FRIDAY 19th MAY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
FRIDAY 19 MAY 2017
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FOOTBALL
Friday May 19
Scottish Premiership – a game will be live at 7:45pm, BT Sport 1,
League Of Ireland Premier Division – (All at 7:45pm) – Bray Wanderers v Bohemians – Cork City v Drogheda – Derry City v Shamrock Rovers – Galway Utd v Finn Harps – Limerick v Dundalk – St Patricks Ath v Sligo Rovers
La Liga – Granada v Espanyol, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 5
League Of Ireland First Division – Cabinteely v Athlone Town, 7:45pm – U.C.D. v Cobh Ramblers, 7:45pm – Waterford Utd v Longford Town, 7:45pm – Wexford Youths v Shelbourne, 8pm
Chinese Super League – Beijing Guoan v Guangzhou R&F, 11am – Guangzhou Evergrande v Jiangsu Suning FC, 1pm, Sky Sports 1
MLS – New York Red Bulls v Toronto FC, 00:03am
UEFA European U-17 Championship – The Final, 6:45pm, Eurosport 2
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HORSERACING
The Friday line-up is:
Newbury, 1:30pm – featuring the £30,000 Starlight Handicap at 2:35pm; the first Frankel two-year-old to run this season, Westerland (trained by John Gosden), a half-brother to Showcasing, makes his debut in the 2pm race
Newmarket, 1:40pm – featuring the £30,000 Edmondson Hall Solicitors & Sports Lawyers Handicap at 3:55pm
York, 2:20pm – with the feature being the Listed Langley’s Solicitors British EBF Marygate Fillies’ Stakes (2:20pm), the Listed Longines Irish Champions Weekend Fillies’ Stakes (2:55pm) and the Group 2 Betway Yorkshire Cup (3:30pm)
Cork, 5:15pm – A seven-race flat card, the most-valuable race being the €21,500 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Fillies Maiden at 8pm
Downpatrick, 5:25pm – A seven-race card, the most-valuable one being the €15,000 Kilmore Rec & Corner Inn Bar Rated Novice Hurdle at 6pm
Aintree, 5:35pm – featuring the £22,500 Neil Sutherland Memorial Handicap Chase at 8:20pm
Newcastle, 5:45pm – featuring the £20,000 Newcastle International Airport Handicap (6:50pm) and the £18,000 Rutherford Wilkinson Fillies’ Handicap (7:20pm)
Hamilton, 5:55pm – featuring the £25,000 PDM Mains To Drains Braveheart Handicap at 7:30pm; Ireland’s Pat Shanahan has three runners on the card
They also race at Ooty in India (10:30am) and in France at Saint-Cloud (12:45pm); later in shops it is Woodbine, 6pm, in Canada and Club Hipico in Chile, 7:30pm
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Pimlico, 4:30pm, Gulfstream, 6:15pm, Belmont Park, 6:30pm, Golden Gate Fields, 8:40pm and Santa Anita, 9pm
The South African meetings are Fairview (11:05am) and Greyville (3:40pm), where there is a Grade 2 race at 7:10pmand a Listed Race at 8:50pm
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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 meeting live on Sky Sports is the English Greyhound Derby Third Round meeting at Towcester on June 17th
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 9 of the season
Friday 19 May
Geelong Cats v Western Bulldogs, 11:10am, BT Sport 3
Saturday 20 May
St Kilda v Sydney Swans, 4:45am – GWS Giants v Richmond, 5:10am – Brisbane Lions v Adelaide Crows, 7:35am – Collingwood v Hawthorn, 10:25am
Sunday 21 May
Essendon v West Coast Eagles, 4:10am – Melbourne v North Melbourne, 4:15am – Fremantle v Carlton, 7:40am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 15 MLB games today, with start times ranging from 7:20pm on Friday to 3:10am on Saturday morning – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Live games:
Chicago Cubs v Milwaukee Brewers, 7:15pm, BT Sport ESPN
Baltimore Orioles v Toronto Blue Jays, midnight, BT Sport ESPN
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BASKETBALL
In the NBA:
We are into the play-offs part of the season, with the next games to scheduled for May 20th
Live games:
As above
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
This week’s fights include:
On Saturday in Stratford, East London, the IBF super-featherweight title holder Gervonta Davis, who is from Baltimore, USA, will defend his belt against Liam Walsh, who is from Rochdale, England, and is the reigning Commonwealth super-featherweight champion
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CRICKET
Next games:
Friday May 19
Tri-Series In Ireland – Ireland v Bangladesh, 10:45am, eir Sport 1
Tour Match – Sussex v South Africa, 2pm
IPL – Mumbai Indians v TBC, 3:30pm, Sky Sports 1
County Championship Division 1 – four games, all at 11am
County Championship Division 2 – three games, all at 11am
Saturday May 20
IPL – No games scheduled
Sunday May 21
Tri-Series In Ireland – Ireland v New Zealand, 10:45am
IPL – Rising Pune Supergiant v TBC, 3:30pm
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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
Giro d’Italia – coverage of stage 13, a 167km journey from Reggio Emilia to Tortona, midday, Eurosport 1
Tour Of California – Coverage of stage six, a 24km individual time-trial from Big Bear Lake, 10pm, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
Next up:
Players Championship 11 (Milton Keynes) – Sat May 20
Players Championship 12 (Milton Keynes) – Sun May 21
Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, May 24-25
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FORMULA ONE
The next race in the 2017 Formula One season is the Monaco Grand Prix, May 25-28
Followed by the Canada Grand Prix, June 9-11
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GAA
Next games:
Saturday 20 May
Ulster SFC preliminary round
Monaghan v Fermanagh, Clones, 7pm
Christy Ring Cup semi-finals
Carlow v Wicklow, Netwatch Cullen Park, 3pm
Antrim v Down, Cushendall, 5pm
Christy Ring Cup relegation play-off
Mayo v Roscommon, Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, 5pm
Nicky Rackard Cup semi-final
Tyrone v Armagh, Carrickmore, 3pm
Lory Meagher Cup round 5
Lancashire v Warwickshire, Old Bedians, Manchester, 3pm
Fermanagh v Cavan, Brewster Park, 3pm
Leitrim v Sligo, Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, 3pm
Sunday 21 May
Connacht SFC quarter-final
Mayo v Sligo, MacHale Park, 2pm – LIVE ON RTE
Leinster SFC first round
Louth v Wicklow, Parnell Park, 3pm
Laois v Longford, O’Moore Park, 3pm
Carlow v Wexford, Netwatch Cullen Park, 3pm
Ulster SFC quarter-final
Donegal v Antrim, Ballybofey, 4pm
Munster SHC quarter-final
Tipperary v Cork, Semple Stadium, 4pm – LIVE ON RTE
Nicky Rackard Cup semi-final
Monaghan v Derry, Inniskeen, 1pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – It is day two of the Rocco Forte Open, Verdura, Italy, May 18-21, 10:30am and 2:30pm, Sky Sports 4
USPGA Tour – It is day two of the AT&T Byron Nelson, TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colina, USA, May 18-21, 9pm, Sky Sports 4
LPGA Tour – It is day two of the Kingsmill Championship Presented by JTBC, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 18-21
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour) – It is day two of the Regions Tradition, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, May 18-21
On the European Seniors Tour, the next tournament is the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, Trump National, Washington DC, USA, May 25-28
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ICE HOCKEY (NHL)
The Stanley Cup Conference semi-finals ended on May 11.
Game 4 – Today’s game is Pittsburgh Penguins @ Ottawa Senators, eir Sport 2, 1am – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning – The best-of-seven series was tied *-* after Game 3
ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
This tournament runs from May 5-21 – 16 teams, two host cities > Cologne and Paris
Live:
No games listed as live in Ire/UK
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Friday 19 May
NRL – New Zealand Warriors v St George Illawarra Dragons, 9am, eir Sport 2 and Brisbane Broncos v Wests Tigers, 10:50am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Next:
Friday 19 May
Pro12, semi-final – Leinster v Scarlets, 7:45pm, TG4/Sky Sports 1
Champions Cup semi-final play-off – Stade Francais v Cardiff Blues, 7pm – the play-off final will be played on Friday 26 May at 7:45pm
Top 14, semi-final – Toulon v Castres, 8pm, Sky Sports Mix
Super Rugby – Chiefs v Crusaders, 8:35am, Sky Sports 1 and Stormers v Blues, 6pm, Sky Sports 3
Posted: 18th May 2017