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FRIDAY 17 MARCH 2017   

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FRIDAY 17 MARCH 2017

IT’S ST PATRICK’S DAY AND ALSO THE FINAL DAY OF THE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL 2017!!

HAPPY ST PATRICK’S DAY EVERYONE!!

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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Euro Lucky Numbers

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FOOTBALL

Friday March 17

THE DRAW FOR THE QUARTER-FINALS OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WILL BE MADE AT 11AM (Eurosport 1 and BT Sport 2)

THE DRAW FOR THE QUARTER-FINALS OF THE EUROPA LEAGUE WILL BE MADE AT MIDDAY (Eurosport 1 and BT Sport 2)

ChampionshipBristol City v Huddersfield, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 1 – Sheffield Weds v Reading, 7:45pm

League OnePort Vale v Shrewsbury Town, 7:45pm

La LigaLas Palmas v Villarreal, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 5

BundesligaBorussia Dortmund v FC Ingolstadt 04, 7:30pm, BT Sport 1

Ligue 1Lille v Marseille, 7:45pm, BT Sport 2

Portuguese Primeira LigaEstoril v Boavista, 8:30pm

EredivisieRoda JC Kerk v FC Twente, 7pm

League Of Ireland Premier DivisionBohemians v v Galway Utd, 7:45pm – Derry City v Drogheda, 7:45pm – Dundalk v St Patricks Athletic, 7:45pm – Shamrock Rovers v Cork City, 8pm

League Of Ireland First DivisionShelbourne v Waterford Utd, 7:45pm – Wexford Youths v U.C.D., 8pm

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HORSERACING

The Friday line-up is:

Lingfield Park, 1:10pm – six races, with field-sizes of 6-10-5-6-6 and 10; the feature is an £11,500 12f handicap at 3:05pm; jockeys in action include Oisin Murphy, Shane Kelly, Phillip Makin, Pat Cosgrave, Timmy Murphy, Hollie Doyle, David Probert, Fran Berry, Stevie Donohoe, Liam Keniry, Joe Fanning, Ted Durcan, Tom Marquand, John Egan and a young apprentice who caught the eye at Dundalk last year, Rossa Ryan, who rides Willwams (1:45pm) for his new boss Richard Hannon

Cheltenham, 1:30pm – the final day of the Festival; the seven-race card today is made up of the Grade 1 JCB Triumph Hurdle, the Grade 3 Randox Health County Handicap Hurdle, the Grade 1 Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle, the Grade 1 Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase, the St. James’s Place Foxhunter Challenge Cup Open Hunters’ Chase, the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockey’s Handicap Hurdle and the final race of the festival the Grade 3 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Challenge Cup Handicap Chase The meeting will be broadcast live into shops, on Racing UK, on ITV, UTV and on TV3 (and there will be a highlights show on 3e at 6pm)

Down Royal, 1:50pm – One of two meetings from Ireland on St Patrick’s Day, the other being Wexford; at Down Royal, the field-sizes are 15-18-14-6-5-7 and 17; there is a hunters’ chase at 5:05pm and the most-valuable contest is the €20,000 Daily Mirror Chase at 4:30pm; jockeys in action include Phillip Enright, Mark Enright, Robbie Colgan, Mark Bolger, Chris Timmons and Noel McParlan

Fakenham, 2pm – six races, with field-sizes of 5-5-8-9-6 and 7; the feature is the £14,000 Totepool Fakenham Silver Cup Handicap Hurdle (4pm), in which Ireland’s Gavin Cromwell runs Highland Fling; jockeys riding on the card include Robbie Dunne, Richie McLernon, Trevor Whelan, Sean Bowen, Leighton Aspell, Conor Shoemark, Gina Andrews and Jake Greenall

Wexford, 2:20pm – field-sizes on St Patrick’s Day are 9-12-11-8-5-12 and 9; the most-valuable race is the €26,000 Arctic Tack Stud Veterans Handicap Chase at 5:25pm; jockeys in action include Luke McGuinness, Andrew Lynch, Brian Hayes, Jody McGarvey, Barry Cash, Luke Dempsey, Ger Fox, Roger Loughran, Brian O’Connell, Andrew Ring, Stephen Gray and Conor Maxwel,

Wolverhampton, 5:45pm – seven races, with field-sizes of 9-8-5-13-13-7 and 13; jockeys in action include Silvestre de Sousa, Josephine Gordon, Franny Norton, Fran Berry, Danny Tudhope, Tony Hamilton, Sean Levey, Richard Kingscote, Nicky Mackay, Luke Morris, Martin Harley, Stevie Donohoe, Timmy Murphy, Adam Kirby, James Sullivan, Ben Curtis, David Probert and Tom Eaves

They also race Jebel Ali at 10am, and in India at Bangalore (10:15am); later in the shops, it is Club Hipico in Chile (5:30pm)

The Turf TV USA line-up is Gulfstream, 4:35pm, Aqueduct, 5:20pm, Sunland Park, 7:30pm, Golden Gate Fields, 7:45pm, and Santa Anita, 8pm

The South African meetings are Fairview (10:35am) and Greyville (4:20pm)

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GREYHOUNDS

The Friday line-up is as follows:

10:31am – KINSLEY

10:38am – SWINDON

2:22pm – HOVE

2:28pm – MONMORE

6:28pm – NOTTINGHAM

6:33pm – CRAYFORD

6:39pm – SHEFFIELD

The next meeting live on Sky Sports is the Arc meeting at Swindon on March 22nd

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BASKETBALL

There are eight NBA games today, with start times ranging from midnight on Friday to 3:30am on Saturday – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning

Live games:

No games listed as being live in Ire/UK

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Live games:

There is live action scheduled (second round of NCAA tournament known as “March Madness”) for 4pm, 6:30pm, 9pm and 11pm on BT Sport ESPN and at 1:30am on the same channel – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning

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BOXING/UFC

Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/

Upcoming fights include:

Today (York Hall, Bethnal Green, 10pm, Sky Sports 1/Mix)Reece Bellotti v Dai Davies, 10 Rounds Featherweight Title eliminator and Craig Richards v Alan Higgins, 10 Rounds Super-Middleweight – Nxtgen Boxing

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CRICKET

TEST Series 2017New Zealand v South Africa, 10pm, day three, Sky Sports 5

TEST Series 2017India v Australia, 4am, i.e. late Fri night/early Sat morning, day three – Sky Sports 2

North v South 50 Overs Series 2017North v South, 6am

Plunket Shield 2016/2017Auckland v Northern Districts, 9:30pm – Central Districts v Wellington, 9:30pm – Canterbury v Otago Volts, 9:30pm

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CYCLING

Check out this website – http://www.uci.ch/road/calendar/

The next main events…

From the UCI road calendar

Tour du Cameroun – March 11-19

From the track calendar:

Six Day Finale, Mallorca, March 17

Belgian International Track Meeting, March 17-18

China Track Cup, March 18-19

African Track Championships, March 20-24

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DARTS

The Premier League darts moves into week eight on Thursday, March 23rd, from the Manchester Arena, live on Sky Sports 1 from 7pm. The games are:

Michael van Gerwen v James Wade
Kim Huybrechts v Gary Anderson
Peter Wright v Phil Taylor
Jelle Klaasen v Adrian Lewis
Raymond van Barneveld v Michael van Gerwen

NB – *Michael van Gerwen plays twice in week eight to make up for missing his fixture against James Wade in week five due to a back injury

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FORMULA ONE

The first race of the 2017 season will be the Australian Grand Prix, March 23rd to March 26th, The F1 Champion of 2016 was Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), who retired from the sport on Friday Dec 02, 2016

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GAA

Next games:

Today

Friday 17 March

All-Ireland club SHC final
Ballyea (Clare) v Cuala (Dublin), Croke Park, 3pm, live on TG4

All-Ireland club SFC final
Dr Crokes (Kerry) v Slaughtneil (Derry), Croke Park, 5pm, live on TG4

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GOLF

On the PGA Tour, it is day two of the Arnold Palmer Invitational – day two, 6pm, Sky Sports 4

On the LPGA Tour, it is day two of the Bank Of Hope Founders Cup, Phoenix, Arizona (March 16-19) and the World Ladies Championship, day two, live on Sky Sports 4 at 5am (early on Saturday morning), a team and individuals event from Mission Hills in Haikou, China

On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), it is day one of the Tuscon Conquistadores Classic, Tuscon, USA (Mar 17-19)

On the European Seniors Tour, it is day two of the Sharjah Senior Golf Masters (presented by Shurooq) (Mar 16-18)

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ICE HOCKEY (NHL)

There are four games scheduled in the NHL today, with start times ranging from midnight today to 3am on Saturday – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning

Live games:

There are games scheduled to be live from 11pm on eir Sport 2 and at 2am on the same channel – i.e. late Friday night/early Sat morning

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RUGBY LEAGUE

Friday March 17

Super LeagueHull FC v Widnes Vikings, 8pm – Leeds Rhinos v Wakefield Trinity, 8pm, Sky Sports 2

Challenge CupLondon Broncos v Toronto Wolfpack, 8pm

NRLCanterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v New Zealand Warriors, 7am, eir Sport 2 – Gold Coast Titans v Parramatta Eels, 9:05am, eir Sport 2

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RUGBY UNION

Today:

FRIDAY March 17

Super RugbyCrusaders v Blues, 6:35am, Sky Sports 3 – Melbourne Rebels v Chiefs, 8:45am, Sky Sports 3 – Bulls v Sunwolves, 5pm, Sky Sports 2

Six Nations Under-20 ChampionshipIreland U20 v England U20, 5:45pm, RTE2 and Sky Sports Mix – France U20 v Wales, 8pm – Scotland U20 v Italy U20, 8:30pm

Women’s Six NationsScotland Women v Italy Women, 6:20pm – Ireland Women v England Women, 8pm, Sky Sports Mix

Ireland Legends v England Legends, 6pm, eir Sport 1, which is being played at the Royal Dublin Society

ChampionshipBedford v London Welsh, 7:45pm

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SNOOKER

Upcoming:

China Open, March 27 to April 2

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TENNIS

Upcoming tournaments:

ATP – BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, March 9-19 – live coverage on Sky Sports 3 from 6pm (quarter-final stage)

ATP – Miami Open, March 22 to April 2

WTA – BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, March 8-19 – live action (semi-finals) on BT Sport 1 at 2am – i.e. late Friday night/early Sat morning

WTA – Miami Open, March 21 to April 2

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OTHER SPORT

Alpine Skiing – 4:45pm, Eurosport 2

Ski Jumping – 3:15pm, Eurosport 2

Triathlon: Super League – Eurosport 1 at 6:30am

Biathlon – 12:30pm and 3:15pm, Eurosport 1

Cross-Country Skiing – 6pm, Eurosport 1

NCAA Wrestling (quarter-finals) – 3pm and midnight, BT Sport 2

Posted: 17th March 2017
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