Friday 17 November 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Friday 17 November 2017
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FOOTBALL
Championship – Burton Albion v Sheffield Utd, 7:45pm – Preston North End v Bolton Wanderers, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football/ Sky Sports Main Event
Ligue 1 – Lille v St Etienne, 6pm – Amiens v Monaco, 7:45pm, BT Sport 3
La Liga – Girona v Real Sociedad, 8pm, Sky Sports Mix
Bundesliga – VFB Stuttgart v Borussia Dortmund, 7:30pm, BT Sport 2
Belgian First Division – Charleroi v Mechelen, 7:30pm
A-League – Brisbane Roar FC v Melbourne City FC, 8:50am, BT Sport 2
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HORSERACING
The Friday line-up is:
Lingfield, 11:50am – An eight-race card, with field-sizes of 13-11-8-8-12-11-12 and 12 on a card that contains six handicaps (one of them a nursery, one of them for fillies and two of them for apprentices) plus a 12-furlong maiden for 3yo+ and a 2yo novice stakes race; jockeys in action include Luke Morris, Franny Norton, James Doyle, Josephine Gordon, Joe Fanning, David Probert, Sen Levey, Fran Berry, Silvestre de Sousa (one ride, Tiercel for Roger Varian, 2pm) and Rob Havlin, to name just a few; the most-valuable race is the fillies handicap at 1:25pm, which is worth £15,500
Newcastle, 12:30pm – A six-race NH card, with field-sizes of 14-17-4-10-7 & 13, top jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Brian Hughes, Henry Brooke, Danny Cook, Sean Quinlan, Joe Coliver and Callum Bewley to name just a few.
Cheltenham, 12:40pm – the card features the £45,000 BetVictor Handicap Chase (1:50pm) and the £30,000 Grade 2 Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle (3:35pm) on a card that carries £159,000 in prize-money on day one of the three-day November Meeting at the track, top jockeys in action include Barry Geraghty, Adrian Heskin, Will Kennedy, Keith Donoghue, Harry Skelton, Aidan Coleman, Bryan Cooper, Robbie Power, Nick Scholfield, Davy Russell and Lizzie Kelly to name just a few. There are plenty of Irish trained runners on the card.
Dundalk, 5:30pm – An eight-race card, where the feature is the Dundalk Stadium – Light Up Your Night Handicap (8pm), top jockeys in action include Kevin Manning, Wayne Lordan, Chris Hayes, Leigh Roche, Gary Carroll, Declan McDonogh, Rory Cleary, Conor Hoban and Niall McCullagh to name just a few.
Chelmsford, 5:45pm – An eight-race card made up of five handicaps, a claimer, a 2yo race and a 10-furlong maiden for 3yo+; field-sizes are 9-4-5-14-11-11-14 and 11; the feature race is the £15,000 seven-furlong handicap at 7:15pm; jockeys in action on the card include Joe Fanning, David Probert, Luke Morris, Danny Tudhope, Sean Levey, James Doyle, Robert Havlin, Josephine Gordon, Franny Norton and Stevie Donohoe, to name just a few
They also race in UAE at Jebel Ali (10:30am), later in the shops it is Club Hipico (5:30pm) in Chile and Finger Lakes (5:15pm) in the USA
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Aquaduct, 5:20pm, Laurel Park, 5:30pm, Gulfstream, 5:35pm, Del Mar, 8:30pm, and Golden Gate Fields, 8:45pm
The South African meeting is Fairview (11am)
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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 is the Betfred Eclipse Stakes meeting at Nottingham on TuesdayNovember 21st
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 11
Sunday November 19 – seven games at 6pm, Buffalo Bills @ Los Angeles Chargers, 9:05pm, two at 9:25pm and Philadelphia Eagles @ Dallas Cowboys, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event, i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Monday November 20 – Atalanta Falcons @ Seattle Seahawks, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
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BASKETBALL
There are 11 NBA matches today, with start times ranging from 12am to 3:30am– i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Live:
Oklahoma City Thunder @ San Antonio Spurs, 1am, BT Sport 1
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Coming up:
Saturday November 18 – in Belfast, the SSE Arena, Carl Frampton v Horacio Garcia, a ten-round featherweight contest
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CRICKET
Twenty20 Series (Day one) – Australia Women v England Women, 8:10am
Domestic First Class Multi-Day Match (Day four) – Cricket Australia Xl v England, midnight
TEST Series (First Test) – India v Sri Lanka, 4am, Sky Sports Main Event i.e. late Fri night/early Sat morning
Ram Slam T20 Challenge – Coverage of a match from South Africa’s domestic competition, Sky Sports Main Event/ Sky Sports Cricket 4pm
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DARTS
Coming up on the PDC calendar:
PDC Grand Slam of Darts, Civic Hall Wolverhampton, November 11-19: day seven, 7pm on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 race is the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, the final race on the 2017 F1 Grand Prix season, November 24-26
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 18 November
International Rules Series second test
Australia v Ireland, Domain Stadium, Perth, 8.45am
Leinster club JFC final
Multyfarnham (Westmeath) v Erin Rovers (Offaly), TEG Cusack Park, 2pm
Sunday 19 November
Leinster club SHC semi-finals
Kilcormac-Killoughey (Offaly) v Mount Leinster Rangers (Carlow), O’Connor Park, 2pm
Cuala (Dublin) v St Martin’s (Wexford), Parnell Park, 2pm
Munster club SHC final
Ballygunner (Waterford) v Na Piarsaigh (Limerick), Semple Stadium, 2pm, TG4
Ulster club SFC semi-final replay
Derrygonnelly (Fermanagh) v Cavan Gaels (Cavan), TBC, TBC
Connacht club IFC final
Michael Glavey’s (Roscommon) v Claregalway (Galway), Hyde Park, 2pm
Connacht club JFC final
Lahardane (Mayo) v Ballymote (Sligo), MacHale Park, 2pm
Munster club IHC final
Kilmaley (Clare) v Kanturk (Cork), Gaelic Grounds, 2pm
Super 11’s AIG Fenway Hurling Classic (from Fenway Park, Boston, USA) – Galway v Dublin, 5:30pm and Clare v Tipperary, 7pm, both live on TG4
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GOLF
USPGA Tour – The RSM CLASSIC, Sea Island Resort, Seaside Course – Thurs 16th Nov – Sunday 19thNovember – day two is live on Sky Sports The Open at 6:30pm
PGA European Tour – DP World Tour Championship Dubai, Jumeirah Golf Estates, Thurs 16th Nov – Sunday 19th – day two, live on Sky Sports The Open at 8am and Sky Sports Main Event at 11:15am
USLPGA Tour – CME Group Tour Championship, Tiburon Golf Club, US, Thurs 16th Nov – Sunday 19th – day two, live on Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports The Open from 9:30pm
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 2 NHL matches today – with start times ranging from midnight to 12:30am – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Live:
Detroit Red Wings v Buffalo Sabres, 12:30am, eir Sport 1
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Next games:
Friday 17 November
Rugby League World Cup – Australia v Samoa, 9:30am
Saturday 18 November
Rugby League World Cup – Tonga v Lebanon, 4am – New Zealand v Fiji, 6:30am
Sunday 19 November
Rugby League World Cup – England v Papua New Guinea, 5am
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Friday 17 November
Aviva Premiership – Gloucester v Saracens, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1
Anglo-Welsh Cup – Cardiff Blues v Ospreys, 7:15pm – Dragons v Scarlets, 7:30pm
Saturday 18 November
Aviva Premiership – Worcester v Northampton, 1pm – Wasps v Newcastle Falcons, 5:15pm
Internationals – Italy v Argentina, 2pm – Wales v Georgia, 2:30pm – England v Australia, 3pm, Sky Sports Action – Scotland v New Zealand, 5:15pm – Ireland v Fiji,5:30pm, Sky Sports Action – France v South Africa, 7:45pm
Top 14 – Clermont Auvergne v Lyon, 1:45pm – and four matches at 5pm
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SNOOKER
Next up:
Shanghai Masters, China, November 13-18 – day five is live on Eurosport 1 at 6am and 11:30am
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TENNIS
Next up:
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England, November 12-19, day six, live on Sky Sports Main Event from 1pm, Sky Sports Arena HD from midday and 5:45pm, and BBC2 from 2pm
Davis Cup World Group Final, November 24-26
Posted: 17th November 2017
