Sunday 03 December 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Sunday 03 December 2017
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FOOTBALL
Premier League – Bournemouth v Southampton, 1:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League ROI – Man City v West Ham, 4pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League ROI
Scottish Premiership – Aberdeen v Rangers, 12:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football
FA Cup, Second Round – nine games at 2pm, including Coventry City v Boreham Wood, 2pm, eir Sport 1
La Liga – Leganes v Villareal, 11am – Getafe v Valencia, 3:15pm, Sky Sports Football – Eibar v Espanyol, 5:30pm, Sky Sports Football – Las Palmas v Real Betis, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football
Bundesliga – Hertha Berlin v Eintracht Frankfurt, 2:30pm, BT Sport 2 – Vfl Wolfsburg v Borussia Monchengladbach, 5pm, BT Sport 2
Serie A – Benevento v AC Milan, 11:30am, eir Sport 1/ BT Sport 2 – Bologna v Cagliari, 2pm – Fiorentina v Sassuolo, 2pm – Inter Milan v Chievo, 2pm, BT Sport 3 and Sampdoria v Lazio, 7:45pm, eir Sport 1/BT Sport 1
Ligue 1 – Saint-Etienne v Nantes, 2pm – Caen v Lyon, 4pm, BT Sport 3 – Montpellier v Marseille, 8pm, BT Sport 2
Eredivisie – VVV-Venlo v AZ Alkmaar, 11:30am – PSV Eindhoven v Sparta Rotterdam, 1:30pm – Roda JC Kerkrade v Heerenveen, 1:30pm – NAC Breda v Excelsior, 3:45pm
Portuguese Primera Liga – three matches, with kick-off times of 4pm, 6pm and 8:15pm
Belgian First Division – Standard Liege v Antwerp, 1:30pm, eir Sport 2 – KAS Eupen v Club Brugge, 5pm, and SV Zulte Waregem v KAA Gent, 7pm
A-League – Central Coast Mariners v Perth Glory, 8am, BT Sport 3
Argentine Primera Division – two games at 8pm plus Boca Juniors v Arsenal de Sarandi, 10:15pm, and one at 12:30am – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Brazilian Serie A – ten games, all at 7pm
Women’s Soccer Challenge Cup – the final of the College Cup, 5pm, BT Sport ESPN
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HORSERACING
The Sunday line-up is:
Carlisle, 12:20pm – with four races worth £25,000 and the most-valuable race being the Listed £30,000 Houghton Mares’ Chase (1:20pm), in which Willie Mullins is set to run Benie des Dieux (David Mullins) and Stuart Crawford Verona Opera (JJ Slevin); Stuart’s other intended runner on the card is Our Valentina (12:50pm, JJ Slevin)
Fairyhouse, 12:30pm – A seven-race card, with the card containing nearly €500,000 in prize-money, with the main races being three Grade 1 races – the Royal Bond Novice Hurdle, the Drinmore Novice Chase and the Hatton’s Grace Hurdle – each of them being sponsored by Bar One Racing and, also, the €100,000 two-mile Bar One Racing Handicap Hurdle; the three Grade 1s have produced quality line-ups, including Apple’s Jade bidding for back-to-back wins in the ‘Hatton’s Grace’, in which her opponents include reigning Stayers’ Hurdle champion, Nichols Canyon
Leicester, 12:40pm – Six races, with field-sizes of 10-7-6 (which is the most-valuable race, the £30,000 Wymeswold Veterans’ Handicap Chase, leg 9 of the Veterans’ Chase Series, 1:45pm)-9-8 and 15; jockeys in action include Paddy Brennan, Leighton Aspell, Tom Bellamy, Adrian Heskin, David Bass, Johnny Burke, Nick Scholfield, Harry Cobden, Danny Cook, Gavin Sheehan, Wayne Hutchinson, Richie McLernon, James Bowen and Nico de Boinville
They also race in Mauritius (9am), Hyderabad (10:15am) and Mumbai (10:30am) in India; later in the shops it is Monterrico (6:30pm) in Guatemala and Woodbine (6pm) in the USA
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Aqueduct, 5:20pm, Laurel Park, 5:30pm, Gulfstream, 5:35pm, Turf Paradise, 7:40pm, Los Alamitos, 8:30pm and Golden Gate Fields, 8:45pm
The South African meeting is Scottsville (10am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Sunday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – BELLE VUE
11:11am – HOVE
2:06pm – PERRY BARR
2:12pm – KINSLEY
3:18pm – MULLINGAR
6:04pm – POOLE
6:11pm – CENTRAL PARK
The next live meeting on Sky Sports – Sky Sports Arena HD from 7pm – will be the Coral Essex Vase meeting at Romford on Wednesday December 06th
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 13
Sunday December 3 – ten games at 6pm, including Minnesota Vikings @ Atlanta Falcons, Sky Sports Action, Cleveland Browns @ Los Angeles Chargers at 9:05pm, two at 9:25pm, including Carolina Panthers @ New Orleans Saints, Sjy Sports Action, and Philadelphia Eagles @ Seattle Seahawks, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Monday December 4 – Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cincinnati Bengals, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
No games listed as live in Ireland or Britain
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BASKETBALL
There are five NBA matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from 8:30pm to 2:30am – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Live:
Orlando Magic @ New York Knicks, 8:30pm, BT Sport 3
San Antonio Spurs @ Oklahoma City Thunder, midnight, BT Sport 3
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Tulane @ North Carolina, 7pm, BT Sport ESPN
Louisville Cardinals @ Seton Hall Pirates, 9pm, BT Sport ESPN
Tennessee Volunteers @ Georgia Tech, 11pm, BT Sport ESPN
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
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CRICKET
TEST Series (Day 3) – Australia v England, 3am, BT Sport 1 – Late Sunday night/early Monday Morning – day three of the five-day Test Match
TEST Series (Day 3) – India v Sri Lanka, 4am Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket – 2nd day of the 3rd test, with the third day live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket at 4:30am, early on Monday morning
TEST Series 2017 – New Zealand v West Indies, 10pm, Sky Sports Cricket, day 4
Sheffield Shield – Victoria v Western Australia, 11:30pm – Tasmania v New South Wales, 11:30pm – Queensland v South Australia, midnight
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DARTS
Coming up on the PDC calendar:
The 2017/2018 William Hill World Darts Championship takes place from Alexandra Palace (Ally Pally) in London from Thursday December 14 to Monday January 01, follow all of the action on Sky Sports Darts
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
Sunday 3 December
Leinster club SHC final
Cuala (Dublin) v Kilcormac-Killoughey (Offaly), O’Moore Park, 2pm – live on TG4
Galway SHC final
Gort v Liam Mellows, Pearse Stadium, 2pm
Waterford SFC final
The Nire v Stradbally, Fraher Field, 2pm
Munster club JFC final
Dromid Pearses (Kerry) v Knocknagree (Cork), Mallow, 3.15pm
Munster club JHC final
Ardmore (Waterford) v Ballybacon-Grange (Tipperary), Mallow, 1.30pm
All-Ireland SFC ladies club final
Carnacon (Mayo) v Mourneabbey (Cork), Parnell Park, 3.45pm – live on TG4
All-Ireland IFC ladies club final
Dunboyne (Meath) v Kinsale (Cork), Parnell Park, 1.45pm
All-Ireland club junior camogie championship final replay
Clanmaurice (Kerry) v Kilmessan (Meath), Silvermines GAA, 1.15pm
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GOLF
USPGA Tour – Hero World Challenge, Albany, New Providence – Thurs 30th Nov – Sunday 03rdDecember, day four, 4pm, Sky Sports The Open and Sky Sports Main Event, 6:30pm
PGA European Tour – AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, Heritage Golf Course, Domaine de Bel Ombre– Thurs 30th Nov – Sunday 03rd December, day four, 8:30am, Sky Sports The Open
USLPGA Tour – the next tournament will take place in 2018
USPGA Champions Tour – the next tournament will take place in 2018
Seniors Tour, Europe – the next tournament is the MCB Tour Championship, Mauritius, Dec 8-10
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ICE HOCKEY
There are 4 NHL matches taking place today, with start times ranging from Midnight to 1am – late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Live:
Los Angeles Kings @ Chicago Blackhawks, midnight, eir Sport 2
Ottawa Senators @ Winnipeg Jets, midnight, eir Sport 1
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RUGBY LEAGUE
No key games scheduled following on form Saturday’s Rugby League World Cup final
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RUGBY UNION
Sunday 3 December
Aviva Premiership – Harlequins v Saracens, 3pm, BT Sport 1
Top 14 – Clermont Auvergne v Agen, 11:30am – Stade Francais v Racing 92, 3:50pm
Championship – Cornish Pirates v Bedford, 2:30pm – London Scottish v Richmond, 3pm, Sky Sports Action – Yorkshire Carnegie v Rotherham Titans, 3pm
Women’s Premiership – Richmond v Wasps, 12:45pm, Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports Action
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SNOOKER
The Betway UK Championships, York, November 28 to December 10, day six – BBC Two, 1pm, and Eurosport 1, 1pm and 6:45pm
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP, Qatar Open, Doha, Jan 1-7
ATP, Maharashtra Open, Pune, India, Jan 1-7
ATP & WTA, Brisbane International, Australia, Jan 1-7
WTA, Shenzhen Open, Jan 1-7
WTA, ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand, Jan 1-7
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OTHER SPORT
Men’s Hockey World League Final – Belgium v Spain, midday – Netherlands v Argentina, 2pm
Posted: 3rd December 2017