SATURDAY 8th JULY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
SATURDAY 08 JULY 2017
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FOOTBALL
Saturday July 8th
UEFA European U-19 Championship (Group A):
Portugal v Sweden, 6pm, Eurosport 1
Czech Rep v Georgia, 6pm
Chinese Super League – Yanbian Fude FC v Chongqing Lifan, 8:30am – Beijing Guoan v Guangzhou Evergrande, 12:35pm – Hebei China Fortunde FC v Henan Jianye, 12:35pm – Jiangsu Suning FC v Shanghai Shenhua, 12:35pm, live on Sky Sports 5 – Liaoning Whowin v Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng, 12:35pm
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HORSERACING
The Saturday line-up is:
Sandown, 1:20pm – a big day of racing that features the £500,000 Group 1 Coral-Eclipse Stakes at 3:35pm; Epsom Derby runner-up Cliffs Of Moher and the St James’s Palace Stakes winner Barney Roy head the betting for the big race, which is for 3yo+; the card also contains the Group 3 Coral Charge (1:50pm), the Coral Distaff (Listed, 3pm) and the Coral Marathon (Listed, 4:10pm); there is also the £70,000 Coral Challenge Handicap at 2:25pm; the card contains £731,000 in prize-money
Leicester, 1:25pm – featuring a £20,000 handicap at 3:05pm; an eight-race card, with field-sizes of 12-8-12-10-13-7-11 and 10; jockeys in action include Liam Keniry, Tom Marquand, Adam Beschizza, Ben Curtis, Tom Queally, Fergus Sweeney, Royston Ffrench, John Egan, Timmy Murphy, Sam Hitchcott and Martin Lane
Naas, 1:35pm – A seven-race card, including the €25,000 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap (2:45pm; Aidan O’Brien runs Music Box in the race); field-sizes on the card are 9-14-8-4-8-16 (plus 3 reserves) and 16 (plus 2 reserves); jockeys in action include Pat Smullen, Billy Lee, Donnacha O’Brien, Declan McDonogh, Shane Foley, Niall McCullagh, Colin Keane, Kevin Manning, Chris Hayes and Ana O’Brien; the second race on the card is for apprentice jockeys
Beverley, 1:40pm – eight races, with a £12,500 handicap feature at 3:25pm and field-sizes of 11-13-12-16-11-11-8 and 8; jockeys in action include David Allan, Luke Morris, Paul Hanagan, Graham Lee, Paul Mulrennan, PJ McDonald, Andrew Mullen, Robert Winston, Tom Eaves, Phillip Makin, Kevin Stott, Cam Hardie, Jack Garritty, Neil Farley and Louis Steward
Haydock, 2:05pm – a card that features the £93,000 Group 2 Lancashire Oaks (2:40pm); other races on the card include the £90,000 bet365 Old Newton Cup (3:15pm), a £50,000 handicap (which opens the card) and three £20,000 races (two handicaps and a Conditions Stakes race); field-sizes are 10-8-17 (plus 3 reserves, Old Newton Cup, a runner from Ireland is Tony Martin’s Moonmeister)-6-13-9 and 6; jockeys riding on the card include Richard Kingscote, Andrea Atzeni, Pat Dobbs, Danny Tudhope, Robert Tart, Josephine Gordon, Harry Bentley, David Probert, Pat Cosgrave, Fran Berry, Jamie Spencer, James Sullivan, Jason Hart and Franny Norton
Bellewstown, 4:50pm – An eight-race card (seven hurdle races and a flat race), including the €30,000 Fast Shipping Bellewstown Handicap Hurdle (6:20pm); field-sizes are 6-16 (plus 2 reserves)-16 (plus 1 reserve)-13-12-13-16 (plus 3 reserves) and 9 (the flat race, in which Joseph O’Brien runs the promising Tower Bridge); jockeys riding on the card inlcude Davy Russell, Andrew Lynch, Ruby Walsh, Jody McGarvey, Robbie Power, JJ Slevin, Donagh Meyler, David Mullins, Sean Flanagan, Rachael Blackmore, Jonathan Moore, Danny Mullins, Mark Enright, Patrick Mullins, Katie Walsh, and more
Nottingham, 5:40pm – a lady amateur riders’ race starts the card; field-sizes on the night are 16-8-12-9-8-8 and 13; jockeys riding on the card include Silvestre de Sousa, Dane O’Neill, Ben Curtis, PJ McDonald, Luke Morris, Fran Berry, Sam Hitchcott, Martin Lane, Tom Queally, Liam Keniry, Harry Bentley and Kieran Shoemark
Carlisle, 6pm – an apprentice handicap starts the seven-race card; field-sizes are 11-8-8-9-6-8 and 10; jockeys in action include Graham Lee, Shane Gray, Tony Hamilton, Paul Mulrennan, Connor Beasley, Dougie Costello, Franny Norton, Jason Hart, James Sullivan, Connor Beasley, Sammy Jo Bell, Danny Tudhope, Phillip Makin, Tom Eaves and Robert Tart
They also race in Mauritius (10:30am), in India at Bangalore (10:30am), in Germany at Hannover(10:35am); later in shops it is Philadelphia, 5:55pm, in the USA and Hipo Chile, 7:15pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Gulfstream, 5:55pm, Delaware Park, 6:15pm, Belmont Park, 6:30pm, and Louisiana Downs, 9:15pm
At Belmont Park on Saturday night, there are Grade 2 races at 10:13pm and 11:18pm, plus Grade 1 races at 10:46pm – the Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes (3yo fillies, turf, 10f), in which Aidan O’Brien runs Key To My Heart (Wayne Lordan) – and 11:50pm – the Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes (3yo, turf, 10f), in which Aidan O’Brien runs Homesman (Colm O’Donoghue) and Whitecliffsofdover (Wayne Lordan)
The South African meetings are Turffontein (11:20am) 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
The next meeting live on Sky Sports is the William Hill UK Festival on July 19 at Sunderland
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 16 of the season, next games:
Saturday 8 July
Hawthorn v GWS Giants, 4:45am, live on BT Sport 1 – Collinwood v Essendon, 5:10am – Sydney Swans v Gold Coast Suns, 7:35am – Brisbane Lions v Geelong Cats,10:25am – St Kilda v Richmond, 10:25am, BT Sport 1
Sunday 9 July
North Melbourne v Freemantle, 4:10am, BT Sport 1 – Carlton v Melbourne, 6:20am – West Coast Eagles v Port Adelaide, 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 6:05pm on Saturday to 3:10am on Sunday morning – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Live games:
Houston Astros @ Toronto Blue Jays, 6:07pm, BT Sport ESPN
Atlanta Braves @ Washington Nationals, 9:05pm, BT Sport ESPN
Kansas City Royals @ Los Angeles Dodgers, 12:15am, BT Sport 1 – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Big fights coming up
Saturday July 8
Two unbeaten UK prospects Josh Taylor v Ohara Davies go head to head in the Braehead Arena in Glasgow for the Commonwealth super-lightweight title, live on Channel 5 at 10pm
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CRICKET
Saturday July 8
Test Match – England v South Africa, day 3, live on Sky Sports 2 from 10am (play starts at 11am)
NatWest T20 Blast – Derbyshire v Yorkshire, 2:30pm – Birmingham Bears v Nottinghamshire Outlaws, 7pm, Sky Sports 2
ICC Women’s World Cup – New Zealand v Pakistan, 10:30am – South Africa v India, 10:30am
One-Day International Series – Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, 5:30am
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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
The blue riband event of cycling, the Tour de France, runs from July 1st to July 23rd; stage eight, a 187.5km journey from Dole to Station des Rousses
Live coverage:
1:10pm, TG4, 11am, ITV4, and 11am on Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
Russian National Track Championships Junior & U23 – July 4-9
6 Giorni delle Rose – Fiorenzuola 2017 – July 6-11
Iranian National Championships – July 8-17
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DARTS
Coming up:
Players Championship 15 – today, Barnsley, England
Players Championship 17 – July 9, Barnsley, England
North American Championship – July 13, Tropicana Las Vegas
US Darts Masters – July 14-15, Tropicana Las Vegas
World Matchplay – July 22-30, Winter Gardens, Blackpool
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 race is the Austria Grand Prix, which will take place on Sunday; Qualifying is live on Sky Sports 1 today at midday, and on eir Sport 1 at 12:55pm; Third Practice is live on eir Sport 1 at 9:55am
This will be followed by the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, July 14-16
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 8 July
All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers Round 2B
Westmeath v Armagh, TEG Cusack Park, 7pm
Wexford v Monaghan, Innovate Wexford Park, 3pm
Carlow v Leitrim, Netwatch Dr Cullen Park, 3pm
Cavan v Tipperary, Kingspan Breffni Park, 2pm
All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers Round 3A
Meath v Donegal, Pairc Tailteann, 6pm
Clare v Mayo, Cusack Park, 5pm – live on RTE2
All-Ireland SHC Qualifier Round 2
Tipperary v Dublin, Semple Stadium, 5pm
Waterford v Kilkenny, Semple Stadium, 7pm – live on Sky Sports
Sunday 9 July
Munster SHC final
Clare v Cork, Semple Stadium, 4pm – live on RTE1
Connacht SFC final
Galway v Roscommon, Pearse Stadium, 2pm – live on RTE1
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – Dubai Duty Free Irish Open (Hosted by the Rory Foundation), Portstewart Golf Club, Northern Ireland, July 6-9 – Coverage of day three 12:40pm, RTE1 and midday on Sky Sports 4
USPGA Tour – The Greenbrier Classic, The Old White Course, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA, July 6-9 – live coverage of day three, 8pm, Sky Sports 4
LPGA Tour – Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic, Thornberry Creek, USA, July 6-9; day three
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), is the Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, Caves Valley Golf Club, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, July 13-16
On the European Seniors Tour, it is the Swiss Seniors Open, at Golf Club Bad Ragaz, July 7-9, in which Nick Faldo is set to play; day three
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HOCKEY
Women’s Hockey World League semi-finals (Johannesburg, South Africa) (all on BT Sport 3) – Pool A, Japan v Ireland, 11am – Pool A, Germany v Poland, 1pm – Pool B, USA v Chile, 3pm – Pool B, South Africa v India, 5pm
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ICE HOCKEY
No key games scheduled today
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Saturday 8 July
Super League – Catalans Dragons v Wigan Warriors, 5pm, Sky Sports 1
NRL – Penrith Panthers v Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, 8:30am, eir Sport 2, and Melbourne Storm v Parramatta Eels, 10:30am, eir Sport 2
Sunday 9 July
Super League – Salford Red Devils v Leeds Rhinos, 3pm
NRL – Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v Newcastle Knights, 7am
Championship – five games, all at 3pm
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RUGBY UNION
Saturday 8 July
Lions Tour – Third and final Test – New Zealand v The Lions, 8:35am, Sky Sports 1
Super Rugby – Waratahs v Los Jaguares, 8:35am, Sky Sports 3, Bulls v Southern Kings, 4:15pm, Sky Sports 5, and Stormers v Sunwolves, 6:30pm, Sky Sports 5
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SNOOKER
Next:
The World Cup taking place in China – July 3-9
Coverage of the quarter-finals: 6am and 12:30pm, Eurosport 2
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TENNIS
Wimbledon – July 3 to July 16 – the latest Grand Slam event and the only one played on grass; coverage of day six is on BBC2 from 11am and 2:30pm, BBC1 from 12:15pm, and eir Sport 1 from 2:15pm
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OTHER SPORT
Fish-O-Mania – Sky Sports 3, midday, and Sky Sports Mix, midday
NASCAR – The Quaker State 400, midnight on Saturday, eir Sport 2
World Superbikes – from California, 9:15pm, Eurosport 2
FIM Speedway World Cup final – from Leszno, Poland, 5:45pm, BT Sport 2
World Series Of Poker – from Las Vegas, 9pm, BT Sport 3
Canadian Football League – Toronto Argonauts @ Ottawa Redblacks, midnight, BT Sport ESPN and Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Saskatchewan Roughriders, 3am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
UFC 213: Prelims – from Las Vegas, 1am, BT Sport 2 – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
UFC 213: Amanda Nunes v Valentina v Shevchenko, 3am, women’s bantamweight title bout, live on BT Sport 2 – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning – Nunes is the titleholder
Posted: 7th July 2017