SPORTS PREVIEW TUESDAY 16th MAY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
TUESDAY 16th MAY 2017
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FOOTBALL
Tuesday May 16
Premier League – Arsenal v Sunderland, 7:45pm, and Man City v WBA, 8pm, Sky Sports 1
Championship play-off semi-final, second leg – Reading v Fulham, 5:30pm, Sky Sports 3; the first leg finished 1-1; the play-off final is on Monday 29 May at 3pm
Scottish Premiership – Motherwell v Kilmarnock, 7:45pm – Ross County v Hamilton Academical, 7:45pm, (one of these games will be live on BT Sport 1)
UEFA European U-17 Championship:
First semi-final – 4:30pm, Eurosport 2
Second semi-final – 7:15pm, Eurosport 2
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HORSERACING
The Tuesday line-up is:
Sedgefield, 1:50pm – field-sizes are 11-8-6-6-5-14 and 7; jockeys in action include Jamie Moore, Danny Cook, Brian Hughes, Richard Johnson, Harry Skelton, Richie McLernon, Noel Fehily and Will Kennedy; Ireland is represented by Stuart Crawford’s Way Out West (Jamie Codd) in the 4:50pm, the bumper that closes the card
Beverley, 2pm – eight races, with field-sizes of 12-8-14-9-10-9-10 and 12; there’s a £10,000 handicap at 3:30pm; jockeys in action include Andrew Mullen, Joe Fanning, David Allan, Phillip Makin, Kevin Stott, Richard Kingscote, Tony Hamilton, Tom Eaves, Paul Hanagan, Graham Lee, Cam Hardie, James Sullivan, Ben Curtis, Nathan Evans, PJ McDonald, Danny Tudhope, Martin Harley, Connor Beasley, Jason hart and Jim Crowley, who has one ride – Azaly (Owen Burrows) for his boss, Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum
Warwick, 2:10pm – field-sizes are 16-4-3-9-5-5 and 10; there’s a £20,000 novices’ chase at 3:10pm and a £10,000 handicap chase at 4:10pm; jockeys riding on the card include Aidan Coleman, Denis O’Regan, Wayne Hutchinson, Sam Twiston-Davies, Jerry McGrath, Harry Cobden, David Bass, Tom O’Brien, Daryl Jacob, Paddy Brennan, Liam Treadwell and Gavin Sheehan; there is an Open hunters’ chase at 4:40pm
Southwell, 5:30pm – field-sizes are 10-6-5-9-6-7 and 12; the feature is the £10,000 novices’ limited handicap chase (6pm); jockeys riding on the card include Sean Bowen, Adrian Heskin, Wayne Hutchinson, Brian Hughes, Tom O’Brien, Aidan Coleman, Richard Johnson, Tom Scidamore, Nico de Boinville, Harry Skelton, Jerry McGrath, Leighton Aspell, Henry Brooke, Sam Twiston-Davies and promising conditional rider Jamie Hamilton – a number of jockeys travelling on from Warwick and Sedgefield to ride on the card; there is an Open hunters’ chase at
Chepstow, 5:40pm – field-sizes are 8-7-14-13-10-14 and 13; jockeys riding on the card include Robert Winston, Pat Dobbs, Martin Dwyer, John Egan, Oisin Murphy, Tom Marquand, Franny Norton, Tom Queally, Timmy Murphy, Martin Lane, Luke Morris, David probert and Stevie Donohoe; jumps trainer Dan Skelton runs Hot Lick (8:10pm, who has his first run for Dan and wears a tongue-tie for the first time); Paul Nicholls’ daughter Megan will be on board; trainer Eve Johnson Houghton’s horses are running into form and she has a couple of runners on the card
Killarney, 5:50pm – A seven-race flat card as the three-day May festival comes to a close, with a €20,000 fillies race at 6:20pm, in which Fozzy Stack is set to run two fillies, including Cork winner Angel Island (the second from that race, Dabulena, won at The Curragh on Sunday); field-sizes are 8-6-11-11-15 (plus 3 reserves)-7 and 15 (plus 3 reserves; jockeys in action include Pat Smullen, Billy Lee, Declan McDonogh, Shane Foley, Chris Hayes, Colm O’Donoghue, Wayne Lordan, Seamie Heffernan, Kevin Manning, Connor King, Colin Keane, Ronan Whelan, Donnacha O’Brien and Ana O’Brien
They also race in France at Compiegne (11:25pm, a jumping card, not on the SIS service) and in Germany at Hannover, 3pm; Later in shops it is Philadelphia Parx, 5:55pm, in the USA
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, Fairmount Park, 7pm, Will Rogers Downs, 7:05pm and Louisiana Downs, 9:15pm
The South African meeting is Turffontein (11:50am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Tuesday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – NOTTINGHAM
11:04am – PERRY BARR
2:08pm – CRAYFORD
2:18pm – SUNDERLAND
6:28pm – NEWCASTLE
6:33pm – SHEFFIELD
6:38pm – KINSLEY – see below
6:58pm – TRALEE
The next meeting live on Sky Sports is the Betfred Gymcrack meeting at Kinsley on Tuesday May 16; the big race is due off at 9:08pm
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 9 of the season
Friday 19 May
Geelong Cats v Western Bulldogs, 11:10am
Saturday 20 May
St Kilda v Sydney Swans, 4:45am – GWS Giants v Richmond, 5:10am – Brisbane Lions v Adelaide Crows, 7:35am – Collingwood v Hawthorn, 10:25am
Sunday 21 May
Essendon v West Coast Eagles, 4:10am – Melbourne v North Melbourne, 4:15am – Fremantle v Carlton, 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 9:07pm on Tuesday to 3:15am on Wednesday morning – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Live games:
Toronto Blue Jays v Atlanta Braves, 9pm, BT Sport ESPN
St Louis Cardinals v Boston Red Sox, 1am, BT Sport ESPN, – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
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BASKETBALL
In the NBA:
We are into the play-offs part of the season, the next games to take place are:
Western Conference Finals (Game 2) – San Antonio Spurs @ Golden State Warriors, 2am, BT Sport 2 – – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Live games:
As above
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
This week’s fights include:
On Saturday in Stratford, East London, the IBF super-featherweight title holder Gervonta Davis, who is from Baltimore, USA, will defend his belt against Liam Walsh, who is from Rochdale, England, and is the reigning Commonwealth super-featherweight champion
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CRICKET
Next:
Tuesday May 16
IPL – First qualifying play-off, TBC, 3pm, Sky Sports 1
Royal London One-Day Cup – Derbyshire Falcons v Worcestershire Rapids – Yorkshire Vikings v Leicestershire Foxes – Durham v Lancashire Lightning – Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Notts Outlaws, (all at 2pm), a game will be live on 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 – coverage of stage ten, a 39.8km individual time-trial from Foligno to Montefalco, midday, Eurosport 1
Tour Of California – Coverage of the stage three, a 192.5km route starting on Pismo Beach and finishing in Morro Bay
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
Semi-final line-up (best-of-19 legs):
Michael van Gerwen v Gary Anderson
Peter Wright v Phil Taylor
The final will then be played after the semis, best-of-21 legs
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FORMULA ONE
The next race in the 2017 Formula One season is the Monaco Grand Prix, May 25-28
Followed by the Canada Grand Prix, June 9-11
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GAA
Next games:
Saturday 20 May
Ulster SFC preliminary round
Monaghan v Fermanagh, Clones, 7pm
Christy Ring Cup semi-finals
Carlow v Wicklow, Netwatch Cullen Park, 3pm
Antrim v Down, Cushendall, 5pm
Christy Ring Cup relegation play-off
Mayo v Roscommon, Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, 5pm
Nicky Rackard Cup semi-final
Tyrone v Armagh, Carrickmore, 3pm
Lory Meagher Cup round 5
Lancashire v Warwickshire, Old Bedians, Manchester, 3pm
Fermanagh v Cavan, Brewster Park, 3pm
Leitrim v Sligo, Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, 3pm
Sunday 21 May
Connacht SFC quarter-final
Mayo v Sligo, MacHale Park, 2pm – LIVE ON RTE
Leinster SFC first round
Louth v Wicklow, Parnell Park, 3pm
Laois v Longford, O’Moore Park, 3pm
Carlow v Wexford, Netwatch Cullen Park, 3pm
Ulster SFC quarter-final
Donegal v Antrim, Ballybofey, 4pm
Munster SHC quarter-final
Tipperary v Cork, Semple Stadium, 4pm – LIVE ON RTE
Nicky Rackard Cup semi-final
Monaghan v Derry, Inniskeen, 1pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – The Rocco Forte Open, Verdura, Italy, May 18-21
USPGA Tour – The AT&T Byron Nelson, TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colina, USA, May 18-21
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:
GAME 3 – Western Conference Finals – Anaheim Ducks @ Nashville Predators, 1am, eir Sport 2, – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
This tournament runs from May 5-21 – 16 teams, two host cities > Cologne and Paris
Live:
Russia v Latvia, 7:10pm, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Next:
Thursday 18 May
NRL – Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v North Queensland Cowboys, 10:50am
Friday 19 May
NRL – New Zealand Warriors v St George Illawarra Dragons, 9am, and Brisbane Broncos v Wests Tigers, 10:50am
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RUGBY UNION
Next:
Wednesday 17 May
Championship final – Yorkshire Carnegie v London Irish, 7:45pm, with the second leg set for May 24 at 7:45pm
Friday 19 May
Pro12, semi-final – Leinster v Scarlets, 7:45pm
Champions Cup semi-final play-off – Stade Francais v Cardiff Blues, 7pm – the play-off final will be played on Friday 26 May at 7:45pm
Top 14, semi-final – Toulon v Castres, 8pm
Super Rugby – Chiefs v Crusaders, 8:35am, and Stormers v Blues, 6pm
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SNOOKER
TBC
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy, May 15-21, day two, 10am, Sky Sports 2
WTA Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy, May 15-21, day two, 10am, BT Sport 1
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OTHER SPORT
Swedish Speedway – 6:10pm, eir Sport 2
Posted: 16th May 2017