SATURDAY 20th MAY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
SATURDAY 20 MAY 2017
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FOOTBALL
League One play-off final – Bradford City v Millwall, 3pm, Sky Sports 1
Scottish Premiership – Hamilton Academical v Dundee, 3pm – Inverness CT v Motherwell, 3pm – Kilmarnock v Ross County, 3pm
La Liga – three games, all at 4pm, Deportivo La Coruna v Las Palmas – Leganes v Alaves – Sporting Gijon v Real Betis
Serie A – Chievo v Roma, 5pm, eir Sport 1 and BT Sport 3 – Napoli v Fiorentina, 7:45pm, eir Sport 1 and BT Sport 2
Ligue 1 – ten games, all at 8pm – there will be a game televised live on BT Sport 3
Bundesliga – nine games, all at 2:30pm, including Bayern Munich v SC Freiburg, BT Sport 3
Chinese Super League – Yanbian Fude FC v Shandong Luneng, 8:30am – Chongqing Lifan v Tianjin Quanjian, 12:35pm – Hebei China Fortune FC v Liaoning Whowin, 12:35pm – Shanghai Shenhua v Shanghai SIPG, 12:35pm
MLS – Montreal Impact v Portland Timbers, 8pm – D.C. United v Chicago Fire, 9pm – Seattle Sounders FC v Real Salt Lake, 10pm, Sky Sports 2 – Atalanta United FC v Houston Dynamo, midnight – Philadelphia Union v Colorado Rapids, midnight – Vancouver Whitecaps v Sporting Kansas City, midnight – FC Dallas v San Jose Earthquakes, 1am
Brasileiro Serie A – Chapecoense v Palmeiras, 11pm, BT Sport 2
FIFA Under-20 World Cup – Argentina v England, 8:30am, Eurosport 1, 8:15am and, at 5:45am on Sunday morning, Zambia v Portugal, Eurosport 1 – the tournament runs from Sat 20 May to Sun 11 June 2017
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HORSERACING
The Saturday line-up is:
Thirsk, 1:40pm – featuring the £20,000 Constant Security Services Handicap (3:20pm) ; field-sizes on the card are 13-13-18-7-20-10-9 and 12
Newbury, 1:50pm – featuring the Group 1 Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes (3:30pm); there is also the Group 3 Al Rayyan Stakes (Aston Park Stakes) on the card (1:50pm), plus Listed Races at 2:20pm and 4:40pm; £750,000 in prize-money is on offer on the card; Ireland’s Aidan O’Brien runs Somehow (Ryan Moore) in the feature race
Bangor-On-Dee, 1:55pm – there’s a £10,000 handicap chase at 3:40pm; field-sizes are 3-7-10-8-9-8 and 10
Newmarket, 2:05pm – the card starts with two Listed Races – the Betway Fairway Stakes (2:05pm) and the King Charles II Stakes (2:40pm), and there’s a £45,000 handicap at 3:15pm
Navan, 2:25pm – seven races, with the feature being the €75,000 Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Yeats Stakes (4:10pm); field-sizes for the card are 18-5-10-7-12-23 (plus 3 reserves) and 13; jockeys riding on the card include Pat Smullen, Chris Hayes, Wayne Lordan, Shane Foley, Colin Keane, Seamie Heffernan, Billy Lee, Donnacha O’Brien, Declan McDonogh, Colm O’Donoghue and Kevin Manning
Uttoxeter, 5:30pm – there’s a £10,000 handicap chase at 6:35pm; field-sizes on the card are 5-11-10-7-11-12 and 10; Ireland’s Gordon Elliott runs Lilywhite Gesture (7:05pm, Richard Johnson) and Captiva Island (Richard Johnson) in the finale (8:40pm, bumper)
Doncaster, 5:50pm – featuring the £20,000 EBF Breeders’ Series Fine & Country Fillies’ Handicap (A TBA Bonus Race) at 6:50pm; an apprentice race opens up the card
They also race in India at Bangalore (10:30am), in Germany at Dusseldorf (10:35am) and in Mauritius (9:30am) ; later in shops it is Philadelphia, 5:55pm, in the USA and Hipo Chile, 7:30pm, in Chile
In France – although it is not on the shop service – at Auteuil, 12:35pm, where a big day of racing lies ahead with such valuable races as the Grade 2 Prix la Barka, in which Nicky Henderson runs L’Ami Serge (Daryl Jacob) and Willie Mullins runs Open Eagle (Paul Townend) and Shaneshill (Ruby Walsh), and the Grade 3 Prix Questarabad, in which Willie Mullins runs Meri Devie (Ruby Walsh), on the card
In the USA, the second Triple Crown race of the season, the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes, will be run at Pimlico in Baltimore at 11:48pm on Saturday night (Irish/UK time); Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming is among the 10 declarations for the race, as is the Derby runner-up Lookin At Lee; the Grade 3 Maryland Sprint Stakes (8:27pm) is also on the card
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Pimlico, 3:31pm, Belmont Park, 5:40pm, Monmouth Park, 5:50pm, Gulfstream, 6pm, Golden Gate Fields, 7:45pm and Santa Anita, 8pm
The South African meeting is Scottsville (11:05am) and Turffontein (11:27am), where there is a Listed Race at 2:45pm (fillies and mares, 3yo+)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Saturday line-up is as follows:
9:11am – TRALEE
9:34am – TOWCESTER
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 the English Greyhound Derby Third Round meeting at Towcester on June 17th
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 9 of the season
Saturday 20 May
St Kilda v Sydney Swans, 4:45am – GWS Giants v Richmond, 5:10am – Brisbane Lions v Adelaide Crows, 7:35am – Collingwood v Hawthorn, 10:25am, live on BT Sport ESPN
Sunday 21 May
Essendon v West Coast Eagles, 4:10am, live on BT Sport 3 – Melbourne v North Melbourne, 4:15am – Fremantle v Carlton, 7:40am
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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 7:10pm on Saturday to 3:10am on Sunday morning – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Live games:
San Francisco Giants @ St Louis Cardinals , midnight on Saturday, BT Sport ESPN
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BASKETBALL
In the NBA:
Western Conference Finals – Golden State Warriors @ San Antonio Spurs, 2am, live on BT Sport 1 – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning – Golden State lead the best-of-seven series 1-0
Live games:
As above
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
This week’s fights include:
Tonight, Stratford, East London, the IBF super-featherweight title holder Gervonta Davis, who is from Baltimore, USA, will defend his belt against Liam Walsh, who is from Rochdale, England, and is the reigning Commonwealth super-featherweight champion – the fight is live on BT Sport 1 at 7:30pm
On Saturday May 27, Kell Brook will fight Errol Spence Jnr for the IBF welterweight title, which will take place at Sheffield United’s football ground, Bramall Lane
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CRICKET
Saturday May 20
Next games:
County Championship Division 1 – four games, all at 11am, day two of four
County Championship Division 2 – three games, all at 11am, day two of four
IPL – No games scheduled
Sunday May 21
Tri-Series In Ireland – Ireland v New Zealand, 10:45am
IPL – Rising Pune Supergiant v TBC, 3:30pm
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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
Giro d’Italia – coverage of stage 14, a 131km journey from Castellania to Oropa, 12:15pm, Eurosport 1
Tour Of California – The final stage, stage seven, a 125km journey from Mountain High to Pasadena
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
Next up:
Players Championship 11 (Milton Keynes) – Sat May 20
Players Championship 12 (Milton Keynes) – Sun May 21
Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, May 24-25
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FORMULA ONE
The next race in the 2017 Formula One season is the Monaco Grand Prix, May 25-28
Followed by the Canada Grand Prix, June 9-11
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GAA
Next games:
Saturday 20 May
Ulster SFC preliminary round
Monaghan v Fermanagh, Clones, 7pm – live on RTE 2 and BBC Ulster
Christy Ring Cup semi-finals
Carlow v Wicklow, Netwatch Cullen Park, 3pm
Antrim v Down, Cushendall, 5pm
Christy Ring Cup relegation play-off
Mayo v Roscommon, Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, 5pm
Nicky Rackard Cup semi-final
Tyrone v Armagh, Carrickmore, 3pm
Lory Meagher Cup round 5
Lancashire v Warwickshire, Old Bedians, Manchester, 3pm
Fermanagh v Cavan, Brewster Park, 3pm
Leitrim v Sligo, Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, 3pm
Sunday 21 May
Connacht SFC quarter-final
Mayo v Sligo, MacHale Park, 2pm – LIVE ON RTE 2
Leinster SFC first round
Louth v Wicklow, Parnell Park, 3pm
Laois v Longford, O’Moore Park, 3pm
Carlow v Wexford, Netwatch Cullen Park, 3pm
Ulster SFC quarter-final
Donegal v Antrim, Ballybofey, 4pm
Munster SHC quarter-final
Tipperary v Cork, Semple Stadium, 4pm – LIVE ON RTE 2
Nicky Rackard Cup semi-final
Monaghan v Derry, Inniskeen, 1pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – It is day three of the Rocco Forte Open, Verdura, Italy, May 18-21, 1pm, Sky Sports 4
USPGA Tour – It is day three of the AT&T Byron Nelson, TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colina, USA, May 18-21, 6pm, Sky Sports 4
LPGA Tour – It is day three of the Kingsmill Championship Presented by JTBC, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 18-21 – live on Sky Sports 4 at 11pm
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour) – It is day three of the Regions Tradition, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, May 18-21
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)
Western Conference Finals
Game 4 – Today’s game is Nashville Predators @ Anaheim Ducks, 12:15am, eir Sport 2 – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning – Game 5: the best-of-seven series was tied 2-2 after Game 4
ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
This tournament runs from May 5-21 – 16 teams, two host cities > Cologne and Paris
Live:
No games listed as live in Ire/UK
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Super League (Magic Weekend, from St James’s Park, Newcastle, all games on Sky Sports 2) – Widnes Vikings v Wakefield Trinity, 2:30pm – Hull FC v St Helens, 4:45pm – Wigan Warriors v Warrington Wolves, 7pm
NRL – Gold Coast Titans v Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, 8:30am, eir Sport 2, and Parramatta Eels v Canberra Raiders, 10:30am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Saturday 20 May
Premiership, semi-finals – Exeter v Saracens, 2:30pm, BT Sport 2,and Wasps v Leicester, 5:15pm, BT Sport 2
Pro12, semi-final – Munster v Ospreys, 6:15pm, live on TG4 and Sky Sports 1
Champions Cup semi-final play-off – Northampton Saints v Connacht, 4pm – the play-off final is set for Friday 26 May at 7:45pm and the winner of this semi-final play-off game will have home advantage in that final
Top 14, quarter-final – Montpellier v Racing 92, 4pm, Sky Sports Mix
Super Rugby – Hurricanes v Cheetahs, 8:35am, Sky Sports 2 – Western Force v Highlanders, 10:45am, Sky Sports 2 – Sunwolves v Sharks, 12:55pm, Sky Sports Mix – Lions v Bulls, 4:15pm, Sky Sports 5 – Southern Kings v Brumbies, 6:30pm
HSBC Sevens World Series – The London Sevens, 9am, Sky Sports 3 (it takes place at Twickenham)
Live League One Rugby Union – Tornto Wolfpack v Barrow, 9:30pm, eir Sport 2
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SNOOKER
TBC
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy, semi-finals, 1:30pm and 7pm, Sky Sports 5
WTA Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy, first semi-final, 11am, BT Sport 3; second semi-final, 3:30pm, BT Sport 2
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OTHER SPORT
Formula E – Paris – 3e, 2:30pm and Channel 5, which comes from the Paris Street Circuit
Motorcycling: World Endurance – The Oschersleben 8 Hours, from Germany
MotoGP France – third free practice, 8am, BT Sport 2, with qualifying on the same channel at 11am
Motorsport: DTM – 1:30pm, BT Sport ESPN
WRC Rally: Portugal – 3pm, BT Sport ESPN
FIFA Ultimate Team Championship – an eSports eventin Berlin, 4pm, BT Sport ESPN
IndyCar – day one of qualifying ahead of the legendary Indianapolis 500, live on BT Sport ESPN at 9pm
Posted: 20th May 2017