SUNDAY 14th MAY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
SUNDAY 14 MAY 2017
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FOOTBALL
Sunday May 14
Premier League – Crystal Palace v Hull City, midday, Sky Sports 1 – West Ham Utd v Liverpool, 2:15pm, Sky Sports 1 – Tottenham v Man Utd, 4:30pm, Sky Sports 1
Championship play-off semi-finals, first leg – Huddersfield v Sheffield Wednesday, midday, Sky Sports 2, with the second leg on Wed 17 May at 7:45pm; the play-off final is on Monday 29 May at 3pm
League Two play-off, semi-final, first legs – Blackpool v Luton and Carlisle v Exeter, which will take place today at 6:30pm, Sky Sports 2, with the second legs set for Thursday 18 May at 7:45pm; the League Two Final will take place on Sunday 28 May at 3pm
National League Final – Forest Green v Tranmere, 3pm – live on BT Sport 1
Bundesliga 2 – Hannover 96 v VFB Stuttgart, 2:30pm, BT Sport 2
Ligue 1 – ten games, all at 8pm
Serie A – eight games, all at 2pm except for Inter Milan v Sassuolo, 11:30am, BT Sport 1 and Roma v Juventus, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1, also live is Torino v Napoli, 2pm, BT Sport 2
La Liga – eight games, all at 7pm except for Alaves v Celta Vigo, 3pm
Dutch Eredivisie – nine games, all at 1:30pm
Belgian First Division – AA Gent v Charleroi, 1:30pm – Club Brugge v Anderlecht, 5pm, eir Sport 2
Portuguese Primeira Liga – GD Chaves v Rio Ave, 4pm – Maritimo v Estoril, 4pm – FC Porto v Pacos Ferreira, 6pm and Braga v Nacional, 8:15pm
Russian Super League – there are games at 10am, 2:30pm and 5pm
MLS – Portland Timbers v Atlanta United FC, 9pm, Sky Sports 2 – New York Red Bulls v Los Angeles Glaxy, 11pm, Sky Sports 2 – FC Dallas v New York City FC, 1am
Chinese Super League – Changchun Yatai v Guangzhou Evergrande, 8:30am – Jiangsu Suning FC v Shandong Luneng, 12:35pm – Tianjin Teda v Shanghai SIPG, 12:35pm
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HORSERACING
The Sunday line-up is:
The Curragh, 1:55pm – featuring the £50,000 Sole Power Sprint Stakes (Listed) at 2:55pm, in which there are seven runners from Britain among the 12-runner field; field-sizes are 9-21-12-7-17-11-5 and 19; jockeys riding on the card include Chris Hayes, Declan McDonogh, Pat Smullen, Colin Keane, Billy Lee, Colm O’Donoghue, Shane Foley, Kevin Manning, Donnacha O’Brien, Wayne Lordan, Niall McCullagh, Gary Carroll, Ronan Whelan, Martin Dwyer and Adam Beschizza
Ludlow, 2pm – with a £21,000 feature (a handicap chase) at 4pm; field-sizes 8-5-10-7-8-7 and 12; jockeys riding on the card include Harry Skelton, Aidan Coleman, Sam Twiston-Davies, Tom Scudamore, Richard Johnson, Aidan Coleman and Nico de Boinville
Killarney, 2:05pm – featuring the €50,000 Redweld Limited Handicap Hurdle (Grade B, 3:35pm) and the €30,000 Irish Wire Products Mares Hurdle (Listed, 3:05pm); it is the first of three-consecutive days of racing at Killarney in County Kerry; field-sizes are 18-14-8-18-13-7 15 and 18; jockeys in action include Jack Kennedy, Jody McGarvey, Phillip Enright, Paul Townend, Ruby Walsh, Mark Walsh, Rachael Blackmore, Denis O’Regan, Danny Mullins, Bryan Cooper, Davy Russell, Andrew Lynch, Sean Flanagan, David Mullins,Luke Dempsey, Jonathan Moore, Mark Enright and Robbie Power; the card closes with a pro/am bumper
Plumpton, 2:15pm – with £10,000 races at 4:15pm, the Olivia Mellett 18th Birthday Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle, and 4:45pm, the Swift Bedding Handicap Chase; field-sizes are 7-7-7-8-8-5 and 8; jockeys in action include Josh Moore, Jamie Moore, Gavin Sheehan, Tom O’Brien, Harry Cobden, Noel Fehily and Jerry McGrath
They also race in India at Bangalore (11am), in Germany at Hoppegarten (1pm), and in France at Deauville (1:05pm – see below: it is French 2,000 Guineas day); later in shops it is Philadelphia (5:55pm), in the USA and Maronas (6:50pm) in Uruguay
At Deauville, there is the Group 1 French 2,000 Guineas (Abu Dhabi Poule d’Essai des Poulains) at 3:15pm, in which Aidan O’Brien runs Orderofthegarter (Seamie Heffernan) and Peace Envoy (Ryan Moore), William Haggas runs Rivet (Frankie Dettori), Michael Dods runs Kings Gift (Paul Mulrennan), Charlie Appleby runs Salsabeel (William Buick) and Andrew Balding runs South Seas (Oisin Murphy); there is also the Group 1 Prix Saint-Alary at 2:35pm
At Hoppegarten, the feature race is the Group 2 Comer Group International Oleander-Rennen (4yo+, two miles) at 3:50pm; Hughie Morrison runs Nearly Caught (Adam Kirby) in the race; formerly trained by Aidan O’Brien, Fields Of Athenry is also in the race
At Cappanelle in Italy, there is the Group 2 Premio della Repubblica – GBI Racing (4yo+, 1m1f) st 3:50pm, in which trainer Stefano Botti fields four of the five runners
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Monmouth Park, 5:50pm, Pimlico, 6:10pm, Belmont Park, 6:30pm, Santa Anita, 9pm, and Golden Gate Fields, 9:15pm
The South African meeting is Kenilworth (11:05am) and Greyville (11:25am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Sunday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – BELLE VUE
11:04am – HOVE
2:06pm – PERRY BARR
2:12pm – KINSLEY
3:18pm – MULLINGAR
6:04pm – POOLE
6:11pm – CENTRAL PARK
The next meeting live on Sky Sports is the Betfred Gymcrack meeting at Kinsley on Tuesday May 16
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 8 of the season
Sunday 14 May
Richmond v Fremantle, 4:10am – Gold Coast Suns v Port Adelaide, 4:15am – North Melbourne v Sydney Swans, 7:40am, BT Sport 2
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 15 MLB games today, with start times ranging from 6:07pm on Saturday to 00:30am on Monday morning – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Live games:
St Louis Cardinals v Chicago Cubs, 7pm, BT Sport ESPN
New York Yankees v Houston Astros, 00:30am, BT Sport 2, – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
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BASKETBALL
In the NBA:
We are into the play-offs part of the season, the next games to take place are:
Western Conference Semi-Final (Game 7, if required) – Houston Rockets @ San Antonio Spurs, 8:30pm, BT Sport 2 – San Antonio led the series 3-2 after Game 5
Live games:
As above
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
This week’s fights include:
More to follow in due course
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CRICKET
Sunday May 14
IPL – Rising Pune Supergiant v Kings XI Punjab, 11:30am, Sky Sports 5 and Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Bangalore, 3:30pm, Sky Sports Mix
The knock-out section of the IPL begins on Tuesday May 16th
One-Day International – Ireland v New Zealand, 10:45am, 10:30am and 3:15pm, eir Sport 1 and 1pm, eir Sport 2
Royal London One-Day Cup – 8 games, all beginning at 11am
Test Match – West Indies v Pakistan, 3pm, day five of five-day match, Sky Sports 5
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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
Giro d’Italia – Stage nine, featuring a 149km route from Montenero di Bisaccia to Blockhaus, midday, Eurosport 1
Tour Of California – Coverage of the opening stage, a 167.5km route starting and finishing in Sacramento
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
Premier League darts, Finals Night will take place on Thursday May 18th, from the O2, London, 7pm, Sky Sports 1
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FORMULA ONE
The next race of the 2017 Formula One season is the Spain Grand Prix, at the Circuit de Catalunya, May 12-14
Race itself – 12:55pm, eir Sport 1
After this it is the Monaco Grand Prix, May 25-28
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GAA
Next games:
Sunday 14 May
Leinster SHC round 3
Westmeath v Meath, TEG Cusack Park, 3pm
Kerry v Laois, Austin Stack Park, 3pm
Lidl Ladies NFL Division 2 final replay
Cavan v Westmeath, Birr, 4pm
Lidl Ladies NFL Division 3 final replay
Tipperary v Wexford, Birr, 2pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – The Open de Portugal, May 11-14, final day
USPGA Tour – The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, May 11-14, also known as the “Fifth Major”, final day, 2:30pm and 7pm, Sky Sports 4
LPGA Tour – The next tournament is the Kingsmill Championship Presented by JTBC, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 18-21
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the Regions Tradition, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, May 18-21
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)
The Stanley Cup Conference semi-finals ended on May 11. Next games: dates TBC
ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
This tournament runs from May 5-21 – 16 teams, two host cities > Cologne and Paris
No games scheduled as live today
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Sunday 14 May
Challenge Cup , Round 6 – Leeds Rhinos v Barrow Raiders, 3pm – Swinton Lions v Wigan Warriors, 3pm – Warrington Wolves v Widnes Vikings, 3pm, BBC Two
NRL – Newcastle Knights v Canberra Raiders, 5am, eir Sport 2 – Sydney Roosters v Parramatta Eels, 7am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
HSBC Sevens World Series – The Paris Sevens, day two, 8:50am, Sky Sports 3
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SNOOKER
TBC
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TENNIS
Current tournaments:
ATP Madrid Open – May 8-14, 11:30am, Sky Sports 2/5:30pm, Sky Sports 3
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OTHER SPORT
ETC Cup, Touring Cars – round three, 9:15am, Eurosport 1/8:15am, Eurosport 2
Porsche Supercup – The Spanish Grand Prix, 10:30am, Eurosport 1
World Superbikes – race two and the support races, 10am, Eurosport 2
Blancpain Endurance Series – fourth round, 5pm, Eurosport 2
Posted: 14th May 2017