SPORTS PREVIEW – THURSDAY 27 APRIL 2017
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FOOTBALL
Thursday April 27
Premier League – Manchester City v Manchester United, 8pm, Sky Sports 1
La Liga – Alaves v Eibar, 6:30pm, Sky Sports 5 – Red Button – Sevilla v Celta Vigo, 7:30pm, Sky Sports Mix – Athletic Bilbao v Real Betis, 8:30pm, Sky Sports 5 – Red Button
Belgian First Division, Championship play-off – RSC Anderlecht v Sporting de Charleroi, 7:30pm
Russian Premier League – Amkar Perm v FK Krasnodar, 3pm, and Anzhi Makhachkala v Tom Tomsk, 5:30pm
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HORSERACING
The Thursday line-up is:
Beverley, 1:40pm – the most-valuable race being the £11,500 2017 Bernard Evans Memorial Handicap
Taunton, 1:50pm – the most-valuable race being the £13,000 Ian Kett “Good Will” Handicap Chase
Perth, 2pm – with the feature being the £25,000 All New Discovery River Tay Handicap Chase
PUNCHESTOWN (3:40pm) – day three of the Festival, including the €250,000 Grade 1 Ladbrokes Champion Stayers’ Hurdle (5:30pm), the €65,000 Punchestown Handicap ‘Chase (Grade B)(4:15pm), the €60,000 Shamrock Enterprises Handicap Hurdle (Grade B)(6:05pm) and the Friends First Cross Country Chase for the La Touche Cup (4:50pm) – live in shops, on At The Races and on RTE1 (from 4pm) and RTE2 (from 5:55pm)
Market Rasen, 4:35pm – the most-valuable race being the £6,600 32Red.Com Handicap Chase
Chelmsford, 5:25pm – with a £30,000 feature at 7:05pm, the Buxted Construction Ltd Conditions Stakes, backed up by a £25,000 7f handicap at 7:40pm, a £15,000 6f handicap (6:30pm), two £12,500 handicaps and a £12,500 maiden; jockeys riding on the card include Silvestre de Sousa, Fran Berry, Luke Morris, Jim Crowley, David Probert, Pat Cosgrave, Tom Queally, Oisin Murphy, James Doyle, Ryan Moore, William Buick and Frankie Dettori
They also race at Compiegne, 11:40am, in France; later in shops it is Concepcion, 9pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Gulfstream, 5;55pm, Keeneland, 6:05pm and Golden Gate Fields, 8;45pm
The South African meeting is Turffontein (midday)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Thursday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – SUNDERLAND
11:11am – SHEFFIELD
2:08pm – ROMFORD
2:18pm – CRAYFORD
6:28pm – HOVE
6:33pm – MONMORE
6:39pm – NEWCASTLE
The next meeting live on Sky Sports is the Coral Regency Final meeting at Hove on Wednesday May 3rd
Then it will be the Betfred Gymcrack meeting at Kinsley on Tuesday May 16
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 6 of the season
Friday 28 April (Round 6)
GWS Giants v Western Bulldogs, 10:50am
Saturday 29 April (Round 6)
Hawthorn v St Kilda, 4:45am – Carlton v Sydney Swans, 5:10am – Brisbane Lions v Port Adelaide, 7:35am – North Melbourne v Gold Coast Suns, 10:25am – West Coast Eagles v Fremantle, 9:10am
Sunday 30 April (Round 6)
Essendon v Melbourne, 4:10am – Geelong Cats v Collingwood, 6:20am – Adelaide Crows v Richmond, 7:10am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are ten MLB games today, with start times ranging from 6:05pm on Thursday to 3:07am on Friday – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Live games:
San Francisco Giants v Los Angeles Dodgers, 8:30pm, BT Sport ESPN
Boston Red Sox v New York Yankees, midnight, BT Sport ESPN
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BASKETBALL
The NBA play-offs continue tonight with three games, with start times TBD
Live games:
There is a game listed to be live on BT Sport 1 at 1am on Friday, – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Upcoming fights include:
On Saturday April 29, Wembley Stadium, London, UK, (Sky Box Office) –
Anthony Joshua v Vladimir Klitschko, IBF & WBA Heavyweight Titles
Scott Quigg v Viorel Simion, WBA International Featherweight Title
Luke Campbell v Darleys Perez
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CRICKET
Thursday April 27
IPL – Royal Challengers Bangalore v Gujarat Lions, 3:30pm, Sky Sports 3
Royal London One-Day Cup matches – (all at 11am) – Durham v Derbyshire- Gloucestershire v Glamorgan – Kent v Hampshire – Middlesex v Sussex – Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire – Northamptonshire v Warwickshire, 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
Tour de Romandie – April 25-30, Switzerland, Stage two, featuring a 160.7km journey from Champery to Bulle, 3pm, Europort 2
Tour de Yorkshire – April 28-30, Britain, with the Women’s Race on April 29
5eme Tour des Portes du Pays d’Othe – April 29-30, France
Vuelta Asturias Julio Alvarez Mendo – April 29 to May 1, Spain
La Coupe du President de la Ville de Grudziadz – 30 April to 3 May, Poland
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
The Premier League darts moves into Week 13 tonight, from the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, with the line-up (live on Sky Sports 5 from 7pm) being:
James Wade v Adrian Lewis
Dave Chisnall v Michael van Gerwen
Phil Taylor v Peter Wright
Gary Anderson v Raymond van Barneveld
Adrian Lewis v Michael van Gerwen
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FORMULA ONE
The next race of the 2017 Formula One season is the Russian Grand Prix, in Sochi, which is set to take place on Sunday April 30
After this it is the Spain Grand Prix, at the Circuit de Catalunya, May 12-14
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GAA
Next games:
Saturday 29 April
All-Ireland U21FC final
Galway v Dublin, Tullamore, 5pm
Christy Ring Cup round 2A
Antrim v Down, TBC, TBC
Kildare v Wicklow, TBC, TBC
Christy Ring Cup round 2B
Carlow v Mayo, TBC, TBC
Roscommon v London, TBC, TBC
Nicky Rackard Cup round 2A
Derry v Longford, TBC, TBC
Tyrone v Donegal, TBC, TBC
Nicky Rackard Cup round 2B
Armagh v Louth, TBC, TBC
Lory Meagher Cup round 2
Leitrim v Cavan, Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, 2pm
Warwickshire v Sligo, Páirc na hEireann, TBC
Lancashire v Fermanagh, Old Bedians, Manchester, TBC
Sunday 30 April
Leinster SHC round 2
Westmeath v Kerry, TEG Cusack Park, 3pm
Meath v Laois, Pairc Tailteann, 3pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – Volvo China Open, April 27-30, day one, 7:30am, Sky Sports 4
USPGA Tour – Zurich Classic Of New Orleans, April 27-30, day one, 8:30pm, Sky Sports 4
LPGA Tour – The Volunteers of America Texas Shootout Presented by JTBC, at Irving, TX, April 27-30; the defending champion is Jenny Shin; today is day one
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the Insperity Invitational, Texas, USA, May 5-7
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 play-off games continue in the NHL today, start times TBD
Live games:
There are games scheduled to be live on eir Sport 2 at midnight on Thursday and at 3am – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning – on the same channel
Swedish Hockey League – Brynas IF v HV 71, 6pm, eir Sport 2
ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
This tournament runs from May 5-21 – 16 teams, two host cities > Cologne and Paris
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Next up:
Thursday 27 April
Super League – Leeds Rhinos v Huddersfield Giants, 8pm, Sky Sports 3
NRL – Brisbane Broncos v Penrith Panthers, 10:50am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Next up:
Friday 28 April
Aviva Premiership – Harlequin v Wasps, 7:45pm, and Newcastle v Worcester, 8pm
Guinness Pro12 – Cardiff Blues v Zebre, 7:05pm, Edinburgh v NG Dragons, 7:35pm, and Leinster v Glasgow, 7:35pm
Super Rugby – Highlanders v Stormers, 8:35am
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SNOOKER
April 15th to May 1st – Betfred World Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield – the biggest tournament in snooker continues today, with live coverage today as follows:
BBC2, 1pm and 7pm
Eurosport 1, 12:45pm and 6:30pm
Eurosport 2, 10am, 2:30pm and 7pm
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP – Barcelona Open – April 24-30 – live on Sky Sports 4, 10am, and 10am, Sky Sports Mix
ATP – Hungarian Open – April 24-30
WTA – Istanbul Cup – April 24-30 – BT Sport 2, 10:30am and 3pm
WTA – Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – April 24-30 – BT Sport 1, 11am
Posted: 27th April 2017