Monday 14th August 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Monday 14th August 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day
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FOOTBALL
The draw for the Group stage of the 2017-18 Champions League will take place onAugust 24, with the 2018 Champions League final set for Kiev on May 26.
Monday August 14
Chinese Super League – Tianjin Teda v Hebei China Fortune FC, 12:35pm
National League North – Curzon Ashton v AFC Telford United, 7:45pm
National League South – Chelmsford v St Albans, 7:45pm, and Wealdstone v Havant and Waterloovile, 7:45pm
DFB-Pokal (First-round) – Hansa Rostock v Hertha Berlin, 7:45pm, BT Sport 3
Portuguese Primeira Liga – Estoril v Vitoria de Guimaraes, 7pm – GD Chaves v Benfica, 9pm
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HORSERACING
The Monday line-up is :
Ayr , 1:45pm – eight races, with field-sizes of 11-12-12-11-10-12-1- and 14; there’s a £12,000 handicap (10f) at 4:45pm; the card consists of seven handicaps plus a 2yo fillies race that starts the card; Ireland’s has 18 runners on the card, from the stables of Adrian McGuinness, Lee Smyth, Nicole McKenna, Adrian Keatley and Garvan Donnelly
Ripon , 2pm – six races – four handicaps plus two 2yo races that start the card – with field-sizes of 10-7-7-6-5 and 11; there’s a £12,000 handicap at 3:30pm; Silvestre de Sousa is among the jockeys riding on the card
Wolverhampton , 5:20pm – seven races, with field-sizes of 8-3-6-8-13-11 and 12; Ryan Moore is among the jockeys riding on the card
Ballinrobe , 5:30pm – A seven-race jumps card containing six hurdle races and a bumper; the feature is the Burleigh Accountancy Handicap Hurdle (7pm, €30,000).
Windsor , 5:40pm – six races, with field-sizes 14-12-9-8-5 and 10; of the card starts with a handicap for apprentices; there’s an £11,500 handicap at 7:10pm
They also race in France at Clairefontaine (11:40am); later in shops it is Club Hipico, 6:15pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Saratoga , 6:00pm, Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, Delaware Park, 6:15pm,Thistledown 6:40pm and Louisiana Downs, 9:15pm
The South African meeting is Flamingo Park (11:20am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Monday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – Perry Barr
11:11am – Swindon
2:08pm – Monmore
2:18pm – Sheffield
6:28pm – Nottingham
6:38pm – Romford
6:59pm – Youghal
The next live meeting is the William HillPeterborough Derby meeting from Peterborough on Weds August 23
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 22 :
Friday 18 August
Western Bulldogs v GWS Saints , 10:50am
Saturday 19 August
Sydney Swans v Fremantle , 4:45am – Geelong Cats v Richmond, 5:10am –Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns, 7:35am –West Coast Eagles v Carlton, 8:40am – Essendon v Adelaide Crows, 10:25am
Sunday 20 August
Melbourne v St Kilda , 4:10am – Hawthorn v North Melbourne, 6:20am – Port Adelaide v Collingwood, 7:10am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 11 games taking place today, with start times ranging from 11:10pm on Monday to 3:10am on Tuesday, i.e. – late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
Live :
New York Mets @ New York Yankees , 12:05am BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
Houston Astros @ Arizona Diamondbacks , 2:40am BT Sport 3 – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
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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
Monday August 14
TEST Series 2017 (Third Test, day three of five) – Sri Lanka v India, 5:30am
Tour Match – Derbyshire v West Indies, 2pm, final day
Under-19 Youth ODI Series 2017 – England U19 v India U19, 11am
CPL T20 – Trinbago Knight Riders v St Kitts & Nevis Patroits, 00:30am BT Sport 2 – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
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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
15-20 August – Tour De Limousin, France
17-20 August – Ladies Tour Of Norway
18-20 August – ITC Switzerland
This week:
From the track calendar:
09-14 August – National Elite Track Cycling Championships, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
14-20 August – Russian National Track Championships, Saint Petersburg, Russia
18-20 August – Hungarian National Track Championships, Budapest, Hungary
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DARTS
Next up:
Melbourne Darts Masters – Friday Aug 18 to Sunday Aug 20, live 8am, eir Sport 1 and full highlights on ITV4 from 7pm
Perth Darts Masters – Friday Aug 25 to Sunday Aug 27
ET9 – Dutch Dart Masters – Sept 01-03, Maastricht, Netherlands
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 19 August
All-Ireland Ladies SFC quarter-finals
Galway v Cork, TBC, 12.30pm – TG4
Donegal v Mayo, TBC, 2.15pm – TG4
All-Ireland Camogie Senior semi-finals
Cork v Galway, Gaelic Grounds, TBC – RTE
Dublin v Kilkenny, Gaelic Grounds, TBC – RTE
All-Ireland U21HC semi-finals
Kilkenny v Derry, Semple Stadium, 4pm – TG4
Galway v Limerick, Semple Stadium, 6pm – TG4
All-Ireland U21HC B semi-finals
Meath v Kerry, TBC, TBC
Wicklow v Kildare, TBC, TBC
Sunday 20 August
All-Ireland SFC semi-final
Kerry v Mayo, Croke Park, 3.30pm – RTE/Sky
All-Ireland MFC semi-final
Kerry v Cavan, Croke Park, 1.30pm – TG4
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – Fiji International, Natadola Bay GC, Natadola, Fiji, Thurs Aug 17 to Sun Aug 20
Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play , Golf Resort Bad Griesbach, Bad Griesbach, Germany, Thurs Aug 17 to Sun Aug 20
USPGA Tour – Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, NC, USA, Thurs Aug 17 to Sun Aug 20
LPGA Tour – The Solheim Cup, West Des Moines, Iowa, USA, Fri Aug 18 to Sun Aug 20, (a biennial tournament contested by teams representing Europe and USA)
On the (Seniors Tour), The Willow Senior Golf Classic, Hanbury Manor Marriott Hotel & CC, Ware, Hertfordshire, England, August 25-27
On the (Champions Tour), The DICK’S Sporting Goods Open, En-Joie GC, Endicott, New York, Fri Aug 18 to Sun Aug 20
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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 :
Thursday 17 August
Super League – Castleford Tigers v Wakefield Trinity, 8pm, Sky Sports Arena
NRL – Parramatta Eels v Gold Coast Titans, 10:50am
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RUGBY UNION
Women’s Rugby World Cup –
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SNOOKER
Next:
Evergrande China Championship – Guangzhou, China, August 16-22
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
Western & Southern Open , Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Mon Aug 14 to Sun Aug 20 – Coverage of day one at the Lindner Family Tennis Centre, 4pm/ 8:30pm and Midnight on Sky Sports Main Event and 4pm and midnight, Sky Sports Action, all of these ATP; the live WTA action is on BT Sport 1 at 4pm
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OTHER SPORT
Speedway – Somerset Rebels v Leicester Lions – coverage from the Oaktree Arena, 7:30pm BT Sport 2
Posted: 14th August 2017