Saturday 15 JULY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Saturday 15 JULY 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per – Irish Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Saturday July 15
CONCACAF Gold Cup – Panama v Martinique, 9:30pm, and Nicaragua v USA, midnight on Sat
Scottish League Cup
Queen’s Park v Motherwell ,3pm, BT Sport 1
Falkirk v Stirling Albion , 3pm – Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Brechin City, 3pm –Dunfermline v Elgin City, 3pm –Peterhead v East Fife,3pm –Cowdenbeath v Buckie Thistle,3pm –Dundee United v Raith Rovers,3pm –Hibs v Montrose,3pm –Ross County v Alloa Athletic, 3pm –Clyde v Annan Athletic,3pm –Berwick Rangers v Greenock Morton,3pm –East Kilbride v Hamilton Academical,2pm –Stenhousemuir v Queen of the South,3pm –Livingston v Partick Thistle,3pm – Stranraer v St Mirren,3pm
Airtricity League Premier Division – Limerick FC v Shamrock Rovers,6:30pm and Sligo Rovers v Drogheda United,7:45pm
Brazilian Serie A – Corinthians v Atletico Paranaense, 11pm
Chinese Super League – Guangzhou Evergrande v Shandong Luneng, 12:35pm, Sky Sports 4
Among the other matches are three games from the Russian Premier League (at 1pm, 3:30pm and 6pm)
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HORSERACING
The Saturday line-up is :
NEWMARKET (1:45pm)- Day three of the July meeting which includes; the Group 1 Darley July Cup Stakes over 6f for 3yo+, The valuable Bunbury Cup Handicap(class 2) and the Group 2 Superlative Stakes over 7f for 2yo
YORK (1:55pm)- Seven race flat card which includes Listed Sliver Cup Stakes over 1m5f and the City Walls Stakes over 5f
ASCOT (a) – Eight race card on the flat including the Group 2 Summer Mile Stakes for 4yo+. Several valuable handicaps also on the card
CHESTER (a) Seven race flat card on the ‘Roodee’ includes the Listed City Plate Stakes over 7f for 3yo+
THE CURRAGH , (3:10pm) – featuring the €400,000 Group 1 Darley Irish Oaks (5:55pm), backed up by such races as the €100,000 Tote Scurry Handicap (4:20pm), the €65,000 Group 3 Jebel Ali Silver Jubilee Anglesey Stakes (4:50pm) and the €120,000 Group 2 Qatar Airways Sapphire Stakes (5:20pm)
HAMILTON (e) – Seven race card on the flat with field sizes of 10-9-8-7-11-14-7. Joseph O’Brien brings a strong string of horses across the Irish Sea for the meeting
SALISBURY (e)- Seven race flat card with field sizes of 12-9-10-8-9-10-10
They also race in Germany at Dresden (10:35am); later in shops it is Philadelphia, 5:55pm, in the USA and Hipo Chile, 7:15pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Gulfstream, 5:55pm,Delaware Park, 6:15pm, Belmont Park, 6:30pm, and , Louisiana Downs 9:15pm
The South African meeting is Greyville(10:30am) and Kenilworth (11:50am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Saturday line-up is as follows:
10:31am – Romford
10:38am – Crayford
2:24pm – Newcastle
6:28pm – Central Park
6:33pm – Monmore
6:39pm – Peterborough
The next meeting live on Sky Sports is theWilliam Hill UK Festival on July 19 at Sunderland
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 17 of the season, next games:
Saturday 15 July
Port Adelaide v North Melbourne , 4:40am – Geelong Cats v Hawthorn, 4:45am, BT Sport 1 –Gold Coast Suns v Collingwood, 7:35am –Melbourne v Adelaide Crows, 10:10am – GWS Giants v Sydney Swans, 10:25am BT Sport 1
Sunday 16 July
Richmond v Brisbane Lions , 4:10am BT Sport 1 – Fremantle v West Coast Eagles, 5:40am – Carlton v Western Bulldogs, 6:20am
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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 9:05pm on Saturday to 2:07am on Saturday, i.e. – late Saturday/early Sunday morning
Live :
New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox , 9:05pm, BT Sport 3
Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals, 12:15am, BT Sport 3
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – h ttp://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Big fights coming up
Miguel Berchelt v Takashi Miura , Saturday 15 July/early Sunday morning – Mexican WBC World Super Featherweight title holder Miguel Berchelt will make his first title defence against former champion Takashi Miura from Japan – The Forum, Inglewood, California
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CRICKET
Saturday July 15
International Test Match – England v South Africa, 10am, Sky Sports 2- day 2 (of 5)of second test
One-Day International Series – Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, 5:30am
NatWest T20 Blast – Glamorgan v Somerset, 7pm, Sky Sports 2
ICC Women’s World Cup – Pakistan Women v Sri Lanka Women, 10:30am –India Women v New Zealand Women, 10:30am –England Women v West Indies Women, 10:30am Sky Sports 3 – South Africa Women v Australia Women, 10:30am
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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
The blue riband event of cycling, the Tour de France, runs from July 1st to July 23rd; stage 14, a hilly 181.5km journey from Blagnac to Rodez
Live coverage:
1:30pm, TG4 – 12:00pm, ITV4 – 12:00pm, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
Iranian National Championships – July 8-17
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DARTS
Coming up:
US Darts Masters – July 14-15, Tropicana Las Vegas, 8pm, ITV4/9pm, eir Sport 1
World Matchplay – July 22-30, Winter Gardens, Blackpool
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FORMULA ONE
British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Third Practice Session, 9:55am eir Sport 1 – Qualifying session, 1:00pm – Channel 4/eir Sport 1
The next race after this will be the Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest, July 28-30
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 15 July
All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers Round 3B
Tipperary v Armagh , Semple Stadium
Carlow v Monaghan , Dr Cullen Park
Sunday 16 July
Leinster SFC final
Dublin v Kildare , Croke Park, 4pm
Ulster SFC final
Down v Tyrone , Clones, 2pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – THE Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, Dundonald Links, Scotland, day three, 3:00pm, Sky Sports 4
USPGA Tour – the John Deere Classic, TPC Deere Run, USA, July 13-16, day three, 9pm, Sky Sports Mix
LPGA Tour – the US Women’s Open, Trump National Golf Club, USA, July 13-16, day three, 8pm, Sky Sports 4
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), is the Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, Caves Valley Golf Club, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, July 13-16, day three,
On the European Seniors Tour, it is the WINSTON golf Senior Open, WINSTON links Course, WINSTON golf, Vorbeck, Germany, July 14-16, day two,
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HOCKEY
Men’s Hockey World League
Saturday 15 July
France v Spain, 11am, BT Sport 2 – NZ v Australia, 1pm, BT Sport 2 –Egypt v South Africa, 3pm, BT Sport 2 – Belguim v Germany, 5pm, BT Sport 2
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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 :
Saturday 15 July
NRL – Newcastle v Brisbane Broncos, 8:30am – Gold Coast Titans v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, 10:30am
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RUGBY UNION
Saturday 15 July
Super Rugby – Sunwolves v Blues, 4:05am Sky Sports 1 –Chiefs v Brumbies, 6:15am, Sky Sports 1 –Hurricanes v Crusaders, 8:35am, Sky Sports 1 –Western Force v Waratahs, 10:45am, Sky Sports 1 –Sharks v Lions, 4:15pm, Sky Sports 1 – Bulls v Stormers, 6:30pm, Sky Sports 3
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SNOOKER
Next:
The next key tournament is the Hong Kong Masters – July 20-23
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TENNIS
Wimbledon – July 3 to July 16 –coverage of the Ladies Singles Final is on BBC1 from 1:00pm, and eir Sport 1 from 11:30am
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OTHER SPORT
FIA World Touring Cars – sixth round of the season from Autodromo Termas de Rio Hondo, Argentina – Qualifying 7pm Eurosport 2 – Main Event, 8pm Eurosport 2
Diving World Championships – 9am and 6:15pm, Eurosport 2
World Series of Poker – Day Six of the main event from Las Vegas, 7pm, BT Sport 1
Motorsport – Formula V8 3.5 – Day one of round 6, 2:45pm BT Sport 3 – Formula Renault Eurocup, 4:45pm BT Sport 3
X-GAMES – Day Three from Minneapolis, 6pm, 8pm and Midnight, BT Sport ESPN
Posted: 15th July 2017
