Monday 4 September 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Monday 4 September 2017
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FOOTBALL
Monday September 4
FIFA World Cup European Qualifying – Armenia v Denmark, 5pm, Sky Sports Football – Azerbaijan v San Marino, 5pm – England v Slovakia, 7:45pm TV3 – Germany v Norway, 7:45pm – Montenegro v Romania, 7:45pm – Northern Ireland v Czech Rep, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Mix – Poland v Kazakhstan, 7:45pm – Scotland v Malta, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football – Slovenia v Lithuania, 7:45pm
FIFA World Cup Qualifying Africa – Cameroon v Nigeria, 6pm, BT Sport 2
Northern Premier League – Shaw Lane Aquaforce v Rushall Olympic, 7:45pm – Stourbridge v Hednesford, 7:45pm
Italian Serie B – Salernitana v Ternana U, 7:30pm
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HORSERACING
The Monday line-up is:
Windsor, 1:50pm – An eight-race card, with field-sizes of 11-7-7-9-7-10-10 and 7; the card consists of six handicaps (one of them for apprentices, one of them a nursery), a 2yo race (which starts the card) and a 3yo maiden; jockeys in action include Fran Berry, Pat Dobbs, David Probert, Tom Marquand, Sean Levey, Tom Queally, Jamie Spencer, Martin Harley, Franny Norton, James Doyle, Shane Kelly, Luke Morris, Stevie Donohoe and Liam Keniry
Brighton, 2pm – An eight-race card, with field-sizes of 10-15-9-3-10-9-11 and 8; the final race is an amateur riders’ handicap; the card starts with a 2yo fillies’ Plus10 Bonus race and is followed by a selling handicap (sponsored by Ian Carnaby), a nursery, a 3yo+ fillies’ maiden (just three runners), two divisions of the 7f211y handicap, a 6f210y handicap and then the race for amateurs; jockeys in action include Ryan Moore (one ride, in the fillies’ maiden), Oisin Murphy, Adam Kirby, John Egan, Stevie Donohoe, Hollie Doyle, Pat Cosgrave, Dane O’Neill, Robert Winston, William Carson, Dougie Costello, Harry Bentley, Jimmy Quinn, David Egan, Hector Crouch, Fergus Sweeney and Steve Drowne
Ripon, 2:10pm – Six races, with field-sizes of 10-8-11-9-8 and 5; the feature is the £12,000 David Chapman Memorial Handicap at 3:40pm; jockeys in action include Jim Crowley, Silvestre de Sousa, Danny Tudhope, David Allan, Graham Lee, Shane Gray, Jason Hart, Paul Hanagan, Tom Eaves, Ben Curtis, Cam Hardie, Rachel Richardson, Paul Mulrennan, James Sullivan, Tony Hamilton, Andrea Atzeni and Jack Garritty
Roscommon, 4:55pm – (The meeting goes ahead following this morning’s inspection) – A seven-race mixed card, with four flat races, two hurdle races and a bumper, the card includes a €25,000 Handicap (6:15pm), top jockeys in action include Pat Smullen, Donnacha O’Brien, Kevin Manning, Billy Lee, Declan McDonogh, Chris Hayes and Robbie Colgan.
They also race in India at Hyderabad (10:30am); later in the shops it is Philadelphia (5:55pm) in the USA and Valparaiso (8:45pm) in Chile
In the USA, at Saratoga there is the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes (2yo, dirt, 7f) at 10:05pm and the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity (2yo, dirt, 7f) at 1:40am (i.e. early on Tuesday morning)
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Saratoga, 5:30pm, Gulfstream, 5:45pm, and Monmouth Park, 5:50pm
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
2:08am – MONMORE
2:18pm – SHEFFIELD
6:28pm – NOTTINGHAM
6:33pm – YARMOUTH
6:39pm – ROMFORD
6:59pm – YOUGHAL
Next live Sky card will be the Betfred Steel City Cup meeting from Sheffield, Tuesday September 5, 7pm, Sky Sports Action
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
The new NFL season will begin on Thursday September 7th with the reigning Super Bowl champions New England Patriots playing at home to Kansas City Chiefs
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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 6:08pm on Monday to 1:130am on Tuesday – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
Live:
Milwaukee Brewers @ Cincinnati Reds , 6:10pm, BT Sport ESPN
Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates , 9pm, BT Sport ESPN
Arizona Diamondbacks @ Los Angeles Dodgers , 1:10am, BT Sport 1 – 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 fight coming up:
Saturday September 9, 2017 – Gennady Golovkin vs Canelo Alvarez, much anticipated Middleweight title fight from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas – Kazakhstan’s Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) will defend his middleweight titles against Alvarez, the biggest boxing star in Mexico. Alvarez, whose only loss was at the hands of Floyd Mayweather Jr, is coming off a lopsided win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr last month in Las Vegas.
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CRICKET
Monday September 4
TEST Series 2017 – Bangladesh v Australia, 5am, final day one (of 5)
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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
The Vuelta a España continues tomorrow
Tour of Britain – Stage two, a 211m route from Kielder Water & Forest Park to Blyth, 10:00am, ITV4 and 1:15pm Eurosport 2
Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec Sep 8
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal Sep 10
From the track calendar:
Austrian Track Championships, Sep 7 – 9
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DARTS
Next up:
Unibet Champions League of Darts, Sept 16-17
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 Grand Prix will be the Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay, Sept 15-17
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Next games:
Saturday 9 September
All-Ireland U21HC final
Kilkenny v Limerick, Semple Stadium, 3pm – TG4
All-Ireland U21HC B final
Kerry v Wicklow, Semple Stadium, 1pm – TG4
Sunday 10 September
All-Ireland Senior Camogie final
Cork v Kilkenny, Croke Park, 4pm
All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie final
Cork v Meath, Croke Park, 2pm
All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie final
Dublin v Westmeath, Croke Park, 12pm
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GOLF
PGA Tour – The Dell Technologies Championship, TPC Boston, Norton, MA, final day’s play, Monday Sept 04, 4:30pm Sky Sports The Open and 10pm, Sky Sports Main Event
European Tour – The Omega European Masters on the Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Course in Montana, Switzerland runs from Thursday 7th September to Sunday 10th September
LPGA Tour – The Indy Women In Tech, Brickyard Crossing Golf Course, Indianapolis runs from Thursday 7th to Sunday 10th September
Walker Cup – a two-day biennial amateur team event between the USA and Britain, which this year is taking place in Los Angeles (Sept 9 and 10)
On the Seniors Tour – The Senior Italian Open, Udine Golf Club, Fagagna, Italy runs from Friday 8thSeptember to Sunday 10th September
On the Champions Tour – The Japan Airlines Championship, Narita Golf Course, Chiba, Japan runs from Friday 8th September to Sunday 10th September
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ICE HOCKEY
The new NHL season begins on Wednesday, October 4
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Next game:
Thursday 7 September
Betfred Super League – Wakefield Trinity v St Helens, 8:00pm
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Wednesday 6 September
Mitre 10 Cup – Wellington v Hawke’s Bay, 8:35am
Thursday 7 September
Mitre 10 Cup – Counties Manukau v North Harbour, 8:35am
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SNOOKER
The Six Red World Championship in Thailand runs from Sept 4-9
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TENNIS
The latest Grand Slam tournament, the US Open, runs from Monday August 28 to Sunday September 10
Live coverage of day eight:
Eurosport 1 – 3:30pm, 6pm, 9pm, midnight , 2am – i.e late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
Eurosport 2 – 4pm
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OTHER SPORT
Athletics Diamond League Brussels – Action from the 14th and final meeting of the diamond league series, 1pm, BBC2
SGB Premiership – Action from the Speedway Great Britain Premiership, 7:30pm, BT Sport
College Football – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets v Tennessee Volunteers, 1am, BT Sport ESPN
Canadian Football League – Edmonton Eskimos @ Calgary Stampeders, 8pm, BT Sport 2 – Toronto Argonauts @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats , 11:30pm, BT Sport 2
Posted: 4th September 2017