SATURDAY 1st APRIL 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
SATURDAY 1 APRIL 2017
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FOOTBALL
Saturday April 1
Premier League – Liverpool v Everton at 12:30pm, live on Sky Sports 1, then six games at 3pm and Southampton v Bournemouth at 5:30pm, BT Sport 1 – The 3pm game live on Sky Sports 5 in Ireland is Burnley v Tottenham
Championship – Barnsley v Sheffield Wednesday at 12:30pm, then nine games at 3pm and Reading v Leeds United at 5:30pm, Sky Sports 1
League One – ten matches, all at 3pm
League Two – Grimsby v Doncaster at 1pm and then 11 matches at 3pm
Scottish Premiership – four matches, all at 3pm
Scottish Championship – five matches, all at 3pm
Scottish League One – five matches, all at 3pm
Scottish League Two – five matches, all at 3pm
Eredivisie – five matches, including Sparta Rotterdam v PSV Eindhoven, 6:45pm, Sky Sports 5
Ligue 1 – Marseille v Dijon, 4pm, and Bastia v Lille, 6pm
France’s Coupe de la Ligue Final – Monaco v PSG, 8pm, BT Sport 3
Bundesliga – six matches at 2:30pm, including Bayern Munich v FC Augsburg, and then Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Monchengladbach, 5:30pm, BT Sport 3
Serie A – Sassuolo v Lazio, 5pm, eir Sport 1, and Roma v Empoli, 7:45pm, BT Sport ESPN
La Liga – Villareal v Eibar, midday, Sky Sports 2 – Osasuna v Athletic Bilbao, 3:15pm – Real Sociedad v Leganes, 5:30pm, Sky Sports 5 – Malaga v Atletico Madrid, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 5
Portuguese Primeira Liga – three games, including Benfica v FC Porto, 8:30pm, BT Sport ESPN
Belgian Jupiler League – Charleroi v Oostende, 5pm
LOI Premier Division Division – Limerick v Cork, 6:30pm
Irish Cup, semi-finals – Dungannon Swifts v Linfield, 3pm, and Coleraine v Glenavon, 5:15pm
National League – Wrexham v Tranmere at 12:15pm, live on BT Sport 1, then eleven games at 3pm
MLS – 7 games, with kick-off times ranging from 7pm on Sat to 3am on Sun – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning – live games are New York City v San Jose Earthquakes, 7pm, Sky Sports 3, and Columbus Crew v Orlando City SC, 9pm, Sky Sports 3
National League North – 11 games, all at 3pm
National League South – 11 games, all at 3pm
Hyundai A-League – Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers, 7:35am, BT Sport 2, and Sydney FC v Melbourne City FC, 9:50am, BT Sport 2
Chinese Super League – four games (at 8:30am, plus three games at 12:35pm) – live > Guangzhou Evergreen Taobao v Shanghai SIPG, 12:35pm, Sky Sports 3
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HORSERACING
The Saturday line-up is:
Kempton, 1:30pm – the feature races are the £40,000 Listed Magnolia Stakes (2:05pm), along with the £45,000 Rosebery Handicap (3:15pm); field-sizes are 8-8-12-15-9-7 and 6; jockeys in action include Silvestre de Sousa, Ted Durcan, Richard Kingscote, Jim Crowley, Sean Levey, Liam Keniry, Fran Berry, Luke Morris, Andrew Mullen, Tom Marquand, Tom Queally, Franny Norton, Joe Fanning, Pat Cosgrave, Shane Kelly, Martin Harley, Adam Beschizza and Josephine Gordon
Doncaster, 1:50pm – this meeting marks the start of the Turf Flat season, with the Lincoln Handicap being the headline race (3:35pm), the first leg of the ‘Spring Double’; the card also contains two Listed races – the Cammidge Trophy Stakes and the Doncaster Mile – plus the first two-year-old race of the Turf Flat season, the Brocklesby Stakes, which this year carries the Plus10 Bonus of £10,000 and which will be run in two divisions owing to demand re entries; jockeys riding on the card include Oisin Murphy, William Buick, Paul Hanagan, Jamie Spencer, Ryan Moore, Adam Kirby, Andrea Atzeni and Frankie Dettori
Uttoxeter, 1:55pm – the track’s last jump meeting of the season, where there’s a £10,000 novices’ handicap chase feature at 3:40pm; jockeys riding on the card include Sean Bowen, Harry Cobden, Noel Fehily, Nico de Boinville, Leighton Aspell, Brian Hughes, Danny Cook, Liam Treadwell and Jamie and Josh Moore; Ireland’s Noel Kelly runs Mash Potato at 4:15pm; Robbie Dunne has been booked to ride, although he also has been booked to ride at Stratford today and it looks unlikely that he can take in both meetings
Stratford, 2:10pm – there are £10,000 races at 3:20pm and 3:55pm; field-sizes for the card are 11-10-8-8-7-16-8 and 9; jockeys riding on the card include Harry Skelton, Daryl Jacob, Tom O’Brien, Adrian Heskin, Tom Scudamore, Aidan Coleman, David Bass, Richard Johnson and Sam Twiston-Davies; Ireland’s Mark Fahey runs Tourboy in the bumper (5:35pm – Aidan Coleman has been booked for the ride on the debutant)
Navan, 2:15pm – the feature is the €22,000 Follow Navan On Facebook Handicap Chase (5:10pm); field-sizes for the card are 20-20-16-12-11-17 and 10; jockeys riding on the card include Danny Mullins, Paul Townend, Jack Kennedy, Sean Flanagan, Ruby Walsh, Phillip Enright, David Mullins, Robbie Power, Denis O’Regan and Bryan Cooper; the Willie Mullins-trained Redhotfillypeppers would be the star turn in the bumper (5:40pm)
Chelmsford City, 5:45pm – the most-valuable race is a £10,000 handicap at 7:15pm; field-sizes are 10-9-7-9-10-6 and 10; jockeys riding on the card include Luke Morris, Dane O’Neill, Shane Kelly, Martin Lane, Joe Fanning, Sean Levey, Oisin Murphy, Ted Durcan, Jim Crowley, Silvestre de Sousa, Liam Keniry, Josephine Gordon, Danny Tudhope, Tom Marquand, Connor Beasley, Martin Dwyer and Robert Winston
They also race in Mauritius (9:30am) and in India at Mumbai (12:30pm); later in the shops, it is Philadelphia (5:55pm) in the USA and Hipo Chile in Chile (6:30pm)
The Turf TV USA line-up is Gulfstream, 5pm, Tampa Bay Downs, 5:45pm, Aqueduct, 6:20pm, Santa Anita, 8:30pm, Golden Gate Fields, 8:45pm, and Turf Paradise, 9:25pm
The South African meetings are Turffontein (12:15pm) and Kenilworth (12:35pm). At Turffontein, South Africa’s 2016 Horse Of The Year, Legal Eagle, will bid to win the Grade 1 HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes for the second-successive year (3:15pm). There are also Grade 1 races at 3:50pm and 4:25pm, with Grade 3 races at 1:25pm, 2:05pm, 2:40pm and 5:35pm, and a Listed race at 5pm; it’s a 12-race card
FYI – Elsewhere, they race in France at Auteuil, 1:05:pm, where there is a Grade 3 chase at 3:15pm
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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
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 2 of the season
Western Bulldogs v Sydney Swans, 8:50am, BT Sport 2 – Hawthorn v Adelaide Crows, 2:45am, BT Sport 2 – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Saturday 1 April
GWS Giants v Gold Coast Suns, 5:35am – West Coast Eagles v St Kilda, 9:40am, BT Sport 3 – Brisbane Lions v Essendon, 7:25am – Geelong Cats v North Melbourne, 2:10am – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning – Melbourne v Carlton, 4:20am – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning – Port Adelaide v Fremantle, 5:10am – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
Sunday 2 April
See Saturday’s late games
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BASEBALL
The Major League Season will run from April 2nd to October 1st
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BASKETBALL
There are five NBA games today, with start times ranging from 8:30pm on Saturday to 3am on Sunday – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Live games:
None listed as being live in Ire/UK
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Live games:
NCAA Men’s Final Four – first semi-final, 11pm, BT Sport ESPN; second semi-final, 1:30am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
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CRICKET
The Indian Premier League (IPL) season begins on April 5th
The County Cricket seasons (Divisions 1 and 2) begin on April 7th
Saturday 1 April
Test Match Series – India v Australia, 4am – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning – day two
One Day International Series – Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 5am
International T20 Match – West Indies v Pakistan, 5:30pm, Sky Sports Mix
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CYCLING
Check out this website – http://www.uci.ch/road/calendar/
The next main events…
From the UCI road calendar
Joe Martin Stage Race – March 30 to April 2
The Tour Of Thailand – April 1 to April 6
Ronde van Vlaanderen, Tour des Flandres – April 2nd
Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco – April 3rd to 8th
From the track calendar:
Canadian Track Championships – March 31 to April 2
South African National Track Cycling Championships – April 3 to April 7
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DARTS
The Premier League darts moves into Week 10 on Thursday April 6th, from the 3Arena in Dublin, live on Sky Sports 1 from 7pm. The games are TBC following Judgement Night in week nine
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FORMULA ONE
The second race of the 2017 Formula One season will be the Chinese Grand Prix, which is set to take place on Sunday April 9th
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GAA
Next games:
There will live coverage of an Allianz Hurling League quarter-final on TG4 at 6:45pm
Saturday 1 April
Allianz FL Division 4 round 7
Leitrim v Waterford, Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, 4.30pm
Connacht U21FC final
Sligo v Galway, Markievicz Park, 6pm
Allianz HL Division 1B relegation play-off
Laois v Kerry, O’Moore Park, 7pm
Allianz HL Division 2A final
Antrim v Carlow, Pairc Esler, 3pm
Allianz HL Division 2B final
Meath v Wicklow, Parnell Park, 5pm
Allianz HL Division 2B relegation play-off
Mayo v Roscommon, MacHale Park, 7pm
Allianz HL Division 3A final
Donegal v Tyrone, Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, 2pm
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GOLF
European Tour – The next tournament is The Masters, the first Major of the season, played at the Augusta National GC, Augusta, Georgia, April 6th to 9th
PGA Tour – Shell Houston Open, March 30th to April 2nd, at the GC of Houston, Humble, Texas, day three, 6pm, Sky Sports 4
LPGA Tour – ANA Inspiration, at Rancho Mirage, California, March 30th to April 2nd, day three, 11pm, Sky Sports 4 and Sky Sports Mix
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 (today is day two of three)
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 eight games scheduled in the NHL today, with start times ranging from 6pm on Saturday to 3am on Sunday – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Live games:
Boston Bruins v Florida Panthers, 6pm, eir Sport 2
Tampa Bay Lightning v Montreal Canadiens, midnight on Saturday, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Saturday April 1
Super League – Warrington Wolves v Hull FC, 3pm – Catalans Dragons v Wakefield Trinity, 5pm, Sky Sports 3 – Leigh Centurions v Widnes Vikings, 6pm
NRL – Cronulla Sutherland Sharks v Newcastle Knights, 5am, eir Sport 2 – Canberra Raiders v Parramatta Eels, 7:30am – Melbourne Storm v Penrith Panthers, 9:30am, eir Sport 2 – (NB The following games take place early on Sunday morning – New Zealand Warriors v Gold Coast Titans, 5am, and Wests Tigers v St George Illawarra Dragons, 7am)
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RUGBY UNION
The next Premiership fixtures are scheduled for April 7-9
The next Top 14 fixtures are scheduled for April 8-9
SATURDAY April 1
Champions Cup, quarter-finals – Leinster v Wasps, 3:15pm, BT Sport 2, and Munster v Stade Toulouse, 5:45pm, Sky Sports 2
European Challenge Cup, quarter-finals – Bath v Brive, 12:45pm, BT Sport 2, and Gloucester v Cardiff Blues, 8:05pm, Sky Sports 2
Pro 12 – Zebre v Connacht, 2:30pm
Super Rugby – Blues v Western Force, 4:15am – Chiefs v Bulls, 6:35am, Sky Sports 2 – Reds v Hurricanes, 8:45am, Sky Sports 2 – Stormers v Cheetahs, 1:05pm, Sky Sports 4 – Lions v Sharks, 3:15pm, Sky Sports 4 – (NB the Waratahs v Crusaders game is at 6:05am on Sunday morning)
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SNOOKER
China Open, March 27 to April 2 – opening semi-final, Eurosport 1, 7am, and the second semi-final, 12:30pm, Eurosport 1
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TENNIS
ATP – Miami Open, March 22 to April 2 –
WTA – Miami Open – the final, 6pm, BT Sport 2
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OTHER SPORT
Figure Skating World Championships – 4pm, Eurosport 1
Formula E – The Mexico City ePrix, 9:45pm, 3e, and Channel 5, 10:30pm
World Superbikes – 9:15am, Eurosport 2
MCE British Superbikes – 9pm, Eurosport 2
Posted: 31st March 2017