SATURDAY 27th MAY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
SATURDAY 27th MAY 2017
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FOOTBALL
Saturday May 27
FA Cup final – Arsenal v Chelsea, 5:30pm, TV3/eir Sport 1/BT Sport 2
Scottish Cup final – Celtic v Aberdeen, 3pm, Sky Sports 1/5
Coupe de France – Angers v PSG, 8pm
German DFB Cup final – Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Dortmund, 7pm, BT Sport ESPN
Spanish Copa del Rey final – Barcelona v Alaves, 8:30pm, Sky Sports 2
Serie A – Atalanta v Chievo, 5pm – Bologna v Juventus, 5pm, eir Sport 2
Chinese Super League – one game at 8:30am and four at 12:35pm, including Shanghai SIPG v Beijing Guoan, Sky Sports 3
MLS – Seattle Sounders v Portland Timbers, midnight, Sky Sports 5, with further games at 12:30am, 1am (three games) and 3am
League Of Ireland First Division – Cobh Ramblers v Waterford FC, 7:45pm – Longford Town v Wexford, 7:45pm
Brazilian Serie A – Sao Paulo v Palmeiras, 8pm – Vasco da Gama v Fluminense, 11pm, BT Sport 2 – Vitoria v Coritiba, 1am – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
International Friendlies – Honduras v El Salvador, midnight, and Mexico v Croatia, 12:30am – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
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HORSERACING
The Saturday line-up is:
Curragh, 1:50pm – with the highlight being the first Irish Classic of the season, the €300,000 Group 1 Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas (4:10pm), in which Churchill (Ryan Moore) will face five opponents as he bids to add to his English 2,000 Guineas success; other races on the card include the €120,000 Group 2 Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands Stakes (3:35pm), the €120,000 Group 2 Lanwades Stud Stakes (4:45pm), the €60,000 Listed Cold Move Irish EBF Marble Hill Stakes (3pm) plus a €50,000 handicap at 5:15pm
Chester, 1:55pm – featuring the £45,000 MBNA Handicap at 3:05pm
Goodwood, 2pm – including the £50,000 Listed Festival Stakes (2pm), a £100,000 handicap at 3:10pm and the £50,000 Listed Tapstser Stakes (3:45pm)
York, 2:10pm – including the £50,000 Listed Grand Cup Stakes (2:40pm) plus a £50,000 handicap at 3:50pm
Cartmel, 2:15pm – with two £15,000 races on a card at a very popular track that is situated in Britain’s Lake District; field-sizes are 5-7-5-3-12-5 and 6
Haydock, 2:20pm – including the £90,000 Group 2 Sandy Lane Stakes (3:30pm), the £100,000 Group 2 Temple Stakes (4:05pm) and the £47,000 Listed Cecil Frail Stakes (4:35pm, fillies and mares); there’s also a £60,000 handicap at 2:55pm
Salisbury, 5:45pm – with a £12,000 feature at 7:15pm, sponsored by Bathwick Tyres
Ffos Las, 6pm – with a £10,000 feature at 8pm
They also race in Mauritius (9:30am), in India at Bangalore (10:30am) and in Germany at Baden-Baden (1:05pm); later in shops it is Philadelphia, 5:55pm, in the USA and Hipo Chile, 7:30pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Monmouth Park, 5:50pm, Pimlico, 6:10pm, Gulfstream, 6:15pm, Belmont Park, 6:30pm, Santa Anita, 9pm and Golden Gate Fields, 9:15pm
The South African meetings are Kenilworth (10:35am), where there’s a Listed Race for 2yo fillies at 1:20pm and a Grade 3 race for 2yos at 2:05pm, and at Scottsville (10:50am), where there are Grade 1 races at 1:05pm (for 2yo fillies), 1:45pm (for 2yos), 2:25pm (for fillies and mares) and 3pm, the Tsogo Sun Sprint (Handicap)
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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 10 of the season
Saturday 27 May
Western Bulldogs v St Kilda, 4:45am, live on BT Sport 2 – Melbourne v Gold Coast Suns, 7:35am – Richmond v Essendon, 10:25am, BT Sport 2 – Adelaide Crows v Fremantle, 10:10am
Sunday 28 May
Collingwood v Brisbane Lions, 4:10am – Carlton v North Melbourne, 6:20am – West Coast Eagles v GWS Giants, 5:40am
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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 6:05pm on Saturday to 3:05am on Sunday morning – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Live games:
Chicago Cubs v Los Angeles Dodgers, midnight, BT Sport ESPN
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BASKETBALL
In the NBA, the NBA play-off best-of-seven final begins (as below):
Live games:
Boston Celtics @ Cleveland Cavaliers, 1:30am, BT Sport 1, Game 6 (If Necessary)
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
This week’s fights include:
On Saturday, 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 27
Champions Trophy – Bangladesh v Pakistan, 10:30am, Group A
One-Day International Series – England v South Africa, 11am, 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
Giro d’Italia – Stage 20, featuring a 190km journey from Pordenone to Asiago, 12:15pm, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
Next up:
The World Cup Of Darts 2017, from Frankfurt, Germany, from June 1-4, live on Sky Sports
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FORMULA ONE
The next race in the 2017 Formula One season is the Monaco Grand Prix, May 25-28
Practice 3 – 9:55am, Channel 4/eir Sport 1
Qualifying – 11:55am, Channel 4/eir Sport 1
Live Formula 2 Championship, 3:05pm, eir Sport 1
The Monaco Grand Prix will be followed by the Canada Grand Prix, June 9-11
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 27 May
Munster SFC quarter-finals
Waterford v Cork, Fraher Field, 7pm
Leinster SHC quarter-finals
Westmeath v Offaly, TEG Cusack Park, 7pm
Munster JFC semi-final
Waterford v Cork, Fraher Field, 5pm
Sunday 28 May
Leinster SHC quarter-finals
Galway v Dublin, O’Connor Park, 4pm – live on RTE 2
Laois v Wexford, O’Moore Park, 2pm
Ulster SFC quarter-final
Derry v Tyrone, Celtic Park, 2pm – live on RTE 2
Connacht SFC quarter-final
London v Leitrim, Ruislip, 3pm
Munster SFC quarter-final
Clare v Limerick, Cusack Park, 3:30pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – The BMW PGA Championship, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England, May 25-28, day three, midday, Sky Sports 1/Sky Sports 4
USPGA Tour – The Dean & Deluca Invitational, Colonial CC, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, May 25-28, day three, 6pm, Sky Sports 4
LPGA Tour – The next tournament is the LPGA Volvik Championship, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 25-28, day three
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, Trump National Golf Club, Washington DC, USA, May 25-28, day three
On the European Seniors Tour, the next tournament is the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, Trump National, Washington DC, USA, May 25-28, day three
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ICE HOCKEY (NHL)
The play-offs have come to an end and the Stanley Cup will be Nashville Predators v Pittsburgh Penguins
The Stanley Cup best-of-seven series begins on Monday May 29th
Game 2: Wednesday May 31
Game 3: Saturday June 3rd
Game 4: Monday June 5th:
Game 5 (if required): Thursday June 8th
Game 6 (if required): Sunday June 11th
Game 7 (if required): Wednesday June 14th
Live:
TBC
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Saturday 27 May
Kingstone Press Championship (Summer Bash) – Oldham v Rochdale Hornets, 2:30pm, Sky Sports 3 – London Broncos v Featherstone Rovers, 4:45pm, Sky Sports 3 – Hull KR v Bradford Bulls, 7pm, Sky Sports 3
NRL – New Zealand Warriors v Brisbane Broncos, 8:30am, eir Sport 2 – Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v Canterbury Bulldogs, 10:30am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Saturday 27 May
Premiership final – Exeter v Wasps, 2:30pm, at Twickenham, BT Sport 1
Pro12 final – Munster v Scarlets, 6:15pm at the Aviva Stadium, TG4/BBC One/Sky Sports 1
Top 14 semi-final – Clermont Auvergne v Racing 92, 5pm, Sky Sports 5
Super Rugby – Sunwolves v Cheetahs, 6:15am, Sky Sports 1 – Highlanders v Waratahs, 8:35am, Sky Sports 1- Melbourne Rebels v Crusaders, 10:45am, Sky Sports 3 – Bulls v Hurricanes, 2:05pm, Sky Sports Mix – Sharks v Stormers, 4:15pm, Sky Sports Mix – Los Jaguares v Brumbies, 10:40pm, Sky Sports 1
****NB The British and Irish Lions Tour to New Zealand begins on Saturday June 3rd
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SNOOKER
TBC
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon, Nice, France, May 21-28
ATP Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon, Lyon, France, May 21-28
ATP Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland, May 22-28, 5pm
WTA Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, final, 2pm, BT Sport 3
WTA Nurnberger Versicherungscup, Nurnberg, Germany, May 22-28
French Open Qualifying tournament, Roland Garros, 9am, 2pm and 5pm, Eurosport 2
** Then the French Open from Roland Garros, Paris, France, will run from Sun May 28 to Sun June 11 **
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OTHER SPORT
European Rowing Championships – 8:55am, RTE2
FIA World Touring Cars – 10:15am and 12:15pm, Eurosport 1
World Superbikes – 10:30am, Eurosport 2
Athletics – Diamond League – 9pm, Eurosport 2
Americas Cup Sailing Qualifying – 6pm, BT Sport 1
Formula V8 3.5 – 12:30pm, BT Sport 3
Speedway Grand Prix – 4:45pm, BT Sport 3
Euroformula Championship – 2:30pm, BT Sport ESPN
International GT Open – 3:30pm, BT Sport ESPN
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SPORTS PREVIEW
SUNDAY 28 MAY 2017
Will Reilly / Shane McArdle
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FOOTBALL
League Two play-off final – Exeter v Blackpool, 3pm, from Wembley Stadium, Sky Sports 1
Scottish Premiership play-off final, second leg – Hamilton v Dundee United, 3pm, BT Sport 1
Ligue 1 relegation play-off, second leg – Lorient v Troyes, 8pm, BT Sport 1
MLS – Atlanta United v New York City, 10pm, Sky Sports 2, and FC Dallas v Houston Dynamo, 1am – i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning
Chinese Super League – one game at 8:30am and one at 12:35pm
Brazilian Serie A – there are six fixtures taking place today between 2pm and 11pm; live – Cagliari v AC Milan, 2pm, BT Sport 2 – Roma v Genoa, 5pm, BT Sport 3 – Inter Milan v Udinese, 7:45pm, eir Sport 1 – Crotone v Lazio, 7:45pm, BT Sport 3
Women’s Super League – Manchester City v Arsenal, midday, BT Sport 1
Henrik’s Heroes v Lubo’s Legends, 2pm, eir Sport 2 – teams captained by Henrik Larson and Lubomir Moravcik; the venue, Celtic Park
Monday May 29
Championship final – Reading v Huddersfield, 3pm, from Wembley Stadium
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HORSERACING
The Sunday line-up is:
Curragh, 1:50pm – with the highlight being the second Irish Classic of the season, the €300,000 Group 1 Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas (3:55pm); other races on the card include the €300,000 Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup (2:50pm), the €65,000 Group 3 Airlie Stud Gallinule Stakes (3:20pm), plus a €50,000 fillies’ handicap
Fontwell Park, 1:55pm – with a £10,000 handicap chase at 3:30pm
Uttoxeter, 2:05pm – with the feature being the £35,000 Clarke Chase Handicap Chase (for the Sir Stanley and Lady Clarke Trophy)(4:15pm)
Kelso, 2:15pm – with the feature being the £20,000 Ayton Castle Handicap Chase (3:50pm)
At Sha Tin in Hong King at 9:05am it is the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (3yo+, 12f) and the Group 3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (9:40am); at Chantilly in France, there is the Group 1 Prix d’Ispahan (3:25pm), and in Germany at Baden-Baden, it is the Group 3 Ittlingen Derby Trial (1:40pm) and the Group 2 Grosser Preis de Badischen Wirtschaft (3:”5pm)
They also race in France at (:pm),; later in shops it is **, 5:55pm, in the USA and **, 6:30pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: **, 6:05pm, **, 6:10pm, **, 6:40pm, **, 7:05pm and **, 9:15pm
The South African meeting is ** (11:20am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Sunday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – BELLE VUE
11:11am – HOVE
2:06pm – PERRY BARR
2:12pm – KINSLEY
3:18pm – MULLINGAR
6:04pm – POOLE
6:11pm – CENTRAL PARK
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 10 of the season
Sunday 28 May
Collingwood v Brisbane Lions, 4:10am – Carlton v North Melbourne, 6:20am – West Coast Eagles v GWS Giants, 7:40am, BT Sport 2
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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 6:05pm on Sunday to 1:08am on Sunday morning – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Live games:
Chicago Cubs @ Los Angeles Dodgers, 9pm, BT Sport ESPN
New York Mets @ Pittsburgh Pirates, 1am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning
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BASKETBALL
In the NBA, the next game is on May 29th as the NBA finals take place
Live games:
No TV action today
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
This week’s fights include:
TBC
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CRICKET
Champions Trophy – India v New Zealand, 10:30am, Group A
County Division Two – Derbyshire v Leicestershire, 11am, final day
County Division One – (day three of four-day games, beginning at 11am) – Essex v Surrey and Somerset v Hampshire
County Division Two – four games, all at 11am (day three of four)
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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 – Final stage – a 29.3km individual time-trial from Monza to Milan, midday, Eurosport 2
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
Next up:
The World Cup Of Darts 2017, from Frankfurt, Germany, from June 1-4, live on Sky Sports
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FORMULA ONE
The next race in the 2017 Formula One season is the Monaco Grand Prix, May 25-28
Live on Channel 4 and Sky Sports Mix at 12:35pm and eir Sport 1 at 12:55pm
The Monaco Grand Prix will be followed by the Canada Grand Prix, June 9-11
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Sunday 28 May
Leinster SHC quarter-finals
Galway v Dublin, O’Connor Park, 4pm – live on RTE 2
Laois v Wexford, O’Moore Park, 2pm
Ulster SFC quarter-final
Derry v Tyrone, Celtic Park, 2pm – live on RTE 2 and BBC2 Ulster
Connacht SFC quarter-final
London v Leitrim, Ruislip, 3pm
Munster SFC quarter-final
Clare v Limerick, Cusack Park, 3:30pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – The BMW PGA Championship, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England, May 25-28, final day, midday, Sky Sports 4
USPGA Tour – The Dean & Deluca Invitational, Colonial CC, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, May 25-28, final day, 6pm, Sky Sports 4
LPGA Tour – The next tournament is the LPGA Volvik Championship, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 25-28, final day
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, Trump National Golf Club, Washington DC, USA, May 25-28, final day
On the European Seniors Tour, the next tournament is the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, Trump National, Washington DC, USA, May 25-28, final three
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ICE HOCKEY (NHL)
The play-offs have come to an end and the Stanley Cup will be Nashville Predators v Pittsburgh Penguins or Ottawa Senators
The Stanley Cup best-of-seven series begins on Monday May 29th
Game 2: Wednesday May 31
Game 3: Saturday June 3rd
Game 4: Monday June 5th:
Game 5 (if required): Thursday June 8th
Game 6 (if required): Sunday June 11th
Game 7 (if required): Wednesday June 14th
Live:
As above (TBC)
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Summer Bash fixtures (all on Sky Sports 3) – Sheffield Eagles v Swindon Lions, 12:45pm – Toulouse Olympique v Halifax, 3pm – Batley Bulldogs v Dewsbury Rams, 5:15pm
Kingstone Press Championship – Sheffield Eagles v Swinton, 12:35pm, Sky Sports 3 – Halifax RLFC v Toulouse, 3pm, Sky Sports 3 – Batley Bulldogs v Dewsbury Rams, 5:15pm, Sky Sports 3
NRL – Canberra Raiders v Sydney Roosters, 7am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Super Rugby – Lions v Southern Kings, 1:30pm, Sky Sports 5
England v Barbarians, 2:30pm, at Twickenham, Sky Sports 2, with Barbarians v Ulster on June 1st
HSBC Women’s World Rugby Sevens – 11:30pm, Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports Mix
****NB The British and Irish Lions Tour to New Zealand begins on Saturday June 3rd
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SNOOKER
TBC
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TENNIS
Current tournaments:
ATP Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon, Nice, France, May 21-28
ATP Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon, Lyon, France, May 21-28
ATP Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland, May 22-28
WTA Nurnberger Versicherungscup, Nurnberg, Germany, May 22-28
The French Open from Roland Garros, Paris, France, will run from Sun May 28 to Sun June 11 – day one action is live on ITV4 and Eurosport 1 today at 9:30am and Eurosport 2 at 4:45pm
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OTHER SPORT
European Rowing Championships – 1:40pm, RTE2
NASCAR – The Coca-Cola 600, 10:30pm, eir Sport 2
Porsche Supercup – The Monaco Grand Prix, 8:30am, Eurosport 2
IndyCar – Indianapolis 500, 4:30pm, BT Sport ESPN
Americas Cup Sailing Qualifying – 6pm, BT Sport 1
Formula V8 3.5 – 12:15pm, BT Sport 2
UFC – 4pm and 6pm, BT Sport 2
Formula Renault Eurocup – 10am, BT Sport 3
Euroformula Championship – midday, BT Sport 3
International GT Open – 1pm, BT Sport 3
Posted: 27th May 2017