Saturday 26 August 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Saturday 26 August 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Irish Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Premier League – six games, all at 3pm, except for Bournemouth v Man City , 12:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League ROI and Man Utd v Leicester City, 5:30pm, BT Sport 1 – the live 3pm game is Newcastle v West Ham, Sky Sports Premier League ROI
Championship – ten games, all at 3pm, except for Nottingham Forest v Leeds Utd, 5:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football
League One – There are 12 games taking place, all at 3pm
League Two – There are 11 games taking place, all at 3pm
Scottish Premiership – four games, all at 3pm
Scottish Championship – five games, all at 3pm
Scottish League One – five games, all at 3pm
Scottish League Two – five games, all at 3pm
National League – 11 games, all at 3pm, except for FC Halifax v Guiseley, 12:30pm, BT Sport 1
National League (North) – There are 11 games taking place, all at 3pm
National League (South) – There are 11 games taking place, all at 3pm
FAI Cup (Last 16) – Crumlin United v Dundalk, 4pm
Northern Irish Premiership – two games, both at 3pm
Ligue 1 – Nantes v Lyon, 4pm, then five games at 7pm
La Liga – Alaves v Barcelona, 5:15pm, Sky Sports Mix –Girona v Malaga, 7:15pm, Sky Sports Football – Levante v Deportivo La Coruna, 7:15pm, Sky Sports Red Button – Las Palmas v Atletico Madrid, 9:15pm, Sky Sports Football
Serie A – Benevento v Bologna, 5pm –Genoa v Juventus, 5pm – Roma v Inter Milan, 7:45pm, BT Sport 3
Bundesliga – six games, all at 2:30pm, except for Borussia Dortmund v Hertha Berlin, 5:30pm, BT Sport 3
Dutch Eredivisie – Vitesse Arnhem v AZ Alkmaar, 5:30pm –ADO Den Haag v Heerenveen, 6:45pm –PEC Zwolle v FC Twente, 6:45pm – Heracles Almelo v Excelsior, 7:45pm
Belgian Jupiler League – Charleroi v Zulte-Waregem at 5pm then two games at 7pm and one at 7:30pm
MLS – D.C. United v New England Revolution, midnight –Philadelphia Union v Atlanta United FC, midnight – Columbus Crew v FC Dallas, 00:30am – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning – Orlando City SC v Vancouver Whitecaps, 00:30am, Sky Sports Football – Chicago Fire v Minnesota United FC, 01:30am –Houston Dynamo v Sporting Kansas City, 02:00am – Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids, 03:00am
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HORSERACING
The Saturday line-up is :
Killarney, 1:30pm – an eight-race National Hunt card where the feature is the €50,000 MSL Cork Mercedes-Benz Handicap Chase (4:20pm); the card closes with two bumper races; smart flat runner Cymro (Joseph O’Brien) makes his hurdling debut in the opener; The Major General, who is related to plenty of useful winners, runs for the same stable and is one of three JP McManus runners in the contest; Willie Mullins runs Robin des Foret and Miss Sapphire in a very good novice hurdle (2pm) and these two races set the tone for a very good card
Goodwood, 1:35pm – where the features are the Group 3 Prestige Stakes at 2:10pm (2yo fillies), the Group 2 Grosvenor Celebration Mile at 3:20pm (3yo+) and the Listed Goodwood Revival March Stakes (3:55pm); field-sizes are 12-10-20 – which is the £100,000 Grosvenor Sport Handicap (2:45pm) – 6-5-13 and 8; jockeys in action include Andrea Atzeni, Sean Levey, Oisin Murphy, PJ McDonald, Pat Cosgrave, Adam Kirby, Jamie Spencer, Joe Fanning and John Egan
Chester, 1:50pm – field-sizes are 8-12-12-7-12-7 and 8; a 2yo race begins a card that contains five handicaps (one of them for apprentices) plus a 3yo+ 12f maiden; jockeys in action include David Nolan, Ben Curtis, Liam Keniry, Steve Drowne, Paul Mulrennan, David Probert, Shane Gray, Cam Hardie and Jason Hart
York, 1:55pm – the feature is the £285,000 Betfred Ebor Stakes (Handicap)(3:35pm); also on the seven-race card are the £225,000 Group 2 Al Basti Equiworld Gimcrack Stakes (3pm), one of the top 2yo races of the year, plus the £90,000 Group 3 Strensall Stakes (1:55pm) and the £70,000 Listed Julia Graves Roses Stakes (4:10pm); no race is worth less than £70,000 and the card closes at 5:15pm with an apprentice handicap; a runner for Ireland in the Ebor is Willie Mullins’ Ivan Grozny (Jim Crowley); a runner for the USA on the card is Wesley Ward’s Elizabeth Darcy (4:10pm, David Egan) NB Ryan Moore is not riding in Britain today: he will be riding Idaho for Aidan O’Brien in the Grade 1 Sword Dancer Stakes at Saratoga tonight (9:49pm)
Newmarket, 2:05pm – featuring the £45,000 CJ Murfitt Ltd Handicap (3:50pm) and the £37,000 Listed Hopeful Stakes (4:25pm) on a card that contains five handicaps (one of them a nursery), a 2yo novice stakes race, and the Listed contest referred to; field-sizes are 9-7-8-10-15-10 and 11; jockeys in action include Silvestre de Sousa, Pat Smullen (three rides), Fran Berry, Tom Marquand, Dane O’Neill, Gerald Mosse, Stevie Donohoe, Ted Durcan, Franny Norton, Andrew Mullen and Rory Cleary (one ride, Reshoun for Ian Williams, 3:50pm); Ireland’s Bill Farrell runs Orangey Red (Joey Hanes, 4:25pm)
Cartmel, 2:15pm – a seven-race National Hunt card that closes with a “Hands And Heels” race for Conditional Jockeys and Amateur Riders); there’s a £10,000 handicap hurdle at 5:10pm; field-sizes are 8-8-6-10-7-9 and 10; runners from Ireland are Gordon Elliott’s Knockmaole Boy (2:!5pm, Richard Johnson), Stuart Crawford’s Whispering Affair (2:50pm, Richard Johnson), A Touch Of Sparkle (2:50pm, Tom O’Brien) and David Broad’s Little Stampy (2:50pm, James Bowen), Stuart Crawford’s Novo Dawn (4pm, Richard Johnson), Stuart Crawford’s Dr Moloney (4:35pm, Tom O’Brien) and Don Franco (4:£5pm, Richard Johnson), Noel Kelly’s Mighty Whitey (5:10pm, Derek Fox) and Noel Kelly’s Mash Potato (5:45pm, Mr PJ Cawley)
Redcar, 4:50pm – seven races, with the opener being for Lady Amateur Riders; the card consists of five handicaps and two 2yo races; there’s a £10,000 handicap at 6:25pm; field-sizes are 9-15-10-11-20-10 and 20; jockeys in action include Tom Eaves, Kevin Stott, Connor Beasley, Tony Hamilton, Luke Morris, Danny Tudhope, Dougie Costello, Phillip Makin, Jason Hart and James Sullivan
Windsor, 5:10pm – a six-race card, including the £60,000 Group 3 Winter Hill Stakes (6:40pm) and £37,000 Listed Sri Lanka August Stakes (6:10pm); the card also contains three handicaps and a 2yo race (the opener); field-sizes are 10-8-8-8-10 and 9; jockeys in action include Jamie Spencer, Oisin Murphy, Ted Durcan, Joe Fanning, Gerald Mosse, Stevie Donohoe, Jimmy Fortune, Tom Marquand and Andrea Atzeni
They also race in India at Kolkata (10:15am) and Pune (10:30am) and in Germany at Baden-Baden(12:30pm, see below); later in shops it is Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, in the USA and Monterrico, 8pm, in Peru
Ryan Moore is will be riding Idaho for Aidan O’Brien in the Grade 1 Sword Dancer StakesatSaratoga tonight (9:49pm). Also on the card is the Grade 1 Travers Stakes (10:44pm), plus four other Grade 1 races and a Grade 2 contest
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Saratoga, 4:35pm, Gulfstream, 5:45pm, Monmouth Park, 5:50pm, and Golden Gate Fields, 9:45pm
The South African meetings are Turffontein (11:20am, 9 races) and Kenilworth (12:15pm, 8 races)
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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
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 23 of the season
Saturday 26 August
Collingwood v Melbourne , 4:45am, BT Sport 3 – Brisbane Lions v North Melbourne, 5:10am – Sydney Swans v Carlton, 7:35am –Port Adelaide v Gold Coast Suns, 10:10am – Geelong Cats v GWS Giants, 10:25am, BT Sport 3
Sunday 27 August
Essendon v Fremantle , 4:10am – West Coast Eagles v Adelaide Crows, 5:40am – Richmond v St Kilda, 6:20am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 15 games taking place today, with start times ranging from 6:05pm on Saturday to 2:10am on Sunday – i.e. late Saturday evening/early Sunday morning
Live :
No MLB games listed as live in UK/Ire
Little League World Series – 9pm and midnight, BT Sport ESPN
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – h ttp://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Big fights coming up:
Today – Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor, billed as ” The Money Fight” is an upcomingprofessional boxing super-fight between undefeated eleven-time five-division professional boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the current UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor . It will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada
Among the fights on the undercard is Badou Jack v Nathan Cleverly. Cleverly is defending his WBA light-heavyweight title
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CRICKET
Saturday August 26
TEST Series 2017 – England v West Indies, 11am, day two of five, Sky Sports Main Event at 3:15pm and Sky Sports Cricket from 10am
Women’s KIA Super League – Southern Vipers v Yorkshire Diamonds, 2:30pm,Surrey Stars v Loughborough Lightning, 2:20pm, and Western Storm v Lancashire Thunder, 2:20pm
Caribbean Premier League – Jamaica Tallawahs v Trinbago Knight Riders, 2am – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning – live on BT Sport 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
Vuelta a Espana – Stage eight, a 199.5km route from Hellin to Xorret de Cati, 2:15pm, Eurosport 1
Tour de l’Avenir , stage eight, 120.5km from Albertville to Ste-Foy Tarentaise, 12:30pm, Eurosport 1
Baltic Chain Tour , Aug 23-27
National Road Championships – Brazil , Aug 24-27
Commonwealth Cycling Classic (Virginia) , Aug 24-27
From the track calendar:
Irish National Track Championships , Aug 26-27
Track Sea Games Kuala Lumpur 2017 , Aug 27-29
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DARTS
Next up:
Perth Darts Masters – Friday Aug 25 to Sunday Aug 27, day two (highlights, ITV4, 3:15pm, quarter-finals)ET9 – Dutch Dart Masters – Sept 01-03, Maastricht, Netherlands
Unibet Champions League of Darts, Sept 16-17
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 race is the Belgium Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, Aug 25-27
Live action:
Practice 3, 9:55am, Channel 4, and eir Sport 1 at 9:55am, and eir Sport 1 at 12:55am
Qualifying, 11:55am, Channel 4 and eir Sport 1
The next race after this will be the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, September 1-3
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 26 August
All-Ireland SFC semi-final replayKerry v Mayo, Croke Park, 3pm – RTE One/Sky Sports Arena HDAll-Ireland Ladies SFC semi-finalDublin v Kerry, Semple Stadium, 6.30pm – TG4All-Ireland Ladies IFC semi-finalMeath v Tipperary, Semple Stadium, 4.45pm – TG4Sunday 27 AugustAll-Ireland SFC semi-finalDublin v Tyrone , Croke Park, 4pm – RTE/SkyAll-Ireland MFC semi-finalDublin v Derry , Croke Park, 2pm – TG4
All-Ireland U17FC final
Tyrone v Roscommon , Croke Park, 12noon
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GOLF
PGA Tour – The Northern Trust, Glen Oaks Club, Old Westbury, NY, Thurs Aug 24 to Sun Aug 27 – Coverage of day three from 7:40pm on Sky Sports Main Event and 6pm, Sky Sports The Open
European Tour – Made In Denmark, Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort, Farsa, Denmark, Thurs Aug 24 to Sun Aug 27 – Coverage of day three, Sky Sports The Open, 11:30am
LPGA Tour – Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Thursday Aug 24 to Sunday August 27, day three
On the (Seniors Tour), The Willow Senior Golf Classic, Hanbury Manor Marriott Hotel & CC, Ware, Hertfordshire, England, August 25-27, Day two
On the (Champions Tour), Boeing Classic, The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoqualmie, Washington, day two of three
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HOCKEY
Women’s EuroHockey Championships
Live action on BT Sport ESPN at 11:15am, Spain v Ireland, 1:30pm, Scotland v Czech Republic, 4pm (Bronze final),Germany v England, and the final at 7pm, Netherlands v Belgium
Men’s EuroHockey matches, including the final, are scheduled for Sunday
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ICE HOCKEY
The new NHL season begins on Wednesday, October 4
Champions Hockey League – Mountfield HK v Nottingham Panthers, 5pm, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY LEAGUE :
Saturday 26 August
Chasllenge Cup (Final) – Hull FC v Wigan Warriors, 3pm (Wembley), BBC One
NRL – Gold Coast Titans v Canterbury Bulldogs, 6am – Melbourne Storm v South Sydney Rabbitohs, 8:30am, eir Sport 2 – Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v Sydney Roosters, 10:30am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Mitre 10 Cup – Wellington v Taranaki, 3:35am – Auckland v Northland, 5:35am
Rugby Championship – New Zealand v Australia, 8:35am, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action – Argentina v South Africa, 8:40pm, Sky Sports Action
Currie Cup – Western Province v Sharks, 2pm – Free State Cheetahs v Golden Lions, 4:15pm
Top 14 – Bordeaux-Begles v Clermont Auvergne, 7:40pm, Sky Sports Arena HD – There is also a game at 2:10pm and four games at 5pm
Women’s World Cup – Seventh-place place play-off, Ireland v Wales, 2pm, RTE2 and eir Sport 2, with the final, England v New Zealand at 7:45pm on the same channel along with ITV4, UTV and eir Sport 1 – The Third-place play-off, France v USA, is at 5pm, eir Sport 1; the Fifth-place play-off is Australia v Canada, 2pm, eir Sport 2; the Ninth-place play-off is Italy v Spain, 2:30pm, eir Sport 1, and the 11th-place play-off is Japan v Hong Kong, midday
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SNOOKER
Next:
The Paul Hunter Classic continues (penultimate day) and runs to August 27th. The tournament is named in honour and memory of the late Paul Hunter, a huge talent in the snooker world whose life was tragically cut short by cancer. It takes place in Fürth in Germany
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TENNIS
ATP Winston-Salem Open , Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA, Mon Aug 21 to Sun Aug 27 – coverage of the final is on Eurosport 2 at 10pm
WTA Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies , New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Mon Aug 21 to Sun Aug 27 – the final, live on BT Sport 1 at 9pm
WTA Louisville , Louisville, Kentucky, USA, Mon Aug 21 to Sun Aug 27
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OTHER SPORT
Sports: Universiade in Taiwan – swmming, midday, Eurosport 2
Canadian Football League – BC Lions @ Ottawa Redblacks, 9:15pm, BT Sport 2, and Toronto Argonauts @ Calgary Stampeders, 2am, BT Sport 3 – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
Quad Series Netball – 6am, 8am, 3pm and 9pm on Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports Main Event at 6am, AND ON Sky Sports Arena HD at 6am
Ski Jumping – the Summer Grand Prix from Hakuba, Japan, 10am, Eurosport 2
Porsche Supercup – Belgian Grand Prix, 5:30pm, Eurosport 2
Formula Renault Eurocup – round 8, from France, 11am, BT Sport 1
MotoGP, Silverstone – Third Free Practice, 9am, BT Sport 2; Qualifying, midday, BT Sport 2
FIM Speedway Grand Prix – 5:45pm, BT Sport 2, from Poland
Blancpain GT Sprint Series – 2:30pm, BT Sport 3
College Football – Stanford Cardinals v Rice Owls, 3am, BT Sport 1 – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning – the game is being in Sydney
Verizon IndyCar Series – 2am, BT Sport ESPN, the Bommarito Automotive Group 500
Posted: 26th August 2017