Sunday 1 October 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Sunday 1 October 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day
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FOOTBALL
Sunday Oct 1
Premier League – Arsenal v Brighton, 12pm, BT Sport 1 – Everton v Burnley, 2:15pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League ROI – Newcastle v Liverpool, 4:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event AND Sky Sports Premier League ROI
Championship – Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds United, 12:15pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football
FAI Cup Semi Final – Dundalk v Shamrock Rovers, 4:45pm, live on RTE2
Ligue 1 – Troyes v St Etienne, 2pm – Angers v Lyon,4pm, BT Sport 3 – Nice v Marseille, 8pm, BT Sport 2
La Liga – Real Sociedad v Real Betis, 11am, Sky Sports Mix – Barcelona v Las Palmas, 3:15pm, Sky Sports Football – Two games at 5:30pm, including Valencia v Athletic Bilbao, Sky Sports Football – Real Madrid v Espanyol, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football
Serie A – Napoli v Cagliari, 11:30am, BT Sport 3 and eir Sport 1 – Five games at 2pm including Benevento v Inter Milan, BT Sport 3, Benevento v Inter Milan, BT Sport 3, and Lazio v Sassuolo, eir Sport 1 – AC Milan v Roma, 5pm, BT Sport 2 – Atalanta v Juventus, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1 and eir Sport 1
Bundesliga – SC Freiburg v Hoffenheim, 12:30pm – Hertha Berlin v Bayern Munich, 2:30pm, BT Sport 2 – Cologne v RB Leipzig, 5pm, BT Sport 1
Dutch Eredivisie – AZ Alkmaar v Feyenoord, 11:30am, Sky Sports Mix – Two games at 1:30pm including Heerenveen v Ajax, which is live on Sky Sports Mix – Sparta Rotterdam v Roda JC Kerk, 3:45pm
Portuguese Primeira Liga – Braga v Estoril, 5:15pm – Sporting Lisbon v FC Porto, 7:15pm – Also two games at 9:30pm
Belgian Jupiler League – Club Brugge v AA Gent, 1:30pm – Anderlecht v Standard Liege, 5pm – Zlute-Waragem v Lokeren, 7pm
MLS – Philadelphia Union v Seattle Sounders, 6pm
Brazilian top-flight – Cruzeiro v Corinthians, 8pm, BT Sport 3
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HORSERACING
The Sunday line-up is:
One of the biggest meetings of the year, the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe meeting at Chantilly in France (it will return to Longchamp next year), takes place today, with the following Group 1 races on the card: Prix Marcel Boussac (2yo fillies, one mile, 1:10pm), Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (2yo colts and fillies, one mile, 1:45pm), Prix de l’Abbaye (2yo+, 5f, 4:35pm), Prix de l’Opera (3yo+, fillies and mares, 10f, 3:50pm), the Prix de la Foret (3yo+, 7f, 5:15pm) and the big race itself (3:05pm)
Tipperary, 1:50pm – A superb eight-race card features the €67,500 Group 3 Coolmore Stud Home Of Champions Concorde Stakes (2:50pm), the €57,500 Grade 3 Istabraq Hurdle (3:”5pm), the €32,500 Grade 3 Joe Mac Novice Hurdle (4pm) and the €32,500 Grade 3 Like A Butterfly Novice ‘ Chase (5:05pm)
Musselburgh, 2pm – with a £20,000 feature, the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Scottish Premier Series Fillies’ Handicap at 4:10pm, one of six handicaps on the card, including an apprentice handicap and the Brian Findlay Memorial, which is for horses that have not won a race this year
Epsom, 2:10pm – A card that includes a £20,000 Conditions Stakes race at 2:40pm (which also carries the £10,000 Plus10 Bonus), a £20,000 1m2f handicap (3:15pm) and the apprentices’ Derby (4:20pm)
They also race in France at Chantilly (as described above), in India at Kolkata (10:30am), in Mauritius(10:40am) and in Germany at Dusseldorf (1pm – see next paragraph); later in the shops it is Club Hipico(5:35pm) in Chile and Philadelphia (5:55pm) in the USA
In Australia, at Randwick there are Group 1 races at 6am and 6:30am. At Dusseldorf in Germany, there is a Group 3 race at 3:50pm and a Listed Race at Hanover at 4:05pm.
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Woodbine, 6pm, Laurel Park, 6:10pm, Gulfstream, 6:15pm, and Belmont Park, 6:30pm
The South African meeting is Greyville (11am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Sunday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – BELLE VUE
11:11am – HOVE
2:06pm – PERRY BARR
2:12am – KINSLEY
3:18pm – MULLINGAR
6:04pm – POOLE
6:11pm – CENTRAL PARK
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 4
Sunday 1 October
Miami Dolphins @ New Orleans Saints, 2:30pm, (from Wembley), live on BBC2, then eight games at 6pm, three at 9:05pm, Oakland Raiders @ Denver Broncos at 9:25pm and Indianapolis Colts @ Seattle Seahawks, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event, i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning
There will be a live match on Sky Sports Main Event (scheduled for midnight) and games are scheduled as live on Sky Sports Action at 5:30pm and 9pm
Monday October 2
Washington Redskins @ Kansas City Chiefs, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event, i.e. late Mon night/early Tues morning
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AUSTRALIAN RULES FINAL
Melbourne Storm v North Queensland Cowboys, 9:15am, eir Sport 2
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 15 games taking place today, with start times ranging from 8:05pm to 8:20pm
Live:
There is a game scheduled to be live on BT Sport ESPN at 8pm
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled. The new NBA season will begin on October 17 and end on April 11, with a weeklong All-Star break
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
The next big bout is:
TBC
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CRICKET
Next games:
TEST Series – Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 7am, day four (of five)
TEST Series – South Africa v Bangladesh, 9am, fourth day in the First Test, Sky Sports Cricket
ODI – India v Australia, 8:50am, Sky Sports Cricket
Australian One-Day Cup – Tasmania v New South Wales, 3am – i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning
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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 of Almaty – six laps of a 31km circuit around one of the biggest cities in Kazakhstan, live on Eurosport 2 at 7:45am
Il Lombardia, Italy, September 30th
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Turkey, 10th – 15th October
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
World Grand Prix, Citywest Hotel, Dublin Sunday 1 October – Monday 9 October, live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Arena HD at 7pm (opening day)
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 Grand Prix will be Malaysia Grand Prix, the Sepang International Circuit, Sept 29 – Oct 01
The big race is live on Channel 4, Sky Sports Mix, Sky Sports Main Event and eir Sport 1 at 8am
Followed by the Japan Grand Prix, the Suzuka Circuit, Oct 06 – Oct 08
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
There is live and deferred action on TG4 from 3pm
Sunday 1 October
All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie final replay
Cork v Meath, Gaelic Grounds, 1.30pm, TG4
Fermanagh SFC final
Derrygonnelly v Devenish, Brewster Park, 4pm
Kildare SHC final
Ardclough v Naas, Newbridge, 4pm
Longford SHC final
Longford Slashers v Wolfe Tones, Glennon Bros Pearse Park, TBC
Offaly SHC final
Kilcormac/Killoughey v St Rynagh’s, O’Connor Park, 3:45pm
Roscommon SHC final
Four Roads v Padraig Pearses, TBC, TBC
Westmeath SHC final
Castletown-Geoghegan v Raharney, TEG Cusack Park, 3.30pm
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GOLF
European Tour – British Masters, Close House Golf Club, Newcastle upon Tyne – Thursday 28th Sept to Sunday 1st Oct – final day, live on Sky Sports The Open at 10:30am
Presidents Cup – day three of the biennial event, the USA v an international side; it takes place this year at the Liberty National Club in New Jersey, live on Sky Sports The Open at 5pm
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ICE HOCKEY
The new season begins on Wednesday, October 4
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
NRL – Melbourne Storm v North Queensland Cowboys, 9:15am
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RUGBY UNION
Sunday 1 October
Mitre 10 Cup – Wellington v Otago, 2:35am – Counties Manukau v Northland, 4:35am
Aviva Premiership – Wasps v Bath, 3pm, BT Sport 1
Top 14 – Montpellier v Brive, 11:30am, Sky Sports Action – Castres v Clermont Auvergne, 3:50pm
The Championship – Bristol v Ealing Trailfinders, 3pm, Sky Sports Action – Yorkshire Carnegie v Cornish Pirates, 3pm
Currie Cup – Blue Bulls v Western Province, 1:30pm
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SNOOKER
European Masters runs from October 2 – 8
English Open, Barnsley, runs October 16 – 22
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TENNIS
ATP, Shenzen Open, Shenzen, China – Monday 25th September to Sunday 1st October
ATP, The Japan Open – the opening day, live on Sky Sports Main Event at 4:30am and 5:30am – i.e. early on Monday morning – and Sky Sports Arena, 4am – i.e. early on Monday morning
ATP, Chengdu Open – The final, 9:30am, Eurosport 1
WTA, Chenzen Open – day two, BT Sport 2, 5:30am (i.e. early on Sunday morning) and 12:30pm
ATP, China Open – day one, live on Sky Sports Action at 5:30am (i.e. early on Monday morning)
Posted: 1st October 2017
