Tuesday 26 September 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Tuesday 26 September 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Euro Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Tuesday Sept 26
Champions League – all at 7:45pm – Apoel Nicosia v Tottenham Hotspur, BT Sport ESPN – Besiktas v RB Leipzig – Borussia Dortmund v Real Madrid, live on TV3 – Man City v Shakhtar Donetsk, eir Sport 1 and BT Sport 3 – Monaco v Porto – Napoli v Feyenoord – Sevilla v Maribor – Spartak Moscow v Liverpool, eir Sport 2 and BT Sport 2
Championship – 10 games, all at 7:45pm, including Cardiff City v Leeds Utd, Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event
League One – 12 games, all at 7:45pm
League Two – 12 games, all at 7:45pm
National League South – East Thurrock United v St Albans, 7:45pm
UEFA Youth League – Manchester City v Shakhtar Donetsk, 4pm, BT Sport 2 and Spartak Moscow v Liverpool, midday, BT Sport 3
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HORSERACING
The Tuesday line-up is:
Warwick, 1:50pm – A six-race jumping card made up of a novices’ hurdle, three handicap chases (one of which is worth £12,000) and two handicap hurdles; jockeys in action include Harry Skelton, Denis O’Regan, Aidan Coleman, Wayne Hutchinson, Richard Johnson, Johnny Burke, Tom Scudamore, Sean Bowen, Adrian Heskin, Tom O’Brien and Sam Twiston-Davies; field-sizes are 12-10-6-8-13 and 9
Lingfield, 2pm – An eight-race card consisting of five handicaps, two divisions of the 2yo mile maiden and a maiden for fillies (3yo+, 10f); field-sizes are 11-9-13-10-14-12-10 and 14
Beverley, 2:10pm – Eight races, including two divisions of the amateur riders’ handicap to close the card; there are two other handicaps on the card plus two 2yo races, a £20,000 Conditions Stakes race and a fillies maiden (3yo+, 1m4f); field-sizes are 7-6-13-6-15-6-16 and 15
Tipperary, 2:15pm – A seven-race flat card made up of (in this order) a 3yo+ maiden (5f), a 5f handicap, a 2yo maiden (colts and geldings, 7f110y), a nursery, a 7f110y handicap, a fillies’ maiden (3yo+, 9f) and a 9f handicap; field-sizes are 11-18 (plus one reserve)-7-10-14-13 and 16 (plus three reserves); Tipperary race again on Sunday, a card that will contain a Group 3 flat race and three Grade 3 races over jumps
Chelmsford, 5:40pm – Eight races, starting with two divisions of the apprentice handicap, followed by a 2yo race (6f), two handicaps (one of them for fillies), a maiden race for fillies (3yo+, one mile) and two handicaps; field-sizes are 13-13-10-11-10-8-11 and 14
They also race in France at Compiegne, (11:40am); later in the shops it is Philadelphia (5:55pm) in the USA, and Concepcion (9pm) in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, Fort Erie, 6:20pm, Thistledown, 6:40pm, Zia Park, 7:15pm, and Louisiana Downs, 9:15pm
The South African meeting is Fairview (12:05pm)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Tuesday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – NOTTINGHAM
11:11am – PERRY BARR
2:08pm – KINSLEY
2:18am – SUNDERLAND
6:28pm – NEWCASTLE
6:33pm – SHEFFIELD
6:39pm – CRAYFORD, a card that features the Ladbrokes Gold Collar final (£8,000 and a trophy to the winner – see below)
6:58pm – TRALEE
The next live Sky card is tonight’s Ladbrokes Gold Collar meeting from Crayford, 7pm, Sky Sports Action
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 4
Thursday 28 September
Chicago Bears @ Green Bay Packers, 1:25am, Sky Sports Main Event, i.e. late Thurs night/early Fri morning
Sunday 1 October
Miami Dolphins @ New Orleans Saints, 2:30pm, (from Wembley), then eight games at 6pm, three at 9:05pm, Oakland Raiders @ Denver Broncos at 9:25pm and Indianapolis Colts @ Seattle Seahawks, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event, i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning
Monday October 2
Washington Redskins @ Kansas City Chiefs, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event, i.e. late Mon night/early Tues morning
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AUSSIE RULES
The AFL Grand Final will be played on September 30th
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 15 games taking place today, with start times ranging from 12:05am to 3:10am – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Live:
There is a game scheduled to be live on BT Sport ESPN at midnight
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
The next big bout is:
Card from the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday 30 September will feature a rematch between Paul Butler v Stuart Hall in a Bantamweight world title eliminator – Butler took the IBF crown from Hall in a split decision in May 2014. Hall gets his chance for revenge here and the winner will be in line to challenge for the WBA Bantamweight world title currently in the hands of Jamie McDonnell
Also on the card Rocky Fielding v David Brophy as Fielding puts his British Super-Middleweight title on the line for the first time against David Brophy, who also puts his Commonwealth crown on the line in a domestic clash
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CRICKET
Next games:
Tuesday September 26
County Championship Division 1 – all at 10:30am, Lancashire v Surrey – Warwickshire v Hampshire – Somerset v Middlesex – Essex v Yorkshire (day two of four in each game)
County Championship Division 2 – all at 10:30am, Gloucestershire v Derbyshire – Kent v Glamorgan – Sussex v Nottinghamshire – Leicestershire v Northamptonshire – Worcestershire v Durham (day two of four in each game)
JLT One-Day Cup 2017 – Cricket Australia Xl v South Australia, 00:30am
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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
Il Lombardia, Italy, September 30th
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Turkey, 10th – 15th October
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
Next up:
The Winmau World Masters; day one of the two-day BDO tournament (Winmau World Masters, stage matches) from Bridlington Spa in England; 6pm, Eurosport 1
Then it is …
Thursday 28 Sept – Lakeside World Championships Play-offs, BDO
World Grand Prix, Citywest Hotel, Dublin Sunday 1 October – Monday 9 October, live on Sky Sports
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 Grand Prix will be Malaysia Grand Prix, the Sepang International Circuit, Sept 29 – Oct 01
Followed by the Japan Grand Prix, the Suzuka Circuit, Oct 06 – Oct 08
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Next games:
Saturday 30 September
Meath SHC final
Kiltale v Kildalkey, Pairc Tailteann, 4.30pm
Sunday 1 October
All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie final replay
Cork v Meath, Gaelic Grounds, 2.30pm
Fermanagh SFC final
Derrygonnelly v Devenish, Brewster Park, 4pm
Kildare SHC final
Ardclough v Naas, Newbridge, 3.30pm
Longford SHC final
Longford Slashers v Wolfe Tones, Glennon Bros Pearse Park, TBC
Offaly SHC final
Kilcormac/Killoughey v St Rynagh’s, O’Connor Park, TBC
Roscommon SHC final
Four Roads v Padraig Pearses, TBC, TBC
Westmeath SHC final
Castletown-Geoghegan v Raharney, TEG Cusack Park, 3.30pm
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GOLF
PGA Tour – The Presidents Cup, Liberty National Golf Course, New Jersey – Thursday 28th Sept to Sunday 1st Oct
The British Masters Hero Challenge (eight players plus a number of celebrities playing under lights in a one-hole knockout tournament) is live on Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports The Open at 7:30pm today
European Tour – British Masters, Close House Golf Club, Newcastle upon Tyne – Thursday 28th Sept to Sunday 1st Oct
Senior Tour – Paris Legends Championship, Le Golf National, Paris, France – Thursday 28th Sept to Saturday 30th Sept
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ICE HOCKEY
The new season begins on Wednesday, October 4
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Next games:
Saturday 30 September
National Conference Division One – Six games all getting underway 2:30pm
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Wednesday 27 September
Mitre 10 Cup – Northland v Otago, 7:35am Sky Sports Action
Thursday 28 September
Mitre 10 Cup – Taranaki v Tasman, 7:35am, Sky Sports Action
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SNOOKER
European Masters runs from October 2 – 8
English Open, Barnsley, runs October 16 – 22
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TENNIS
ATP Shenzen Open, Shenzen, China – Monday 25th September to Sunday 1st October
WTA Tour Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan – Monday 25th September to Sunday 1st October – Day two action is live on BT Sport 2 at 6am
WTA Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open, Wuhan, China – Monday 25th September to Sunday 1st October – Day three action is live on BT Sport 1 at 5:30am
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OTHER SPORT
Invictus Games – day two, 7pm on BBC2
Posted: 25th September 2017