Friday 4th August 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Euro Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Friday Aug 04
The draw takes place for the next stage (play-offs) of the Champions League, 11am, BT Sport 3 and for the Europa League, midday, BT Sport 3
Sky Bet Championship (Opening Day) – Nottingham Forest v Millwall, 7:45pm – Sunderland v Derby County, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football
Ligue 1 – Monaco v Toulouse, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1/eir Sport 1
Bundesliga 2 – Kaiserslautern v SV Darmstadt 98, 7:30pm, BT Sport
Airtricity League Premier Division – Bohemians v Bray Wanderers, 7:45pm –Drogheda v Cork City, 7:45pm –Dundalk v Limerick, 7:45pm –Finn Harps v Galway Utd, 8pm – Shamrock Rovers v Derry City, 8pm, eir Sport 2
Airtricity League First Division – Athlone Town v Wexford Youths, 7:45pm –Cabinteely v Waterford Utd, 7:45pm – Shelbourne v U.C.D., 7:45pm
Friendly Matches – Man City v West Ham Utd, 3pm Eurosport 1 – Leicester City v Borussia M’Gladbach, 7:45pm
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HORSERACING
The Friday day line-up is :
Bangor , 1:30pm – Seven race National Hunt card including a Class 3 Handicap Chase over 3m (2:35pm) – Gordon Elliot runs Urtheoneiwant in the feature (2:35pm), Penny Jane and Knockmaole Boy (3:45pm) and Broughtons Star (4:20pm)
Thirsk , 1:40pm – Eight race flat card including a Class 3 Nursery over 5f (2:45pm) and Class 3 Conditions stakes over 7f (3:20pm)
Goodwood , 1:50pm – the card includes the £100,000 Group 3 Betfred Glorious Stakes (1:50pm, 4yo+), the £100,000 Group 3 Bonhams Thoroughbred Stakes (2:25pm, 3yo), the £150,000 Betfred Mile Handicap, the £312,100 Group 2 Qatar King George Stakes (3:35pm, 3yo+) and the £80,000 Group 3 L’Ormarins Queens Plate Oak Tree Stakes (fillies and mares, 3yo+, 4:40pm)
Galway , 5:10pm – A seven-race mixed card for day five of the Festival, with the races including the Guinness Handicap Hurdle (5:10pm, €30,000), the Guinness 17:59 Irish EBF Median Auction Maiden (5:45pm, €20,000), the Guinness Galway Blazers Handicap Steeplechase (6:15pm, €30,000), the Guinness Handicap (6:50pm, €100,000) and the Budweiser Race (8:25pm, €20,000)
Newmarket , 5:20pm – Seven race flat card including Class 3 Handicap 3yo+ over 1m 2f (7pm) – Top jockeys on the card include Silvestre De Sousa, Will Buick and Josephine Gordon – De Sousa and Buick make the journey after a busy day at Goodwood.
Bath , 5:30pm – Six race flat card with field sizes of 9-12-6-7-13-8
Musselburgh , 5:40pm – Seven race flat card beginning with a Amateur Riders’ Handicap over 1 Mile and including a Class 3 Handicap over 5f (7:20pm)
They also race in France at Deauville (12:40pm); later in shops it is Club Hipico, 7:15pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Saratoga, 6:00pm,Laurel Park, 6:10pm, Gulfstream, 7:15pm, Woodbine, 8:45pm
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 – Sunderland
The next live meeting is the William HillPeterborough Derby meeting from Peterborough on Weds August 23
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ATHLETICS
The World Athletic Championships run from Friday August 04 to Sunday August 13, from Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, England.
Some of the world’s top athletes will be competing at the stadium where the 2012 Olympics took place, among them Mo Farah and Usain Bolt.
The London Championships will be the 16th in the event’s 34-year history with the first IAAF World Championships having taken place in Helsinki in 1983.
Opening Ceremony and day one action , 6pm, BBC Two – 6:30pm, Eurosport 1
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 20 matches, the final round of the regular season:
Friday 04 August
Geelong Cats v Sydney Swans , 10:50am, BT Sport 1
Saturday 05 August
GWS Giants v Melbourne , 4:45am – Essendon v Carlton, 5:10am –Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs, 7:35am –Fremantle v Gold Coast Suns, 8:40am – North Melbourne v Collingwood, 10:25am
Sunday 06 August
St Kilda v West Coast Eagles , 4:10am – Richmond v Hawthorn, 5:20am – Adelaide Crows v Port Adelaide, 7:10am
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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 7:20pm on Friday to 3:15am on Saturday, i.e. – Friday night/early Saturday morning
Live :
Washington Nationals @ Chicago Cubs , 7:15pm, BT Sport ESPN
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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:
Sunday August 20, 2017 – Terence Crawford v Julius Indongo, WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF Super-Lightweight, from Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2am, Sky Sports Arena, i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
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 04
TEST Series 2017 – Sri Lanka v India, 5:30am, day two
TEST Series 2017 – England v South Africa, 11am, day one, 10am, Sky Sports Main Event/Sky Sports Cricket
Tour Match 2017 – Essex v West Indies, 11am, day four
NATWEST T20 Blast 2017 – Leicestershire Foxes v Lancashire Lightning, 6:30pm –Durham Jets v Yorkshire Vikings, 6:30pm –Surrey v Glamorgan, 6:30pm –Gloucestershire v Somerset, 6:30pm – Birmingham Bears v Worcestershire Rapids, 7pm, (6:45pm, Sky Sports Cricket) – Derbyshire Falcons v Notts Outlaws, 7pm – Kent Spitfires v Sussex Sharks, 7pm – Hampshire v Essex Eagles, 7pm
CPL T20 – St Lucia Stars v Trinbago Knight Riders, 1:30am, BT Sport 1
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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
Tour of Poland – Stage seven (final stage) of the UCI event featuring a 132.5km route from Bukovina to Tatrzanska, 5pm, Eurosport 2
Tour of Utah – Stage five features a 185km journey from Layton to Bountiful, 7pm, Eurosport 2
Tour Cycliste International de la Guadeloupe – July 28 to Aug 06
From the track calendar:
British Cycling National Junior Track Championships , Newport, Wales, July 31 to Aug 04
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DARTS
Next up:
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
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 5 August
All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals
Tyrone v Armagh , 4pm, Croke Park – Sky
Dublin v Monaghan , 6pm, Croke Park – Sky
All-Ireland JFC final
Kerry v Meath , Portlaoise, 3pm
Sunday 6 August
All-Ireland SHC semi-final
Galway v Tipperary , Croke Park, 4pm – RTE/Sky
Monday August 07
All-Ireland SFC quarter-final replay
Mayo v Roscommon , 2pm, Croke Park – RTE2
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – as per USPGA Tour
USPGA Tour – The WGC–Bridgestone Invitational, Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio, USA, Aug 03-06 – day two, which is live on Sky Sports Main Event, 10:15pm and Sky Sports The Open at 6:30pm
LPGA Tour – the Ricoh Women’s British Open, Fife, Scotland, Aug 03-06 – day two, which is live on Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports The Open at 11am
On the (Seniors Tour), the Scottish Senior Open, The Reanaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland, Aug 04-06 – day one
On the (Champions Tour), the 3M Championship, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, MN, Aug 04-06 – day one
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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 04 August
Super League Super 8’s – Leeds Rhinos v Wigan Warriors, 7:30pm, Sky Sports Arena
NRL – St George-Illawarra Dragons v South Sydney Rabbitohs, 9am, eir Sport 2 – North Queensland v Melbourne Storm, 10:50am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Friday 04 August
Currie Cup – Sharks v Griquas, 6pm
Saturday 05 August
Currie Cup – Western Province v Pumas, 2pm – Blue Bulls v Golden Lions, 4:15pm
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SNOOKER
Next:
European Masters Qualifiers – Preston, August 03-04
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP Generali Open , Kitzbuhel, Austria, Mon July 31 – Sun Aug 06 – Day five
ATP Abierto Mexicano 250 Los Cabo , Los Cobos, Mexico, Mon July 31 – Sun Aug 06 – semi-finals, with the action live on Eurosport 1 from 2:30am – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
WTA Tour Bank Of The West Classic , Stanford, Connecticut, USA, Mon July 31 – Sun Aug 06, Day five action is live on BT Sport 2 at 8pm and 3am– i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Citi Open , Washington, DC, USA, Mon July 31 – Sun Aug 06, Day five, which is live on Sky Sports Action at 7pm and midnight, BT Sport 2 at 7pm and Sky Sports Main Event at midnight
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OTHER SPORT
MotoGP – Grand Prix Czech Rep – FP1, 8am – FP2, midday, BT Sport 2
Canadian Football League – Ottawa Redblacks v Winnipeg Blue Bombers, midnight, BT Sport ESPN – Edmonton Eskimos v Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 3am, i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Posted: 4th August 2017