Friday 13 October 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Friday 13 October 2017
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FOOTBALL
Scottish Premiership – St Johnstone v Rangers, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1
Championship – Birmingham v Cardiff, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football – Bristol City v Burton Albion, 7:45pm
Airtricity Premier Division – four games at 7:45pm, including Bohemians v Cork, RTE 2, and Shamrock Rovers v Sligo Rovers, 8pm
Irish Premiership – Warrenpoint v Ballinamallard United, 7:45pm
La Liga – Espanyol v Levante, 8pm, Sky Sports Football
Bundesliga – Stuttgart v Cologne, 7:30pm, BT Sport ESPN
Ligue 1 – Lyon v Monaco, 7:45pm, eir Sport 1/ BT Sport 3
Belgian First Division – Mechelen v Anderlecht, 7:30pm
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HORSERACING
The Friday line-up is:
Newmarket, 1:50pm – the card includes the £120,000 Group 2 Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards Challenge Stakes, the Group 1 Fillies’ Mile (£321,829 to the winner) and the Old Rowley Cup Handicap (£74,700 to winner), and the card opens with two Group 3 races – the £60,000 Cornwallis Stakes and the £60,000 Oh So Sharp Stakes (for fillies) – and closes with a Listed contest; it’s a quality meeting, one that contains £977,500 in prize-money; for Ireland, Aidan O’Brien has seven runners, Johnny Murtagh has three, Tom Hogan has one (Gordon Lord Byron), Michael Halford has one and Eddie Lynam has one (Muirin in the fillies’ mile)
Newton Abbot, 2pm – A good seven-race card where the most-valuable races are the £29,900 Weatherbys Racing Bank Intermediate Chase (3:45pm), the £24,550 Weatherbys Racing Bank Handicap Hurdle (3:10pm) and the £11,500 Eggy Novices’ Chase (2:35pm); jockeys in action include Sam Twiston-Davies, Tom Scudamore, Noel Fehily, Harry Skelton, Richard Johnson, Daryl Jacob and Bryan Cooper
York, 2:10pm – There’s a £30,000 7f192y handicap at 2:45pm and the £100,000 Unibet Hndicap at 3:55pm on day one of a valuable two-day meeting at the famous Yorkshire venue; field-sizes are 17-20-12-13-20-16 and 20
Downpatrick, 2:15pm – A National Hunt card made up of two maiden hurdles, two handicap hurdles, the £15,000 JP Corry Building Suppliers Hurdle, a beginners’ chase and a handicap chase; jockeys in action include Davy Russell, Ruby Walsh, Mark Walsh, Robbie Power, Andrew Lynch, Rachael Blackmore, Danny Mullins, Paul Townend and Jack Kennedy
Dundalk, 5:30pm – An eight-race card that includes the €45,000 Al Basti Equiworld Carlingford Stakes (10f150y, 3yo+, 8pm), in which the beautifully-bred Goldrush – by Frankel out of the five-time Group 1 winner Alexander Goldrun – is set to run following an impressive debut win at Navan; the jockeys’ championship title-race continues tonight with Colin Keane and Pat Smullen each having seven booked rides; Colin leads the championship by three wins; tonight is the 12th-last meeting of the season
Kempton, 5:45pm – Eight races, six of them handicaps; the other two are a 7f 2yo race and a mile maiden fillies 2yo race; field-sizes are 9-9-13-13-14-12-12 and 11; jockeys in action include Fran Berry, David Probert, Dougie Costello, Martin Harley, Dane O’Neill, Luke Morris, Pat Dobbs, Sean Levey, James Doyle, Tom Queally, Shane Kelly and Ted Durcan
They also race in India at Mysore (10:05am) France at Maisons-Laffitte (12:40pm), where there is a Listed Race for 3yo fillies at 2:10pm and a Group 2 race for 2yos at 1:10pm, in which Ken Condon runs Romanised (Shane Foley), Harry Dunlop runs Fighting Irish (Cristian Demuro) and Charlie Hills runs Nebo (Olivier Peslier); later in the shops it is Woodbine (6pm) in Canada and Club Hipico (6:15pm) in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Belmont Park, 5:55pm, Keeneland, 6:05pm, Gulfstream Park West, 6:15pm, and Santa Anita, pm
The South African meeting is Fairview (12:10pm)
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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 is the All England Cup night at Newcastle on October 19th
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 6
Sunday October 15 – 12 games from 6pm Sunday night up until 1:30am Monday morning
Monday October 16 – Indianapolis Colts @ Tennessee Titans, 1:30pm – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
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BASEBALL
Houston Astros v New York Yankees, 1:08pm, live on BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Friday night/early Sat morning – game one of series
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BASKETBALL
The new NBA season will begin on October 17 and end on April 11, with a weeklong All-Star break. There are pre-season games taking place each day this week
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Saturday Oct 14
George Groves is in action on Saturday night at the Wembley Arena; he will be defending his WBA super-middleweight title in a World Super Series quarter-final bout versus Jamie Cox
Erislandy Lara v Terrell Gausha, WBA Super Welterweight Champion Erislandy Lara will defend his belt for the fifth time against the unbeaten 2012 US Olympian Terrell Gausha in the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
Elsewhere Abner Mares faces Andres Gutierrez and Leo Santa Cruz fights Chris Avalos in the StubHub Center, Carson, California
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CRICKET
International T20 – India v Australia, 2:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event/ Sky Sports Cricket, Coverage of the final game in the three match series
One Day International – Pakistan v Sri Lanka, midday
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DARTS
Coming up on the PDC calendar:
October 13 – HappyBet European Darts Trophy (ET12), Lokhalle, Gottingen
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 Grand Prix is the United States Grand Prix, Austin, Texas, October 20-22
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 14 October
Leitrim SHC final
Carrick v Cluainin Iomaint, Pairc Sean MacDiarmada, 3pm
Sunday 15 October
Ulster club SFC first round
Kilcoo (Down) v Slaughtneil (Derry), Pairc Esler, 2.30pm
Antrim SFC final
Lamh Dhearg v St John’s, Glenavy, 3.15pm
Armagh SFC final
Armagh Harps v Maghery, Athletic Grounds, 5pm
Cork SFC final
Nemo Rangers v St Finbarrs, Pairc Ui Chaoimh, 4pm
Donegal SFC final
Kilcar v Naomh Conaill, MacCumhaill Park, 4pm
Galway SFC final
Corofin v Mountbellew-Moylough, Tuam Stadium, 4pm
Kildare SFC final
Celbridge v Moorefield, Newbridge, 3.30pm
Laois SFC final
Ballylinan v Portlaoise, O’Moore Park, 3.45pm
Louth SFC final
Dundalk Gaels v Newtown Blues, Gaelic Grounds, 3.30pm
Monaghan SFC final
Magheracloone v Scotstown, Clones, 3.30pm
Offaly SFC final
Clara v Rhode, O’Connor Park, 3.30pm
Tipperary SFC final
Clonmel Commercials v Killenaule, Semple Stadium, 3.30pm
Tyrone SFC final
Omagh v Errigal Ciaran, Healy Park, 4pm
Wicklow SFC final
Blessington v Rathnew, Aughrim, 3pm
Carlow SHC final
Mount Leinster Rangers v Naomh Eoin, Netwatch Cullen Park, 3.45pm
Clare SHC final
Clooney-Quin v Sixmilebridge, Cusack Park, 3.30pm
Kerry SHC final replay
Ballyduff v Lixnaw, Austin Stack Park, 3pm
Limerick SHC final
Na Piarsaigh v Kilmallock, Gaelic Grounds, 4pm – TG4
London SHC final
Robert Emmetts v Kilburn Gaels, Ruislip, 2.30pm
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GOLF
USPGA Tour – CIMB Classic, TPC Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 12-15 –Day two’s play begins 3:30am Sky Sports The Open, i.e Late Thursday/Early Friday – Day three 4am, Sky Sports Main Event/ Sky Sports The Open – late Friday/Early Saturday
European Tour – Italian Open, Golf Club Milano, October 12-15 – Coverage of day two live 9am Sky Sports Main Event/ Sky Sports The Open
USLPGA Tour – LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship, Sky 72 Golf Club Ocean Course, South Korea, October 12-15
USPGA Champions Tour – SAS Championship, Prestonwood CC, US, October 13-15
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ICE HOCKEY
There are five NHL games today, with a face-off times ranging from midnight to 3:30am – i.e. Late Friday night/ early Saturday morning
Live:
New Jersey Devils v Washington Capitals, midnight, eir Sport 2
Vegas Golden Knights v Detroit Red Wings, 3:30am, eir Sport 2 – i.e. late Fri night/early Sat morning
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RUGBY UNION
Champions Cup – Ulster v Wasps, 7:45pm, BT Sport 2
European Rugby Challenge Cup – Enisei-STM v Bordeaux-Begles, 10am – Agen v Zebre, 7pm – Cardiff Blues v Lyon, 7pm – Sale Sharks v Toulouse, 8pm
Mitre 10 Cup – Auckland v Canterbury, 7:35am, Sky Sports Action
Currie Cup – Blue Bulls v Pumas, 6pm, Sky Sports Action
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SNOOKER
Next up:
English Open, Barnsley, runs October 16 – 22
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TENNIS
ATP Shanghai Rolex Masters, Shanghai, China, October 9-15 – live coverage of the fifth day is live on Sports Arena HD, 6am and Sky Sports Main Event, 7:30am
WTA Generali Ladies Linz, Linz, Austria, October 9-15, quarter-finals, 3pm Eurosport 2
WTA Hong Kong Tennis Open, Hong Kong, October 9-15 – quarter-finals, live on BT Sport 1 at 7am
WTA Tianjin Open, Tianjin, China
Posted: 13th October 2017
