SUNDAY SPORTS PREVIEW
SPORTS PREVIEW
SUNDAY 18 JUNE 2017
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FOOTBALL
Saturday June 17
The 2017 Confederations Cup takes place in Russia and runs from the Saturday June 17 to Sunday July 02. The tournament is a prelude to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Today’s Confederation Cup matches:
Portugal v Mexico, 4pm, RTE2/UTV
Cameroon v Chile, 7pm, RTE2/ITV4
Sunday June 18
European U-21 Championship – Germany U21 v Czech Rep U21, 5pm, Sky Sports 1 – Denmark U21 v Italy U21, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Mix
Chinese Super League – four games, all at 12:35pm, including Guangzhou R&F v Shanghai SIPG, Sky Sports Mix
MLS – Philadelphia Union v New York Red Bulls, 10pm, Sky Sports 1 – Colorado Rapids v Portland Timbers, 2:30am
Brazil – Fluminense v Flamengo, 8pm, BT Sport 2
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HORSERACING
The Sunday line-up is:
Doncaster, 1:35pm – with a £12,000 6f2y handicap feature at 4pm; the card closes with a race for apprentice riders
Salisbury, 1:50pm – a card that includes the £48,000 British Stallion Studs EBF Listed Cathedral Stakes (3:45pm) and a £16,000 2yo race, named in honour and memory of Toby Balding, at 4:15pm; the card closes with an apprentice race
Cork, 220pm – A card that includes the €45,000 Listed Midsummer Sprint Stakes (3:20pm), the €70,000 Group 3 Munster Oaks Stakes (3:50pm) and the €50,000 Cork Derby (Premier Handicap, 4:20pm)
Downpatrick, 2:35pm – A card that includes the €16,000 Style Sunday Spectacular Handicap Steeplechase (4:35pm)
They also race in France at (:pm),; later in shops it is **, 5:55pm, in the USA and **, 6:30pm, in Chile
At Chantilly in France, the big race is the Group 1 Prix de Diane (French Oaks) at 3:05pm
The Turf TV USA line-up is: **, 6:05pm, **, 6:10pm, **, 6:40pm, **, 7:05pm and **, 9:15pm
The South African meeting is ** (**:**am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Sunday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – BELLE VUE
11:11am – HOVE
2:06pm – NEWCASTLE
2:12pm – PERRY BARR
3:18pm – MULLINGAR
6:04pm – POOLE
6:11pm – CENTRAL PARK
The next meeting live on Sky Sports is the English Greyhound Derby Quarter-Finals meeting at Towcester on June 20th, Sky Sports 2
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 13 of the season
Sunday 18 June
Western Bulldogs v Melbourne, 6:20am, BT Sport 1
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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 6:07pm on Sunday to 1am on Monday morning – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Live games:
Boston Red Sox @ Houston Astros, 1am, BT Sport 1, – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
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BASKETBALL
The NBA Finals 2017 were won 4-1 (best-of-seven series) by Golden State Warriors who become NBA champions for the second time in the last three years – having met Cleveland in each of those finals.
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
The 2017 European Championships run from June 14-26, from Kharkiv in the Ukraine
This week’s fights include:
TBC
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CRICKET
Sunday June 18
ICC Champions Trophy 2017 (Final) – India v Pakistan, 10:30am, Sky Sports 2
Tour Match 2017 – Leicestershire v South Africa, 2:30pm
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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 Tour de France runs from July 1st to July 23rd; it begins in Dusseldorf, Germany, before 1making its way through Belgium to France
From the track calendar:
2017 Irish National Track Championships Men & Women’s Omnium, Sundrive, Dublin, Saturday June 17
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DARTS
Players Championship 13/14, from Wigan, England, June 17-18
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FORMULA ONE
The next race in the 2017 Formula One season is the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, June 23-25
It will be followed by the Austria Grand Prix, July 07-09
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Sunday 18 June
Munster SHC semi-final
Cork v Waterford, Semple Stadium, 4pm – RTE 1
Connacht SFC semi-final
Roscommon v Leitrim, Dr Hyde Park, 3.30pm
Ulster SFC semi-final
Tyrone v Donegal, Clones, 2pm – RTE 1/BBC Two Ulster
Leinster SHC semi-final
Galway v Offaly, O’Moore Park, 2pm
Munster U25HC final
Limerick v Waterford, Semple Stadium, 2pm
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GOLF
European Tour/ USPGA Tour – The US Open, Erin Hills, Erin, Wisconsin, USA June 15-18 – final day coverage is on Sky Sports 4 from 6pm
LPGA Tour – It is the final day of the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, Grand Rapids, MI, June 15-18
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the American Family Insurance Championship, University Ridge GC, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, June 23-25
On the European Seniors Tour, the next tournament is the European Tour Properties Senior Classic, Linna GC, Finland, June 21-23
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ICE HOCKEY (NHL)
Pittsburgh Penguins won the best-of-seven series 4-2 over Nashville Predators and are the Stanley Cup Champions of 2017
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Next up:
Sunday 18 June
Challenge Cup – Hull FC v Castleford Tigers, 3pm
Kingstone Press Championship – four games, all at 3pm
NRL – Parramatta Eels v St George-Illawarra Dragons, 7am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Today
World U-20 Rugby Championship The Final, 2:45pm, ITV4/eir Sport 1, ** v ** with the fifth-place play-off live on eir Sport 2 at 9:50am, ** v **
Tuesday 20 June
British & Irish Lions Tour – Chiefs v British & Irish Lions, 8:35am, Sky Sports 1
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SNOOKER
Next:
Kaspersky Riga Masters – Riga, Latvia, June 23-25
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TENNIS
Current tournaments:
ATP Mercedes Cup – from Stuttgart, Germany, (ends Sunday 18 June), final day
WTA/ATP Aegon Nottingham Open, Nottingham, England (ends Sunday 18 June), final, 3pm, Eurosport 1
ATP&WTA Topshelf Open – Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, (ends Sunday 18 June), final day
WTA Ricoh Open – Rosmalen, Netherlands,a grass-court tournament, the final, live on BT Sport 1 at 11am
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OTHER SPORT
World Cup Of Pool – Day six, 1:30pm, Sky Sports 5, and 6:30pm on Sky Sports 3
FIM CEV Repsol – 9:45am, BT Sport 3
NASCAR – The Firekeepers 400, 7:30pm, eir Sport 2
Le Mans 24 Hours – 7:05am to 2:15pm, Eurosport 1
World Superbikes – in Italy, 10am, Eurosport 2
MCE British Superbikes – from Knockhill, Fife, 1pm, Eurosport 2
Americas Cup Sailing – Races three and four, 5:45pm, BT Sport 1
Hockey Men’s Hockey World League –Pakistan v India, 1:45pm, followed on the same channel by England v Argentina, 2pm, live on BT Sport 2
NCAA Championship – Action from game one NCAA men’s College World Baseball Series, 7pm, midnight and 3am, BT Sport ESPN, – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Posted: 16th June 2017