PJ McDonald, Martin Harley, Richard Kingscote, David Nolan, Martin Harley, Dane O’Neill, Steve Drowne, Josephine Gordon, Rachel Richardson, Adam Beschizza and Franny Norton
They also race in India at Bangalore (1030am) and in France at Clairefontaine (12:40pm), where’s there’s a Listed Race at 2:10pm; later in shops it is Club Hipico, 7:15pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Saratoga, 6pm, Laurel Park, 6:10pm, Gulfstream, 7:15pm and Woodbine, 8:45pm
The South African meeting is Fairview (11:55am)
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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 live meeting is the William HillPeterborough Derby meeting from Peterborough on Weds August 23
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ATHLETICS
The World Athletic Championships run from Friday August 04 to Sunday August 13, from Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, England.
Some of the world’s top athletes will be competing at the stadium where the 2012 Olympics took place, among them Mo Farah and Usain Bolt.
The London Championships will be the 16th in the event’s 34-year history with the first IAAF World Championships having taken place in Helsinki in 1983.
Live action :
8:30pm BBC One – Coverage of the eighth night from the London Stadium featuring final of the women’s 3000m steeplechase and 200m sprint
6:30pm BBC Two – Women’s long jump final, on the track it’s the semi-finals of the women’s 100m hurdles and 800m and the semi-final of the men’s 1500n
10am and 4:45pm Eurosport 1 – Morning session includes opening three disciplines of the decathlon. Evening session as above.
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 21 of season:
Friday 11 August
Western Bulldogs v GWS Giants , 10:50am BT Sport 1
Saturday 12 August
Sydney Swans v Fremantle , 4:45am – Geelong Cats v Richmond, 5:10am –Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns, 7:35am –West Coast Eagles v Carlton, 8:40am – Essendon v Adelaide Crows, 10:25am
Sunday 13 August
Melbourne v St Kilda , 3:10am – Hawthorn v North Melbourne, 6:20am – Port Adelaide v Collingwood, 7:10am
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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 12:05am on Saturday to 3:10am on Saturday, i.e. – all early Saturday morning
Live :
Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees , 00:05am, BT Sport 3
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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:
Sunday August 20, 2017 – Terence Crawford v Julius Indongo, WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF Super-Lightweight, from Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2am, Sky Sports Arena, i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
Saturday August 26, 2017 – Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor, billed as ” The Money Fight” is an upcoming professional boxing super-fight between undefeated eleven-time five-division professional boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the current UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor . It will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada
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CRICKET
Friday August 11
Tour Match – Derbyshire v West Indies, 2pm Sky Sports Main Event
KIA Super League 2017 – Yorkshire Diamonds v Lancashire Thunder, 2:30pm
NATWEST T20 Blast 2017 – Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Leicestershire Foxes, 6:30pm – Notts Outlaws v Birmingham Bears, 6:30pm – Yorkshire Vikings v Lancashire Lightning, 6:30pm Sky Sports Cricket – Durham Jets v Worcestershire Rapids, 6:30pm – Sussex Sharks v Gloucestershire, 7pm –Kent Spitfires v Hampshire, 7pm – Essex Eagles v Middlesex, 7pm
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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
7-13 Aug – BinckBank Tour, Netherlands/Belgium – Stage five, featuring a 164.9km journey starting and finishing in Sittard in The Netherlands, 2pm, Eurosport 1
08-12 Aug – Tour de l’Ain, France
10-13 August – Arctic Race of Norway, Norway – Coverage of stage 2 – A 184km journey from Sjovegan to Bardufoss Airport, 1:30pm Eurosport 2
10-13 August – Colorado Classic, USA – Stage Two, 103km route around Breckenridge, live on Eurosport 1 from 10:25pm
10-13 August – Czech Cycling Tour, Czech Republic
This week:
From the track calendar:
09-14 August – National Elite Track Cycling Championships, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
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DARTS
Next up:
Auckland Darts Masters – Friday Aug 11 to Sunday Aug 13, live 8am, eir Sport 1 and full highlights on ITV4 from 7pm
Unibet Champions League of Darts , Sept 16-17
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EQUESTRIANISM
The Dublin Horse Show runs from August 9-13.
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 race is the Belgium Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, Aug 25-27
The next race after this will be the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, September 1-3
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 12 August
Senior Ladies Football Championship quarter-final
Dublin v Waterford , 4:45pm, TG4, and Kerry v Armagh, 6:30pm, TG4
All-Ireland U21HC B quarter-finals
Wicklow v Roscommon , Aughrim, 2pm
Kildare v Armagh , Newbridge, 2pm
Meath v Mayo , Trim, 3.45pm
Kerry v Donegal , Dr Hyde Park, 3.45pm
All-Ireland U17FC semi-final
Kerry v Roscommon , Cusack Park, Ennis, 2pm
Sunday 13 August
All-Ireland SHC semi-final
Cork v Waterford , Croke Park, 3.30pm – RTE/Sky
All-Ireland MHC semi-final
Cork v Dublin , Croke Park, 1.30pm – TG4
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GOLF
PGA European and USPGA Tour – The US PGA Championship, Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, Thurs Aug 10 to Sun Aug 13, (the fourth and final major of the season) – day two coverage is on BBC Two at 11:05pm – there will also be live coverage on eir Sport
LPGA Tour – The Solheim Cup, West Des Moines, Iowa, USA, Fri Aug 18 to Sun Aug 20, (a biennial tournament contested by teams representing Europe and USA)
On the Seniors Tour, The Willow Senior Golf Classic , Hanbury Manor Marriott Hotel & CC, Ware, Hertfordshire, England, August 25-27
On the Champions Tour, The DICK’S Sporting Goods Open, En-Joie GC, Endicott, New York, Fri Aug 18 to Sun Aug 20
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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 11 August
Super League – Salford Red Devils v Castleford Tigers, 8pm Sky Sports Arena – St Helens v Hull FC, 8pm – Wigan Warriors v Huddersfield Giants, 8pm
NRL – Parramatta Eels v Newcastle, 9am eir Sport 2 – Brisbane Broncos v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, 10:50am eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Saturday 12 August
Currie Cup – Free State Cheetahs v Griquas, 2pm, Sky Sports Action –Western Province v Blue Bulls, 4:15pm – Golden Lions v Sharks, 6:30pm, Sky Sports Arena
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SNOOKER
Next:
Evergrande China Championship – Guangzhou, China, August 16-22
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP Coupe Rogers , Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Mon Aug 7 to Sun Aug 13 – coverage of day five from the Uniprix Stadium, 5:30pm/11:30pm, Sky Sports Action and 11:45pm, Sky Sports Main Event
WTA Rogers Cup (Presented by National Bank) , Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Mon Aug 7 to Sun Aug 13 – day five, 5:30pm and Midnight, BT Sport 2
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OTHER SPORT
MOTO GP – Continuing live coverage of the Grand Prix of Austria, round 11 of the season, 10:45 BT Sport 2
CANADIEN FOOTBALL LEAGUE – Toronto Argonauts @ Montreal Alouettes 00:30am, BT Sport ESPN
Posted: 11th August 2017