Friday 08 December 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Friday 08 December 2017
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FOOTBALL
Friday Dec 8
Scottish Premiership – Dundee v Aberdeen, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1
Championship – Sheffield United v Bristol City, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football/Main Event
La Liga – Alaves v Las Palmas, 8pm
Bundesliga – Stuttgart v Bayer Leverkusen, 7:30pm, BT Sport 2
Ligue 1 – Bordeaux v Strasbourg, 7:45pm, eir Sport 1/BT Sport 2
Belgian First Division – Waasland Beveren v Standard Liege, 7:30pm
Eredivisie – Willem II v NAC Breda, 7pm
Portuguese Primera Liga – Rio Ave v Moreirense , 8:30pm
La Liga 2 – Barcelona B v Sporting Gijon, 8pm, eir Sport 2
A-League – Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United, 8:50am, BT Sport 1
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HORSERACING
The Friday line-up is:
Sedgefield, 12:10pm – (This meeting must pass a 7:30am inspection on Friday morning) – A seven-race card, with field-sizes of 5-8-12-8-7-6 & 9; Irish trainers with runners on the card are Ronan McNally who sends over Sultana Belle (12:10pm, Danny Mullins) and Ardview Boy (12:40pm, Danny Mullins) from his Co. Armagh yard and Richard Curran who sends Kitty Power (12:40pm, Brian Hughes) for the meeting; other jockeys in action include Will Kennedy, Henry Brooke, Harry Bannister, Danny Cook and Ian Popham, to name just a few.
Exeter, 12:30pm – A seven-race card with the feature races being the £25,000 handicap chases at 2:05pm and 3:15pm and the £25,000 novices’ chase at 2:40pm; field-sizes on the card are 10 (a conditional jockeys’ handicap hurdle) – 14 (a novices’ hurdle) – 11 (a handicap hurdle) – 5 (a £25,000 handciap chase) – 4 (a £25,000 novices’ chase) – 17 (a £25,000 handicap chase) and 16 (a bumper); jockeys in action include Noel Fehily, Robbie Power, Tom Scudamore, Sean Bowen, Barry Geraghty, Daryl Jacob, Tom O’Brien, Wayne Hutchinson and Rachael Blackmore, who rides Rare Legend for Shark Hanlon in the 3:15pm race
Sandown, 12:50pm – on day one of the two-day ‘Tingle Creek’ meeting, the card features the £30,000 Grade 2 Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle (2:30pm), which has produced a quality field, backed up by a £20,000 juvenile hurdle at 1:25pm, in which Andrew Balding runs Night of Glory; the opening race is for amateur riders, for the John Dunsdon Memorial Cup; field-sizes are 13-7-8-8-8 and 12; jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Harry Cobden, Johnny Burke, Harry Skelton, Aidan Coleman, Nico de Boinville, Jamie Moore, Josh Moore and Leighton Aspell
Dundalk, 5:30pm – there are two €25,000 handicaps on the card: the Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (7:30pm), run over two miles, and the www.dundalkstadium.com Handicap, run over one mile (8:30pm); it’s a superb card; Clear Skies, who has won her last four races, runs in the 7:30pm contest, and among the ten-runner field for the 8:30pm contest are Gordon Lord Byron, Captain Joy and Glastonbury Song (who will race in first-time blinkers); six of the races have 14 (plus three reserves), with the other two field-sizes being 10 and 13
Chelmsford, 5:45pm – A seven-race card that starts with an apprentice handicap and continues with a 2yo novice stakes race, a seller, a 3yo+ 6f maiden, a 10f handicap, a mile handicap and, finally, a 7f handicap; field-sizes are 10-9-7-7-13-16 and 15; the feature is the 10f handicap, which is worth £12,500; jockeys in action include Luke Morris, Robert Havlin, Jamie Spencer, Adam Kirby, Dougie Costello, Martin Harley, David Probert, Timmy Murphy, Shane Kelly, Josephine Gordon, Fran Berry, Richard Kingscote, Martin Dwyer and Tom Marquand
They also race in India at Chennai (10:15am); later in the shops it is Club Hipico (5:22pm) in Chile and Woodbine (6pm) in Canada
The Turf TV North American line-up is: Tampa Bay Downs, 5:25pm, Gulfstream, 5:35pm, Aqueduct, 5:50pm, Hawthorne, 6:55pm, Golden Gate Fields, 8:45pm, and Los Alamitos Racecourse, 9pm
The South African meetings are Fairview (10:10am) and Greyville (2:40pm)
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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 meeting on Sky Sports – Sky Sports Arena HD from 7pm – will be the Oaks/Laurels meeting at Belle Vue on Wednesday December 13th
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 14
Sunday December 10 – Eight games at 6pm, three at 9:05pm, two at 9:25pm and Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event, i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Monday December 11 – New England Patriots @ Miami Dolphins , 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
College Football – Weber State Wildcats @ James Madison Dukes, midnight, BT Sport 3
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BASKETBALL
There are eight NBA matches scheduled for today, with start times from midnight to 2:30am – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Live:
Boston Celtics @ San Antonio Spurs, 2:30am, BT Sport 1
College Basketball:
No games scheduled as live
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Saturday Dec 9
Vasyl Lomachenko V Guillermo Rigondeaux – WBO Super Featherweight Title fight from Madison Square Garden in New York. The often avoided Rigondeaux steps up two weight divisions to face Ukrainian Lomachenko. The two fighters are regarded as two of the best amateur fighters in boxing history; both are the proud holders of two Olympic gold medals from their amateur careers.
UK card from the Copper Box, London – James DeGale v Caleb Traux and Lee Selby v Eduardo Ramirez
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CRICKET
Friday Dec 8
Test Match (2nd TEST, day one of five) – New Zealand v West Indies, 10pm, Sky Sports Main Event from 11pm
Tour Match (day 1) – Cricket Australia v England, 2:30am – i.e. late Friday night/early Sat morning
South Africa Twenty20 – Cape Cobras v Titans, 4pm – Highveld Lions v Warriors, 4pm – Knights v Dolphins, 4pm, Sky Sports Cricket ** one of the other two games will be live on Sky Sports Main Event **
Women’s Big Bash – Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Thunder, 2:30am, BT Sport 2, – i.e. late Friday night/early Sat morning
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DARTS
Coming up on the PDC calendar:
The 2017/2018 William Hill World Darts Championship takes place from Alexandra Palace (Ally Pally) in London from Thursday December 14 to Monday January 01, follow all of the action on Sky Sports Darts
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 9 December
All-Ireland club JFC quarter-final
Dunedin Connollys (Britain) v Naomh Colmcille (Donegal), TBC, TBC
Sunday 10 December
All-Ireland club SFC quarter-final
Fulham Irish (Britain) v Corofin (Galway), Ruislip, 1pm
Leinster club SFC final
Moorefield (Kildare) v St Loman’s (Westmeath), O’Moore Park, 2pm
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GOLF
USPGA Tour – QBE Shootout, Tiburon Golf Club, USA, Dec 8-10, day one, 6:30pm, Sky Sports The Open
PGA European Tour – Joburg Open, Randpark Golf Club, South Africa, Dec 7-10, day two, 8am and 12:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event/The Open
USLPGA Tour – Omega Dubai Ladies Classic, Emirates Gold Club, Dubai, Dec 6 -9, Day three 10:30am, Sky Sports Main Event/The Open
USPGA Champions Tour – the next tournament will take place in 2018
Seniors Tour, Europe – the next tournament is the MCB Tour Championship, Mauritius, Dec 8-10
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ICE HOCKEY
There are five NHL matches taking place today, with start times ranging from midnight on Friday to 3am on Saturday – late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Live:
New York Rangers @ Washington Capitals midnight, eir Sport 2
Minnesota Wild @ Anaheim Ducks, 3am, eir Sport 2, – late Friday night/early Saturday morning
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Friday 8 December
European Rugby Champions Cup – Pool 3: Glasgow v Montpellier, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Action
European Rugby Challenge Cup – Pool 1: Dragons v Enisei-STM, 7:30pm – Pool 3: SU Agen v Section Paloise, 7pm – Pool 4: Stade Francais v Krasny Yar, 7pm
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SNOOKER
The Betway UK Championships, York, November 28 to December 10 – BBC Two, 1pm and 7pm and Eurosport 1 at 1pm and 6:45pm
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP, Qatar Open, Doha, Jan 1-7
ATP, Maharashtra Open, Pune, India, Jan 1-7
ATP & WTA, Brisbane International, Australia, Jan 1-7
WTA, Shenzhen Open, Jan 1-7
WTA, ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand, Jan 1-7
Posted: 8th December 2017