FRIDAY 24th MARCH 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
FRIDAY 24 MARCH 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Euro Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Friday March 24
FIFA World Cup European –
Georgia v Serbia, 5pm, Sky Sports 1
Austria v Moldova, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 1 Red Button
Croatia v Ukraine, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 1 Red Button
Italy v Albania, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 1 Red Button
Kosovo v Iceland, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 1 Red Button
Liechtenstein v Macedonia, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 1 Red Button
Rep Of Ireland v Wales, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 1 and RTE2
Spain v Israel, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 5 AND Sky Sports Mix
Turkey v Finland, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 1 Red Button
FIFA World Cup CONCACAF – Trinidad and Tobago v Panama, 11pm and USA v Honduras, 2:30am
A League – Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne City, 8:50am, BT Sport 2
International – Russia v Ivory Coast, 4pm
Under -21 International – Germany U21 v England U21, 7pm, BT Sport 2
Northern Irish Premiership – Glentoran v Carrick Rangers, 7:45pm
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HORSERACING
The Friday line-up is:
Newbury, 2pm – six races, with a £15,000 feature (handicap hurdle) at 4:10pm; the final race is a hunter chase; field-sizes are 4-9-12-7-8 and 9; jockeys riding on the card include Richard Johnson, Sam Twiston-Davies, David Mullins, Ton O’Brien, Daryl Jacob, Aidan Coleman, Nico de Boinville, Paddy Brennan, Leighton Aspell, David Bass, Harry Skelton, Adrian Heskin, Noel Fehily and Wayne Hutchinson
Musselburgh, 2:10pm – seven races, with field-sizes of 6-10-7-9-8-12 and 12; the opener is a race for conditional jockeys; jockeys in action on the card include Andrew Lynch, Brian Hughes, Henry Brooke, Lucy AlexanderCraig Nichol, Adrian Lane and Will Kennedy; the most-valuable race is a £9,000 handicap hurdle (4:25pm); Andrew Lynch rides Important Moment (2:45pm) for Ireland’s Stuart Crawford, Another trainer from Ireland, Paul Stafford, runs Mollies Gent (2:10pm), Rock Solid (2:45pm) and IC Gold(4:55pm); all three are to be ridden by Adam Short
Lingfield Park, 2:20pm – six races, with field-sizes of 12-9-9-8-7 and 5; the final race is a handicap for apprentices; the most-valuable race is a £19,000 handicap (4pm); jockeys riding on the card include Martin Lane, Liam Keniry, Josephine Gordon, Shane Kelly, Tom Marquand, Adam Kirby, Stevie Donohoe, Joe Fanning, Tony Hamilton, Fran Berry and David Probert
Newcastle, 5:45pm – six races; field-sizes are 7-5-8-7-9 and 5; the most-valuable race is an £8,000 handicap at 6:45pm; jockeys riding on the card include Paul Hanagan, Ben Curtis, Phillip Makin, PJ McDonald, Franny Norton, James Sullivan, Luke Morris, Tom Eaves, Kevin Stott, Cam Hardie, Paul Mulrennan, Andrew Mullen and Shane Gray
Dundalk, 6pm – Seven-time Group winner Gordon Lord Byron is the start turn on the seven-race card (he runs at 7:30pm); there are four runners from Britain on the card – (at 7:30pm), Pearl Spectre (Phil McEntee) and Sign Of The Kodiac (James Given), and (at 8:30pm), Fire Fighting (Mark Johnston) and Elbereth (Andrew Balding); jockeys riding on the card include Pat Smullen, Colin Keane, Declan McDonogh, Wayne Lordan, Kevin Manning and Billy Lee, while Rachael Blackmore has two rides (she is better known for riding over hurdles) and last week’s winning Cheltenham Gold Cup trainers Willie Mullins, Gordon Elliott and Henry de Bromhead have runners on a card that contains two €25,000 races (7:30pm and 8:30pm)
They also race at La Teste (11:02am) in France; later in the shops, it is Club Hipico, 5:30pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is Gulfstream, 4:35pm, Tampa Bay Downs, 4:55pm, Aqueduct, 5:20pm, Sunland Park, 7:30pm, Golden Gate Fields, 7:45pm, and Santa Anita, 8pm
The South African meetings are Fairview (11:05am) and Greyville (3:30pm)
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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 Sky greyhounds meeting is the Trainers Championship meeting at Towcester on March 28th
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AUSSIE RULES
Today:
Collingwood v Western Bulldogs, 8:50am, BT Sport 1
Sat
St Kilda v Melbourne, 5:35am – Sydney Swans v Port Adelaide, 5:35am – Essendon v Hawthorn, 8:25am – Gold Coast Suns v Brisbane Lions, 8:05am
Sun
North Melbourne v West Coast Eagles, 2:10am (i.e. early on Sun morning) – Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants, 3:50am (i.e. early on Sun morning) – Fremantle v Geelong Cats, 5:40am (i.e. early on Sun morning)
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BASEBALL
Spring training camp has begun ahead of the Major League Season, which will run from April 2nd to October 1st
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BASKETBALL
There are ten NBA games today, with start times ranging from 11pm on Friday to 3:30am on Saturday – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Live games:
No games listed as being live in Ire/UK
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Live games:
The Sweet 16 NCAA tournament – 11pm, BT Sport ESPN, and 1:45am on the same channel – i.e. late Friday night night/early Saturday morning
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Upcoming fights include:
Anthony Crolla v Jorge Linares, Manchester, Sat 25 March, WBA lightweight title fight; Crolla lost the title to Linares in September 2016, this is the rematch
Ireland’s Katie Taylor will fight on an undercard that includes Marcus Morrison defending his WBD International Middleweight title versus Jason Welborn
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CRICKET
Today:
Test Match – India v Australia, 4am – i.e. late Friday night/ early Saturday morning, day one – Sky Sports 2
Test Match – New Zealand v South Africa, 10pm, day one, Sky Sports 5
One-Day International – Afghanistan v Ireland, 4am – i.e. early Friday morning
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CYCLING
Check out this website – http://www.uci.ch/road/calendar/
The next main events…
From the UCI road calendar
Tour de Normandie – Mar 20-26
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (Tour of Catalunya) – Mar 20-26, stage five, 182km from Valls to Lo Port, 3pm, Eurosport 1
Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali – Mar 23-26
Tour de Taiwan – Mar 26-30
From the track calendar:
African Track Championships, March 20-24
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DARTS
The Premier League darts moves into Judgement Night on Thursday March 30th, from the Motorpoint Arena from Cardiff, live on Sky Sports 1 from 7pm. The games are:
Raymond van Barneveld v James Wade
Phil Taylor v Jelle Klaasen
Gary Anderson v Adrian Lewis
Michael van Gerwen v Dave Chisnall
Peter Wright v Kim Huybrechts
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FORMULA ONE
The first race of the 2017 season will be the Australian Grand Prix, March 23rd to March 26th.
Qualifying – 5am, Sky Sports 1 – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Third Practice – 2:55am, eir Sport 1 – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Coverage is, of course, also on Sky’s F1 Channel
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GAA
Next games:
Saturday 25 March
Allianz FL Division 1 round 6
Dublin v Roscommon, Croke Park, 7pm – eir Sport
Allianz FL Division 3 round 6
Armagh v Antrim, Athletic Grounds, 7pm
Laois v Longford, O’Moore Park, 7pm – eir Sport
Allianz FL Division 4 round 6
Waterford v Limerick, Fraher Field, 7pm
Connacht U21FC semi-final
Galway v Mayo, Tuam Stadium, 5pm
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GOLF
On the European and PGA Tour, it is day three of the WGC Matchplay at the Austin Country Club, Texas, USA, sponsored by Dell Technologies; it concludes on March 26 – day three is live on Sky Sports 4 from 6pm
On the LPGA Tour, it is day two (of four) of the Kia Classic, in Carlsbad, California, USA – The defending champion is Lydia Ko
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, Fallen Oak, Biloxi, Mississippi, March 31 to April 2 – The defending champion is Miguel Angel Jiminez
On the European Seniors Tour, the next tournament is the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, Trump National, Washington DC, USA, May 25-28
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ICE HOCKEY (NHL)
There are four games scheduled in the NHL today, with start times ranging from 11pm on Friday to 3am on Saturday – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Live games:
New York Islanders @ Pittsburgh Penguins, 11pm, eir Sport 2
Winnipeg Jets @ Anaheim Ducks, 2am, eir Sport 2 – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Next games:
Today:
Super League – Huddersfield Giants v Leeds Rhinos, 8pm – St Helens v Warrington Wolves, 8pm, Sky Sports 2 – Widnes Vikings v Salford Red Devils, 8pm – Wigan Warriors v Hull FC, 8PM
NRL – Penrith Panthers v Newcastle Knights, 7am, eir Sport 2 – Brisbane Broncos v Canberra Raiders, 9:05am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Today:
Premiership – Bristol v Gloucester, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1
Pro 12 – Scarlets v Edinburgh, 7:05pm – Newport Gwent Dragons v Ulster, 7:35pm, BBC Ulster
Super Rugby – Crusaders v Western Force, 6:35am, Sky Sports 2 and Melbourne Rebels v Waratahs, 8:45am, Sky Sports 2
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SNOOKER
Upcoming:
China Open, March 27 to April 2
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP – Miami Open, Mar 22 to April 2 – day three, 3pm, Sky Sports 3
WTA – Miami Open, March 21 to April 2 – day four, 3pm, BT Sport 3 and 1:30am, BT Sport 3 – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
The Miami Open is the biggest tournament outside of the Grand Slams
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OTHER SPORT
Curling World Championships – a play-off game, Eurosport 2, 11:30am
Ski Jumping – 2pm, Eurosport 2
MotoGP Qatar – second free practice session, 2:45pm, BT Sport 2
Posted: 24th March 2017