Friday 19 January 2018
SPORTS PREVIEW
Friday 19 January 2018
————————————————————–
FOOTBALL
Friday Jan 19
Championship – Derby County v Bristol City, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event
League Two – Newport County AFC v Crawley Town, 7:45pm
Scottish Cup – Formartine United v Cove Rangers, 8pm
La Liga – Getafe v Athletic Bilbao, 8pm, Sky Sports Football Red Button
German Bundesliga – Hertha Berlin v Borussia Dortmund, 7:30pm, BT Sport 1
French Ligue 1 – Caen v Marseille, 7:45pm, BT Sport 3
A-League – Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne Victory, 8:50am, BT Sport 2
Portuguese Primeira Liga – GD Chaves v Vitoria de Guimaraes, 8:30pm,
Belgian First Division – Charleroi v Mouscron-Peruwelz, 7:30pm
Eredivisie – FC Utrecht v AZ Alkmaar, 7pm
Portuguese Primeira Liga – Vitoria Setubal v Sporting Lisbon, 7pm – FC Porto v Tondela, 9pm
————————————————————–
HORSERACING
Today’s meetings:
Musselburgh, 12:40pm – A seven-race card, with the feature being the £11,400 Gerry McGladery is 50 Handicap Hurdle (2:20pm, a qualifier for a two-mile series final); field-sizes are 9-11-8-7-8-7 and 10; jockeys in action include Danny Cook, Henry Brooke, Derek Fox, Brian Hughes, Robbie Dunne, Will Kennedy and Sean Quinlan; Ireland is represented on the card by Karl Thornton’s Oromo (12:40pm, Andrew Lynch), Colm McBratney’s Shipwreck (1:45pm, Andrew Lynch) and Karl Thornton’s Rancher Lass (2:55pm, Andrew Lynch)
Lingfield, 12:55pm – The feature race on a six-race card is the £19,000 Betway Sprint Handicap; the card consists of five handicaps and a novice stakes race for 3yo+ (10f); field-sizes are 6-7-8-9-7 and 8; jockeys in action include Oisin Murphy, Fran Berry, Stevie Donohoe, Rob Havlin, Martin Harley, Richard Kingscote, Martin Dwyer, Franny Norton, Dougie Costello, Tom Marquand, Liam Keniry and Hollie Doyle
Chepstow, 1:05pm – The most-valuable race on a six-race card is the £12,700 novice chase (2:10pm, just short of three miles, race 3 on card); field-sizes are 8-6-4-6-11 and 13; jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Sam Twiston-Davies, Sean Bowen, Jamie Moore, Gavin Sheehan and Tom Scudamore
Dundalk, 5pm – An eight-race card, with the feature being the €15,000 Bar One Racing Race (6f, 8pm); field-sizes are 14 (plus 3 reserves)-14 (plus 1 reserve)-14 (plus 1 reserve)-14 (plus 2 reserves)-14 (plus 3 reserves)-12-7 and 14 (plus 3 reserves), so it is pretty much as popular as ever; jockeys in action include Billy Lee, Wayne Lordan, Shane Foley, Donnacha O’Brien, Pat Smullen, Padraig Beggy, Gary Carroll and Kevin Manning, plus a number of talented and up-and-coming apprentice riders
Newcastle, 5:45pm – A seven-race card consisting of five handicaps, a 7f 3yo maiden and a 5f 3yo novice stakes race; field-sizes are 8-8-6-6-11-10 and 11; jockeys in action include Tony Hamilton, Joe Fanning, Luke Morris, Tom Eaves, Paul Mulrennan, Andrew Mullen, Phillip Makin, Graham Lee, Cam Noble, Kevin Stott, PJ McDonald, Cam Hardie, James Sullivan, Barry McHugh and Paddy Mathers
They also race in India at Chennai (10:15am) and Mysore (10:30am) and in France at Cagnes-Sur-Mer(12:47pm); later in the shops it is Club Hipico (5:30pm)
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 (10:35am, 9 races, five of which are for fillies and mares)
————————————————————–
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
————————————————————–
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Sunday 21st January
Conference Championships
Jacksonville Jaguars @ New England Patriots, 8:05pm
Minnesota Vikings @ Philadelphia Eagles, 11:40pm
College Football:
No games listed as live in Ire/UK
————————————————————–
BASKETBALL
There are seven NBA matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from midnight to 3:30am– i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Live games:
N/A
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Buffalo Bulls @ Western Michigan Broncos, midnight, BT Sport ESPN
St Bonaventure Bonnies @ Davidson Wildcats, midnight, BT Sport 1
Canisius Golden Griffins @ Manhattan Jaspers, 2am, BT Sport ESPN
—————————————————————
BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
This week’s fights include Errol Spence v Lamont Peterson – Welterweight world champion Errol Spence defends his IBF 147-pound title for the first time against former two-time champion Lamont Peterson in Brooklyn, New York, on Saturday 20 January
————————————————————–
CRICKET
Friday Jan 19
One Day International – Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 8:30am
New Zealand Super Smash – Northern Knights v Central Districts, 3am – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Under-19 World Cup – West Indies v Kenya, 9:30pm, England v Canada, 9:30pm, Afghanistan v Ireland, 9:30pm, and New Zealand v South Africa, 1am – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
————————————————————-
CYCLING
The Tour Down Under – stage five, taking place in Adelaide, 12:40am, eir Sport 1, – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
—————————————————————
DARTS
Next:
UK Qualifying School; Jan 18-21, Wigan, England
European Qualifying School; Jan 18-21, Hildesheim, Germany
————————————————————-
GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
Next games:
Saturday 20 January
McKenna Cup semi-final
Donegal v Armagh, Ballybofey, 6pm
Walsh Cup final
Kilkenny v Wexford, Nowlan Park, 2pm
All-Ireland club JFC semi-finals
Lahardane (Mayo) v Multyfarnham (Westmeath), Dr Hyde Park, 2pm
Knocknagree (Cork) v Naomh Colmcille (Donegal), TEG Cusack Park, 2pm
All-Ireland club IHC semi-final
Tooreen (Mayo) v Ballyragget (Kilkenny), Gaelic Grounds, 2pm
All-Ireland club JHC semi-finals
Sylane (Galway) v Fethard (Wexford), Parnell Park, 3pm
———————————————-
GOLF
USPGA Tour – CareerBuilder Challenge, PGA West (TPC Stadium Course), USA, Jan 18-21 – day two, live on Sky Sports Main Event 4pm and Sky Sports The Open, 4pm and 8pm
PGA European Tour – Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, Abu Dhabi Golf Club, UAE, Jan 18-21, day two, 7am, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports The Open
USLPGA Tour – The next tournament will be the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic, Paradise Island, Bahamas, January 25-28
USPGA Champions Tour – The Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, Hawaii (Saturday finish), January 15-20
Seniors Tour, Europe – TBC
————————————————————-
ICE HOCKEY
There are three NHL matches scheduled today, with start times ranging from 12:30am to 3am – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Live games:
Washington Capitals v Montreal Canadiens, 12:30am, eir Sport 2
—————————————————————–
RUGBY LEAGUE
Saturday 20 January
Challenge Cup – 23 ties including Gloucester v Pau, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Action
—————————————————————–
RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Friday Jan 19
European Rugby Challenge Cup – Gloucester v Section Paloise, 7:45pm
Saturday Jan 20
European Rugby Champions Cup – Glasgow Warriors v Exeter Chiefs, 10pm, BT Sport 3 – Montpellier v Leinster, 1pm – Clermont v Ospreys, 3:15pm, BT Sport 2 – Saracens v Northampton, 3:15pm, BT Sport 3 – Benetton v Bath, 5:30pm, BT Sport 3 – Scarlets v Toulon, 5:30pm
European Rugby Challenge Cup – Enisei-STM v Newcastle, 10am – Dragons v Bordeaux Begles, 10am – Olympique Lyon v Cardiff Blues, 5pm – Stade Toulouse v Sale Sharks, 5pm – Zebre v SU Agen, 2pm – Krasny Yar v London Irish, 1pm – Stade Francais v Edinburgh, 8pm, BT Sport 3 – Brive v Worcester, 2:20pm – Connacht v Oyonnax, 2:30pm
Guinness PRO14 – Cheetahs v Southern Kings, 3pm
Sunday Jan 21
European Rugby Champions Cup – Leicester v Racing 92, 1pm – Munster v Castres, 1pm – Stade Rochelais v Harlequins, 3:15pm – Wasps v Ulster, 3:15pm, BT Sport 2
————————————————————-
SNOOKER
Next up:
Dafabet Masters, London, Alexandra Palace, 14 January – 21 January, 1pm and 7pm, BBC Two – 1pm and 6:45pm, Eurosport 2
————————————————————–
TENNIS
WTA/ATP, Australian Open, Mon Jan 15 to Sun Jan 28 – day five, 7:45am, Eurosport 1, and 6am and 8am, Eurosport – Day six coverage from midnight and 2am on Eurosport 1 and midnight, 2am and 4am on Eurosport 2 – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Posted: 18th January 2018