FRIDAY 7th JULY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
FRIDAY 7th JULY 2017
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FOOTBALL
Friday July 7th
Airtricity League Premier Division – Drogheda Utd v Finn Harps, 7:45pm – Galway Utd v Limerick, 7:45pm
Airtricity League First Division – Athlone Town v Shelbourne, 7:45pm – Cabinteely v Cobh Ramblers, 7:45pm – U.C.D. v Longford Town, 7:45pm – Waterford Utd v Wexford Youths, 7;45pm
Chinese Super League – Tianjin Quanijan v Guangzhou R&F, 12:35pm
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HORSERACING
The Friday line-up is:
Sandown, 1:50pm – A seven-race card including Listed Races at 2:20pm (£26,000) and 3:25pm (£37,000); there’s a £30,000 handicap at 4pm, and the card closes with a lady amateur riders contest; jockeys in action include Ryan Moore, James Doyle, Andrea Atzeni, Silvestre de Sousa and Fran Berry
Doncaster, 2pm – An eight-race card; field sizes are 15-9-14-14-9-9-9-8; jockeys in action include Jim Crowley, Jamie Spencer, Luke Morris, Sean Levey, Oisin Murphy, Paul Hanagan, Danny Tudhope, Graham Lee and Harry Bentley; there’s an £11,500 Classified Stakes race at 3:35pm and a £10,000 fillies’ handicap at 4:10pm
Newton Abbot, 2:10pm – A seven-race card; field sizes are 7-5-8-11-7-10 and 7; jockeys in action include Aidan Coleman, Tom Scudamore, Sam Twiston-Davies, Paddy Brennan and Richard Johnson
Wexford, 5:15pm- An eight-race NH card, including the €15,000 Brendan Cullimore Electrical Novice Steeplechase (7:15pm); jockeys riding on the card include Sean Flanagan, Andrew Lynch, Rachael Blackmore, JJ Slevin, David Mullins, Danny Mullins, Jody McGarvey, Derek Fox, Jonathan Moore, Mark Walsh, Paul Townend, Davy Russell, Ruby Walsh and Patrick Mullins; field-sizes are 14 (plus 3 reserves)-14 (plus 3 reserves)- 14 (plus 3 reserves)- 14 (plus 3 reserves)-10-14 (plus 3 reserves)- 14 (plus 3 reserves) and 13
Bellewstown, 5:25pm – A seven-race flat card, including the €20,000 Scotch Hall Shopping Centre Ladies Day Handicap (6:25pm); it is day two of the three-day July Festival; jockeys in action include Colin Keane, Declan McDonogh, Gary Carroll, Shane Foley, Pat Smullen, Chris Hayes, Colm O’Donoghue, Ronan Whelan, Kevin Manning, Billy Lee, Connor King and Ana O’Brien
Haydock, 5:50pm – It is day two of the three-day Lancashire Oaks/Old Newton Cup meeting at the track; field sizes are 13-10-9-8-6 and 10; the most-valuable race is a £14,000 handicap (7:20pm); jockeys in action include Oisin Murphy, Richard Kingscote, Danny Tudhope, Robert Tart, Tony Hamilton, Dougie Costello, Tom Marquand, PJ McDonald and Franny Norton
Chelmsford, 6pm – A seven-race flat card on the Polytrack that features a £20,000 handicap at 7:30pm; jockeys in action on the card include Jim Crowley, Ryan Moore, Jamie Spencer, Josephine Gordon, David Probert, Martin Harley, Pat Cosgrave, Martin Lane, Fran Berry, Harry Bentley and Andrea Atzeni; field-sizes are 11-15-11-13-8-10 and 11
Beverley, 6:10pm – A six-race flat card with field sizes of 9-14-10-7-12 and 17; the card starts with a seller; jockeys in action include Luke Morris, Paul Hanagan, James Sullivan, Ben Curtis, David Allan, Connor Beasley, Paul Mulrennan, Tom Eaves, Joe Fanning, Robert Winston, Phillip Makin, Cam Hardie and Graham Lee
Later in shops it is Club Hipico, 6:30pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Monmouth Park, 5:50pm, Gulfstream, 7:15pm, Belmont Park, 8:05pm, and Woodbine, 8:45pm
The South African meeting is Fairview (11:35am)
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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 William Hill UK Festival on July 19 at Sunderland
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 16 of the season, next games:
Friday 7 July
Adelaide Crows v Western Bulldogs, 10:50am, BT Sport 1
Saturday 8 July
Hawthorn v GWS Giants, 4:45am, live on BT Sport 1 – Collinwood v Essendon, 5:10am – Sydney Swans v Gold Coast Suns, 7:35am – Brisbane Lions v Geelong Cats,10:25am – St Kildea v Richmond, 10:25am
Sunday 9 July
North Melbourne v Freemantle, 4:10am – Carlton v Melbourne, 6:20am – West Coast Eagles v Port Adelaide, 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 7:20pm on Friday to 3:15am on Saturday morning – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Live games:
Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs, 7:20pm, BT Sport ESPN
Milwaukee Brewers @ New York Yankees, midnight on BT Sport 1
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Big fights coming up
Saturday July 8
Two unbeaten UK prospects Josh Taylor v Ohara Davies go head to head in the Braehead Arena in Glasgow
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CRICKET
Friday July 7
International Test Match – England v South Africa, coverage of day two (of five) – 10:30am, Sky Sports 2
NatWest T20 Blast – Gloucestershire v Middlesex, 2:30pm – Worcestershire v Warwickshire, 5:30pm – Durham v Lancashire, 6:30pm – Glamorgan v Hampshire, 6:30pm – Northamptonshire v Derbyshire, 6:30pm – Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire, 6:30pm – Essex v Surrey, 7pm, live on Sky Sports 2
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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; stage seven, a 213.5km flat journey from Troyes to Nuits-Saint-Georges
Live coverage:
Coverage of stage seven, a flat 213.5km journey from Troyes to Nuits-Saint-Georges: 1:10pm, TG4; 11am, ITV4 – 11am, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
Russian National Track Championships Junior & U23 – July 4-9
6 Giorni delle Rose – Fiorenzuola 2017 – July 6-11
Japan Track Cup I – July 7
Iranian National Championships – July 8-17
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DARTS
Next up:
The Shanghai Darts Masters, Pullman Hotel, Shanghai, day two of the two-day tournament; reigning champion: Michael van Gerwen
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 race is the Austria Grand Prix, which begins today and runs to Sunday
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 8 July
All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers Round 2B
Westmeath v Armagh, TEG Cusack Park, 7pm
Wexford v Monaghan, Innovate Wexford Park, 3pm
Carlow v Leitrim, Netwatch Dr Cullen Park, 3pm
Cavan v Tipperary, Kingspan Breffni Park, 2pm
All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers Round 3A
Meath v Donegal, Pairc Tailteann, 6pm
Clare v Mayo, Cusack Park, 5pm – live on RTE
All-Ireland SHC Qualifier Round 2
Tipperary v Dublin, Semple Stadium, 5pm
Waterford v Kilkenny, Semple Stadium, 7pm – live on Sky Sports
Sunday 9 July
Munster SHC final
Clare v Cork, Semple Stadium, 4pm – live on RTE
Connacht SFC final
Galway v Roscommon, Pearse Stadium, 2pm – live on RTE
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – Dubai Duty Free Irish Open (Hosted by the Rory Foundation), Portstewart Golf Club, Northern Ireland, July 6-9 – Coverage of day two 10:30am RTE2/Sky Sports 4
USPGA Tour – The Greenbrier Classic, The Old White Course, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA, July 6-9 – live coverage of day two, 8:00pm, Sky Sports 4
LPGA Tour – Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic, Thornberry Creek, USA, July 6-9; day two
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), is the Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, Caves Valley Golf Club, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, July 13-16
On the European Seniors Tour, it is the Swiss Seniors Open, at Golf Club Bad Ragaz, July 7-9, in which Nick Faldo is set to play; day two
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ICE HOCKEY
No key games scheduled today
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Friday 7 July
Super League – Huddersfield Giants v Widnes Vikings, 8pm – St Helens v Hull FC, 8pm, Sky Sports 1 – Warrington Wolves v Leigh Centurions, 8pm
NRL – Sydney Roosters v South Sydney Rabbitohs, 10:50am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Friday 7 July
Super Rugby – Reds v Brumbies, 10:45am, Sky Sports 1, and Western Force v Melbourne Rebels, 12:55pm, Sky Sports 1
Saturday 8 July
Lions Tour – Third and final Test – New Zealand v The Lions, 8:35am
Super Rugby – Waratahs v Los Jaguares, 10:45am, Bulls v Southern Kings, 4:15pm, and Stormers v Sunwolves, 6:30pm
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SNOOKER
Next:
The World Cup taking place in China – July 3-9
Coverage of day 5: 6am and 12:30pm, Eurosport 2
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TENNIS
Wimbledon – July 3 to July 16 – the latest Grand Slam event and the only one played on grass; coverage of day five is on BBC2 from 11:30pm, BBC1 from 1:45pm, and eir Sport 1 from 11:30am
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OTHER SPORT
BAMMA – A mixed martial arts event from Dublin, 9pm, Channel 5
Netball Super Club – day five of the tournament featuring teams from around the world, 6am, Sky Sports Mix
FIM Speedway World Cup – 5:45pm, BT Sport 1, from Leszno, Poland
UFC Ultimate Fighter Prelims – 1am, BT Sport 2 – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
UFC Ultimate Fighter Finale – Michael Johnson v Justin Gaethje, lightweight contest, 3am, BT Sport 2 – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Canadian Football League – Calgary Stampeders @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 1:30am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Posted: 7th July 2017