SUNDAY 16th APRIL 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
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FOOTBALL
Sunday April 16
Premier League – West Brom v Liverpool, 1:30pm, Sky Sports 1, and Manchester United v Chelsea, 4pm, Sky Sports 1
Scottish Premiership – Ross County v Celtic, 12:30pm, Sky Sports 2
Eredivisie – Willem II v Go Ahead Eagles, 11:30am – FC Groningen v PEZ Zwolle, 1:30pm – Feyenoord v FC Utrecht, 1:30pm, Sky Sports 5 – Ajax v Heerenveen, 3:45pm, Sky Sports Mix
Ligue 1 – Nantes v Bordeaux, 2pm – Bastia v Lyon, 4pm, BT Sport 3 – Marseille v Saint-Etienne, 8pm, BT Sport 2
Bundesliga – Werder Bremen v Hamburg, 2:30pm, BT Sport 2 and Darmstadt 98 v Schalke, 4:30pm, BT Sport 2
La Liga – Leganes v Espanyol, 11am, Sky Sports Red Button – Valencia v Sevilla, 3:15pm, Sky Sports 3 – Real Betis v Eibar, 5:30pm, Sky Sports 3 – Granada v Celta Vigo, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 1
Portuguese Primeira Liga – four games – two at 4pm, one at 6:15pm and one at 8:30pm, Sporting Braga v FC Porto
Belgian Jupiler League, Championship play-off – KV Oostende v Anderlecht, 5pm
Russian Premier League – four games, with kick-off times of 10am, 1pm, 3:30pm and 6pm
A-League – Brisbane Roar FC v Wellington Phoenix, 8am and Perth Glory v Melbourne City FC, 10am, (both live on BT Sport 1)
Chinese Super League – three games, with kick-off times of 8:30am (one game) and 12:35pm (two games), Tianjin Teda v Guangzhou Evergrande, 12:35pm, Sky Sports 3
Campeonato Paulista (Brazil – semi-final, first leg, Sao Paulo v Corinthians, 11pm, BT Sport 2
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HORSERACING
The Sunday line-up is:
Fairyhouse, 1:45pm – day one of the prestigious and historic three-day Easter Meeting at the track that features the Irish Grand National on Monday; Sunday’s main races are the €100,000 Grade 1 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Novice Hurdle Championship Final (2:50pm), the Grade 1 €100,000 Grade 1 Ryanair Gold Cup Novice ‘Chase (4:35pm) and the €100,000 Tattersalls Ireland George Mernagh Memorial Sales Bumper (5:10pm)
Ffos Las, 1:55pm – with a £25,000 feature at 4:40pm, the West Wales National
Cork, 2pm – a National Hunt card that features the €50,000 Easter Handicap Hurdle (4:10pm) and the €32,500 Grade 3 Vincent O’Brien Steeplechase (3:05pm) –
Plumpton, 2:05pm – featuring the £35,000 Totepool Sussex Champion Hurdle (3:45pm)
Southwell, 2:15pm – a flat card, with field-sizes of 7-12-8-9-6-7 and 10
They also race in in Germany at Hoppegarten (1pm), in India at Mumbai (1pm) and in France at Chantilly (1:05pm), where the card contains the Group 3 Prix Fontainebleau (2:45pm), the Group 3 Prix de la Grotte Etalon Kendargent (3:30pm) and the Group 3 Prix Noailles (4:10pm); later in the shops, it is Maronas (5:55pm) in Uruguay
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Gulfstream, 5:55pm, Woodbine 6pm, Laurel Park, 6:10pm, Sunland Park, 8:30pm, Golden Gate Fields, 8:45pm, and Santa Anita, 9pm
The South African meeting is Scottsville (11:25am)
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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 meeting live on Sky Sports is Northern Sprint night at Sheffield on Tuesday April 25th
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 4 of the season
Sunday 16 April
Collingwood v St Kilda, 6:20am, BT Sport 2 – Brisbane Lions v Richmond, 7:40am
Monday 17 April
Hawthorn v Geelong Cats, 6:20am
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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 6:07pm on Sunday to 1:08am on Monday – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Live games:
Toronto Blue Jays v Baltimore Orioles, 6pm, BT Sport ESPN
Seattle Mariners v Texas Rangers, 9pm, BT Sport ESPN
New York Yankees v St Louis Cardinals, 1am, BT Sport ESPN, – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
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BASKETBALL
The regular NBA seasons ended on April 12th . The play-offs continue with four games, with start times ranging from 6pm on Sunday to 2 am – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Live games:
Portland Trail Blazers @ Golden State Warriors, 8:30pm, BT Sport 1
Oklahoma City Thunder @ Houston Rockets, 2am, BT Sport 1 – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
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CRICKET
Sunday April 16
IPL – Mumbai Indians v Gujarat Lions, 11:30am, Sky Sports Mix and Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rising Pune Supergiants, 3:30pm, Sky Sports 2
County Cricket Division One – (all at 11am; 4-day games; day three) – Hampshire v Middlesex – Somerset v Essex – Surrey v Lancashire – Warwickshire v Yorkshire
County Cricket Division Two – (all at 11am; 4-day games; day three) – Derbyshire v Northamptonshire – Durham v Nottinghamshire – Glamorgan v Worcestershire – Gloucestershire v Leicestershire – Sussex v Kent
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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
Amstel Gold Race – Coverage of the annual race in the Netherlands, as the riders contest a 260km route, 1:45pm, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
UCI Track World Championships (in Hong Kong) – April 12-16 – Eurosport 1, 7am
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DARTS
The Premier League darts moves into Week 12 on Thursday, April 20th, from the SSE Arena, Belfast, with the line-up (live on Sky Sports 1) being:
Dave Chisnall v Adrian Lewis
Phil Taylor v Gary Anderson
Peter Wright v James Wade
Dave Chisnall v Phil Taylor
Michael van Gerwen v Raymond van Barneveld
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FORMULA ONE
The Bahrain Grand Prix, in Sakhir, takes place today
Live coverage:
Build-Up – 2:50pm, Channel 4
Race Live – 3:35pm, Channel 4 – 3:55pm, eir Sport 1
Live Reaction – 6:15pm, Channel 4
After this it is the Russian Grand Prix, in Sochi, April 28-30
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GAA
Next games:
Today:
Allianz HL Division 1 semi-finals
Tipperary v Wexford, Nowlan Park, 4pm – TG4
Limerick v Galway, Gaelic Grounds, 2pm – TG4
Ulster SHC final
Armagh v Antrim, Owenbeg, 2:30pm
Ulster SHC Shield final
Tyrone v Derry, Athletic Grounds, 2:30pm
Ulster SHC relegation play-off
Down v Donegal, Owenbeg, 12:30pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – final day of the Trophee Hassan II, Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Morocco – live on Sky Sports 4 from 2:30pm
USPGA Tour – final day of the RBC Heritage, Harbour Town Golf Links, USA – live on Sky Sports 4 at 6:30pm
Live on Sky Sports 4 at 11:30am is the Lalla Meryem Cup (final day, Ladies European Tour, from Morocco)
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), it is the final day of the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, TPC Sugarloaf, Duluth, Georgia
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)
There are four Stanley Cup play-off games scheduled in the NHL today, with start times ranging from 8pm on Sunday to 3am on Monday – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Live games:
There is live coverage of a play-off game, St Louis Blue v Minnesota Wild at 8pm on eir Sport 2
There is live coverage of a play-off game, New York Rangers v Montreal Canadiens at midnight, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Sunday April 16
NRL – Penrith Panthers v Corulla Sutherland Sharks, 7am
Monday April 17
There are six games in Super League
NRL – Parramatta Eels v Wests Tigers, 7am, eir Sport 2
The next round of Challenge Cup matches in England are scheduled for April 21-23
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RUGBY UNION
SUNDAY April 16
Premiership – Bristol v Wasps, 3pm, and Northampton v Saracens, 3pm, BT Sport 1
Top 14 – Montpellier v Bayonne, 11:30am, Sky Sports 5 – Toulouse v Racing 92, 4pm, Sky Sports 3
HSBC Sevens World Series – The Singapore Sevens, 6am, Sky Sports 3
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SNOOKER
April 15th to May 1st – Betfred World Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield – the biggest tournament in snooker begins today, with live coverage today as follows:
BBC2, 10am and 2:15pm
Eurosport 1, 10am, 4:15pm and 6:30pm
Eurosport 2, 10am and 7pm
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP – Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men’s Clay Court Championship, Houston, Texas, the final takes place today
ATP – Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Monte Carlo, Monaco, April 16th to 23rd
ATP – Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Barcelona, Spain, April 24th to 30th
WTA – Ladies Open Biel Bienne – Biel, Switzerland, the final takes place today – 2pm, BT Sport 3
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OTHER SPORT
British Touring Car Championship – 10:45ampm, ITV4
Motorcycling: World Endurance – 10am and 5pm, Eurosport 2
MCE British Superbikes – 2:15pm, Eurosport 2
Formula V8, 3.5 –9:30am, BT Sport ESPN, the first round of the season
FIA World Endurance Championship – 11:30am, BT Sport ESPN
Posted: 16th April 2017