Saturday 6 January 2018
SPORTS PREVIEW
Saturday 6 January 2018
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FOOTBALL
League One – Four games, Northampton Town v Southend Utd, 2pm and three games at 3pm
League Two – four games at 3pm
FA Cup Third Round – 25 ties, Fleetwood Town v Leicester City, 12:45pm, BBC One – Middlesbrough v Sunderland, 1pm – 22 games at 3pm including Exeter City v West Brom, eir Sport 1 and Norwich City v Chelsea, 5:30pm, BT Sport 2
National League – 12 games, all at 3pm
National League North – nine games, all at 3pm
National League South – 11 games, all at 3pm
Scottish Championship – Five games at 3pm
Scottish League One – Five games at 3pm
Scottish League Two – Four games at 3pm
Serie A – Torino v Bologna, 11:30am, eir Sport 1 five games at 2pm, Roma v Atalanta, 5pm, BT Sport 1/eir Sport 1 and Cagliari v Juventus, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1/eir Sport 1
La Liga – Atletico Madrid v Getafe, midday, Sky Sports Football – Valencia v Girona, 3:15pm – Las Palmas v Eibar, 5:30pm, Sky Sports Football – Sevilla v Real Betis, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football
Portuguese Primeira Liga – Braga v Rio Ave, 8:30pm
Coupe de France – 17 games, with start times ranging from 12:30pm to 8pm
Hyundai A-League – Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners, 6:35am, BT Sport ESPN – Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix, 8:50am, BT Sport ESPN
HORSERACING
Today’s meetings:
Lingfield, 12:05pm – with a £19,000 mile handicap being the feature race (2:20pm); jockeys in action on the card include Oisin Murphy, Martin Harley, Tony Hamilton, Adam Kirby, Luke Morris, Sean Levey, Dougie Costello, Rob Havlin, Danny Tudhope and Shane Kelly; by Dubawi out of a Group 3-winning mare, Queen Of Desire is an interesting newcomer for Roger Varian in the 5f Novice Stakes race (2:55pm)
Sandown, 12:15pm – An excellent eight-race National Hunt card that features the £50,000 Grade 1 Tolworth Hurdle (2:25pm) and the £100,000 2017 Veterans’ Chase Series Final (3pm), backed up by a £30,000 handicap chase (1:50pm), a £25,000 handicap hurdle (3:35pm) and a £22,000 mares’ hurdle (a Listed Race, 12:45pm); jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Daryl Jacob, Davy Russell, Wayne Hutchinson, Nico de Boinville, Harry Skelton, Brian Hughes, Noel Fehily, Robbie Power, Jonathan Burke and Sean Bowen
Cork, 12:20pm – A seven-race National Hunt card, where the feature race is the €26,000 Gerardine McCarthy Memorial Handicap Hurdle (1:55pm); field-sizes are 6-15-7-12-10-9 and 9; jockeys in action include Paul Townend, Mark Walsh, Jack Kennedy, Sean Flanagan, David Mullins, Andrew Lynch, Rachael Blackmore, Denis O’Regan, Jonathan Moore, JJ Slevin and Patrick Mullins, who rides Squadron Commander for his father Willie in the bumper (3:40pm)
Chepstow, 12:30pm – The feature races are the rescheduled £150,000 Grade 3 Welsh Grand National (2:05pm), in which Ireland is set to be represented by Gavin Cromwell’s Raz de Maree (James Bowen) and the £50,000 Grade 1 Future Champions Finale Juvenile Hurdle (1:35pm), in which Gavin Cromwell will be represented by his Aintree Listed winner, Famous Milly (Robbie Dunne); there is also a £30,000 handicap chase on the card at 2:45pm; jockeys in action on the card include Sam Twiston-Davies, Tom Scudamore, Adam Wedge, Daryl Jacob, Aidan Coleman, Barry Geraghty, Paddy Brennan, Jamie Moore, Adrian Heskin, Danny Cook and Tom O’Brien
Wincanton, 1:05pm – A six-race National Hunt card, where the feature race is a £20,000 handicap chase (2:40pm); Paul Nicholls is far and away the leading trainer at what is his local track; he has just two runners on the card – Antartica de Thaix (2:40pm, Harry Cobden) and Bill And Barn (3:15pm, Harry Cobden); other jockeys riding on the card include Wayne Hutchinson, Tom O’Brien, David Bass, Gavin Sheehan and James Best; field-sizes at declaration time were 6-10-4-6-5 and 13
Kempton, 5:45pm – Six handicaps and two divisions of the fillies’ novice stakes race make up the card; the features are a £20,000 fillies’ handicap (7:45pm) and a £25,000 two-mile handicap for 4yo+ rated 86-105 (8:15pm); jockeys in action include Sean Levey, Shane Kelly, Stevie Donohoe, Fran Berry, Oisin Murphy, Dougie Costello, Luke Morris, Tom Marquand, PJ McDonald, Adam Kirby, Martin Harley, Danny Tudhope and Tony Hamilton
They also race at Bangalore in India (10:15am); later in the shops it is Maronas in Uruguay (5pm) and Philadelphia in the USA (5:25pm)
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Gulfstream, 5pm, Mahoning Valley, 5:15pm, Tampa Bay Downs, 5:25pm, Turf Paradise, 7:40pm, Santa Anita, 8:30pm and Golden Gate Fields, 8:45pm
The South African meetings are Scottsville (10:45am, 8 races) and Kenilworth (11:05am, 10 races, including the Grade 1 Cartier Paddock Stakes, 2pm, the Grade 1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate, 2:40pm, plus the Grade 2 Glorious Goodwood Peninsula Handicap, 1:25pm, and the Grade 3 BMW Politician Stakes, 3:20pm)
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GREYHOUNDS
Today’s line-up:
10:16am – TOWCESTER
10:29am – ROMFORD
10:36am – CRAYFORD
10:38am – PERRY BARR
2:03pm – DONCASTER
2:04pm – NEWCASTLE
2:12pm – TRALEE
6:09pm – SHEFFIELD
6:27pm – HOVE
6:33pm – MONMORE
6:39pm – ROMFORD
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Wild-Card Weekend
Sat 6 Jan
9:35pm – Tennessee Titans @ Kansas City Chief, Sky Sports Mix/ Sky Sports Main Event
1:15am (i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning) – Atlanta Falcons @ Los Angeles Rams, Sky Sports Main Event
Sun 7 Jan
6:05pm – Buffalo Bills @ Jacksonville Jaguars
9:40pm – Carolina Panthers @ New Orleans Saints
College Football:
The All-America Game – 11pm, BT Sport 3
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BASKETBALL
There are eight NBA matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from 8:30pm to 3am– i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Live:
Golden State Warriors @ Los Angeles Clippers, 8:30pm, BT Sport ESPN
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Indiana Hoosiers @ Minnesota Golden Gophers, 11pm, BT Sport ESPN
Oklahoma Sooners @ West Virginia Mountaineers, 12:15am, BT Sport ESPN, late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Kansas Jayhawks @ TCU Horned Frogs, 2:15am, BT Sport ESPN
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
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CRICKET
KFC T20 Big Bash League – Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades, 8:10am, BT Sport 2
TEST Series 2018 – South Africa v India, 8:30am, Sky Sports Main Event/Sky Sports Cricket
ODI Series 2018 – New Zealand v Pakistan, 10pm
TEST Series 2017/2018 – Australia v England, 11:30pm, coverage of the fourth day’s play in the fifth test, 11pm
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DARTS
Next up:
The BDO World Darts Championship runs from Saturday Jan 06 to Sunday Jan 14 from the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green; Day one live on Channel 4 12:45pm and BT Sport 3, 6:45pm
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
Sunday 7 January
Connacht FBD FL round 2
Mayo v Galway, MacHale Park, 2pm
Leitrim v Sligo, Ballinamore, 2pm
O’Byrne Cup round 3
Wexford v Dublin, Enniscorthy 2pm
Longford v Kildare, Glennon Bros Pearse Park, 2pm
Meath v Wicklow, Pairc Tailteann, 2pm
O’Byrne Cup round 2
Laois v Westmeath, Stradbally, 2pm
McGrath Cup round 2
Waterford v Cork, Fraher Field, 2pm
McKenna Cup round 2
Antrim v Cavan, Glenavy, 2pm
Tyrone v St Mary’s, Healy Park, 2pm
Armagh v Derry, Athletic Grounds, 2pm
Down v UUJ, Downpatrick, 2pm
Fermanagh v Queen’s, Brewster Park, 2pm
Monaghan v Donegal, Clones, 2pm
Walsh Cup round 3
Wicklow A v Wexford, Bray, 2pm
Kilkenny v Kildare, Freshford, 2pm
Dublin v Antrim, Parnell Park, 2pm
Walsh Cup round 2
Westmeath v Offaly, TEG Cusack Park, 2pm
Munster SHL round 2
Limerick v Kerry, Gaelic Grounds, 2pm
Clare v Cork, Cusack Park, 2pm
Kehoe Cup round 2
Louth v Wicklow B, Gaelic Grounds, 2pm
Longford v DCU-St Patricks, Glennon Bros Pearse Park, 12pm
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GOLF
USPGA Tour – Sentry Tournament of Champions, Maui, Hawaii, Jan 4-7, 2018 – day two, live on Sky Sports The Open 8pm
PGA European Tour – BMW SA Open, Gauteng, South Africa, Jan 11-14, 2018
USLPGA Tour – the next tournament will be the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic, Paradise Island, Bahamas, Jan 25-28
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 nine NHL matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from 6pm on to 3:30am – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Live games:
Dallas Stars v Edmonton Oilers, 8pm, eir Sport 2
Ottawa Senators v Tampa Bay Lightning, midnight, eir Sport 2
Calgary Flames v Anaheim Ducks, 3am, eis Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Aviva Premiership – Leicester Tigers v London Irish, 3pm – Northampton v Gloucester, 3pm, BT Sport 3– Sale Sharks v Harlequins, 3pm
Top 14 – Bordeaux-Begles v Lyon, 1:35pm, Sky Sports Darts – Brive v Toulon, 3:45pm – Agen v Castres, 5:45pm – Oyonnax v La Rochelle, 5:45pm – Montpellier v Stade Francais, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Darts
Guinness PRO14 – Benetton Rugby v Cheetahs, 1:15pm – Ospreys v Cardiff Blues, 3:15pm, Sky Sports Action/Sky Sports Main Event – Zebre v Glasgow Warriors, 3:30pm – Leinster v Ulster, 5:35pm, Sky Sports Action/ BBC 2 – Munster v Connacht, 7:45pm
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SNOOKER
Next up:
Dafabet Masters, London, Alexandra Palace, 14 January – 21 January
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TENNIS
Hopman Cup – 30 December, 2017 to Jan 6, 2018, a team competition – Coverage of the final from the Perth Arena in Australia, 8am Eurosport 2
ATP, Qatar Open, Doha, Jan 1-7 –Final, 3pm, Eurosport 2
ATP, Maharashtra Open, Pune, India, Jan 1-7
ATP, Brisbane International, Jan 1-7, the final, 9am, BT Sport 3
WTA, Auckland International, Australia, the final, 1:30am, BT Sport 2 – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
WTA, Shenzhen Open, Jan 1-7, the final, 6am, BT Sport 3
WTA, Sydney International, Jan 7-14, Day one 2am, BT Sport 2, late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
WTA, Hobart International, Jan 7-14, Day one, 1am, BT Sport 3, late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Posted: 6th January 2018