FRIDAY 30TH JUNE 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
FRIDAY 30 JUNE 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Euro Lucky Numbers
Chris McLaughlin/Will Reilly/Shane McArdle
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FOOTBALL
Friday June 30
UEFA European Under-21 Championship (The Final) – Germany v Spain, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 1
Airtricity League Premier Division – St Pat’s v Galway, 7:45pm –Drogheda v Limerick, 7:45pm –Cork v Bohemians, POSTPONED –Bray v Dundalk, 7:45pm – Finn Harps v Derry, POSTPONED
Airtricity League First Division – Shelbourne v Waterford, 7:45pm, and Wexford v UCD, 8pm
Chinese Super League – Shanghai Shenhua v Liaoning Whowin, 12:35pm
MLS – Real Salt Lake v Orlando City SC, 2:30am – i.e. late Fri night/early Sat morn
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HORSERACING
The Friday line-up is :
Doncaster , 2pm – An eight-race card, as the concluding 6f h’cap has been split in two divisions. Field-sizes are 13-8-17-6-13-8-18 & 18. Top jockeys in action include Ryan Moore, Jim Crowley, Paul Hanagan, Danny Tudhope, James Sullivan, William Buick and Ben Curtis.
Yarmouth , 2:10pm – A seven-race card, with field-sizes of 5-5-11-6-7-14 & 6. The feature is the £19,000 Grosvenor Casino Of Great Yarmouth Handicap (4:10pm), top jockeys in action include James Doyle, Adam Kirby, Silvestre De Sousa, Luke Morris, Martin Harley, Stevie Donohoe and Dane O’Neill.
Cartmel , 2:20pm – A seven-race card, with field-sizes of 8-13-8-10-8-11 &10, top jockeys in action on the card include Richard Johnson, Brian Hughes, Sam Twiston-Davies, Will Kennedy, Henry Brooke and Tom O’Brien. There are plenty of Irish challengers on the card, Dubai Flyer, Mash Potato and Loughview Laddie from the Co. Derry yard of Noel Kelly, Flycorn, Verona Opera and Don Franco from the Co. Antrim yard of Stuart Crawford and See Double You from the Co. Armagh yard of Ronan McNally.
Curragh , 5:45pm – A seven-race card on day one of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby meeting, featuring the €50,000 ‘Ragusa Handicap’ over 1m4f (7:50pm). Top jockeys in action include Pat Smullen, Kevin Manning, Colin Keane, Shane Foley, Wayne Lordan, Seamie Heffernan, Chris Hayes and Declan McDonogh to name just a few.
Newmarket, 5:50pm – A seven-race card, including the £20,000 Fly London Southend Airport To Dubrovnik Handicap (8:30pm), with field-sizes of 8-6-10-6-5-10 & 7. Top jockeys in action include Jim Crowley, Ryan Moore, James Doyle, Silvestre De Sousa, Richard Kingscote, Martin Harley and Luke Morris.
Newcastle , 6pm – A seven-race card on the Tapeta, including the Listed EBF Hoppings Stakes (8:05pm). Top jockeys in action include Paul Hanagan, Josephine Gordon, Oisin Murphy, Paul Mulrennan, James Sullivan, Tony Hamilton and Fran Berry.
Chester , 6:10pm – A six-race card, with field-sizes of 11-12-4-12-12 & 8. Top jockeys in action include Franny Norton, Andrew Mullen, Sean Levey, Dougie Costello, Shane Gray, Sammy Jo Bell, David Probert.
They also race in Germany at Hamburg (2:50pm); later in shops it is Woodbine, 6:00pm, in the USA and Club Hipico, 7:15pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Tampa Bay Downs, 5:25pm, Monmouth Park, 5:50pm, Santa Anita, 9:00pm, Oak Tree, 10:15pm and Penn National, 11:05pm
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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 meeting live on Sky Sports is the English Greyhound Derby Final meeting at Towcester on Saturday July 1st, with winner receiving £175,000
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 15 of the season, next games:
Friday 30 June
Melbourne v Sydney Swans, 10:50am, BT Sport 3
Saturday 1 July
Western Bulldogs v West Coast Eagles , 4:45am –Carlton v Adelaide Crows, 5:10am – Gold Coast Suns v North Melbourne, 7:35am –GWS Giants v Geelong Cats, 10:25am – Port Adelaide v Richmond, 10:10am
Sunday 2 July
Essendon v Brisbane Lions ,4:10am – Hawthorn v Collingwood,6:20am– Fremantle v St Kildea, 5:40am
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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 00:05am on Saturday to 3:07am on Satuday morning – i.e. late Fri night/early Sat morning
Live games:
Texas Rangers @ Cleveland Indians , 5:10pm, BT Sport ESPN
Chicago Cubs @ Washington Nationals , 9:05pm, BT Sport 1
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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
Manny Pacquaio v Jeff Horn “Battle of Brisbane” for the WBO Welterweight Championship scheduled for early Sunday morning 2nd July
On the undercard Irishman Michael Conlan has his third pro fight (World Championship gold and Olympic bronze medallist as amateur) in the Super Bantamweight division. He will face Australian Jarret Owen
Live One Fighting Championship – from Thuwunna Indoor Stadium in Myanmar, 2:30pm, eir Sport 2
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CRICKET
Friday June 30
One-Day International Series – Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, 05:30am
One-Day International Series – West Indies v India, 2:00pm, Sky Sports 3
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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
The blue riband event of cycling, the Tour de France, runs from July 1st to July 23rd
From the track calendar:
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DARTS
Next up:
European Darts Open – Leverkusen, Germany, June 30 to July 2; reigning champion: Michael van Gerwen
Then the Shanghai Darts Masters, Pullman Hotel, Shanghai, July 6-7; reigning champion: Michael van Gerwen
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 race is the Austria Grand Prix, July 07-09
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 1 July
All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers Round 2A
Meath v Sligo , Pairc Tailteann, 6pm
Mayo v Derry , MacHale Park, 5pm
Donegal v Longford , Ballybofey, 5pm
Laois v Clare , Portlaoise, Bord Na Mona O’Connor Park, 3pm
All-Ireland SHC Qualifier Round 1
Dublin v Laois , Parnell Park, 7pm
Kilkenny v Limerick , Nowlan Park, 7pm – live on Sky Sports
Tipperary v Westmeath , Semple Stadium, 5pm
Offaly v Waterford , Bord Na Mona O’Connor Park, 3pm
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GOLF
European Tour – The Open de France, day two from Le Golf National, France, 9:30am Sky Sports 1/Sky Sports 4
USPGA Tour – The Quicken Loans National, TPC Potomac, Maryland, USA, day two, 8:30pm, Sky Sports 4
LPGA Tour – The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, day two of the major from Olympia Fields CC, Illinois, USA, 5:30pm Sky Sports 4/Mix
US Senior Open Championship , from the Salem Country Club, day two, 11:30pm, Sky Sports 4
On the European Seniors Tour, the next tournament is Swiss Seniors Open, July 7-9, Golf Club Bad Ragaz, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
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HOCKEY
The Women’s World Hockey League semi-finals take place from June 21 to July 2 and are taking place in Brussels, Belgium
Today:
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ICE HOCKEY
No key games scheduled today
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RUGBY LEAGUE :
Next up:
Friday 30 June
Super League – Castleford Tigers v Hull FC, 8pm, Sky Sports 2
NRL – Gold Coast Titans v St George Illawarra Dragons, 9am, and Brisbane Broncos v Melbourne Storm, 10:50am, (both live on eir Sport 2)
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RUGBY UNION
Friday 30 June
Super Rugby – Sharks v Bulls, 6pm, Sky Sports 5 and Los Jaguares v Southern Kings, 12:05am, Sky Sports 1 – i.e. late Fri night/early Sat morning
Saturday 1 July
Lions Tour – Second Test – New Zealand v British and Irish Lions, 8:35am
Super Rugby – Cheetahs v Stormers, 2:05pm, and Lions v Sunwolves, 4:15pm
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SNOOKER
Next:
The World Cup, which is taking place in China – July 3-9
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
The Aegon International, Eastbourne, England – June 26 to July 2, Day five, 1pm, BBC Two, and 10:45am, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm, Eurosport 1
The WTA Antalya Cup, Antalya, Turkey – June 26 to July 2
Wimbledon Qualifying , Day 4, 11am, Eurosport 2
Then it is:
Wimbledon – July 3 to July 16 – the latest Grand Slam event and the only one played on grass
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OTHER SPORT
One Fighting Championship , from the Thuwunna indoor stadium in Myanmar, 9:00pm eir Sport 2
Speedway European Championship – opening round of the campaign from Poland, 6:00pm Eurosport 2
Henley Royal Regatta Rowing – Day Three, 1pm, BT Sport 1
Moto GP Germany – 8:00am, 10:45am, 12:00pm – BT Sport 2
WRC Rally Poland – 6pm BT Sport 2
College Football – Toronto Argonauts v BC Lions, Midnight, BT Sport ESPN and Edmonton Eskimos v Montreal Alouettes, 3am, BT Sport ESPN
Posted: 30th June 2017