SPORTS PREVIEW THURSDAY 4th MAY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
THURSDAY 4th MAY 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day
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FOOTBALL
Europa League, semi-final, first leg – Celta Vigo v Manchester United, 8:05pm, BT Sport 2 and eir Sport 2, with the second leg set for Thursday May 11 at 8:05pm
League One play-off, first leg – Bradford v Fleetwood Town, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 5, and Millwall v Scunthorpe, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 1
National League play-off, first leg – Dagenham and Redbridge v Forest Green, 7pm, BT Sport 1
Women’s Super League – Arsenal v Liverpool, 7:30pm
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HORSERACING
The Thursday line-up is:
Redcar, 2pm – field-sizes: 7-6-10-8-11-9 and 16; there’s a 7f £10,000 handicap at 4:30pm
Lingfield, 2:10pm – field-sizes: 10-6-13-9-10-6 and 10; the most-valuable race the £7,250 7f handicap at 4:10pm
Towcester, 2:20pm – field-sizes: 8-6-11-4-5-7 and 8; the most-valuable races (at £8,000) are the beginners’ chase (2:5p0pm) and the mares’ Intermediate Handicap Chase (3;50pm)
Clonmel, 5:20pm – field-sizes: 7-4-8-11-11-18 (plus 3 reserves) and 17; the most-valuable race €19,500 fillies’ maiden at 5:50pm
Sedgefield, 5:30pm – field-sizes: 8-5-11-6-7-12 (a novices’ hunters’ chase, 8pm) and 7; the most-valuable races (both worth £7,000) are handicap chases at 6pm and 7pm
Musselburgh, 6:10pm – field-sizes: 7 (an apprentice handicap)-7-8-7-7 and 9; the most-valuable race is the £8,000 5f handicap at 8:10pm
They also race in France at Compiegne (12:10pm); later in the shops, it is Hipo Chile (6:30pm) in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Laurel Park (6:10pm), Gulfstream (6:15pm), Belmont Park (6:30pm), Golden Gate Fields (8:45pm) and Santa Anita, 9pm
The South African meeting is Vaal (11:10am)
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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 Betfred Gymcrack meeting at Kinsley on Tuesday May 16
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 7 of the season
Friday 05 May
St Kilda v GWS Giants, 10:50am
Saturday 06 May
North Melbourne v Adelaide Crows, 4:45am – Collingwood v Carlton, 5:10am – Port Adelaide v West Coast Eagles, 7:05am – Gold Coast Suns v Geelong Cats, 10:25am – Western Bulldogs v Richmond, 10:25am
Sunday 07 May
Sydney Swans v Brisbane Lions, 4:10am – Melbourne v Hawthorn, 6:20am – Fremantle v Essendon, 5:40am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are four MLB games today, with start times ranging from 12:10am to 3:10am on Friday morning – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning (although see below > there’s a game listed as live at 8:30pm)
Live games:
Colorado Rockies @ San Diego Padres, 8:30pm, BT Sport ESPN
Baltimore Orioles @ Boston Red Sox, midnight on Thursday, BT Sport ESPN
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BASKETBALL
In the NBA, there is Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals at 1am – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning – live on BT Sport 1 – Boston Celtics lead Washington Wizards 2-0 in the best-of-seven series; Washington are at home this evening
In the NBA, there is Game 2 of the Western Conference semi-finals at 3:30am – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning – Golden State Warriors lead Utah Jazz 1-0 in the best-of-seven series; Golden State are at home this evening
Live games:
As above
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
This week’s fights include:
Saul Alvarez v Julio Cesar Chavez Jr – a 164.5 pound Catchweight fight, Las Vegas
David Lemieux, the former IBF middleweight champion, v Marcos Reyes, Las Vegas
Joseph Parker, the WBO heavyweight champion, v Razvan Cojanu, live on Sky Sports, from Auckland, New Zealand – it is the first defence of Parker’s title
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CRICKET
Test Match – West Indies v Pakistan, 3pm (a five-day match; final day, if required), 2:55pm, Sky Sports Mix
IPL – Delhi Daredevils v Gujarat Lions, 3:30pm, Sky Sports 1
Royal London One-Day Cup matches – (at 11am) – Essex v Gloucestershire
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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 – May 5th to May 28th
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
The Premier League darts moves into Week 14 tonight, from the Sheffield Arena, with the line-up (live on Sky Sports 2 from 7pm) being:
Peter Wright v Adrian Lewis
Raymond van Barneveld v Dave Chisnall
James Wade v Gary Anderson
Michael van Gerwen v Phil Taylor
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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
After this it is the Monaco Grand Prix, May 25-28
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GAA
Next games:
Saturday 6 May
Christy Ring Cup quarter-final
Kildare v Carlow, Newbridge, 3pm
Nicky Rackard Cup quarter-finals
Armagh v Longford, Crossmaglen, 3pm
Monaghan v Donegal, Inniskeen, 3pm
Lory Meagher Cup round 3
Leitrim v Lancashire, Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, 1.15pm
Cavan v Sligo, Kingspan Breffni Park, 2pm
Fermanagh v Warwickshire, Brewster Park, 2pm
Sunday 7 May
Connacht SFC preliminary round
New York v Sligo, Gaelic Park, 3.15pm local time (8.15pm Irish time)
Christy Ring Cup quarter-final
London v Down, Páirc na hÉireann, 1pm
Lidl Ladies NFL Division 1 final
Cork v Donegal, Parnell Park, 4pm
Lidl Ladies NFL Division 2 final
Cavan v Westmeath, Parnell Park, 2pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – the Golf Super Sixes, Centurion Club, St Albans, England, May 6-7
PGA European Tour – Open de Portugal, May 11-14
USPGA Tour – day one of the Wells Fargo Championship, May 4-7 – Sky Sports 4, midday and 7pm
LPGA Tour – day one of the Lorena Ochoa Match Play, May 4-7
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 with one game, as follows:
Ottawa Senators @ NY Rangers, 12:30am – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Live games:
No games is listed as live in UK/Ire
ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
This tournament runs from May 5-21 – 16 teams, two host cities > Cologne and Paris
Live today – No games scheduled as live today
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Next games:
Today
Super League – Huddersfield Giants v Castleford Tigers, 8pm, Sky Sports 3
NRL – No fixtures this weekend; they resume on Thursday May 11th
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Friday 05 May
Super Rugby – Hurricanes v Stormers, 8:35am, and Cheetahs v Highlanders, 6pm
Saturday 06 May
Aviva Premiership – all games at 4pm – Bristol v Newcastle – Gloucester v Exeter – Northampton v Harlequins – Sale Sharks v Bath – Wasps v Saracens – Worcester v Leicester
Guinness Pro12 – all games at 5:15pm – Glasgow v Edinburgh – Munster v Connacht – Newport Gwent Dragons v Cardiff Blues – Scarlets v Ospreys – Zebre v Benetton Treviso
Top 14 – all seven games today begin at 8pm
Super Rugby – Melbourne Rebels v Lions, 6am – Chiefs v Reds, 8:35am – Waratahs v Blues, 10:45am – Sharks v Western Force, 2:05pm – Bulls v Crusaders, 4:15pm – Los Jaguares v Sunwolves, 10:40pm
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SNOOKER
TBC
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TENNIS
Current tournaments:
ATP – BMW Open by FWU AG, Munich, Germany – May 01-07
ATP – TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open, Istanbul, Turkey – May 01-07
ATP – Millenium Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal – May 01-07 – 1pm, 6pm and 8pm on Eurosport 2
WTA – Grand Prix S.A.R. La Princess Lalla Meryem, Rabat, Morocco – May 01-07 – live on BT Sport 3 at 11am
WTA – J&T Banka Prague Open, Prague, Czech Rep – May 01-07 – live on BT Sport 1 at 10am, quarter-finals
Tie-Break Tens – from Madrid, 6:30pm, Dave
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OTHER SPORT
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup – opening quarter-final, 8;30pm, Eurosport 1, second quarter-final, 10pm, Eurosport 1, third quarter-final, 11:30pm, Eurosport 1
Speedway – Best Pairs Cup, Eurosport 1, 5:15pm
Posted: 2nd May 2017
