SATURDAY 1st JULY 2017
SATURDAY SPORTS PREVIEW
SATURDAY 01st JULY 2017
Chris McLaughlin/Will Reilly/Shane McArdle
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FOOTBALL
Saturday July 1
Airtricity League Premier Division – Sligo Rovers v Shamrock Rovers, NOW PLAYING ON SUN AT 6PM
Airtricity League First Division – Cobh Ramblers v Athlone Town, 7:15pm, and Longford Town v Cabinteely FC, 7:30pm
MLS – seven matches between midnight on Sat to 3:30am on early on Sun morning, including Sporting Kansas City v Portland Timbers, midnight, Sky Sports 1
Chinese Super League – five games – one at 8:30am, four at 12:35pm, including Jiangsu Suning v Shanghai SIPG, 12:30pm, Sky Sports 5
Brazilian Serie A – Palmeiras v Gremio, 8pm
Norwegian Eliteserien – Lillestrom v Stromsgodset, 5pm
International – USA v Ghana, 9:45pm
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HORSERACING
The Saturday line-up is:
Chester, 1:45pm – A seven-race card including the £20,000 Class 2 Woodford Reserve Handicap (2.55pm); jockeys ridingon the card include Franny Norton, Sean Levey, Kevin Stott and Liam Keniry
Newcastle, 1:50pm – A seven-race card that carries £347,000 in prize-money and which features the £150,000 Stobart Rail Northumberland Plate (3:30pm), the ‘Pitmen’s Derby’; also on the card are the £70,000 Group 3 Chipchase Stakes (2:25pm) and the £75,000 Betfred Northumberland Vase (a consolation race for horses that missed the cut in the Plate)
York, 1:55pm – A seven-race card that contains a £20,000 fillies’ handicap at 2:30pm, a £50,000 handicap at 3:05pm, a £20,000 handicap at 3:35pm and a £20,000 handicap contested by National Hunt jockeys at 4:50pm; the card closes at 5:25pm with a race for lady amateur riders
Newmarket, 2:05pm – A seven-race card that includes the £37,000 Fred Archer Stakes (Listed) at 2:05pm, the £26,000 Empress Stakes (Listed) at 2:40pm and the £60,000 Group 3 Betway Criterion Stakes at 3:15pm; jockeys riding on the card include Silvestre de Sousa, James Doyle, Gerald Mosse, Jim Crowley, William Buick, Oisin Murphy, Jamie Spencer (who has one ride, in the 2:05pm, Second Step for Roger Charlton, before travelling on to Windsor), PJ McDonald and Richard Kingscote
Windsor, 2:10pm – A seven-race card, including the £37,000 Midsummer Stakes (Listed, 4:25pm); there’s a £19,000 handicap at 3:55pm, and Ireland’s Joseph O’Brien runs his recent Bath winner Lynn’s Memory in the 3:20pm race; jockeys riding on the card include Jamie Spencer, Adam Kirby, David Probert, Shane Kelly, Kieran Shoemark and Tom Marquand; an apprentice race closes out the card at 5:35pm
Curragh, 2:00pm – featuring the €1.5million Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (Group 1), the latest Classic in the season and a hugely-prestigious race; the card also contains the €115,000 Group 2 GAIN Railway Stakes (6f, 2yo, 4:40pm), the €50,000 Listed Dubai Duty Free Jumeirah Creekside Dash Stakes (6f, 3yo+, 2:35pm), the €50,000 Listed Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire Celebration Stakes (3yo+, one mile, 3:10pm)and two €50,000 handicaps, at 3:40pm and 4:10pm (the latter one being for fillies)
Lingfield, 6pm – field-sizes are 8-9-10-6-18-7 and 9, with jockeys in action including Silvestre de Sousa, David Probert, Liam Keniry, Shane Kelly, Oisin Murphy, Tom Marquand, Kieran O’Neill and James Doyle
Doncaster, 5:55pm – field-sizes are 12-8-13-6-15-9 and 11, with jockeys in action including Jason Hart, John Egan, Sean Levey, David Nolan, Steve Donohoe, James Sullivan, Tom Queally, Connor Beasley, Cam Hardie, Harry Bentley, Luke Morris, Tony Hamilton, David Allan, Danny Tudhope, Fran Berry, Paul Mulrennan, Phil Makin and Martin Lane
They also race in Mauritius (9:30am), in India at Bangalore (10:30am) and in Germany at Hamburg(10:35am); later in shops it is Philadelphia, 5:55pm, in the USA and Hipo Chile, 7:15pm, in Chile
At Deauville in France, there are Group 3 races at 12:50pm, 3yo+, 7f – John Gosden runs Johnny Barnes – and 1:50pm (2yo, 5f); at Hamburg in Germany there is a Group 2 race at 3:25pm, and at Monmouth Park in the USA there is the Grade 1 United Nations Stakes at 10:57pm
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Gulfstream, 4:55pm, Tampa Bay Downs, 5:35pm, Monmouth Park, 5:50pm, Belmont Park, 6:30pm, and Santa Anita, 9pm
The South African meetings are Greyville (10:25am), Turffontein (10:55am) and Kenilworth(12:05pm). The 12-race Greyville card is extremely prestigious, with races including the Grade 1 Vodacom Durban July (3:20pm), the Grade 1 Jonsson Workwear Garden Province Stakes (fillies and mares, 5:35pm), plus Grade 2 races at 1:25pm – the Gold Circle Golden Slipper (2yo fillies) and Durban Golden Horseshoe (2yo), plus Grade 3 races at 11:55am and 12:35pm and a Listed Handicap at 6:55pm (which is the final race on the card); the KZN Yearling Sale Millon (for 2yos) is set for 4:55pm
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GREYHOUNDS
The Saturday line-up is as follows:
9:11am – TRALEE
10:06am – TOWCESTER
10:31am – ROMFORD
10:38am – CRAYFORD
2:24pm – NEWCASTLE
6:28pm – TOWCESTER – see below
6:33pm – CENTRAL PARK
6:39pm – PETERBOROUGH
The next meeting live on Sky Sports is tonight’s English Greyhound Derby Final meeting at Towcester, with the winner receiving £175,000, 6:45pm, Sky Sports 5
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 15 of the season, next games:
Saturday 1 July
Western Bulldogs v West Coast Eagles, 4:45am –Carlton v Adelaide Crows, 5:10am – Gold Coast Suns v North Melbourne, 7:35am –GWS Giants v Geelong Cats, 10:25am, BT Sport 1 – Port Adelaide v Richmond, 10:10am
Sunday 2 July
Essendon v Brisbane Lions,4:10am – Hawthorn v Collingwood,6:20am– Fremantle v St Kildea, 5:40am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 17 MLB games today, with start times ranging from 6:07pm on Saturday to 3:10am on Sunday morning – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
Live games:
A live game will be shown on BT Sport 2 at midnight
Miami Marlins @ Milwaukee Brewers , 9:10pm, BT Sport ESPN
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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
Manny Pacquaio v Jeff Horn “Battle of Brisbane” for the WBO Welterweight Championship scheduled for early Sunday morning 2nd July
On the undercard Irishman Michael Conlan has his third pro fight (World Championship gold and Olympic bronze medallist as amateur) in the Super Bantamweight division. He will face Australian Jarret Owen
Frank Buglioni v Ricky Summers, for the British Light-Heavyweight title, The O2, 7:30pm, Sky Sports 1
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CRICKET
Saturday July 1
Royal London One Day Cup– Nottinghamshire v Surrey, 11:00am, Sky Sports 2
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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 one, a 14km individual time-trial in Dusseldorf, Germany, 2:10pm, TG4 – 2pm, ITV4 – 1:45pm, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
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DARTS
Next up:
European Darts Open – Leverkusen, Germany, June 30 to July 2; reigning champion: Michael van Gerwen
Then the Shanghai Darts Masters, Pullman Hotel, Shanghai, July 6-7; reigning champion: Michael van Gerwen
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 race is the Austria Grand Prix, July 07-09
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 1 July
All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers Round 2A
Meath v Sligo, Pairc Tailteann, 6pm
Mayo v Derry, MacHale Park, 5pm – live on RTE2
Donegal v Longford, Ballybofey, 5pm
Laois v Clare, Portlaoise, 3pm
All-Ireland SHC Qualifier Round 1
Dublin v Laois, Parnell Park, 7pm
Kilkenny v Limerick, Nowlan Park, 7pm – live on Sky Sports
Tipperary v Westmeath, Semple Stadium, 5pm
Offaly v Waterford, Bord Na Mona O’Connor Park, 3pm
Sunday 2 July
Munster SFC final
Kerry v Cork, Killarney, 2pm – RTE2
Leinster SHC final
Wexford v Galway, Croke Park, 4pm – RTE2
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GOLF
European Tour – The Open de France, day three from Le Golf National, France, 12:30pm Sky Sports 4
USPGA Tour – The Quicken Loans National, TPC Potomac, Maryland, USA, day three, 6pm, Sky Sports 4
LPGA Tour – The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, day three of the major from Olympia Fields CC, Illinois, USA, 8pm Sky Sports Mix
US Senior Open Championship, from the Salem Country Club, day three, 11pm, Sky Sports 4
On the European Seniors Tour, the next tournament is Swiss Seniors Open, July 7-9, Golf Club Bad Ragaz, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
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HOCKEY
The Women’s World Hockey League semi-finals take place from June 21 to July 2 and are taking place in Brussels, Belgium
Today:
Fifth place semi-finals – 10:15am and 12:30pm, BT Sport 3
Opening Semi-final, 2:45pm, BT Sport 3
Second Semi-final, 5pm, BT Sport 3
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ICE HOCKEY
No key games scheduled today
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Next up:
Saturday 1 July
Super League – Catalans Dragons v Leigh Centurions, 5pm, Sky Sports 1 and Wakefield Trinity v Warrington Wolves, 6:30pm
NRL – Sydney Roosters v Cronulla Sutherland Sharks, 6am, eir Sport 2, Manly Warringah Sea Eagles v NZ Warriors, 8:30am, eir Sport 2 and Canberra Raiders v North Queensland Cowboys, 10:30am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Saturday 1 July
Lions Tour – Second Test – New Zealand v British and Irish Lions, 8:35am, Sky Sports 1
Super Rugby – Cheetahs v Stormers, 2:05pm, Sky Sports 3 and Lions v Sunwolves, 4:15pm, Sky Sports 3
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SNOOKER
Next:
The World Cup, which is taking place in China – July 3-9
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
The Aegon International, Eastbourne, England – June 26 to July 2, Day six, 12:15pm, BBC One, and midday and 2:15pm, Eurosport 1
The WTA Antalya Cup, Antalya, Turkey – June 26 to July 2
Wimbledon Qualifying, Day 4, 11am, Eurosport 2
Then it is:
Wimbledon – July 3 to July 16 – the latest Grand Slam event and the only one played on grass
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OTHER SPORT
NASCAR – The Coke Zero 400, midnight, eir Sport 2
MCE British Superbikes – Qualifying, 5pm, Eurosport 2
Diamond League Athletics – The meeting de Paris, 7pm, Eurosport 2
WRC – Rally Poland – 7am, BT Sport 1 and 1pm, BT Sport ESPN
Rowing – Henley Royal Regatta, 1pm, BT Sport 1
MotoGP – FP3, 8am – Qualifying, 11am, BT Sport 2
FIM Speedway World Cup – 6:30pm, BT Sport 2
Euroformula Championship – 2pm, BT Sport ESPN
International GT Open Championship – 3pm, BT Sport ESPN
DTM – 5:45pm, BT Sport ESPN
CFL – Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Saskatchewan Roughriders, 2am, BT Sport 1, – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
NCAA Baseball – Home Run Derby, 2am, BT Sport ESPN, – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
Posted: 1st July 2017