Saturday 2 September 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Saturday 2 September 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Irish Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Saturday Sep 2
FIFA World Cup European Qualifying – Albania v Liechtenstein, 5pm –Finland v Iceland, 5pm –Georgia v Rep Of Ireland, 5pm, Sky Sports Football – Serbia v Moldova, 5pm – Croatia v Kosovo, 7:45pm – Israel v Macedonia, 7:45pm – Spain v Italy, 7:45pm – Ukraine v Turkey, 7:45pm – Wales v Austria, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football
FIFA World Cup African Qualifying – Senegal v Burkina Faso, 9pm, BT Sport 1
League One – ten games, all at 3pm, except for Bradford City v Bristol Rovers, 12:30pm, Sky Sports Football
League Two – 12 games, all at 3pm
Scottish Challenge Cup – 13 games, all at 3pm, except forDumbarton v Gap Connah’s Quay, 2:30pm and Sligo Rovers v Falkirk, 7:45pm
National League – 12 games, all at 3pm, except for Tranmere Rovers v Dover , 5:30pm, BT Sport 2
National League (North) – 11 games, all at 3pm
National League (South) – 11 games, all at 3pm
Northern Irish Premiership – five games, all at 3pm
International Match – Indonesia v Fiji, midnight – Mozambique v Kenya, midnight
MLS – Montreal Impact v Chicago Fire, midnight, Sky Sports Football – New England Revolution v Orlando City SC, midnight – FC Dallas v New York Red Bulls, 2am, Sky Sports Football (i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning) – Los Angeles Galaxy v Colorado Rapids, 4am
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HORSERACING
The Saturday line-up is :
Chester, 1:40pm – a card that features the £37,000 Corbettsports.com Chester Stakes (Listed Race) at 2:10pm and the £45,000 Corbettsports.com Handicap at 2:45pm; there is also a £20,000 2yo race at 3:55pm; Ireland’s Pat Shanahan runs The Tartan Spartan (2:10pm, Sharp Defence (2:45pm), Taexali (3:20pm) and Warp Factor (5:05pm) on the card. They will be ridden by Royston Ffrench
Navan , 1:45pm – A seven-race flat card, including the €24,000 Auction maiden (1:45pm), the €20,000 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race (2:20pm) and the feature €40,000 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Premier Nursery Handicap (3:30pm)
Sandown , 1:50pm – a card that features the £45,000 Group 3 Solario Stakes (2yo colts and geldings, 2:25pm), the £65,000 Group 3 Atalanta Stakes (3yo+, fillies and mares, 3pm) and the £50,000 Kalaglow Handicap (3yo+, 1m1f209y, 3:35pm). Jockeys riding on the card include Jim Crowley, Ryan Moore, Jamie Spencer, Silvestre de Sousa, Oisin Murphy, Frankie Dettori, Andrea Atzeni, Fran Berry and Shane Foley, who rides Romanised for Co.Kildare trainer Ken Condon in the 2:25pm race. France’s Francis Graffard runs Libretha (Gregory Benoist) in the 3pm contest
Wexford (2pm) – A seven-race NH card, with €15,000 chases at 4:25pm and 5pm. The card begins with a maiden hurdle over 2m and ends with an EBF Handicap chase over 2m (5:30pm)
Beverley , 2:05pm – An eight-race card that features the £50,000 Totescoop6 Beverley Bullet Sprint Stakes (Listed Race) at 3:15pm, along with a £45,000 handicap (1m1f207y, 3yo rated 0-105) at 4:25pm
Newton Abbot , 2:15pm – where the main races are the £36,000 Toteexacta Handicap Hurdle (3:25pm) and a £20,000 handicap chase (4:35pm)
Hamilton , 4:15pm – the card starts with a race for amateur riders but the main event is the £20,000 BB Foodservice 2yo Series Final (A Nursery Handicap) at 7:05pm. Ireland’s Adrian Joyce runs Breezolini (Miss E Chaston) in the opener 4:15pm
Chelmsford , 5:50pm – the card starts with a handicap for apprentices and contains three Plus10 Bonus races for 2yos (one of them, at 7:20pm, worth £50,000) but features the £80,000 Chelmsford City Cup Handicap at 7:50pm; also on the card is a £30,000 fillies’ handicap (8:50pm); the card contains £200,000 in prize-money. Jockeys in action include Ryan Moore, Frankie Dettori, James Doyle, Jim Crowley, Andrea Atzeni, Fran Berry, Luke Morris, Oisin Murphy and Pat Cosgrave
They also race in India at Pune (10:30am) and in Germany at Baden Baden (12:30pm), later in shops it’sPhiladelphia Park (5:55pm) in the USA and Hipo Chile (6:30pm) in Chile
At Baden-Baden in Germany, there is a Group 2 race for fillies and mares (3yo+) at 3:25pm. At Veliefendi in Turkey (on the Polytrack), there is a local Group 2 race at 5:30pm (3yo+, 10f), which George Baker runs Belgian Bill (Hector Crouch), Francois Rohaut runs Qurbaan (Francois-Xavier Bertras), Archie Watson runs Absolute Blast (Eddy Greatrex) and Saeed bin Suroor runs Leshlaa (5:30pm, Jimmy Quinn) and the Group 3 International Istanbul Trophy at 6:30pm (3yo+, fillies and mares, turf, one mile), in which Saeed bin Suroor runs Arabian Hope (Gerald Mosse)
In the USA, at Saratoga, there is the Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes (11:11pm, 2yo fillies, 7f, dirt) and the Grade 1 Woodward Stakes (11:46pm, 3yo+, dirt, 9f), and at Del Mar, there is the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante Stakes (2yo fillies, dirt, 7f) at 1:10am – i.e. early on Sunday morning
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Gulfstream, 5pm, Saratoga, 6pm, Golden Gate Fields, 9:45pm, and Del Mar, 10pm
The South African meetings are Turffontein (11:20am), including the Grade 3 Spring Spree Stakes (2:50pm) and Kenilworth (12:15pm)
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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 – CENTRAL PARK
6:33pm – MONMORE
6:39pm – PETERBOROUGH
7:42pm – SHELBOURNE – Round 3 Heats of the Irish Greyhound Derby
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 16 games taking place today, with start times ranging from 6:05pm on Saturday to 2:10am on Sunday – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Live :
Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankess
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – h ttp://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Today:
Alexander Volkov v Stefan Struve – Heavyweight showdown at UFC Fight Night in Rotterdam, 8pm, BT Sport 2
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
Saturday September 2
Tour Match 2017 – Leicestershire v West Indies, 11am, day one (of 4)
Natwest T20 Blast – Semi-final 1, Birmingham Bears v Glamorgan, 11am, Sky Sports Main Event – Semi-final 2, Hampshire v Notts Ouitlaws, 2:30pm Sky Sports Main Event – Final, 6:45pm, Sky Sports Main Event
CPL T20 Cricket – Barbados Tridents v Trinbago Knight Riders, 1:30am, BT Sport 1 – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
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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
Vuelta a Espana – Stage 14, a 175km journey from Ecija to Sierra de La Pandera , 2pm, Eurosport 2
From the track calendar:
Elite Pan American Track Cycling Championships – Trinidad and Tobago, Aug 30 to Sept 03
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DARTS
Next up:
ET9 – Dutch Dart Masters – Sept 01-03, Maastricht, Netherlands
Unibet Champions League of Darts, Sept 16-17
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FORMULA ONE
Italian Grand Prix at Monza, September 1-3
Live action:
Third Practice Session , 9:55am, eir Sport 1
Qualifying Session , 1pm, eir Sport 1
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
Saturday 2 September
All-Ireland Ladies SFC semi-final
Cork v Mayo , TBC, 4.45pm – TG4
All-Ireland Ladies IFC semi-final
Sligo v Tyrone , TBC, 3pm – TG4
Sunday 3 September
All-Ireland SHC final
Galway v Waterford , Croke Park, 3.30pm – RTE/Sky
All-Ireland MHC final
Cork v Galway , Croke Park, 1.15pm – TG4
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GOLF
PGA Tour – Dell Technologies Championship, TPC Boston, Norton, MA, Fri Sept 01 to Mon Sept 04 – day 3 of 4 – live on Sky Sports The Open at 5:30pm and 8pm
European Tour – D&D REAL Czech Masters, Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, Czech Rep, Coverage of day three: 1pm on Sky Sports The Open
LPGA Tour – Cambia Portland Classic Presented By JTBC, Portland, OR, Aug 31 to Sept 03 – day 3 of 4
On the (Seniors Tour) – Travis Perkins Masters, Woburn GC, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, England, Fri Sept 01 to Sun Sept 03 – day 2 OF 3
On the (Champions Tour), Shaw Charity Classic, Canyon Meadows G&CC, Calgary, AB, Canada, Fri Sept 01 to Sun Sept 03 – day 2 of 3
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ICE HOCKEY
The new NHL season begins on Wednesday, October 4
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RUGBY LEAGUE :
Saturday 2 September
Super League Qualifiers – London Broncos v Warrington Wolves, 8pm, Sky Sports Arena
Kingstone Press League 1 – Toronto Wolfpack v Whitehaven RLFC, 9:30pm, eir Sport 2
NRL – Sydney Roosters v Gold Coast Titans, 6am, eir Sport 2 –Manly Sea Eagles v Penrith Panthers, 8:30am, eir Sport 2 –Melbourne Storm v Canberra Raiders, 10:30am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Saturday 2 September
Mitre 10 Cup – Otago v Manawatu, 3:35am –Southland v Northland, 6:05am – Taranaki v Counties Manukau, 8:35am, Sky Sports Action
Aviva Premiership – Saracens v Northampton, 2pm, BT Sport 1 –Wasps v Sale Sharks, 3pm – London Irish v Harlequins, 4:45pm, BT Sport 1
Guinness Pro14 – Ospreys v Zebre, 2:30pm –Dragons v Leinster, 3:15pm Sky Sports Action –Scarlets v Southern Kings, 5:30pm Sky Sports Action – Connacht v Glasgow Warriors, 7:35pm
Top 14 – Agen v Racing 92, 1:45pm Sky Sports Arena –Stade Francais v La Rochelle, 3:45pm –Castres v Bordeaux-Begles, 5:45pm –Lyon v Brive, 5:45pm –Montpellier v Oyonnax, 5:45pm – Toulouse v Pau, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Action
The Championship – London Scottish v Yorkshire Carnegie, 2pm –Jersey v Doncaster, 2:30pm –Ealing Trailfinders v Cornish Pirates, 3pm – Richmond v Bedford, 5pm
Currie Cup – Golden Lions v Pumas, 2pm – Sharks v Free State Cheetahs, 4:15pm
Sunday 3 September
Mitre 10 Cup – Waikato v Tasman, 3:35am – North Harbour v Auckland, 5:35am
Aviva Premiership – Leicester Tigers v Bath, 3pm
Top 14 – Clermont Auvergne v Toulon, 3:50pm
The Championship – Rotherham Titans v Nottingham, 2pm – Bristol v Hartpury College, 3pm
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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 six:
Eurosport 1 – 3:30pm, 6pm, 9pm, midnight and 2am – i.e. Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Eurosport 2 – 5pm
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OTHER SPORT
British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup – Coverage of the inaugural even from Nottingham, 2:15pm, BBC 1
Formula 2 Championship – Italian Grand Prix – Race one at the ninth round of season, 2:55pm, eir Sport 1
Red Bull Air Race – Qualifying Session from Oporto, Portugal, 4:05pm, eir Sport 1
Euroformula Open Championship – Race one at round from from Silverstone, 2pm, BT Sport 2
GT Open Championship – Race one at round from from Silverstone, 3pm, BT Sport 2
College American Football – Akron Zips @ Penn State Nittany Lions, 5:00pm, BT Sport ESPN – Florida Gators @ Michigan Wolverines, 8:30pm,BT Sport ESPN – Florida State Seminoles @Alabama Crimson Tide , 1:30am BT Sport ESPN (i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning) – LSU Tigers @ BYU Cougars, 2:30am, BT Sport 2 (i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning)
Quad Series Netball – England v South Africa, 3am, Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports Arena HD – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
Posted: 2nd September 2017