Friday 12 January 2018
SPORTS PREVIEW
Friday 12 January 2018
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FOOTBALL
Championship – Sheffield United v Sheffield Wednesday, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football/Main Event
La Liga – Getafe v Malaga, 8pm, Sky Sports Football Red Button
German Bundesliga – Bayer Leverkusen v Bayern Munich, 7:30pm, BT Sport 3
French Ligue 1 – Strasbourg v Guingamp, 7:45pm, eir Sport 1
Portuguese Primeira Liga – GD Chaves v Vitoria de Guimaraes, 8:30pm,
Hyundai A-League – Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar, 8:45am, BT Sport ESPN
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HORSERACING
Today’s meetings:
Lingfield, 12:20pm – The feature race on an eight-race card is a £19,000 7f Class 2 handicap (2:20pm); Ireland’s John Levins runs Complicit (Donagh O’Connor) at 1:50pm; the final race (one of six handicaps on the card) is for apprentice riders; the other two races are a claimer (2:50pm) and a novice stakes race (4yo+, 6f, 3:20pm)
Sedgefield, 1:10pm – A six-race National Hunt card with field-sizes of 13-10-9-6-7 and7; Ireland is represented on the card by Caroline McCaldin’s It’ll Do Rightly (1:40pm), who won at Catterick on December 19th, and Scottshill (3:40pm), with both horses set to be ridden by Alain Cawley; jockeys riding on the card include Brian Hughes, Will Kennedy, James Bowen and Henry Brooke
Huntingdon, 1:30pm – A seven-race National Hunt card that starts with a conditional jockeys’ handicap hurdle; the feature race is the £25,000 The Smarkets Chatteris Fen Juvenile Hurdle (3pm), in which Philip Hobbs runs Gumball (Richard Johnson), Nicky Henderson runs Style de Garde (Nico de Boinville), Harry Skelton runs Embole and Gary Moore runs the Supreme Novice Hurdle winner Labaik’s half-brother Aigulle Rouge (Jamie Moore); the other runner in the field is Nick Williams’ Esprit de Somoza (Lizzie Kelly)
Dundalk, 5pm – An eight-race flat card on the all-weather that features the €25,000 one-mile Sun Bets Race (7pm), a race that is an All-Weather Championships Fast-Track Qualifier, and the €25,000 two-mile Heineken Ireland Handicap (7:30pm); as ever, it’s competitive, with field-sizes being 12-14 (plus one reserve)-14 (plus 3 reserves)-6-12-14 (plus 2 reserves)- 14 (plus 2 reserves) and 12; last season’s Irish 2,000 Guineas fourth Glastonbury Song and seven-time Dundalk winner Captain Joy stand out on ratings in the Sun Bets race, while Elishpour will be looking for a third-successive Dundalk win in the second of the €25,000 races; jockeys in action include Colin Keane, Pat Smullen, Wayne Lordan, Chris Hayes, Kevin Manning, Billy Lee, Shane Foley and Donnacha O’Brien, plus a number of talented and promising apprentices
Newcastle, 5:45pm – A six-race card consisting of four handicaps, an £11,500 Conditions Stakes race for 4yo+ (7f, 6:45pm) and a Novice Stakes contest (7:45pm) that carries the Plus10 Bonus; field-sizes are 7-7-5-11-8 and 14; Ireland’s John Levins has declared Steelriver (7:15pm, no jockey listed at the time of writing) to run and Adrian Joyce Blastofmagic (8:15pm, PJ McDonald)
They also race at Bangalore in India (10:15am), at Jebel Ali in the UAE (10:30am) and at Dortmund in Germany (4:55pm); later in the shops it is Club Hipico (5:30pm) in Chile
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Aqueduct, 5:20pm, Tampa Bay Downs, 5:25pm, Laurel Park, 5:30pm, Gulfstream, 5:35pm, Golden Gate Fields, 8:45pm, and Santa Anita, 9pm
The South African meeting is Fairview (10:05am, 9 races)
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GREYHOUNDS
Today’s line-up:
10:29am – HARLOW
10:36am – CRAYFORD
11:03am – KINSLEY
11:11am – SWINDON
2:06pm – MONMORE
2:08pm – NEWCASTLE
2:12pm – HOVE
6:22pm – NOTTINGHAM
6:27pm – ROMFORD
6:37pm – CENTRAL PARK
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Divisional Play-Offs
Sat 13 January
Atlanta Falcons @ Philadelphia Eagles, 9:35pm
Tennessee Titans @ New England Patriots, 1:15am – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
Sun 14 January
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Pittsburgh Steelers, 6:05pm
New Orleans Saints @ Minnesota Vikings, 9:40pm
College Football:
There are no games scheduled as being live today in Ire/UK
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BASKETBALL
There are nine NBA matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from midnight on Friday to 3:30am on Saturday – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Live games:
Golden State Warriors @ Milwaukee Bucks, 1am, BT Sport 3 – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
VCU Rams @ Dayton Flyers, midnight on Friday, BT Sport ESPN
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
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CRICKET
Tour Match – Cricket Australia XI v England, day three, 3:20am – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
One Day International – New Zealand v Pakistan, 10pm, coverage on Sky Sports Cricket from 9:55pm and Sky Sports Main Event from 11pm
KFC T20 Big Bash League – Melbourne Renegades v Melbourne Stars, 8:40am, BT Sport 2 & Adelaide Strikers v Perth Scorchers, 00:15am, BT Sport 2, – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
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DARTS
The BDO World Darts Championship runs from Saturday Jan 06 to Sunday Jan 14 from the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green. Day seven action is live on Channel 4 at 12:05pm and BT Sport 1, 6:45pm
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
Next games:
Friday 12 January
Connacht FBD FL round 2
Mayo v Galway, MacHale Park, 7.30pm
Saturday 13 January
McGrath Cup final
Cork v Clare, Mallow, 7pm
Walsh Cup semi-final
Offaly v Kilkenny, O’Connor Park, 2pm
Sunday 14 January
Connacht FBD FL round 4
Galway v Leitrim, Clonbur, 2pm
Roscommon v Mayo, Dr Hyde Park, 2pm
O’Byrne Cup semi-finals
Meath v Longford, Pairc Tailteann, 2pm
Offaly v Westmeath, TEG Cusack Park, 2pm
McKenna Cup round 2
Armagh v Derry, Athletic Grounds, 2pm
Down v UUJ, Burren, 2pm
Monaghan v Donegal, Clones, 2pm
Walsh Cup semi-final
Dublin v Wexford, Parnell Park, 2pm
Munster SHL final
Clare v Limerick, Gaelic Grounds, 2pm
Kehoe Cup round 3
Wicklow B v Longford, Wicklow venue, 2pm
Louth v DCU-St Patricks, Louth venue, 2pm
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GOLF
USPGA Tour – Sony Open in Hawaii, Waialae CC, Honolulu, Jan 11-14, 2018 – Day two, live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports The Open at midnight on Friday
PGA European Tour – BMW SA Open, Gauteng, South Africa, Jan 11-14, 2018 – Day two, live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports The Open at 8am and midday
EurAsia Cup Golf (a biennial event) at the Glenmarie Golf And Country Club in Shah Alam, Malaysia, a tournament that features 10-man teams representing Europe and Asia – Day two action is live on Sky Sports The Open at 3:30am – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
USLPGA Tour – The next tournament will be the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic, Paradise Island, Bahamas, Jan 25-28
USPGA Champions Tour – The Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, Hawaii (Saturday finish), Jan 15-20
Seniors Tour, Europe – TBC
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ICE HOCKEY
There are five NHL matches scheduled today, with start times ranging from midnight on Friday to 2am on Saturday – late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Live games:
Vancouver Canucks @ Columbus Blue Jackets, midnight on Friday – live on eir Sport 2
Washington Capitals @ Carolina Hurricanes, 12:30am – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning – live on eir Sport 1
Edmonton Oilers @ Arizona Coyotes, 3am – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning – live on eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Today
European Rugby Champions Cup – Bath v Scarlets, 7:45pm, BT Sport 2
European Rugby Challenge Cup – Agen v Gloucester, 6:30pm – Edinburgh v Stade Francais, 7:35pm
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SNOOKER
Next up:
Dafabet Masters, London, Alexandra Palace, 14 January – 21 January
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TENNIS
WTA, Sydney International, semi-finals, 7:45am, BT Sport 1
ATP, Sydney International – semi-finals, live on Eurosport 1 at 10am
WTA, Hobart International – semi-finals, 8am, BT Sport 3, and the final, BT Sport 1 at 3:30am – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Posted: 12th January 2018