Saturday 16 December 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Saturday 16 December 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Irish Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Premier League – Leicester City v Crystal Palace, 12:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League ROI, then five games at 3pm, including Chelsea v Southampton, Sky Sports Premier League ROI, and, at 5:30pm, Man City v Tottenham, BT Sport 1
Scottish Premiership – five games, all at 3pm, except for Aberdeen v Hibernian, 12:30pm, BT Sport 1
Championship – 11 games, all at 3pm except for Cardiff City v Hull City, 5:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football
League One – 11 games, all at 3pm
League Two – 11 games, all at 3pm
FA Trophy – 31 games, all at 3pm
National League South – Hemel Hempstead v Chelmsford, 3pm
Scottish Championship – five games, all at 3pm
Scottish League One – five games, all at 3pm
Scottish League Two – five games, all at 3pm
Northern Ireland Premiership – six games, all at 3pm
La Liga – Athletic Bilbao v Real Sociedad, 3:15pm – Eibar v Valencia, 5:30pm, (Sky Sports Football Red Button) – Atletico Madrid v Alaves, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football
Bundesliga – five games, all at 2:30pm, including VfB Stuttgart v Bayern Munich, except for Borussia Dortmund v Hoffenheim, 5:30pm, BT Sport 3
Serie A – Inter Milan v Udinese, 2pm, eir Sport 1 – Torino v Napoli , 5pm, and Roma v Cagliari, 7:45pm, BT Sport 3
Ligue 1 – Rennes v Paris Saint-Germain, 4pm, live on ir Sport 1, then five games at 7pm
A-League – Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United, 6:35am, BT Sport 2, and Central Coast Mariners v Western Sydney Wanderers, 8:50am, BT Sport 2, and Perth Glory v Wellington Phoenix, 11am, BT Sport 2
Belgian First Division – one match at 5pm, which is Standard Liege v Gent, live on eir Sport 2, two at 7pm and one at 7:30pm
Dutch Eredivisie – Heerenveen v NAC Breda, 5:30pm – Willem ll v PEC Zwolle, 5:30pm, then PSV Eindhoven v ADO Den Haag, (Sky Sports Football Red Button) at 6:45pm – FC Twente v Vitesse Arnhem, 7:45pm – Roda JC Kerk v VVV-Venlo, 7:45pm
Portuguese Primera Liga – three games, with kick-off times of 4pm, 6:15pm and 8:30pm
FIFA Club World Cup – Third-place play-off match, 2pm, RTE2, with the final at 5pm on RTE2
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HORSERACING
The Saturday line-up is:
Doncaster, midday – where the feature races are the £35,000 Bet365 December Novices’ Chase and the £45,000 Grade 2 Summit Juvenile Hurdle; there is also a £25,000 handicap chase on the card
Fairyhouse, 12:05pm – Seven race National Hunt card getting underway with two Beginners Chase races. The card also features two maiden hurdle and two handicap hurdle races, as well as a fillies flat race to end the card.
Cheltenham, 12:10pm – where the £120,000 Caspian Caviar Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Grade 3, £68,340 to the winner) is among the races, along with the £30,000 Grade 2 Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle and the £130,000 Grade 2 Unibet International Hurdle; the card carries £385,000 in prize-money
Hereford, 12:20pm – Seven race National Hunt card where the feature race is the £25,000 Edmundson Electrical Handicap Hurdle. Jockey Bryan Cooper makes the trip for just one ride on board the Colin Tizzard trained Vision Des Flos (12:55pm)
Newcastle, 12:40pm – where the feature races are a £25,000 Fast-Track Qualifier (a Conditions Stakes race for 3yo+, run over two miles, 1:15pm) and the £25,000 Sunbet-sponsored 7f handicap (for 3yo+, 4:05pm); Ireland’s Keith Watson runs British Art (Graham Lee) at 12:40pm, Manomine (3pm, Shane Gray) and Blue Petal (3:35pm, Shane Gray), while Nicole McKenna runs Noble Aussie at 2:25pm and Blue Skimmer (3pm, Tom Eaves); field-sizes are 14-8-6-12-11-7-11 and 11
Wolverhampton, 5:45pm – where there is a £15,000 handicap on the card; the card consists of six handicaps, a 2yo race (5f) and a 7f maiden (3yo+); field-sizes are 8-13-13-9-12-13-12 and 6; Ireland’s Lee Smyth runs Ty Rock Brandy at 5:45pm (Richard Kingscote)
They also race at Mumbai (10:15am) and at Kolkata in India (10:30am); later in the shops it is San Isidro (3:55pm) in Chile and Philadelphia (5:25pm) in the USA
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Gulfstream, 5pm, Aquaduct, 5:20pm, Tampa Bay Downs, 5:25pm, Laurel Park, 5:30pm and Turf Paradise, 7:40pm and Los Alamitos, 8pm
The South African meetings are Turffontein (10:10am) and Kenilworth (10:30am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Saturday line-up is as follows:
10:03am – TRALEE
10:06am – TOWCESTER
10:31pm – ROMFORD
10:38am – CRAYFORD
2:25pm – NEWCASTLE
3:08pm – POOLE
6:28pm – CENTRAL PARK
6:33pm – MONMORE
6:39pm – SUNDERLAND
The next live meeting on Sky Sports will be in 2018
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 15
Saturday December 16 – Chicago Bears @ Detroit Lions, 9:30pm, Sky Sports Action, and Sky Sports Main Event (which joins the game at 11pm), and Los Angeles Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs, 1:25am, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Sunday December 17 – Eight games at 6pm, one at 9:05pm, two at 9:25pm and Dallas Cowboys @ Oakland Raiders, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Monday December 18 – Atlanta Falcons @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
College Football
New Orleans Bowl – Troy Trojans v North Texas Mean Green, 6pm, BT Sport ESPN
Las Vegas Bowl – Oregon Ducks v Boise State Broncos, 8:30pm, BT Sport 2
New Mexico Bowl – Marshall Thundering Herd v Colorado State Rams, 9:30pm, BT Sport ESPN
Camellia Bowl – Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders v Arkansas State Red Wolves, 1am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
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BASKETBALL
There are eight NBA matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from midnight on Saturday to 2am on Sunday – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Live:
No games scheduled as live in Ire/UK
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Saturday December 16th
Billy Joe Saunders v David Lemieux – WBO Middleweight World Championship – Champion Billy Joe Saunders defends his title against powerful challenger David Lemieux who has 33 knockouts in 38 career victories – Place Bell, Laval, Quebec, Canada – live on BT Sport 2
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CRICKET
Ashes Series, Third Test, day four – Australia v England, 2am – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning – BT Sport 1
South Africa T20 – TBC v TBC, 4pm, the final of the domestic competition, live on Sky Sports Cricket
New Zealand T20 – Central Districts v Canterbury, 1am – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning – and Otago v Wellington, 3:10am – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
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DARTS
Coming up on the PDC calendar:
The 2017/2018 William Hill World Darts Championship takes place from Alexandra Palace (Ally Pally) in London from Thursday December 14 to Monday January 01, follow all of the action on Sky Sports Darts, Day three from 7pm, Sky Sports Mix, 7:40pm, Sky Sports Main Event, and 12:30pm and 7pm, Sky Sports Arena
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
Sunday 17 December
All-Ireland club SFC quarter-final
Fulham Irish (Britain) v Corofin (Galway), Ruislip, 1pm
Leinster club SFC final
Moorefield (Kildare) v St Loman’s (Westmeath), O’Moore Park, 2pm – live on TG4
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GOLF
USPGA Tour – Sentry Tournament of Champions, Maui, Hawaii, Jan 4-7, 2018
PGA European Tour – BMW SA Open, Gauteng, South Africa, Jan 11-14, 2018
USLPGA Tour – the next tournament will take place in 2018
USPGA Champions Tour – the next tournament will take place in 2018
Seniors Tour, Europe – the next tournament will take place in 2018
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ICE HOCKEY
There are four NHL matches taking place today, with start times ranging from 10pm on Saturday to 1am on Sunday – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Live:
Boston Bruins v New York Rangers, 10pm, eir Sport 1
Ottawa Senators v Montreal Canadiens, midnight, eir Sport 2
Calgary Flames v Nashville Predators, 3am, eir Sport 2 – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
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RUGBY UNION
Next up:
Today –
European Rugby Champions Cup – Montpellier v Glasgow, 1pm, Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports Action – Benetton v Scarlets, 1pm – Leinster v Exeter, 3:15pm, BT Sport 2 – Racing 92 v Castres, 3:15pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action – Bath v Toulon, 5:30pm, Sky Sports Action
European Rugby Challenge Cup – Olympique Lyon v Stade Toulouse, 8pm – Gloucester v Zebre, 3pm – London Irish v Stade Francais, 3pm – Connacht v Brive, 3pm
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SNOOKER
The Dafabet Scottish Open, Glasgow, December 11 to December 17, day six, opening semi-final, 12:45pm and second semi-final, 6:45pm, both games live on Eurosport 1
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP, Qatar Open, Doha, Jan 1-7
ATP, Maharashtra Open, Pune, India, Jan 1-7
ATP & WTA, Brisbane International, Australia, Jan 1-7
WTA, Shenzhen Open, Jan 1-7
WTA, ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand, Jan 1-7
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OTHER SPORT
PSA Squash – The first men’s and women’s semi-finals of the AJ Bell World Championship at Manchester Central , 1pm, BT Sport 3, with the second men’s semi-final from the, 5:30pm, BT Sport 2
UFC Fight Night Prelims – 10pm, BT Sport 3, plus Robbie Lawler v Rafael Dos Anjos, welterweight bout from Winnipeg, Canada, 1am, BT Sport 3 – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Posted: 16th December 2017