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Saturday 30 December 2017

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Saturday 30 December 2017

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FOOTBALL

Saturday Dec 30

Premier League – Six games at 3pm, including Liverpool v Leicester, Sky Sports Premier League ROI, plus Manchester United v Southampton, 5:30pm, BT Sport 1

Scottish Premiership – Celtic v Rangers, 12pm, Sky Sports Football/Main Event – Five games at 3pm

Championship – Nine games at 3pm – Bristol City v Wolves, 5:30pm, Sky Sports Football/Main Event

League One – Ten games at 3pm

League Two – Eleven games at 3pm

National League – Aldershot Town v Maidstone Utd, 12:30pm, BT Sport 1 – Eleven games at 3pm

Scottish Championship – Four games at 3pm

Scottish League One – Five games at 3pm

Scottish League Two – Four games at 3pm

Northern Ireland Premiership – Five games at 3pm

Serie A – Fiorentina v AC Milan, 11:30am, eir Sport 1/BT Sport 3 – Six games at 2pm, including Roma v Sassuolo, eir Sport 1 – Inter Milan v Lazio, 5pm, eir Sport 1/BT Sport 3 – Verona v Juventus, 7:45pm, eir Sport 1/BT Sport 3

Australian A-League – Adelaide Utd v Brisbane Roar, 6:30am, BT Sport 3 – Sydney FC v Perth Glory, 8:50am, BT Sport 3

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HORSERACING

Today’s meetings:

Lingfield, 11:30am – An eight-race card on the all-weather track where jockeys in action include Fran Berry, Oisin Murphy, Josephine Gordon, Luke Morris, Adam Kirby, Tom Marquand and Dougie Costello

Haydock, 11:50pm – The feature race is the £22,000 Last Fling Handicap Chase (2:10pm); field-sizes are 5-3-6-9-10-8 and 5; jockeys in action include Brian Hughes, Danny Cook, Will Kennedy and Daryl Jacob; the card opens with a handicap hurdle for conditional jockeys

Newbury, 12:05pm – The feature race is the £40,000 Grade 1 Challow Novices’ Hurdle (3pm); also on the card is the £18,000 Mandarin Handicap Chase (2:25pm), named after one of the greatest chasers of all time – he won the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Hennessy Gold Cup and Grand Steeplechase de Paris in a marvellous career

Taunton, 12:15pm – The feature race is the £20,000 totetrifecta Mares’ Novice Hurdle (Listed Race, 3:15pm); the final race on the card is for conditional jockeys (a handicap hurdle); Sam Twiston-Davies is among the jockeys riding on the card

Later in the shops it is Philadelphia (5:25pm) in the USA

The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Laurel Park, 5pm, Gulfstream, 5:01pm, Aqueduct, 5:20pm, Tampa Bay Downs, 5:25pm, Santa Anita, 8:30pm, and Golden Gate Fields, 8:45pm

The South African meeting is Turffontein (10:30am), where the feature race is the Grade 3 Lebelo Sprint (2pm, 5f, 3yo+)

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GREYHOUNDS

Today’s line-up:

10:03am – TRALEE

10:06am – TOWCESTER

10:31am – ROMFORD

10:38am – CRAYFORD

2:24pm – NEWCASTLE

3:08pm – POOLE

6:28pm – CENTRAL PARK

6:33pm – MONMORE

6:39pm – SUNDERLAND

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AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Week 17

Sunday December 31 – Sixteen games from 6pm to 9:25pm – it is the final week of the Regular season in the NFL

Sunday, 6pm – Carolina Panthers @ Atlanta Falcons – plus 11 other games at this time

College Football:

Liberty Bowl – Iowa State Cyclones @ Memphis Tigers, 6:15pm, BT Sport 2

TaxSlayer Bowl – TBC @ TBC, 5pm, BT Sport ESPN

Fiesta Bowl – TBC @ TBC, 9pm, BT Sport ESPN

Orange Bowl – TBC @ TBC, 1am, BT Sport ESPN

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BASKETBALL

There are nine NBA matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from midnight to 3:30am – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning

Live:

Cleveland Cavaliers @ Utah Jazz, 1am, BT Sport 3, – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Vanderbilt Commodores @ Florida Gators, 9pm, BT Sport 2

Texas A&M Aggies @ Alabama Crimson Tide, 11pm, BT Sport 2

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BOXING/UFC

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UFC:

UFC 219 Prelims, 1am, BT Sport 1, – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning

UFC 219 – Main Event – Cris Cyborg v Holly Holm, in a women’s featherweight title bout at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, plus Khabib Nurmagomedov v Edson Barboza and Jimmie Rivera v John Lineker3am, BT Sport 1, – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning

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CRICKET

Saturday Dec 30

Test Match – South Africa v Zimbabwe, 11:30am, final day

Australian Big Bash League – Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Thunder, 8:10am, BT Sport 2 and Adelaide Strikers v Brisbane Heat, 2:30am, BT Sport 2, – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning

New Zealand Super Smash – Wellington v Otago, 3:10am – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning

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DARTS

Coming up on the PDC calendar:

The 2017/2018 William Hill World Darts Championship takes place from Alexandra Palace (Ally Pally) in London from Thursday December 14 to Monday January 01 – day 14 (semi-finals) – live coverage is on Sky Sports Darts, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Mix, 7:30pm

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GAA

Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com – The next set of games are scheduled for Saturday December 30th – Round One of the O’Byrne Cup, McGrath Cup, Walsh Cup, Kehoe Cup and Munster SHL

Saturday 30 December

O’Byrne Cup round 1
Offaly v Wexford, O’Connor Park, 2pm
Louth v Longford, Gaelic Grounds, 2pm
Wicklow v Carlow, Bray, 2pm
Westmeath v Laois, TEG Cusack Park, 2pm

McGrath Cup round 1
Clare v Waterford, Meelick, 2pm

Walsh Cup round 1
Carlow v Wicklow A, Netwatch Cullen Park, 2pm
Kildare v Laois, Hawkfield, 2pm
Meath v Antrim, Trim, 2pm
Offaly v Westmeath, Birr, 2pm

Munster SHL round 1
Clare v Kerry, Sixmilebridge, 2pm
Cork v Limerick, Mallow, 5pm

Kehoe Cup round 1
Longford v Louth, Glennon Bros Pearse Park, 2pm

Sunday 31 January

Kehoe Cup round 1
Wicklow B v DCU-St Patricks, Kilcoole, 2pm

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GOLF

USPGA Tour – Sentry Tournament of Champions, Maui, Hawaii, Jan 4-7, 2018

PGA European Tour – BMW SA Open, Gauteng, South Africa, Jan 11-14, 2018

USLPGA Tour – the next tournament will take place in 2018

USPGA Champions Tour – the next tournament will take place in 2018

Seniors Tour, Europe – the next tournament will take place in 2018

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ICE HOCKEY

There are six NHL matches taking place today, with start times ranging from midnight  to 3am on Sunday – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning

Live games:

Montreal Canadiens @ Florida Panthers, midnight, eir Sport 2

Los Angeles Kings @ Vancouver Canucks, 3am, eir Sport 2, – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning

Spengler Cup:

First semi-final, 2pm, eir Sport 2 – Second semi-final, 7pm, eir Sport 2

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RUGBY UNION

Saturday 30 December

Aviva Premiership – Four games, with three getting underway at 3pm, and Harlequins v Northampton Saints, 4pm, Channel 5/BT Sport 2

French Top 14 –La Rochelle v Agen, 1pm, Sky Sports Action – Stade Francais v Bordeaux-Begles, 3pm – Two games at 5pm – Toulouse v Toulon, 7:45, Sky Sports Action

Pro 14 – Zebre v Benetton Rugby, 2pm – Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh, 3:15pm, Sky Sports Action/Main Event

The Championship – Hartpury College v Rotherham Titans, 2:30pm – Two games at 3pm

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SNOOKER

Dafabet Masters, London, Alexandra Palace, 14 January – 21 January

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TENNIS

Today – Tennis World Championships – Day three (final day) of the six man event at the Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, 1pm and 3pm, Eurosport 2 – and the Hopman Cup, day one of the team competition at the Perth Arena in Australia, 9:30am, Eurosport 2

Upcoming tournaments:

ATP, Qatar Open, Doha, Jan 1-7

ATP, Maharashtra Open, Pune, India, Jan 1-7

ATP & WTA, Brisbane International, Australia, Jan 1-7, day one, 3:30am, BT Sport 3 – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning

WTA, Shenzhen Open, Jan 1-7, day one, 5am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning

WTA, ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand, Jan 1-7

Posted: 30th December 2017
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