SPORTS PREVIEW SATURDAY 13th MAY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
SATURDAY 13th MAY 2017
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FOOTBALL
Premier League – Man City v Leicester City, 12:30pm, Sky Sports 1 – Bournemouth v Burnley, 3pm – Middlesbrough v Southampton, 3pm – Sunderland v Swansea City, 3pm, Sky Sports 5 (Ireland) – Stoke City v Arsenal, 5:30pm, Sky Sports 1
Scottish Premiership – five games, all at 3pm except for Rangers v Hearts, 12:15pm, Sky Sports 2
Championship play-off semi-finals, first leg – Fulham v Reading, 5:30pm, Sky Sports 2, with second leg on Tuesday 16 May at 5:30pm; the play-off final is on Monday 29 May at 3pm
La Liga – Espanyol v Valencia, 3pm and Osasuna v Granada, 5:30pm – although there is a match scheduled to be live on Sky Sports 3 at 7:45pm, which looks incorrect
Serie A – Fiorentina v Lazio, 5pm, BT Sport 1 and eir Sport 1, and Atalanta v AC Milan, 7:45pm
Bundesliga – nine games, all at 2:30pm
FA Women’s Cup Final – Birmingham City Ladies v Man City Women, 5:15pm, BBC Two
League Of Ireland Premier Division – Limerick v Derry City, 6:30pm
League Of Ireland First Division – Longford Town v U.C.D., 7:30pm
Portuguese Primeira Liga – Arouca v Tondela, 4pm – Benfica v Vitoria de Guimaraes, 6:15pm – Feirense v Sporting Lisbon, 8:30pm
Belgian First Division – SV Zulte Waregem v Oostende, 5pm, eir Sport 2
Russian Super League – there are games at 10am, 12:30pm, 2pm and 5:30pm
Chinese Super League – There are four games, two at 8:30am and two 12:35pm
MLS – Toronto FC v Minnesota United FC, 8pm – Colorado Rapids v San Jose Earthquakes, 9pm – Montreal Impact v Columbus Crew, 10pm, Sky Sports 5 – D.C. United v Philadelphia Union, midnight – Orlando City SC v Sporting Kansas City, midnight – New England Revolution v Real Salt Lake, 00:30am – Chicago Fire v Seattle Sounders FC, 2am
Brazilian top-flight, Serie A – Corinthians v Chapecoense, 11pm, BT Sport 2
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HORSERACING
The Saturday line-up is:
Hexham, 1:45pm – field-sizes are 8-8-6-7-6-11 and 9; jockeys in action include Brian Hughes, Tom Scudamore, Richie McLernon and Will Kennedy,
Lingfield, 1:55pm – it’s £60,000 Derby Trial day (2:30pm), in which Ryan Moore rides Sir John Lavery for Aidan O’Brien; the card also contains the £40,000 Oaks Trial (1:55pm), in which Ryan rides Pocketfullofdreams for Aidan, and the £60,000 Group 3 Betfred Supports Jack Berry House Chartwell Fillies’ Stakes (3:40pm), in which there are three French raiders, including last season’s Group 1 Coronation Stakes and Prix Rothschild winner, Qemah, who trained by Jean-Claude Rouget
Haydock, 2pm – the card contains the £60,000 Grade 3 Pertemps Network Swinton Handicap Hurdle (3:10pm), along with the £37,000 Listed Spring Trophy Stakes (3:45pm); it’s a mixed card; field-sizes are 16-8-17-8-9-6-7 and 8; jokeys in action include Nico de Boinville, Noel Fehily, Aidan Coleman, Harry Skelton, Sam Twiston-Davies, Richard Johnson, Wayne Hutchinson, Paddy Brennan (who all go on to ride at Warwick later), Daryl Jacob, Davy Russell, Paul Hanagan, Dane O’Neill, Paul Mulrennan, David Probert, Franny Norton, Tom Marquand and Robert Tart
Nottingham, 2:05pm – the feature race is the £40,000 Weatherbys General Stud Book Online Kilvington Stakes, a Listed race for fillies and mares (3:50pm), in which there is a German raider – Artistica; the final race is one for apprentices; field-sizes on the card are 9-12-11-17-10-14 and 14; Silvestre de Sousa, Oisin Murphy, Adam Kirby and Luke Morris are among the jockeys riding on the card
Ascot, 2:15pm – it’s £105,000 Totescoop6 Victoria Cup day (4pm); the card also contains the £45,000 Carey Group Buckhounds Stakes (Listed Race, 2:50pm) and the £45,000 EBF Breeders’ Series Fillies’ Handicap (3:25pm); field-sizes are 11-10-9-27-6 and 25; Ireland is represented on the card by Adrian Keatley’s Dark Alliance (Steve Drowne, 5:10pm); jockeys riding on the card include Martin Harley, Fran Berry, Andrea Atzeni, Jim Crowley, Fran Berry, Sean Levey, Jamie Spencer, William Buick and Josephine Gordon
The Curragh, 5:05pm – featuring the €75,000 Group 3 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Blue Wind Stakes (3:55pm) and the €50,000 Plusvital Racing GenePakHandicap (3:20pm); jockeys riding on the card include Chris Hayes, Declan McDonogh, Pat Smullen, Colin Keane, Seamie Heffernan, Billy Lee, Colm O’Donoghue, Shane Foley, Kevin Manning and Ana O’Brien; the 5:05pm race is for apprentice riders
Warwick, 5:30pm – featuring a £10,000 handicap hurdle at 7:30pm; field-sizes are 7-9-11-4-7-9 and 10; jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Sam Twiston-Davies, Aidan Coleman, Wayne Hutchinson, Paddy Brennan, Harry Skelton, Noel Fehily and Leighton Aspell; there is a handicap chase for conditional jockeys at 8pm
Thirsk, 5:45pm – field-sizes are 7-17-15-16-9-13 and 20, so some competitive racing lies ahead
They also race at Mauritius (9:30am) and Bangalore, 10:30pm, in India; Later in shops it is Philadelphia Parx, 5:55pm, in the USA and Hipo Chile, 6:30pm, in Chile and;
At Deauville, (12:35pm), the big race is the French 1,000 Guineas (Abu Dhabi Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (3:!5pm), in which William Haggas runs Cristal Fizz (Gerald Mosse) and Sea Of Grace (Christophe Soumillon), Simon Crisford runs Asidious Alexander (Mickael Barzalona) and Aidan O’Brien runs Smoulder (PB Beggy), Roly Poly (Donnacha O’Brien) and Rain Goddess (Wayne Lordan); also on the card is the Group 3 Prix de Saint-Georges (2:35pm), in which Clive Cox runs Profitable (James Doyle) and Dean Ivory runs Lancelot du Lac (Gerald Mosse)
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Monmouth Park, 5:50pm, Pimlico, 6:10pm, Belmont Park, 6:30pm, Santa Anita, 9pm and Golden Gate Fields, 9:15pm
The South African meeting is Fairview (11am), where there are Listed Races at 2pm and 2:40pm
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GREYHOUNDS
The Saturday line-up is as follows:
9:11am – TRALEE
9:34pm – 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 Betfred Gymcrack meeting at Kinsley on Tuesday May 16
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 8 of the season
Saturday 13 May
Hawthorn v Brisbane Lions, 4:45am – St Kilda v Carlton, 5:10am – GWS Giants v Collingwood, 7:35am, BT Sport 2 – Essendon v Geelong Cats, 10:25am – Adelaide Crows v Melbourne, 10:40am, BT Sport 2
Sunday 14 May
Richmond v Fremantle, 4:10am, BT Sport 3 – Gold Coast Suns v Port Adelaide, 4:15am – North Melbourne v Sydney Swans, 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 2:07am on Sunday morning – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Live games:
Chicago Cubs @ St Louis Cardinals, 9pm, BT Sport ESPN
Philadelphia Phillies @ Washington Nationals, midnight, BT Sport ESPN
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BASKETBALL
In the NBA:
We are into the play-offs part of the season, although the next games take place on Sunday
Live games:
There is a game scheduled to be live at 1am on Saturday on BT Sport 1- i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning – but see note above
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
This week’s fights include:
Live on Sky Sports 2 at 7:30pm is Kal Yafai v Suguru Muranaka, a WBA Super-Flyweight World Championship bout, from Birmingham, England
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CRICKET
IPL – Gujarat Lions v Sunrisers Hyderabad, 11:30am, Sky Sports Mix, and Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians, 3:30pm, Sky Sports Mix
The knock-out section of the IPL begins on Tuesday May 16th
Test Match – West Indies v Pakistan, 5:30pm, day four of five-day match, Sky Sports 5
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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 eight, featuring a 189km route from Molfetta to Peschici, midday, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
Premier League darts, Finals Night will take place on Thursday May 18th, from the O2, London, 7pm, Sky Sports 1
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FORMULA ONE
The next race of the 2017 Formula One season is the Spain Grand Prix, at the Circuit de Catalunya, May 12-14
Third Practice – 9:55am, eir Sport 1
Qualifying – 12:55pm, eir Sport 1
The Spanish Grand Prix Formula 2 Championship is on eir Sport 1 at 2:35pm
After this it is the Monaco Grand Prix, May 25-28
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GAA
Next games:
Saturday 13 May
Lory Meagher Cup round 4
Lancashire v Cavan, Old Bedians, Manchester, 2pm
Warwickshire v Leitrim, Páirc na hÉireann, 1pm
Sligo v Fermanagh, Markievicz Park, 3pm
Sunday 14 May
Leinster SHC round 3
Westmeath v Meath, TEG Cusack Park, 3pm
Kerry v Laois, Austin Stack Park, 3pm
Lidl Ladies NFL Division 2 final replay
Cavan v Westmeath, TBC, TBC
Lidl Ladies NFL Division 3 final replay
Tipperary v Wexford, TBC, TBC
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – The Open de Portugal, May 11-14, day three
USPGA Tour – The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, May 11-14, also known as the “Fifth Major”, day three, 1:30pm and 7pm, Sky Sports 4
LPGA Tour – The next tournament is the Kingsmill Championship Presented by JTBC, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 18-21
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is 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)
The Stanley Cup Conference semi-finals ended on May 11. Next games: dates TBC
ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
This tournament runs from May 5-21 – 16 teams, two host cities > Cologne and Paris
Live today – Canada v Switzerland, 7:10pm, eir Sport 2, (face-off, 7:15pm)
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Challenge Cup , Round 6 – Castleford Tigers v St Helens, 2;30pm, BBC1
NRL – Penrith Panthers v NZ Warriors, 6am, eir Sport 2 – Melbourne Storm v Gold Coast Titans, 8:30am, Sky Sports 2 – Manly Warringah Sea Eagles v Brisbane Broncos, 10:50am, Sky Sports 2
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RUGBY UNION
Saturday 13 May
European Champions Cup Final – Clermont Auvergne v Saracens, 5pm, Sky Sports 3 and BT Sport 2
Super Rugby – Crusaders v Hurricanes, 8:35am, Sky Sports 2 – Melbourne Rebels v Reds, 10:45am, Sky Sports 5 – Bulls v Highlanders, 2;05pm – Southern Kings v Sharks, 4:15pm – Los Jaguares v Western Force, 10:40pm, Sky Sports 3
HSBC Sevens World Series – The Paris Sevens, 8:50am, Sky Sports 3
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SNOOKER
TBC
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TENNIS
Current tournaments:
ATP Madrid Open – 3pm, Sky Sports 1, and 8:30pm, Sky Sports Mix, semi-finals
WTA Madrid Open – 6pm, BT Sport ESPN, the final
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OTHER SPORT
Formula E – the Monaco ePrix, 2:30pm, 3e and Channel 5
NASCAR – The Go Bowling 400, midnight on Sat, eir Sport 2
World Superbikes – 9:15am, Eurosport 2, from Imola, Italy
Porsche Supercup – The Spanish Grand Prix, race one in the opening round of the season at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 5:15pm, Eurosport 2
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 – 1:45pm, BT Sport 2
UFC – BT Sport 2 at 1am and 3am, i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
Posted: 13th May 2017