Friday 29 September 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Friday 29 September 2017
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FOOTBALL
Championship – QPR v Fulham, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football
Scottish Premiership – Hamilton v Rangers, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1
FAI Cup (Semi-Final) – Cork City v Limerick, 7:15pm, RTE2
La Liga – Celta Vigo v Girona, 8pm, Sky Sports Football Red Button
Bundesliga – Schalke v Bayer Leverkusen, 7:30pm, BT Sport 3
French Ligue 1 – Monaco v Montpellier, 7:45pm, eir Sport 1
Dutch Eredivisie – FC Twente v Heracles Almelo, 7pm
Portuguese Primera Liga – GD Chaves v Tondela, 8:30pm
FA Women’s Super League – Liverpool Ladies v Reading Ladies, 7pm
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HORSERACING
The Friday line-up is:
Haydock, 1:40pm – The card consists of six handicaps (one of them for fillies, one for apprentices, one of them a nursery), a 2yo 6f maiden and a 2yo 6f fillies’ maiden; the nursery and the 1m6f handicaps carry prize-money of £14,000; field-sizes on the card are 9-9-8-14-7-7-14 and 12
Newmarket, 1:50pm – Today’s features on day two of the three-day Cambridgeshire meeting are the £109,000 Group 2 Shadwell Rockfel Stakes (2yo fillies, 7f), the £100,000 Group 2 Shadwell Joel Stakes (3yo+, one mile), the £60,000 Group 3 Princess Royal Nayef Stakes, plus two Listed Races (£40,000 and £37,000) and the £30,000 Silver Cambridgeshire; the remaining race is a seven-furlong maiden for 2yo colts and geldings. Runners from Ireland are (at 2:25pm), Adrian Keatley’s Jet Streaming (Silvestre de Sousa), (at 3pm) Aidan O’Brien’s Butterscotch (Ryan Moore) and Ger Lyons’ Lightening Quick, (at 3:35pm) Aidan O’Brien’s Sir John Lavery (Ryan Moore) and Whitecliffsofdover (Sean Levey) – there is also a South African runner in the race, Whisky Baron – and (at 4:10pm) Coat Of Arms (Ryan Moore)
Worcester, 2pm – An eight-race card, with the Handicap Chase (3:10pm, £11,000) being the feature race on the card. There are two Irish raiders from the Nenagh, Co. Tipperary yard of Pat Coffey, both will be partnered by Johnny Burke – Lough Derg Voices (4:20pm) and Give Battle (4:55pm). Top jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Sam Twiston-Davies, Aidan Coleman, Tom Scudamore, Noel Fehily and Sean Bowen.
Gowran Park, 2:15pm – The features are the €35,000 Pat Walsh Memorial Irish EBF Mares Hurdle (Listed) and the €32,500 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mucklemeg Mares Flat Race (Listed), top jockeys in action include Ruby Walsh, Davy Russell, Sean Flanagan, Mark Walsh, Paul Townend, Robbie Power and Bryan Cooper.
Newcastle, 5:45pm – An eight-race card that consists of seven handicaps (one of them for apprentices) and a 6f maiden for 3yo+; field-sizes are 11-12-12-14-14-14-11 and 14; Ireland’s Michael O’Callaghan runs Bold Knight (Patrick Vaughan, 5:45pm) and The Great Wall (Graham Lee) at 8:45pm
Dundalk, 5:30pm – An eight-race card, where the feature is the €63,000 Group 3 www.Koffy.ie Diamond Stakes on a card that carries €159,000 in prize-money; the feature race includes two UK challengers – Abingdon (Sir Michael Stoute, Pat Smullen) and Absolute Blast (Archie Watson, Billy Lee)
Later in the shops it is Woodbine (6pm), in the USA and Club Hipico (6:15pm), in Chile
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Laurel Park, 6:10pm, Belmont Park, 6pm, Gulfstream, 7:15pm, and Santa Anita, 9pm
The South African meeting is Fairview (11:45am) and Greyville (3:50pm)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Friday line-up is as follows:
10:31am – KINSLEY
10:38am – SWINDON
2:08pm – HOVE
2:18am – MONMORE
6:28pm – NOTTINGHAM
6:33pm – CRAYFORD
6:39pm – SHEFFIELD
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 4
Sunday 1 October
Miami Dolphins @ New Orleans Saints, 2:30pm, (from Wembley), then eight games at 6pm, three at 9:05pm, Oakland Raiders @ Denver Broncos at 9:25pm and Indianapolis Colts @ Seattle Seahawks, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event, i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning
Monday October 2
Washington Redskins @ Kansas City Chiefs, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event, i.e. late Mon night/early Tues morning
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AUSSIE RULES
The AFL Grand Final will be played on September 30th at 3:45am – i.e. late Friday night/early Sat morning
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 15 games taking place today, with start times ranging from 6:05pm to 3:15am – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Live:
Toronto Blue Jays @ New York Yankees, 6:05pm, BT Sport ESPN
There is a game scheduled to be live on BT Sport 1 at midnight
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
The next big bout is:
Card from the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday 30 September will feature a rematch between Paul Butler v Stuart Hall in a Bantamweight world title eliminator – Butler took the IBF crown from Hall in a split decision in May 2014. Hall gets his chance for revenge here and the winner will be in line to challenge for the WBA Bantamweight world title currently in the hands of Jamie McDonnell
Also on the card Rocky Fielding v David Brophy as Fielding puts his British Super-Middleweight title on the line for the first time against David Brophy, who also puts his Commonwealth crown on the line in a domestic clash
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CRICKET
Next games:
TEST Series – Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 7am (day 2 of 5)
TEST Series – South Africa v Bangladesh, 9am (day 2 of 5), Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports Cricket
ODI Series – England v West Indies, 12:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket
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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
Il Lombardia, Italy, September 30th
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Turkey, 10th – 15th October
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
Next up:
World Grand Prix, Citywest Hotel, Dublin Sunday 1 October – Monday 9 October, live on Sky Sports
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 Grand Prix will be Malaysia Grand Prix, the Sepang International Circuit, Sept 29 – Oct 01
Practice 2 is live Channel 4 at 7:55am, on Sky Sports Main Event at 6:45am and eir Sport 1 at 7:55am
Followed by the Japan Grand Prix, the Suzuka Circuit, Oct 06 – Oct 08
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Next games:
Today there are AIB Club Championship games scheduled to be live on eir Sport 2 at 6:!5pm and 8:15pm
Saturday 30 September
Meath SHC final
Kiltale v Kildalkey, Pairc Tailteann, 4.30pm
Sunday 1 October
All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie final replay
Cork v Meath, Gaelic Grounds, 2.30pm
Fermanagh SFC final
Derrygonnelly v Devenish, Brewster Park, 4pm
Kildare SHC final
Ardclough v Naas, Newbridge, 3.30pm
Longford SHC final
Longford Slashers v Wolfe Tones, Glennon Bros Pearse Park, TBC
Offaly SHC final
Kilcormac/Killoughey v St Rynagh’s, O’Connor Park, TBC
Roscommon SHC final
Four Roads v Padraig Pearses, TBC, TBC
Westmeath SHC final
Castletown-Geoghegan v Raharney, TEG Cusack Park, 3.30pm
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GOLF
European Tour – British Masters, Close House Golf Club, Newcastle upon Tyne – Thursday 28th Sept to Sunday 1st Oct – day two, live on Sky Sports Main Event at 9:30am and Sky Sports The Open at 9:30am
Presidents Cup – day two of the biennial event, the USA v an international side; it takes place this year at the Liberty National Club in New Jersey, live on Sky Sports The Open at 5:30pm
Senior Tour – Paris Legends Championship, Le Golf National, Paris, France – Thursday 28th Sept to Saturday 30th Sept – day two
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ICE HOCKEY
The new season begins on Wednesday, October 4
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Next games:
Saturday 30 September
Super 8s semi-final – Leeds Rhinos v TBA, 7:45am, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Arena HD
National Conference Division One – Six games all getting underway 2:30pm
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RUGBY UNION
Friday 29 September
Mitre 10 Cup – North Harbour v Hawkes Bay, 8:35am, Sky Sports Action
Aviva Premiership – Newcastle Falcons v London Irish, live on BT Sport 2 – Worcester v Saracens, both 7:45pm – Sale Sharks v Gloucester, 8pm
Guinness Pro14 – Cheetahs v Ospreys, 4pm – Also three games at 7:35pm, including Leinster v Edinburgh, live on TG4
The Championship – Nottingham v Hartpury College, 7:45pm
Currie Cup – Sharks v Golden Lions, 6pm, Sky Sports Action
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SNOOKER
European Masters runs from October 2 – 8
English Open, Barnsley, runs October 16 – 22
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TENNIS
ATP Shenzen Open, Shenzen, China – Monday 25th September to Sunday 1st October
WTA Tour Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan – Monday 25th September to Sunday 1st October – Semi-final action is live on BT Sport 2 at 7am
WTA Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open, Wuhan, China – Monday 25th September to Sunday 1st October – Day six, semi-final action is live on BT Sport 1 at 10:30am
ATP, Chengdu Open – quarter-finals, 7am, Eurosport 1
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OTHER SPORT
World Rowing Championships – day 6, live on RTE2 from 4:30pm
Invictus Games – live on BBC1 at 8:30pm
Canadian Football League – Saskatchewan Roughriders @ Ottawa Redblacks, midnight on BT Sport 2, Miami Hurricanes @ Duke Blue Devils, midnight on BT Sport ESPN, Montreal Alouettes @ Calgary Stampeders, 2:30am, BT Sport 3 – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning – and USC Trojans @ Washington State Cougars, 3:30am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Posted: 29th September 2017