Friday 15 September 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Friday 15 September 2017
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FOOTBALL
Friday Sept 15
Premier League – Bournemouth v Brighton and Hove Albion, 8pm, Sky Sports Main Event
Scottish Premiership – Partick Thistle v Rangers, 7:45pm BT Sport 1
League of Ireland Premier – Bray Wanderers v Limerick – Drogheda v Bohemians – Galway United FC V Derry City – all 7:45pm
League of Ireland First Division – Shelbourne v Athlone, 7:45pm – Wexford Youths v Waterford United, 8pm
French Ligue 1 – Angers v Metz, 6pm – Toulouse v Bordeaux, 7:45pm
La Liga – Eibar v Leganes, 8pm, Sky Sports Football
Bundesliga – Hannover 96 v Hamburg, 7:30pm BT Sport 3
Belgian Jupiler League – Club Brugge v Mechelen, 7:30pm
Dutch Eredivisie – Sparta Rotterdam v AZ Alkmaar, 7pm
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HORSERACING
The Friday line-up is:
Doncaster, 1:20pm – Day three of the four-day St Leger meeting (Gentlemen’s Day) where there is a £30,000 Listed Race at 1:20pm, the £60,000 Group 3 Japan Racing Association Sceptre Stakes at 1:50pm, the £70,000 Group 2 Wainwrights Flying Childers Stakes for 2yos at 2:25pm, the £40,000 Mallard Handicap at 3pm and the feature race, which is the £100,000 Group 2 Doncaster Cup (3:35pm), one of the main staying races of the year in Britain. Runners from Ireland on the card are Jessica Harrington’s Drumfad Bay (1:50pm, Colm O’Donoghue), Aidan O’Brien’s Music Box (Ryan Moore) and Smoulder (Silvestre de Sousa) in the 1:50pm, and Willie Mullins’ Thomas Hobson (3:35pm, Ryan Moore)
Sandown, 1:30pm – The card starts with a 2yo maiden and is followed by a handicap, a 2yo race then four handicaps; the most-valuable contest is the £13,000 Inkerman London Handicap (3:10pm); jockeys in action include Fran Berry, Pat Dobbs, Sean Levey, Shane Kelly, Harry Bentley, Ben Curtis, Ted Durcan, Jamie Spencer, Pat Cosgrave, Martin Dwyer, William Carson and Robert Tart; field-sizes are 13-11-15-13-9-15 and 10
Listowel, 2:05pm – Day six of the seven-day Harvest Festival, a mixed card where the feature is the €55,000 Guinness Handicap (3:50pm, 1m4f); the card starts with a 2yo fillies’ maiden and is followed by three handicaps, a €30,000 chase, a handicap hurdle, a maiden hurdle and a bumper
Chester, 2:15pm – The card starts with a 2yo race and is followed by a nursery handicap, two handicaps a 3yo+ fillies’ maiden, another handicap and, finally, a handicap for “gentleman amateurs”; no race is worth less than £10,000 and field-sizes are 6-9-4-12-10-6 and 12; jockeys in action include Paul Hanagan, Fergus Sweeney, Franny Norton, Tom Eaves, Paul Mulrennan, David Probert, Andrew Mullen, Phillip Makin, David Nolan and Shane Gray
Salisbury, 4:25pm – A six-race card that is made up of a 2yo race (that starts the card, two nursery handicaps a 6f handicap, a Conditions Stakes race and a 3yo maiden; the feature is the £20,000 Bathwick Tyres “Persian Punch” Conditions Stakes race at 6:35pm, backed up by a £14,000 fillies’ handicap at 6:05pm; field-sizes are 15-7-16-8-8 and 7; jockeys in action include Harry Bentley, Pat Cosgrave, Pat Dobbs, Liam Keniry, Tom Marquand, Eddy Greatrex, Tom Queally, Josephine Gordon, Sean Levey, Kieran Shoemark, Timmy Murphy and Hollie Doyle
They also race in Compiegne in France, (10:55am) Finger Lakes in the USA (6:10pm) Club Hipico in Chile (6pm) and Mysore in India (10:40am)
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Woodbine, 6pm, Laurel Park, 6:10pm, Beelterra Park, 6:20pm, and Belmont Park, 6:30pm
The South African meeting is Fairview (12:30pm)
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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 Sky card will be the East Anglian Derby meeting from Yarmouth, Thurs, Sept 21, 7pm, Sky Sports Action
The Irish Greyhound Derby continues at Shelbourne on Saturday 17 September with the semi-finals
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
College Football
Illinois Fighting Illini @ South Florida Bulls, Midnight, BT Sport ESPN – late Fri night/early Sat morning
Arizona Wildcats @ UTEP Milners, 3:15am BT Sport ESPN – late Fri night/early Sat morning
Week 2 games, NFL:
Sunday 17 September
There are eight games at 6pm, two at 9:05pm, three at 9:25pm and one at 1:30am – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning – which is Green Bay Packers @ Atlanta Falcons
Monday 18 September
Detroit Lions @ New York Giants, 1:30am – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 15 games taking place today, with start times ranging from 7:20pm to 3:15am – i.e. late Fri night/early Sat morning
Live:
St Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs, 7:20pm, BT Sport ESPN
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Big fight coming up:
Saturday September 16, 2017 – Gennady Golovkin vs Canelo Alvarez, much anticipated Middleweight title fight from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas – Kazakhstan’s Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) will defend his middleweight titles against Alvarez, the biggest boxing star in Mexico. Alvarez, whose only loss was at the hands of Floyd Mayweather Jr, is coming off a lopsided win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr last month in Las Vegas.
Saturday September 16, 2017 – Billy Joe Saunders vs Willie Monroe Jr, Billy Joe Saunders makes the second defence of his WBO middleweight title against 30 year old New Yorker Willie Monroe Jr. The fight takes place in the Copper Box Arena in London just hours before the Gennady Golovkin v Canelo Alvarez fight in Las Vegas
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CRICKET
Friday September 15
Twenty20 – Pakistan v World XI, 4pm
County Championship Division 1 – Middlesex v Hampshire – Somerset v Lancashire – Surrey v Yorkshire – Warwickshire v Essex – LiveSky Sports Cricket All 10:30am (final day)
County Championship Division 2 – Glamorgan v Northamptonshire – Gloucestershire v Kent – Sussex v Derbyshire – Worcestershire v Leicestershire – All 10:30am (final day)
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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
Tour of Denmark, Denmark, 12th – 16th September
From the track calendar:
Ukraine National Championship Elite, Lviv, Ukraine, 12th – 17th September
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DARTS
Next up:
Unibet Champions League of Darts, Sept 16-17
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 Grand Prix will be the Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay, Sept 15-17
Practice 1, 9:30am Sky Sports F1/ Channel 4 – 10:55am eir Sport 1
Practice 2, 1:30pm Sky Sports F1/ Channel 4 – 2:25pm eir Sport 1
Followed by the Malaysia Grand Prix, the Sepang International Circuit, Sept 29 – Oct 01
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Next games:
Saturday 16 September
Derry SHC Final – Banagher v Slaughneil, TBC
Donegal SHC Final – St Eunan’s v Setanta, MacCumhaill Park, 3pm
Sunday 17 September
All Ireland SFC Final – Dublin v Mayo, 3:30pm, RTE/Sky
All Ireland MFC Final – Derry v Kerry, 1:15pm, TG4
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GOLF
PGA Tour – BMW Championship, Conway Farms Golf Club, Lake Forest, Illinois – Thursday 14thSeptember – Sunday 17th September, day two, 1pm and 5:30pm, Sky Sports The Open
European Tour – KLM Open, The Dutch, Gelderland, Netherlands – Thursday 14th September – Sunday 17th September, day two, 1pm and 5:30pm, Sky Sports The Open
LPGA Tour – The Evian Championship, Evian-les-Bains, France – Thursday 14th September – Sunday 17th September, day two, 10am and 2:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event/ Sky Sports The Open – DAY ONE HAD TO BE CANCELLED OWING TO POOR WEATHER SO THIS TOURNAMENT WILL NOW BE A 54-HOLE EVENT, BEGINNING TODAY (FRIDAY)
On the (Champions Tour) – Pacific Link Bear Mountain Championship, Bear Mountain Resort, Victoria, BC, Canada – Friday 15th September – Sunday 17th September, Day one.
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ICE HOCKEY
The new NHL season begins on Wednesday, October 4
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Friday 15 September
Betfred Super League – Leeds Rhinos v Salford Red Devils, 8pm – St Helens v Huddersfield Giants, 8pm
Super League Qualifiers – Hull KR v Catalans Dragons, 8pm, Sky Sports Arena – Leigh Centurions v Halifax RLFC,8pm
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RUGBY UNION
Friday 15 September
Mitre 10 Cup – Southland v Auckland, 6:45am – Taranaki v Bay of Plenty, 8:45am, Sky Sports Action
Aviva Premiership – Northampton v Bath, 7:45pm BT Sport 2– Worcester v Exeter, 7:45pm – Sale Sharks v London Irish, 8pm
Guinness Pro14 – Edinburgh v Benetton Rugby, – Dragons v Connacht, 7:30pm – Ulster v Scarlets, 7:35pm BBC Two
Currie Cup – Griquas v Sharks, 4pm, Sky Sports Action – Pumas v Western Province, 6pm, Sky Sports Action
The Championship – Jersey v Cornish Pirates, 7:45pm
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SNOOKER
The Indian Open runs from September 12-16
The Yushan World Open (from Yushan, China) runs from September 18-24
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TENNIS
WTA – Japan Women’s Open – Day six of the competition from Tokyo – Semi Finals
Davis Cup Semi Finals – Played across multiple locations from Friday 15th September to Sunday 17thSeptember
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OTHER SPORT
BAAMA – Coverage of the welterweight bout between Nathan Jones v Alex Lahore from the SSE Arena Wembley, 9pm Dave
Table Tennis European Team Championships – coverage of the event from d’Coque in Luxembourg, 9am Eurosport 2 – 12pm and 3pm Eurosport 1
Formula V8 3.5 – Race one of round 8 from the Circuit of Americas in Austin, 10:15pm BT Sport 2
Canadian Football League – Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Hamilton Tiger Cats, Midnight, BT Sport 2
Posted: 15th September 2017