Friday 3 November 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Friday 3 November 2017
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FOOTBALL
Friday Nov 03
Championship – Wolves v Fulham, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football/Main Event
FA Cup – three games, all at 7:45pm – Notts Co v Bristol Rovers – Port Vale v Oxford Utd – Hyde v MK Dons, BBC Two
La Liga – Real Betis v Getafe, 8pm, Sky Sports Mix
Bundesliga – Eintracht Frankfurt v Werder Bremen, 7:30pm, BT Sport 1
Ligue 1 – Rennes v Bordeaux, 7:45pm, BT Sport 2
Eredivisie – Sparta Rotterdam v Heerenveen, 7pm
Portuguese Primeira Liga – Vitoria Futebol Clube Setubal v Desportivo Aves, 8:30pm
Belgian First Division – AA Gent v Standard Liege, 7:30pm
A-League – Melbourne City v Sydney FC, 9:50am, BT Sport 1
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HORSERACING
The Friday line-up is:
Newmarket, 12:35pm – A seven-race card; the feature is the £30,000 Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF “Bosra Sham” Fillies’ Stakes (1:45pm), in which Ireland is represented by Willie McCreery’s Albamanova (Billy Lee) and Michael O’Callaghan’s Aurora Eclipse (Leigh Roche); jockeys in action include Jim Crowley, James Doyle and Paul Hanagan
Down Royal, 12:40pm – A seven-race National Hunt card which features the €50,000 Grade 2 WKD Hurdle (1:50pm), in which Willie Mullins runs Coquin Mains and Melon and Gordon Elliott runs Mick Jazz and Wakea, and the €35,000 Grade 3 Lough Construction Ltd. Irish EBF Mares’ Novice Hurdle (1:15pm), in which the Willie Mullins-trained Mystic Theatre will be bidding to make it six wins in a row this year; jockeys in action include Bryan Cooper, Mark Walsh, Davy Russell, Robbie Power, Ruby Walsh and Paul Townend
Wetherby, 12:50pm – A six-race National Hunt card, with the feature being a £27,500 Listed handicap chase (2:35pm); the card also contains a £20,000 Listed juvenile hurdle (2pm); the card starts with a conditional jockeys’ handicap hurdle; field-sizes are 13-3-4-7-8 and 14; jockeys in action include Harry Skelton, Brian Hughes, Sam Twiston-Davies, Tom Scudamore, Noel Fehily, Danny Cook, Paddy Brennan and Daryl Jacob
Uttoxeter, 1pm – A six-race National Hunt card, with field-sizes of 12-14-13-5-8 and 7; Barry Geraghty takes four rides on the card, three of them for his boss, JP McManus; other jockeys riding on the card include Richard Johnson, Aidan Coleman, Johnny Burke and Aidan Coleman; Hurricane Fly’s half-brother, Who’s My Jockey, runs in the novices’ hurdle at 1:35pm
Dundalk, 5:30pm – An eight-race card with the maximum 14 declared for each race except the opener (7), the 2yo maiden; champion-jockey elect Colin Keane has six rides as he bids to get the three winners he needs to reach the 100-winner mark for the season; after today, the only remaining flat meeting this season will be Naas on Sunday
Newcastle, 5:45pm – An eight-race card on the all-weather which begins with an apprentice handicap and contains four other handicaps plus two 2yo contests and a 3yo+ one-mile maiden; field-sizes are 14-13-9-11-14-14-11 and 9
They also race in the UAE at Jebel Ali (10:15am); later in the shops it is Woodbine (5pm) in Canada and Club Hipico (5:30pm) in Chile
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Aqueduct, 4:20pm, Gulfstream Park West, 4:35pm, Del Mar, 6:25pm, Golden Gate Fields, 7:16pm, Hawthorne, 7:40pm, and Turf Paradise, 7:55pm
The Del Mar card includes four Breeders’ Cup Grade 1 races – the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf(9:25pm), the Las Vegas Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (10:05pm), the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf(10:50pm) and the Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (11:35pm)
The South African meetings are Fairview (10:35am) and Greyville (3:05pm)
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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 Sky meeting is the William Hill St Leger meeting at Perry Barr on Wednesday November 8th
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 9 continues on Sunday November 5 – Eleven games with start times ranging from 6pm to 1:30am i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Memphis Tigers @ Tulsa Golden Hurricanes, midnight, BT Sport 1
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BASEBALL
Many congratulations to Houston Astros, the World Series champions for 2017
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BASKETBALL
There are 12 NBA matches today, with start times ranging from 11pm to 2:30am – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Live:
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Coming up:
Saturday November 4
Deontay Wilder v Bermane Stiverne, WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder faces Bermane Stiverne for the second time in his career. Stiverne was outclassed by Wilder back in 2015 but is the only man to go the distance with the unbeaten American in his career so far.
Dmitry Bivol v Trent Broadhurst, – Coverage of the WBA World Light-Heavyweight title bout and the undercard live from Salle des Etoiles in Monaco, 7:40pm, Sky Sports Main Event
UFC
Michael Bisping v George St-Pierre – Coverage of the UFC Middleweight title bout at Madison Square Garden, 2am BT Sport 2 – undercard live from midnight on BT Sport 2
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CFL
Montreal Alouettes @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 11pm, BT Sport 3
Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Calgary Stampeders, 1:30am, BT Sport 2
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CRICKET
Next-Up:
Saturday Nov 4
International T20 – India v New Zealand, 1:30pm
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CYCLING
Tour of Hainan, coverage of the seven stage, a 166km journey from Sanya to Wuzhishan in China, 5:30am, Eurosport 2, i.e. late Thurs night/early Fri morning
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DARTS
Coming up on the PDC calendar:
Nov 3 – Nov 5 – Ladbrokes World Series of Darts Finals, Braehead Arena, Glasgow, 7pm, ITV4/eir Sport 1
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 Grand Prix is the Brazilian Grand Prix, in Sao Paulo, which runs from November 10-12
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
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GOLF
USPGA Tour – Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, Las Vegas, NV, USA, Nov 2-5, day two, 8:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and 8:30pm, Sky Sports The Open
PGA European Tour – Turkish Airlines Open, Regnum Carya Golf Resort, Anyalya, Turkey, Nov 2-5, day two, 9am, Sky Sports Main Event/The Open
Ladies European Tour – Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open, Saadiyat Beach Golf Club, Weds Nov 01 to Sat Nov 04, day three, 9am, Sky Sports Mix
USLPGA Tour – Toto Japan Classic, Ibaraki, Japan, Nov 2-5, day two
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ICE HOCKEY
There are two NHL matches today, with start times of 2am and 3am on Saturday – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Live:
New Jersey Devils @ Edmonton Oilers, 1am, eir Sport 2, i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Next games:
Friday 3 November
Rugby League World Cup – Australia v France, 9am, eir Sport 2
Saturday 4 November
Rugby League World Cup – New Zealand v Scotland, 4am – Samoa v Tonga, 6:30am – England v Lebanon, 9am
Sunday 5 November
Rugby League World Cup – Italy v USA, 6am – Papua New Guinea v Ireland, 6am – Fiji v Wales, 8:30am
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Friday 3 November
Anglo-Welsh Cup – Worcester v Sale Sharks, 7:45pm
Pro14 – Glasgow Warriors v Leinster – Munster v Dragons – Scarlets v Benetton Rugby – All 7:35pm
There are more fixtures on Saturday and Sunday (see the Upcoming Sport file)
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SNOOKER
Under way is the International Championship in Daqing, China, running from October 29th to November 5th – day 6 is live on Eurosport 1 at 6am and 11:30am
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TENNIS
ATP Rolex Paris Masters, Paris, France Oct 30 to Nov 6, day five (1/4-finals), 2pm, Sky Sports Main Event and 1pm & 6:30pm, Sky Sports Arena
WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China, Oct 30 to Nov 5, day four’s action is live on BT Sport 1 at 7am
Posted: 3rd November 2017