Friday 25 August 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Friday 25 August 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Euro Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Friday Aug 25
The draw for the Europa League Group Stages from the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, midday, BT Sport 1
Championship – Bristol City v Aston Villa, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Mix/Football – Hull City v Bolton, 7:45pm
League Two – Notts County v Accrington Stanley, 7:45pm
French Ligue 1 – Paris Saint-Germain v St Etienne, 7:45pm, eir Sport 1/BT Sport 2
La Liga – Real Sociedad v Villarreal, 7:15pm, Sky Sports Mix – Real Betis v Celta Vigo, 9:15pm, Sky Sports Red Button
Bundesliga – Cologne v Hamburg, 7:30pm, BT Sport ESPN
National League – Macclesfield Town v Dover, 3pm
Dutch Eredivisie – NAC Breda v Sparta Rotterdam, 7pm
Portuguese Primeira Liga – Belenenses v Vitoria Setubal, 8:30pm
Belgian Pro League – Charleroi v Zulte Waregem, 7:30pm, eir Sport 2
Northern Irish Premiership – four games, two at 7:45pm and two at 8pm
MLS – New York Red Bulls v New York City FC, midnight, Sky Sports Football
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HORSERACING
The Friday line-up is :
York, 1:55pm – Day-three of the Ebor meeting on the Knavesmire, features the Group 1 Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes over 5f – providing the heavily anticipated clash between Lady Aurelia and Battaash (3:35pm). Also on the card is the Group 2 Weatherby’s Hamilton Lonsdale Cup for (2:25pm) and the Group 3 Sky Bet City Of York Stakes (3pm).
Newmarket , 2:05pm – Eight race card on the flat which begins with a Class 4 Novice Stakes over 7f and ends with a Class 3 Handicap over 6f. Field sizes are 10-9-9-14-8-6-6-8. Jockeys riding on the card include Oisin Murphy, Gerald Mosse, Josephine Gordon, Harry Bentley, Colm O’Donoghue and Martin Dwyer.
Ffos Las, 2:15pm – Seven race flat card which includes a Class 3 Fillies’ handicap over 1m 2f (3:55pm) and another Class 3 Handicap over 6f (5pm). Jockeys on the card include Timmy Murphy, Liam Keniry, Shane Kelly and Daniel Muscutt.
Goodwood, 5:10pm – Six race flat card with field sizes of 10-9-9-6-8-8. The card begins with a Class 5 Apprentice Handicap over 6f (5:10pm) and ends with a Class 5 Handicap over 7f (7:45pm). Also on the card is a Class 3 Fillies’ Handicap over 1m (7:15pm).
Salisbury , 5:15pm – Six race flat card which begins with a Class 5 Amateur Riders’ Handicap over 1m and ends with a Class 5 Handicap over 1m 6f (7:55pm). Also on the card is the Stonehenge Stakes (Listed) run over 1 m (6:55pm) – Mark Johnston won this last year with Montataire and he runs Mildenberger this time who was third in the Group 2 Vintage stakes at Goodwood last time having won its first two starts.
Hamilton , 5:30pm – Six race flat card with field sizes of 9-8-9-9-12-11. The card includes the Class 3 Lanark Silver Bell Handicap over 1m4f (7:35pm) and there is also a Class 3 Handicap for the Fillies over 6f (7:05pm). Jockeys on the card include Ben Curtis, Joe Fanning, Shane Gray, Tom Eaves and Andrew Mullen.
They also race in India at Mysore (10:40am); later in shops it is Club Hipico, 6:15pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Monmouth Park, 5:50pm,Saratoga, 6pm, Gulfstream, 7:15pm,Golden Gate Fields, 9:45pm and Penn National, 11pm
The South African meeting is Fairview (11:45am)
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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
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 23 of the season
Friday 25 August
Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs , 10:50am, BT Sport ESPN
Saturday 26 August
Collingwood v Melbourne , 4:45am, BT Sport 3 – Brisbane Lions v North Melbourne, 5:10am – Sydney Swans v Carlton, 7:35am –Port Adelaide v Gold Coast Suns, 10:10am – Geelong Cats v GWS Giants, 10:25am
Sunday 27 August
Essendon v Fremantle , 4:10am – West Coast Eagles v Adelaide Crows, 5:40am – Richmond v St Kilda, 6:20am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 12 games taking place today, with start times ranging from 5:10pm on Friday to 3:07am on Saturday – i.e. late Friday evening/early Saturday morning
Live :
Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indian , 5:10pm BT Sport ESPN
Washington Nationals @ Houston Astros , 01:10am BT Sport 2 – i.e. late Fri night/early Sat morning
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – h ttp://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Big fights coming up:
Saturday August 26, 2017 – Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor, billed as ” The Money Fight” is an upcoming professional boxing super-fight between undefeated eleven-time five-division professional boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the current UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor . It will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada
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CRICKET
Friday August 25
TEST Series 2017 – England v West Indies, 11am, day one of five, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket
NatWest T20 Blast 2017 – Surrey v Birmingham Bears, 6:30pm, Sky Sports Cricket
Caribbean Premier League – Jamaica Tallawahs v St Lucia Stars, 2am, BT Sport 2 – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
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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
Vuelta a Espana – Stage seven a 207km route from Lliria to Cuenca 2:00pm, Eurosport 1
Pro Oetztaler – Coverage of the gruelling one-day race from the Oetzal Valley in Austria, 5pm, Eurosport 2
Tour du Poitou Charentes , Charente, Charente Maritime, deuz sevres, Vienne, Aug 22-25
Criterium de Montreux , Aug 25
Baltic Chain Tour , Aug 23-27
National Road Championships – Brazil , Aug 24-27
Commonwealth Cycling Classic (Virginia) , Aug 24-27
From the track calendar:
GP Prostejov – memorial of Otmar Malecek , Aug 24-25
Irish National Track Championships , Aug 26-27
Track Sea Games Kuala Lumpur 2017 , Aug 27-29
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DARTS
Next up:
Perth Darts Masters – Friday Aug 25 to Sunday Aug 27, Day One, midday, eir Sport 1, with delayed coverage of all the action on ITV4 from 8pm
ET9 – Dutch Dart Masters – Sept 01-03, Maastricht, Netherlands
Unibet Champions League of Darts , Sept 16-17
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 race is the Belgium Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, Aug 25-27, Practice 1, 8:55am, Channel 4/eir Sport 1 – Practice 2, 12:55pm, Channel 4
The next race after this will be the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, September 1-3
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 26 August
All-Ireland SFC semi-final replay
Kerry v Mayo, Croke Park, 3pm – RTE/Sky
All-Ireland Ladies SFC semi-final
Dublin v Kerry, Semple Stadium, 6.30pm – TG4
All-Ireland Ladies IFC semi-final
Meath v Tipperary, Semple Stadium, 4.45pm – TG4
Sunday 27 August
All-Ireland SFC semi-final
Dublin v Tyrone , Croke Park, 4pm – RTE/Sky
All-Ireland MFC semi-final
Dublin v Derry , Croke Park, 2pm – TG4
All-Ireland U17FC final
Tyrone v Roscommon , Croke Park, 12noon
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GOLF
PGA Tour – The Northern Trust, Glen Oaks Club, Old Westbury, NY, Thurs Aug 24 to Sun Aug 27 – Coverage of day two from 4pm on Sky Sports The Open
European Tour – Made In Denmark, Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort, Farsa, Denmark, Thurs Aug 24 to Sun Aug 27 – Coverage of day two, Sky Sports The Open, 10am & 2pm
LPGA Tour – Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Thursday Aug 24 to Sunday August 27, Day two
On the (Seniors Tour), The Willow Senior Golf Classic, Hanbury Manor Marriott Hotel & CC, Ware, Hertfordshire, England, August 25-27, day one
On the (Champions Tour), Boeing Classic, The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoqualmie, Washington, day one (of three)
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HOCKEY
Men’s EuroHockey Championships
Games at 11:15am and 1:30pm –Semi Finalist 1 v Semi Finalist 2, 3:45pm BT Sport 3 – Semi Finalist 3 v Semi Finalist 4, 6:45pm BT Sport 3
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ICE HOCKEY
No keys games scheduled; the new NHL season begins on Wednesday, October 4
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RUGBY LEAGUE :
Friday 25 August
NRL – Canberra Raiders v Newcastle, 9am, eir Sport 2 – Wests Tigers v North Queensland, 10:50am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Friday 25 August
Mitre 10 Cup – Bay Of Plenty v Hawkes Bay, 6:45am, Sky Sports Action – Waikato v Counties Manukau, 8:45am, Sky Sports Action
Currie Cup – Pumas v Blue Bulls, 6pm, Sky Sports Action
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SNOOKER
Next:
The Paul Hunter Classic continues (Day three) and runs to August 27th. The tournament is named in honour and memory of the late Paul Hunter, a huge talent in the snooker world whose life was tragically cut short by cancer. It takes place in Fürth in Germany
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP Winston-Salem Open , Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA, Mon Aug 21 to Sun Aug 27 – coverage of the Semi Finals, midnight and 2am, Eurosport 1
WTA Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies , New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Mon Aug 21 to Sun Aug 27 – Semi Finals from 8pm and midnight, BT Sport 1
WTA Louisville , Louisville, Kentucky, USA, Mon Aug 21 to Sun Aug 27
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OTHER SPORT
Sports: Universiade in Taiwan – Men’s 3m synchronised diving final, 9am, Eurosport 1 and Athletics 10am on Eurosport 1 – Fencing Universiade, 10am and 11am, Eurosport 2 and Swimming Universiade, midday, Eurosport 2
Equestrian – Day five of the FEI European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, 9:30pm, Eurosport 2
MotoGP Silverstone – FP1, 9am – FP2, 1pm, live on BT Sport 2
Canadian Football League – Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Edmonton Eskimos, 2:30am BT Sport 1 – i.e. early Saturday morning
Posted: 25th August 2017