Monday 31st July 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Monday 31st July 2017
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Monday July 31
Airtricity League Premier Division – Cork City v Bohemians, 7:45pm
Tuesday Aug 01
Champions League Qualifier (Third Qualifying Round, 2nd leg) – Sheriff Tiraspol v Qarabag FK, 6pm – the first leg finished 0-0
Friendly Matches – Borussia Dortmund v Atalanta, 6:30pm – Burton Albion v Leicester City, 7:45pm
Audi Cup – Atletico Madrid v Napoli, 4:45pm, ITV4 – Bayern Munich v Liverpool, 7:30pm, ITV4
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HORSERACING
The Monday line-up is:
Ayr, 1:30pm – eight races, with field-sizes of 5-13-13-8-12-8-8 and 13; the card closes with an apprentice handicap; the most-valuable race is the £14,500 Western House Handicap (ten furlongs, 4pm); jockeys riding on the card include Tony Hamilton, Jason Hart, Paul Mulrennan, Tom Eaves, Andrew Mullen, James Sullivan, PJ McDonald, Graham Lee, Paul Hanagan, Danny Tudhope, Shane Gray, Sammy Jo Bell and Joe Fanning; Ireland has a runner on the card – Coreczka (3:30pm), for Clare Louise Cannon
Newton Abbot, 1:45pm – seven races, with field-sizes of 7-8-4-5-15-7 and 10; the most-valuable race is the £10,000 SIS Stream Handicap Hurdle at 2:45pm; jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Harry Cobden, Aidan Coleman, Sam Twiston-Davies, Gavin Sheehan, Noel Fehily, Harry Skelton, Jonathan Moore, Adam Wedge, Paddy Brennan, David Bass and Tom Scudamore
Galway (5:20pm) – Day one of the prestigious festival; a seven-race mixed card, made up of two hurdle races, a flat maiden, three flat handicaps and a bumper; the feature race is the €100,000 Connacht Hotel Handicap run over 2 miles for horses rated 70-100 (7:40pm); field-sizes are 9-20 (plus 3 reserves)-7-15 (plus 3 reserves)-20 (plus 3 reserves)-13 and 16; Barry Geraghty makes a welcome return from injury to ride at the meeting, in the first two races; just about all of the top-name jockeys and trainers will be taking part on day one of the meeting; as ever, the Dermot Weld runners – he is known as the ‘King Of Galway’ – will be worth watching out for, and he has five of them today
Windsor, 5:35pm – six races on a card that starts with a Pro-Am handicap for Lady Riders (which, at £10,000, is the most-valuable race on the card and sees Hayley Turner taking a ride on Paul Cole’s Mr Pocket; also riding in the race are Josephine Gordon and Hollie Doyle); field-sizes are 9-5-5-7-10 and 4; jockeys riding on the card include Andrea Atzeni, Fran Berry, Pat Dobbs, Harry Bentley, Jamie Spencer, David Probert, Sean Levey, Dane O’Neill and Kieran Shoemark
Wolverhampton, 5:45pm – seven races, with field-sizes of 10-7-13-12-12-10 and 13; jockeys in action include Jim Crowley, Richard Kingscote, Martin Harley, Oisin Murphy, Phillip Makin, Martin Dwyer, Jack Garritty, Adam Beschizza, Franny Norton, Pat Cosgrave, David Nolan, Tom Marqaund, John Fahy, Stevie Donohoe, Robert Winston, Steve Drowne, Dougie Costello, Tom Queally, Royston Ffrench, George Wood, Charlie Bennett, William Carson and Shane Kelly, who rides a couple of Irish raiders – Konig Hall (8pm) and Pushaq (8:30pm) – for Anthony McCann. Also running for Ireland on the card is David Harry Kelly’s Shoofly (8pm, Alistair Rawlinson)
They also race in India at Hyderabad (10:20am) and in Germany at Cologne (3:15pm); later in shops it is Philadelphia Park, 5:55pm, in the USA and Club Hipico, 7:15pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Saratoga, 6pm, Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, Felaware Park, 6:15pm, Thistledown, 6:40pm Louisiana Downs, 9:15pm and Presque Isle Downs, 10:25pm
The South African meeting is Fairview (11:45am)
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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 on Sky Sports is the Coral Sussex Cup meeting at Hove on August 3
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 20 of the season
Friday 04 August
Geelong Cats v Sydney Swans, 10:50am
Saturday 05 August
GWS Giants v Melbourne, 4:45am – Essendon v Carlton, 5:10am – Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs, 7:35am – Fremantle v Gold Coast Suns, 8:40am – North Melbourne v Collingwood, 10:25am
Sunday 06 August
St Kilda v West Coast Eagles, 4:10am – Richmond v Hawthorn, 5:20am – Adelaide Crows v Port Adelaide, 7:10am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 9 games taking place today, with start times ranging from 5:35pm on Monday to 3:05am on Tuesday, i.e. – late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
Live:
Atlanta Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies, 5:35pm, BT Sport 2
Cleveland Indians v Boston Red Sox, 12:10am, BT Sport ESPN – 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 – http://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 July 31
TEST Series 2017 – England v South Africa, 11am Sky Sports Main Event/ Sky Sports Cricket (ch404)/Sky Sports Mix – final day (if required)
Under 19 Youth TEST Series 2017 – England U-19 v India U-19, 11am
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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
Tour of Poland – Stage three of the UCI event featuring a 161km route starting in Jaworzno finishing in Szczyrk, 5:00pm Eurosport 2
Tour Cycliste International de la Guadeloupe – July 28 to Aug 06
From the track calendar:
British Cycling National Junior Track Championships, Newport, Wales, July 31 to Aug 04
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DARTS
Next up:
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 5 August
All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Finals
Dublin v Round 4B Winner (Armagh, Down or Monaghan) TBC,TBC – Sky
Tyrone v Round 4B Winner (Armagh, Monaghan or Kildare) TBC,TBC – Sky
All-Ireland JFC Final – Kerry v Meath, Portlaoise, 3pm
All-Ireland MFC Quarter Finals – Galway v Cavan, Carrick-on-Shannon, 2pm – Derry v Sligo, Ballybofey, 2pm – Kerry v Louth, Portlaoise, 1:15pm
Sunday 6 August
All-Ireland SHC Semi Final – Galway v Tipperary, 4pm RTE/Sky
All-Ireland MHC Semi-Final – Kilkenny v Galway, 2pm –TG4
All-Ireland U17HC Final – Dublin v Galway or Cork, Croke Park 12pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – The WGC–Bridgestone Invitational, Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio, USA, Aug 03-06
USPGA Tour – as above
LPGA Tour – the Ricoh Women’s British Open, Fife, Scotland, Aug 03-06
On the (Seniors Tour), the Scottish Senior Open, The Reanaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland, Aug 04-06
On the (Champions Tour), the 3M Championship, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, MN, Aug 04-06
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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 03 August
NRL – Penrith Panthers v Canterbury Bulldogs, 10:50am
Friday 04 August
NRL – New Zealand Warriors v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, 9am – Parramatta Eels v Brisbane Broncos, 10:50am
RUGBY UNION
Friday 04 August
Currie Cup – Sharks v Griquas, 6pm
Saturday 05 August
Currie Cup – Western Province v Pumas, 2pm – Blue Bulls v Golden Lions, 4:15pm
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SNOOKER
Next:
Indian Open Qualifiers – Preston, August 01-02
European Masters Qualifiers – Preston, August 03-04
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP Generali Open, Kitzbuhel, Austria, Mon July 31 – Sun Aug 06
ATP Abierto Mexicano 250 Los Cabo, Los Cobos, Mexico, Mon July 31 – Sun Aug 06
WTA Tour Bank Of The West Classic, Stanford, Connecticut, USA, Mon July 31 – Sun Aug 06, Day one of the ladies-only event from 6pm, BT Sport 1 and 3am, BT Sport 1 – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
Citi Open, Washington, DC, USA, Mon July 31 – Sun Aug 06, Day one 9pm Sky Sports Main Event/ Sky Sports Action, 6:45pm BT Sport 3 and 9pm, Sky Sports Mix
Posted: 31st July 2017