Sunday 17 December 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Sunday 17 December 2017
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FOOTBALL
Premier League – West Brom v Man Utd, 2:15pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League ROI – Bournemouth v Liverpool, 4:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League ROI
Scottish Premiership – Hearts v Celtic, 12:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football
League One – Fleetwood Town v Peterborough Utd, 3pm
La Liga – Girona v Getafe, 11am, (Sky Sports Football Red Button) – Celta Vigo v Villarreal, 3:15pm Sky Sports Football – Las Palmas v Espanyol, 5:30pm Sky Sports Football – Barcelona v Deportivo La Coruna, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football
Bundesliga – Hannover 96 v Bayer Leverkusen, 2:30pm, BT Sport ESPN and RB Liepzig v Hertha Berlin, 5pm, BT Sport ESPN
Serie A – Verona v AC Milan, 11:30am, eir Sport 1 and BT Sport 1, four games at 2pm, including Bologna v Juventus, BT Sport 1, and Sampdoria v Sassuolo, eir Sport 1, and Benevento v Spal , 5pm, eir Sport 1, and Atalanta v Lazio , 7:45pm, eir Sport 1 and BT Sport 3
Ligue 1 – Nantes v Angers, 2pm – Nice v Bordeaux, 4pm – Lyon v Marseille, 8pm, BT Sport 1
Argentine Primera Division – two games at 8pm
A-League – Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory, 8am, BT Sport 3
Eredivisie – Sparta Rotterdam v Feyenoord, 11:30am, Sky Sports Mix – AZ Alkmaar v Ajax, 1:30pm, Sky Sports Mix) – FC Utrecht v Heracles Almelo, 1:30pm – Excelsior v Groningen, 3:45pm
Portuguese Primera Liga – three matches, with kick-off times of 4pm, 6pm and 8:15pm
Belgian First Division – Three matches, with kick-off times of 1:30pm, 5pm, and 7pm
W-League – Brisbane Roar Women v Melbourne City Women, 5:30am, BT Sport 3
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HORSERACING
The Sunday line-up is:
Carlisle – THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED OFF
Navan, 12:15pm – A card that features the €42,500 Grade 2 Navan Novice Hurdle (2m4f. 12:50pm, with the stand-out entries being Gordon Elliott’s Cracking Smart and Willie Mullins’ impressive Naas winner, Next Destination), the €50,000 Tara Handicap Hurdle (Grade B, 2m4f, 1:20pm) and the €27,500 ‘Future Champions’ Flat Race (Listed Race, 2 miles, 3:30pm), in which Gordon Elliott pits the talented Felix Desjy and Rapid Escape against each other; jockeys in action on the card include Davy Russell, Sean Flanagan, David Mullins, Mark Walsh, Barry Geraghty, Jack Kennedy, Robbie Power, Jonathan Moore, Jody McGarvey and Andrew Lynch
Southwell, 12:25pm – A seven-race National Hunt card that consists of two handicap chases, a maiden hurdle, two novice hurdles (one over 2m4.5f, one of three miles), a mares’ handicap hurdle and an amateur riders’ handicap hurdle; field-sizes are 11-11-14-13-8-5 and 10; jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Harry Skelton, Sean Bowen, Tom O’Brien, Paddy Brennan, Johnny Burke, Richie McLernon, Gavin Sheehan, Aidan Coleman, Adrian Heskin, David Bass, Adam Wedge, Robbie Dunne, Daryl Jacob, Nico de Boinville and Leighton Aspell
Thurles, 12:30pm – A National Hunt card that features the €32,500 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Boreen Belle Mares Novice Hurdle (Listed Race, 2 miles, 2:10pm); field-sizes are 9-8-18 (plus 1 reserve)-6-12-7 and 10; jockeys in action include Keith Donoghue, Danny Mullins, Denis O’Regan, Rachael Blackmore, Phillip Enright, Bryan Cooper, Mark Enright and Patrick Mullins, who rides the debutante Sancta Simona for his father, Willie, in the bumper that closes the card
Chelmsford, 12:45pm – A seven-race card that consists of five handicaps, a fillies’ mile maiden (3yo+) and a 2yo race that carries the Plus10 Bonus; field-sizes are 5-6-10-7-9-6 and 10; jockeys in action include Robert Havlin, Franny Norton, Fran Berry, Stevie Donohoe, Shane Kelly, Luke Morris, Martin Harley and Jamie Spencer
They also race at Hyderabad (10:15am) and at Mumbai in India (10:30) and in France at Pau(12:20pm), where the races include a cross-country chase; later in the shops it is Monterrico (6:55pm) in Peru
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Gulfstream, 5pm, Aquaduct, 5:20pm, Laurel Park, 5:30pm
The South African meeting is Scottsville (11:20am)
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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 will be in 2018
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 15 continued
Sunday December 17 – Eight games at 6pm, one at 9:05pm, two at 9:25pm and Dallas Cowboys @ Oakland Raiders, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
There are games scheduled to be live on Sky Sports Action at 5:30pm and 9pm and on Sky Sports Main Event from 11pm
Monday December 18 – Atlanta Falcons @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
College Football
No live action scheduled in Ire/UK
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BASKETBALL
There are four NBA matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from 8:30pm to 11pm on Sunday
Live:
Sacramento Kings @ Toronto Raptors, 8:30pm, BT Sport 2
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
North Carolina Tar Heels @ Tennessee Volunteers, 8pm, BT Sport ESPN, and San Francisco Dons @ Stanford Cardinals, 11pm, BT Sport ESPN
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
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CRICKET
Ashes Series, Third Test, final day – Australia v England, 2am – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning – BT Sport 1
One Day International – India v Sri Lanka, 8am, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket
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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 – Day four from 12:30pm and 7pm, Sky Sports Arena and 7pm on Sky Sports Main Event
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
Sunday 17 December
Leinster club SFC final
Moorefield (Kildare) v St Loman’s (Westmeath), O’Moore Park, 2pm – live on TG4
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GOLF
USPGA Tour – Sentry Tournament of Champions, Maui, Hawaii, Jan 4-7, 2018
PGA European Tour – BMW SA Open, Gauteng, South Africa, Jan 11-14, 2018
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 will take place in 2018
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ICE HOCKEY
There are four NHL matches taking place today, with start times ranging from 11pm on Sunday to 1am on Monday – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Live:
Vegas Golden Knights v Florida Panthers, 1am, eir Sport 2 – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
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RUGBY UNION
Today –
European Rugby Champions Cup – Wasps v La Rochelle, 1pm, Sky Sports Action – Clermont Auvergne v Saracens, 3:15pm, BT Sport 2 – Ospreys v Northampton, 3:15pm, BT Sport 3 – Leicester v Munster, 5:30pm, BT Sport 2
European Rugby Challenge Cup – Cardiff Blues v Sharks, 3:15pm, Sky Sports Action
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SNOOKER
The Dafabet Scottish Open, Glasgow, December 11 to December 17, final day, 12;45pm and 6:45pm, Eurosport 1 – the final
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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
Equestria: Olympia International Horse Show 2017 – day six, live on BBC2 at 1:30pm
PSA Squash – The women’s and men’s finals, 5pm, BT Sport 1
Posted: 17th December 2017