TUESDAY 4TH APRIL 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Euro Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Premier League – Burnley v Stoke City, 7:45pm – Leicester City v Sunderland, 7:45pm – Watford v West Brom, 7:45pm – Man Utd v Everton, 8pm, BT Sport 1
Championship – ten games, all at 7:45pm, except for Reading v Blackburn Rovers, 8pm – Live game, Rotherham Utd v Sheff Weds, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 1
League One – four games, all at 7:45pm
La Liga – Athletic Bilbao v Espanyol, 6:30pm, Sky Sports 3 – Atletico Madrid v Real Sociedad, 8:30pm, Sky Sports 3 – Real Betis v Villarreal, 8:30pm, Sky Sports 3, Red Button
Bundesliga – Borussia Dortmund v Hamburg, 7pm – Cologne v Eintracht Frankfurt, 7pm – Hoffenheim v Bayern Munich, 7pm, BT Sport ESPN – Werder Bremen v Schalke, 7pm
Dutch Eredivisie – Excelsior v FC Utrecht, 5:30pm – Heerenveen v Sparta Rotterdam, 7:45pm
Coppa Italia (Semi-Final, 2nd Leg) – Roma v Lazio, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Mix, (Lazio lead 2-0 on agg)
EA Sports Cup – Cobh Ramblers v Avondale United, 7:45pm – Drogheda United v Bray Wanderers, 7:45pm – St Patrick’s Athletic v Bluebell United, 7:45pm – Athlone Town v Longford Town, 7:45pm – Bohemians v Cabinteely FC, 7:45pm – Wexford FC v Waterford FC, 8pm
Coupe de France – Frejus Saint-Raphael v Guingamp, 5pm – Monaco v Lille, 8pm
Scottish Premiership – Aberdeen v Inverness CT, 7:45pm – Ross Co v Dundee, 7:45pm
Scottish League One – Albion Rovers v Queen’s Park, 7:45pm
National League – three games, all at 7:45pm
National League North – three games, all at 7:45pm, including Tranmere Rovers v Sutton United
National League South – Poole Town v Hungerford Town, 7:45pm
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HORSERACING
The Tuesday line-up is:
Kempton, 2pm – a jumping card, with field-sizes of 12-5-6-10-9-11 and 10; jockeys in action include Noel Fehily, Tom O’Brien, Jamie Moore, Tom Scudamore, Richard Johnson, Leighton Aspell, Sam Twiston-Davies, Nico de Boinville, Aidan Coleman, David Bass, Nick Scholfield and Jonathan Moore
Southwell, 2:10pm – the feature is an £11,500 handicap at 4:20pm; field-sizes on the day are 8-8-10-10-5-8-5 and 7; jockeys riding on the card include Silvestre de Sousa, David Allan, Tony Hamilton, Tom Eaves, James Sullivan, David Allan, Jamie Spencer, Martin Lane, Luke Morris, Ben Curtis, John Egan, Joe Fanning, Paul Mulrennan, Danny Tudhope, David Probert, Stevie Donohoe, Franny Norton, Alistair Rawlinson, Cam Hardie, Robert Winston and Andrew Mullen
Newton Abbot, 2:20pm – THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED OFF OWING TO HEAVY RAIN
They also race in India at Kolkata (10:25am) and in Germany at Krefeld, 3:20pm; later in the shops, it is Philadelphia (5:55pm), in the USA
The Turf TV USA line-up is Mahoning Valley, 5:45pm, Will Rogers Downs, 7:05pm, Sunland Park, 8:30pm, and Turf Paradise, 9:25pm
The South African meetings are Kenilworth (11:40am) and Turffontein (4:10pm)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Tuesday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – NOTTINGHAM
11:11am – PERRY BARR
2:08pm – CRAYFORD
2:18pm – SUNDERLAND
6:28pm – NEWCASTLE
6:33pm – KINSLEY
6:39pm – SHEFFIELD
6:58pm – TRALEE
The next meeting live on Sky Sports is tonight’s Coors Three Steps To Victory meeting at Sheffield (Sky Sports 5 from 7pm)
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AUSSIE RULES
Next games:
Round 3 of the season
Friday 7 April
Sydney Swans v Collingwood, 9:50am, BT Sport 3
Saturday 8 April
North Melbourne v GWS Giants, 3:45am – Richmond v West Coast Eagles, 4:10am, BT Sport 1 – Geelong Cats v Melbourne, 6:35am – Port Adelaide v Adelaide Crows, 9:40am, BT Sport 1 – Fremantle v Western Bulldogs, 9:40am
Sunday 9 April
St Kilda v Brisbane Lions, 3:10am, BT Sport 3 – Carlton v Essendon, 5:20am – Gold Coast Suns v Hawthorn, 6:40am, BT Sport 3
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it and runs to October 1st
There are four MLB games today, with start times ranging from midnight on Tuesday to 3:05am on Wednesday – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Live:
Seattle Mariners @Houston Astros, 1am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
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BASKETBALL
There are 11 NBA games today, with start times ranging from midnight on Tuesday to 3:30am on Wednesday
Live games:
Milwaukee Bucks @ Oklahoma City Thunder, 1am, BT Sport 1 – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Live games:
No games scheduled as live on TV in Ire/UK
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
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CRICKET
Next games:
Tuesday April 4
International T20 Match – Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 2:30pm
Wednesday April 5
IPL – Sunrisers Hyderabad v Royal Challengers Bangalore, 3:30pm
The Indian Premier League (IPL) season begins on April 5th
The County Cricket seasons (Divisions 1 and 2) begin on April 7th
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CYCLING
Check out this website – http://www.uci.ch/road/calendar/
The next main events…
From the UCI road calendar
The Tour Of Thailand – April 1 to April 6
The Basque Tour – stage two, 173km from Irunea to Eltziego, 2:30pm, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
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:
Dave Chisnall v Peter Wright
Adrian Lewis v Gary Anderson
Raymond van Barneveld v Phil Taylor
James Wade v Raymond van Barneveld
James Wade v Michael van Gerwen
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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:
Saturday 8 April
Allianz FL Division 3 final
Louth v Armagh or Tipperary, Croke Park, TBC
Allianz FL Division 4 final
Westmeath v Wexford, Croke Park, TBC
Ulster SHC semi-finals
Armagh v Down, TBC, TBC
Antrim v Donegal, TBC, TBC
Leinster MHC round 1
Westmeath v Kilkenny, TEG Cusack Park, 3pm
Laois v Offaly, O’Moore Park, 3pm
Kildare v Carlow, Newbridge, 3pm
Meath v Wicklow, Pairc Taillteann, 3pm
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GOLF
On Sky Sports 4 today at 2pm, there is live coverage from the practice range ahead of The Masters
European Tour/PGA 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 – As above
LPGA Tour – The next tournament is the LOTTE Championship Presented by HERSHEY, at Ko Olina, Oahu, Hawaii, April 12th to 15th; the defending champion is Minjee Lee
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, TPC Sugarloaf, Duluth, Georgia, April 14th to 16th
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 13 games scheduled in the NHL today, with start times ranging from midnight on Tuesday to 3:30am on Wednesday – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Live games:
Washington Capitals @ Toronto Maple Leafs, 12:30am, eir Sport – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Edmonton Oilers @ Los Angeles Kings, 3:30am, eir Sport 2 – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
SWEDISH HOCKEY LEAGUE
Brynas IF v Frolunda HC, 6:15pm, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Next games:
Thursday April 6
Super League – Wigan Warriors v Castleford Tigers, 8pm, Sky Sports 2
NRL – Brisbane Broncos v Sydney Roosters, 10:50am
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RUGBY UNION
FRIDAY April 7
Premiership – Sale Sharks v Worcester, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1, and Newcastle v Gloucester, 8pm
Pro12 – Edinburgh v Connacht, 7:35pm, and Ulster v Cardiff Blues, 7:35pm
Super Rugby – Hurricanes v Waratahs, 8:35am
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SNOOKER
April 5th to 12th – Betfred World Championship Qualifiers, Sheffield, England
April 15th to May 1st – Betfred World Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP – Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men’s Clay Court Championship, Houston, Texas, April 10th to 16th
ATP – Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Monte Carlo, Monaco, April 16th to 23rd
ATP – Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Barcelona, Spain, April 24th to 30th
WTA – Volvo Cars Open, Charleston, USA, April 3rd to 9th – live on BT Sport 2 at 3pm and midnight
WTA – Abierto Monterrey – Monterrey, Mexico, April 3rd to 9th – live on BT Sport 3 at 5pm
WTA – Claro Open Solsanitas – Bogota, Colombia, April 10th to 15th
WTA – Ladies Open Biel Bienne – Biel, Switzerland, April 10th to 16th
Davis Cup – Quarter-finals, various locations, April 7th to 9th
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OTHER SPORT
Weightlifting: European Championships – 4:30pm and 7pm, Eurosport 2
Posted: 4th April 2017