MONDAY 22nd MAY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
MONDAY 22 MAY 2017
Today’s Action
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FOOTBALL
Monday May 22
League of Ireland Premier Division – Drogheda v Bray, 7:45pm – Finn Harps v St Patrick’s Athletic, 7:45pm – Shamrock Rovers v Galway United, 7:45pm
Serie A – Pescara v Palermo, 7:45pm, eir Sport 1/BT Sport 1
Brazilian Serie A – Sao Paulo v Avai, midnight
FIFA U-20 World Cup – France v Honduras, 8:45am, kick-off 9am, Eurosport 1 – Vietnam v New Zealand, 11:45am, kick-off midday), Eurosport 1
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HORSERACING
The Monday line-up is:
Towcester, 2pm – field-sizes: 11-7-8-8-5-9 and 8; jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Aidan Coleman, Brian Hughes, Leighton Aspell, Paddy Brennan and Liam Treadwell
Redcar, 2:10pm – field-sizes: 14-17-13-11-11-5-11 and 11; the feature is a £12,000 handicap at 3:40pm; jockeys in action include Paul Mulrennan, Danny Tudhope, Richard Kingscote, Silvestre de Sousa, Dane O’Neill, David Allan, Connor Beasley, Josephine Gordon, Luke Morris, Kevin Stott, Ben Curtis, Joe Fanning (who travel on afterwards to ride at Leicester), Andrea Atzeni (who travel on afterwards to ride at Leicester), Shane Kelly and Sammy Jo Bell
Carlisle, 2:20pm – field-sizes: 10-8-11-9-9-12-12 and 9; jockeys in action include Tom Eaves, Shane Gray, Graham Lee, Franny Norton, Phillip Makin, PJ McDonald, Tony Hamilton, Cam Hardie, James Sullivan, Jason Hart and Andrew Mullen
Punchestown, 5:45pm – six hurdle races and a bumper; field-sizes: 25-17-25 (plus 3 reserves)-6-11-25 and 14; the feature is the €20,000 La Touche Restaurant Rated Novice Hurdle (7:15pm); jockeys in action include Mark Walsh, Davy Russell, Andrew Lynch, Jonathan Moore, Paul Townend, Denis O’Regan, Sean Flanagan, David Mullins, Rachael Blackmore, Jody McGarvey, Keith Donoghue, Danny Mullins, JJ Slevin and Ger Fox
Windsor, 5:55pm – field-sizes: 10-8-7-9-14 and 12; the feature is the £37,000 Listed Weatherbys Private Bank Leisure Stakes (7:25pm); jockeys riding on the card include Paul Hanagan, PJ McDonald, Sean Levey, John Egan, Oisin Murphy, Stevie Donohoe, Robert Winston, Jamie Spencer, William Buick, Ryan Moore and Pat Cosgrave
Leicester, 6:05pm – field-sizes: 9-8-8-10-10 and 9; jockeys in action include Jim Crowley, Dougie Costello, Adam Kirby, Martin Dwyer, Fran Berry, Tom Marquand, Joe Fanning and Andrea Atzeni
They also race in India at Ooty (10:15am), in France at Chantilly (nine races from 12:10pm),; later in shops it is Philadelphia, 5:55pm, in the USA, Woodbine, 6pm, in Canada and Club Hipico, 7:15pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Woodbine, 6pm, Finger Lakes, 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 – HALL GREEN
11:11am – SWINDON
2:08pm – MONMORE
2:18pm – SHEFFIELD
6:28pm – NOTTINGHAM
6:38pm – ROMFORD
6:59pm – YOUGHAL
The next meeting live on Sky Sports is the English Greyhound Derby Third Round meeting at Towcester on June 17th
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 10 of the season
Thursday 25 May
Geelong Cats v Port Adelaide, 10:20am
Friday 26 May
Sydney Swans v Hawthorn, 10:50am
Saturday 27 May
Western Bulldogs v St Kilda, 4:45am – Melbourne v Gold Coast Suns, 7:35am – Richmond v Essendon, 10:25am – Adelaide Crows v Fremantle, 10:10am
Sunday 28 May
Collingwood v Brisbane Lions, 4:10am – Carlton v North Melbourne, 6:20am – West Coast Eagles v GWS Giants, 5:40am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are nine MLB games today, with start times ranging from 00:05am on Tuesday to 2:40am on Tuesday morning – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
Live games:
Kansas City Royals @ New York Yankees, midnight, BT Sport ESPN
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BASKETBALL
In the NBA:
Eastern Conference Finals – Golden State Warriors @ San Antonio Spurs, 2am, live on BT Sport 1 – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
Live games:
As above
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
This week’s fights include:
On Saturday May 27, Kell Brook will fight Errol Spence Jnr for the IBF welterweight title, which will take place at Sheffield United’s football ground, Bramall Lane
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CRICKET
Next:
Wednesday May 24
One-Day International Series – England v South Africa, 2pm, and Bangladesh v New Zealand, 10:45am
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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
Giro d’Italia – No action today
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
Next up:
Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, May 24-25
** The World Cup Of Darts 2017, takes place in Frankfurt, Germany, from June 1-4 **
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FORMULA ONE
The next race in the 2017 Formula One season is the Monaco Grand Prix, May 25-28
Followed by the Canada Grand Prix, June 9-11
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Wednesday 24 May
Leinster JFC quarter-finals
Wicklow v Cavan, Aughrim, 7.30pm
Longford v Louth, Glennon Bros Pearse Park, 7.30pm
Meath v Kildare, Pairc Tailteann, 7.30pm
Leinster U21HC first round
Meath v Westmeath, Pairc Tailteann, 7.30pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – The BMW PGA Championship, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England, May 25-28
USPGA Tour – The Dean & Deluca Invitational, Colonial CC, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, May 25-28
LPGA Tour – The next tournament is the LPGA Volvik Championship, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 25-28
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, Trump National Golf Club, Washington DC, USA, May 25-28
On the European Seniors Tour, the next tournament is the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, Trump National, Washington DC, USA, May 25-28
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ICE HOCKEY (NHL)
Western Conference Finals
Game 6 – Today’s game is Anaheim Ducks @ Nashville Predators, 1am, eir Sport 2, – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
This tournament concludes today – 16 teams, two host cities > Cologne and Paris
Live:
No games listed as live in Ire/UK
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Thursday 25 May
Super League – St Helens v Wigan Warriors, 8pm, Sky Sports 1
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RUGBY UNION
Wednesday 24 May
The Championship – London Irish v Yorkshire Carnegie, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 1 – second leg
****NB The British and Irish Lions Tour to New Zealand begins on Saturday June 3rd
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SNOOKER
TBC
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon, Nice, France, May 21-28
ATP Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon, Lyon, France, May 21-28
ATP Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland, May 22-28
WTA Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, May 22-28, day one, 10am and 4:30pm, BT Sport 2
WTA Nurnberger Versicherungscup, Nurnberg, Germany, May 22-28
French Open Qualifying tournament, Roland Garros, 9am, Eurosport 2
** Then the French Open from Roland Garros, Paris, France, will run from Sun May 28 to Sun June 11 **
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OTHER SPORT
ANZ Premiership Netball – Stars v Magic, 8:30am, Sky Sports Mix
Netball Superleague – Wasps v Surrey Storm, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Mix
Posted: 21st May 2017