Monday 18 December 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
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FOOTBALL
Premier League – Everton v Swansea City, 8pm, Sky Sports Premier League/Main Event
La Liga – Malaga v Real Betis, 8pm, Sky Sports Football
Portuguese Primera Liga – Moreirense v Vitoria de Guimaraes, 7pm, and FC Porto v Maritimo, 9pm
Bundesliga 2 – St Pauli v VFL Bochum, 7:30pm, BT Sport 1
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HORSERACING
The Monday line-up is:
Musselburgh, 12:10pm – A seven-race National Hunt card; Ireland’s Jim Dreaper runs Mullaghmurphy Blue at 1:10pm (Andrew Lynch rides) and Karl Thornton runs Rancher Lass (2:50pm, Andrew Lynch); the most-valuable race is the £10,000 handicap hurdle at 2:!5pm; jockeys riding on the card include Brian Hughes (his mounts including recent course winner Silver Concorde – formerly with Dermot Weld – in the opener), Derek Fox, Will Kennedy, Henry Brooke, Danny Cook, Conor O’Farrell, Craig Nichol and Lucy Alexander; field-sizes are 10-12-7-10-11-7 and 15
Plumpton, 12:20pm – A seven-race National Hunt card, where the most-valuable race is the £10,000 Happy Birthday Chris Kinane Novices’ Chase at 12:50pm, in which Nicky Henderson runs French Listed Hurdle winner and Imperial Cup runner-up, Fixe le Kape, who makes his chasing debut; Bryan Cooper rides New To This Town for trainer Colin Tizzard in the 1:20pm race; other jockeys riding on the card include Harry Skelton, Aidan Coleman, Tom O’Brien, Jamie Moore, Gavin Sheehan, Adrian Heskin, Josh Moore, Wayne Hutchinson, Leighton Aspell, Nico de Boinville, Nick Scholfield and Daryl Jacob; field-sizes are 14-4-11-7-9-7 and 7
Ffos Las, 12:30pm – A seven-race National Hunt card, where the most-valuable race is the £15,000 Spiros Fine Dining & Events Handicap Chase (3:15pm); jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Sean Bowen, Noel Fehily, Johnny Burke, Adam Wedge, David Bass, Paddy Brennan, Tom Scudamore, Robbie Dunne and James Bowen; the opening race is a handicap hurdle for conditional jockeys; field-sizes on the card are 10-10-8-6-6-6 and 7
Wolverhampton, 2pm – A seven-race card at the all-weather track, with field-sizes of 13 (an amateur riders’ race)-5 (a seller)-12 (a 6f handicap)-7 (a 5f nursery)-13 (a 2yo novice auction race)-9 (a claimer) and 6 (a 3yo+ 1m142y maiden, in which the nicely-bred Dubawi filly Pure Shoes will be looking for a first career win as she races for her new trainer Ian Williams for the second time; jockeys riding on the card include Luke Morris, Andrew Mullen, Dougie Costello, Ben Curtis, Robert Winston, Shane Kelly, Richard Kingscote, PJ McDonald, Tom Marquand, Robert Havlin, Martin Harley (one ride, in the finale), Cam Hardie (one ride, in the finale), Hollie Doyle and Kieran O’Neill
They also race at Hyderabad in India (10:15am); later in the shops it is Philadelphia (5:25pm) in the USA and Club Hipico (5:30pm) in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Laurel Park, 5:30pm, Mahoning Valley, 5:45pm, Turf Paradise, 7:40pm, and Portland Meadows, 8:30pm
The South African meeting is Flamingo Park (10:20am)
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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
6:33pm – YARMOUTH
6:39pm – ROMFORD
6:59pm – YOUGHAL
The next live meeting on Sky Sports will be in 2018
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 15 continued
Monday December 18 – Atlanta Falcons @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
College Football
No live action scheduled in Ire/UK
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BASKETBALL
There are ten NBA matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from Midnight to 3:30am – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday night
Live:
Portland Trail Blazers @ Minnesota Timberwolves, 1am, BT Sport 1 – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday night
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Omaha Mavericks @ Kansas Jayhawks, midnight, BT Sport ESPN
Tennessee State Tigers @ Texas Longhorns, 2am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday night
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
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CRICKET
Tuesday 19 December
Australian Big Bash League – Sydney Thunder v Sydney Sixers, 8:45am
One Day International – New Zealand v West Indies, 10pm
New Zealand T20 – Wellington v Northern Districts, 3am – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
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DARTS
Coming up on the PDC calendar:
The 2017/2018 William Hill World Darts Championship takes place from Alexandra Palace (Ally Pally) in London from Thursday December 14 to Monday January 01 – Day five from and 7pm, Sky Sports Mix/ Sky Sports Arena and 10pm on Sky Sports Main Event
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
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GOLF
USPGA Tour – Sentry Tournament of Champions, Maui, Hawaii, Jan 4-7, 2018
PGA European Tour – BMW SA Open, Gauteng, South Africa, Jan 11-14, 2018
USLPGA Tour – the next tournament will take place in 2018
USPGA Champions Tour – the next tournament will take place in 2018
Seniors Tour, Europe – the next tournament will take place in 2018
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ICE HOCKEY
There are five NHL matches taking place today, with start times ranging from midnight to 2am – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
Live:
Philadelphia Flyers v Los Angeles Kings, midnight, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Friday 22 December
Aviva Premiership – Worcester v London Irish, 7:45pm
French Top 14 – Racing 92 v Toulouse, 7:45pm
The Championship – Bristol v Cornish Pirates, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Action – Jersey v Hartpury College RFC, 7:45pm
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SNOOKER
Dafabet Masters, London, Alexandra Palace 14 January – 21 January
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP, Qatar Open, Doha, Jan 1-7
ATP, Maharashtra Open, Pune, India, Jan 1-7
ATP & WTA, Brisbane International, Australia, Jan 1-7
WTA, Shenzhen Open, Jan 1-7
WTA, ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand, Jan 1-7
Posted: 18th December 2017