SATURDAY 15th APRIL 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
SATURDAY 15 APRIL 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Irish Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Saturday April 15
Premier League – seven games, five of them at 3pm, plus Tottenham Hotspur v Bournemouth, 12:30pm, Sky Sports 1 and Southampton v Manchester City, 5:30pm, BT Sport 1; the 3pm live game is Crystal Palace v Leicester, live on Sky Sports 5
Championship – Aston Villa v Reading, 3pm
League One – Oldham v Bolton, 12:30pm
Scottish Premiership – four matches, all at 3pm, including Rangers v Partick Thistle
Scottish Championship – four games at 3pm, plus Ayr United v Dundee United, 5:15pm, BBC Alba
Scottish League One – five games, all at 3pm
Scottish League Two – five games, all at 3pm
Eredivisie – four games: one at 5:30pm, two at 6:45pm, and one at 7:45pm
Ligue 1 – Monaco v Dijon, 4pm, then five games at 7pm, including Nice v Nancy
Bundesliga – six games at 2:30pm, plus Bayer Leverkusen v Bayern Munich, 5:30pm, BT Sport 2
Serie A – Inter Milan v AC Milan, 11:30am, BT Sport 1, then seven matches at 2pm, followed by Sassuolo v Sampdoria, 5pm, and Napoli v Udinese, 7:45pm, BT Sport 2
La Liga – Deportivo la Coruna v Malaga, midday, Sky Sports Mix – Sporting Gijon v Real Madrid, 3:15pm – Atletico Madrid v Osasuna, 5:30pm – Barcelona v Real Sociedad, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 3
Russian Premier League – four games, with kick-off times of 10am, 12:30pm, 3pm and 5:30pm
LOI Premier Division – Limerick v Drogheda, 6:30pm
LOI Premier First Division – Longford Town v Shelbourne, 7:30pm
Northern Ireland Premiership – 5 games, all at 3pm
MLS – eight matches, with kick-off times ranging from 6pm on Saturday to 3:30am on Sunday – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning, Orlando City v LA Galaxy, 8pm, Sky Sports 5 – Chicago Fire v New England Revolution, 10pm, Sky Sports 5
National League North – 5 games, all at 3pm
National League South – 10 games, all at 3pm
A-League – Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets, 8:35am, and Adelaide United v Western Sydney Warriors FC, 10:50am, (both live on BT Sport 2)
Chinese Super League – four games, with kick-off times of 8:30am (one game) and 12:35pm (three games), Tianjin Quanjian v Shanghai SIPG, 12:35pm, Sky Sports 3
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HORSERACING
The Saturday line-up is:
Cork, 1:40pm – a Flat card that features the €55,000 Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Noblesse Stakes (2:45pm) and also contains the €25,000 Cork Handicap (4:25pm)
Carlisle, 1:45pm –
Musselburgh, 1:50pm – with a £100,000 feature, the Totepool Queen’s Cup Handicap, backed up by the £50,000 Totepoolliveinfo Royal Mile Handicap
Newton Abbot, 1:55pm – with an £18,500 feature, the Frank Loosemore Memorial Handicap Chase
Kempton Park, 2pm – a card that features the £40,000 Listed Snowdrop Fillies’ Stakes (3:45pm); there are also five £19,000 races on the card
Haydock Park, 2:05pm – £315,000 is up for grabs on the card, with each of the first six races on a jumping card carrying £50,000 in prize-money
Brighton, 4:35pm –
Stratford, 5:20pm –
They also race in France at at (am); later in the shops, it is (pm) in the USA and (pm) in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is:
The South African meeting is (pm)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Saturday line-up is as follows:
10:31am –
10:38am –
2:08pm –
2:18pm –
6:28pm –
6:33pm –
6:39pm –
The next meeting live on Sky Sports is Northern Sprint night at Sheffield on Tuesday April 25th
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 4 of the season
Saturday 15 April
Melbourne v Fremantle, 4:45am – GWS Giants v Port Adelaide, 7:35am – Carlton v Gold Coast Suns, 10:25am – Adelaide Crows v Essendon, 10:40am
Sunday 16 April
Collingwood v St Kilda, 6:20am – Brisbane Lions v Richmond, 7:40am
Monday 17 April
Hawthorn v Geelong Cats, 6:20am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 15 MLB games today, with start times ranging from 6:05pm on Saturday to 2:10am on Sunday – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Live games:
Houston Astros @ Oakland Athletics, 9pm, BT Sport 1
New York Mets @ Miami Marlins, 12:10am, BT Sport 1 – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
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BASKETBALL
The regular NBA seasons ended on April 12th. The play-offs begin today – games TBC
Live games:
There is a play-off match scheduled for 8pm on BT Sport ESPN and midnight on BT Sport 3
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
In the SSE Hydro in Glasgow tonight, among the fights taking place are Ricky Burns v Julius Indongo, a WBA and IBF World super-lightweight title fight – live on Sky Sports 2 from 7:30pm
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CRICKET
IPL – Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad, 11:30am, Sky Sports 2, and Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab, 3:30pm, Sky Sports 2
County Cricket Division One – (all at 11am; 4-day games; day two) – Hampshire v Middlesex – Somerset v Essex – Surrey v Lancashire – Warwickshire v Yorkshire
County Cricket Division Two – (all at 11am; 4-day games; day two) – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire – Durham v Nottinghamshire – Glamorgan v Worcestershire – Gloucestershire v Leicestershire – Sussex v Kent
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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
TBC
From the track calendar:
UCI Track World Championships (in Hong Kong) – April 12-16 – BBC2, midday, and Eurosport 2, midday
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DARTS
The Premier League darts moves into Week 12 on Thursday, April 20th, from the SSE Arena, Belfast, with the line-up (live on Sky Sports 1) being:
Dave Chisnall v Adrian Lewis
Phil Taylor v Gary Anderson
Peter Wright v James Wade
Dave Chisnall v Phil Taylor
Michael van Gerwen v Raymond van Barneveld
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FORMULA ONE
The next race of the 2017 Formula One season is the Bahrain Grand Prix, in Sakhir, which is set to take place on Sunday April 14-16
Practice 3 – 12:55pm, Channel 4/eir Sport 1
Qualifying – 2:55pm, Channel 4/3:55pm, eir Sport 1
After this it is the Russian Grand Prix, in Sochi, April 28-30
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GAA
Next games:
Today:
All-Ireland U21FC semi-finals
Galway v Kerry, Cusack Park, Ennis, 4:30pm – Live on TG4
Dublin v Donegal, Breffni Park, 2:30pm – Live on TG4
Sunday 16 April
Allianz HL Division 1 semi-finals
Tipperary v Wexford, Nowlan Park, 4pm – TG4
Limerick v Galway, Gaelic Grounds, 2pm – TG4
Ulster SHC final
Armagh v Antrim, Owenbeg, 2:30pm
Ulster SHC Shield final
Tyrone v Derry, Athletic Grounds, 2:30pm
Ulster SHC relegation play-off
Down v Donegal, Owenbeg, 12:30pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – It is day three of the Trophee Hassan II, Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Morocco, April 13-16 – live on Sky Sports 4 from 2:30pm
USPGA Tour – It is day three of the RBC Heritage, Harbour Town Golf Links, USA, April 13-16 – live on Sky Sports 4 at 6:30pm
LPGA Tour – It is the final day of the LOTTE Championship Presented by HERSHEY, at Ko Olina, Oahu, Hawaii
Live on Sky Sports 4 at 11:30am is the Lalla Meryem Cup (day 3, Ladies European Tour, from Morocco)
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), it us day two of the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, TPC Sugarloaf, Duluth, Georgia, April 14th to 16th
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)
There are 4 Stanley Cup play-off games scheduled in the NHL today, with start times ranging from 8pm on Saturday to 3:30am on Sunday – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Live games:
There is live coverage of a play-off game at 9pm on eir Sport 2
There is live coverage of a play-off game at midnight, eir Sport 2
There is live coverage of a play-off game at 3am, eir Sport 2 – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Saturday April 15
NRL – Manly Warringah Sea Eagles v Melbourne Storm, 6am, eir Sport 2 – Canberra Raiders v New Zealand Warriors, 8:30am, eir Sport 2 – St George Illawarra Dragons v North Queensland Cowboys, 10:30am, eir Sport 2
Sunday April 16
NRL – Penrith Panthers v Corulla Sutherland Sharks, 7am
Monday April 17
There are six games in Super League
NRL – Parramatta Eels v Wests Tigers, 7am
The next round of Challenge Cup matches in England are scheduled for April 21-23
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RUGBY UNION
SATURDAY April 15
Premiership – Gloucester v Sale Sharks, 3pm – Leicester v Newcastle, 3pm, BT Sport 2 – Worcester v Bath, 3pm, BT Sport 2
Pro 12 – Cardiff Blues v Ospreys, 2:45pm – Munster v Ulster, 3pm, Sky Sports 3 – Newport Gwent Dragons v Scarlets, 5:15pm, Sky Sports 3 – Benetton Treviso v Edinburgh, 7:05pm – Connacht v Leinster, 7:35pm, live on TG4
Top 14 – (all at 5:30pm), seven matches
Super Rugby – Red v Southern Kings, 6:05am, Sky Sports 2 – Blues v Hurricanes, 8:35am, Sky Sports 2 – Melbourne Rebels v Brumbies, 10:45am, Sky Sports 5 – Cheetahs v Chiefs, 2:05pm, Sky Sports Mix – Stormers v Lions, 4:15pm, Sky Sports Mix – Bulls v Los Jaguares, 6:30pm, Sky Sports Mix
Championship (England) – five games (all at 3pm)
HSBC World Sevens – 6am, Sky Sports 3 and 2:20am, Sky Sports 3 (day two) – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
SUNDAY April 16
Premiership – Bristol v Wasps, 3pm, and Northampton v Saracens, 3pm, BT Sport 1
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SNOOKER
April 15th to May 1st – Betfred World Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield – the biggest tournament in snooker begins today, with live coverage as follows:
BBC1, 1:15pm
BBC2, 10am, 4:30pm and 7pm
Eurosport 1, 10am, 2:30pm and 6:30pm
Eurosport 2, 10am and 8pm
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP – Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men’s Clay Court Championship, Houston, Texas, April 10th to 16th
ATP – Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Monte Carlo, Monaco, April 16th to 23rd
ATP – Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Barcelona, Spain, April 24th to 30th
WTA – Claro Open Colsanitas – Bogota, Colombia, April 10th to 15th, the final, 7:30pm, BT Sport 3
WTA – Ladies Open Biel Bienne – Biel, Switzerland, April 10th to 16th, semi-finals, 1pm, BT Sport 3
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OTHER SPORT
NCAA Championship – Action from the women’s bowling – 11:30pm, BT Sport ESPN – and women’s gymnastics, 2am – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Red Bull Air Race – 11:55pm, eir Sport 2
Motorcycling: World Endurance – 1:45pm, Eurosport 1, and 3:30pm and 10pm, Eurosport 2
Formula V8, 3.5 – 11:30am, BT Sport ESPN, the first round of the season
UFC – 11pm and 1am (i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning) on BT Sport 2
Posted: 15th April 2017