SUNDAY 19TH MARCH 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
SUNDAY 19 MARCH 2017
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FOOTBALL
Sunday March 19
Premier League – Middlesbrough v Man Utd, midday, BT Sport 1 – Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton, 2:15pm, Sky Sports 1- Man City v Liverpool, 4:30pm, Sky Sports 1
Scottish Premiership – Dundee v Celtic, 12:30pm, Sky Sports 2
League Two – Notts County v Barnet, 3pm
La Liga – Leganes v Malaga, 11am, Sky Sports 3 – Atletico Madrid v Sevilla, 3:15pm, Sky Sports 2 – Deportivo La Coruna v Celta Vigo, 5:30pm, Sky Sports 2 (Red Button) – Sporting Gijon v Granada, 5:30pm, Sky Sports 2 – Barcelona v Valencia, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 2 and Sky Sports Mix
Serie A – eight games, Empoli v Napoli, 11:30am, BT Sport 3 and eir Sport 1 – five at 2pm including Sampdoria v Juventus, BT Sport 3, and Cagliari v Lazio, eir Sport 1 – Udinese v Palermo, 5pm and Roma v Sassuolo, 7:45pm, BT Sport 2 and eir Sport 1
Ligue 1 – Caen v Monaco, 2pm, BT Sport ESPN – Dijon v St. Etienne, 4pm, eir Sport 1 and BT Sport 3 – Paris Saint-Germain v Lyon, 8pm, BT Sport 3
Bundesliga – Mainz v Schalke, 2:30pm, BT Sport 2 – Borussia M’Gladbach v Bayern Munich, 4:30pm, BT Sport 2
Eredivisie – Heerenveen v Feyenoord, 11:30am, Sky Sports 5 and Sky Sports Mix – Excelsior v Ajax, 1:30pm, Sky Sports 5 – Go Ahead Eagles v PEC Zwolle, 1:30pm – AZ Alkmaar v ADO Den Haag, 3:45pm
Portuguese Primeira Liga – Feirense v GD Chaves, 4pm – Maritimo v Arouca, 4pm – FC Porto v Vitoria Setubal, 6pm, BT Sport 3 – Vitoria de Guimaraes v Rio Ave, 8:15pm
MLS – Seattle Sounders FC v New York Red Bulls, 11pm, Sky Sports 2
Hyundai A-League – Adelaide United v Brisbane Roar, 6am, BT Sport 3 – Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix, 8am, BT Sport 3
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HORSERACING
The Sunday line-up is:
Limerick, 1:50pm – seven races, the features being the €50,000 Grade 2 Charleville Cheese EBF Mares Novice ‘Chase (4pm) and the €35,500 Grade 3 Kerry Group EBF Shannon Spray Mares Novice Hurdle (2:20pm); fiels-sizes are 8-9-7-14-7-8 and 7; jockeys riding on the card include Danny Mullins, Jack Kennedy, Paul Townend, Robbie Power, David Mullins, Jody McGarvey, JJ Slevin and Mark Enright
Ffos Las, 2pm – seven races, with field-sizes of 10-8-9-11-10-11 and 8; the card begins with a conditional jockeys’ handicap hurdle; the feature is a £12,000 handicap chase (4:45pm); jockeys riding on the card include Richard Johnson, Tom Scudamore, Jonathan Moore, Adrian Heskin, Sean Bowen, Sam Twiston-Davies, Gavin Sheehan, Nick Schofield, Richie McLernon, Tom O’Brien, David Noonan, David Bass, Daryl Jacob and Liam Treadwell
Navan, 2:10pm – featuring the €65,000 Grade B Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Handicap ‘Chase (4:20pm) and the €42,500 Grade 2 Webster Cup ‘Chase (3:45pm); seven races, with field-sizes of 4-13-10-5-9-6 and 12; it’s a good card, with jockeys involved including Ruby Walsh, Davy Russell, Sean Flanagan, Bryan Cooper, Andrew Lynch and Phillip Enright
Carlisle, 2:15pm – six races, with field-sizes of 6-3-6-10-4 and 5; the finale is a hunters’ chase; the feature is a £30,000 veterans’ chase (3:55pm); Ireland’s Gillian Callaghan has entered Mad Brian for the big race, although he was also due to run at Uttoxeter on Saturday); jockeys riding on the card include Brian Hughes, Henry Brooke, Adrian Lane, Jamie Moore, Danny Cook, Aidan Coleman, Will Kennedy and Paddy Brennan
They also race at ** ,:pm, in India and in ** at **, pm; later in the shops, it is , pm, in and at , pm, in the USA
The Turf TV USA line-up is **, 5:45pm, **, 6:05pm and **, 7:55pm
The South African meeting is ** (am)
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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 the Arc meeting at Swindon on March 22nd
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BASKETBALL
There are eight NBA games today, with start times ranging from 6pm on Sunday to 2:30am on Monday – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Live games:
Toronto Raptors @ Indiana Pacers, 10pm, BT Sport 1
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Live games:
There is live action scheduled (third round of NCAA tournament known as “March Madness”) for 4pm, 6:30pm, 9pm and 11pm on BT Sport ESPN and at 1:30am on the same channel – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Upcoming fights include:
Anthony Crolla v Jorge Linares, Manchester, Sat 25 March, WBA lightweight title fight; Crolla lost the title to Linares in September 2016, this is the rematch
Ireland’s Katie Taylor will fight on an undercard that includes Marcus Morrison defending his WBD International Middleweight title versus Jason Welborn
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CRICKET
TEST Series 2017 – New Zealand v South Africa, 10pm, day five (if required), Sky Sports 3
TEST Series 2017 – India v Australia, 4am, i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning – final day (if required), Sky Sports 2
TEST Series 2017 – Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 4:30am, i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning, day two
North v South 50 Overs Series 2017 – North v South, 10am
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CYCLING
Check out this website – http://www.uci.ch/road/calendar/
The next main events…
From the UCI road calendar
Tour du Cameroun – March 11-19
From the track calendar:
China Track Cup, March 18-19
African Track Championships, March 20-24
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DARTS
The Premier League darts moves into week eight on Thursday, March 23rd, from the Manchester Arena, live on Sky Sports 1 from 7pm. The games are:
Michael van Gerwen v James Wade
Kim Huybrechts v Gary Anderson
Peter Wright v Phil Taylor
Jelle Klaasen v Adrian Lewis
Raymond van Barneveld v Michael van Gerwen
NB – *Michael van Gerwen plays twice in week eight to make up for missing his fixture against James Wade in week five due to a back injury
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FORMULA ONE
The first race of the 2017 season will be the Australian Grand Prix, March 23rd to March 26th, The F1 Champion of 2016 was Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), who retired from the sport on Friday Dec 02, 2016
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GAA
Next games:
Today
Sunday 19 March
Allianz FL Division 1 round 5
Mayo v Cavan, MacHale Park, 2pm
Monaghan v Roscommon, Inniskeen, 2pm
Allianz FL Division 2 round 5
Cork v Meath, Pairc Ui Rinn, 2pm
Fermanagh v Clare, Brewster Park, 2pm
Galway v Derry, Tuam Stadium, 2pm
Allianz FL Division 3 round 5
Longford v Sligo, Glennon Bros Pearse Park, 2pm
Louth v Armagh, Gaelic Grounds, 2pm
Offaly v Tipperary, O’Connor Park, 2pm
Antrim v Laois, Corrigan Park, 2pm
Allianz FL Division 4 round 5
Wexford v London, Innovate Wexford Park, 1pm
Limerick v Leitrim, Newcastlewest, 2pm
Westmeath v Wicklow, TEG Cusack Park, 2pm
Allianz HL Division 3A round 3
Tyrone v Donegal, Healy Park, 2pm
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GOLF
On the PGA Tour, it is the final day of the Arnold Palmer Invitational – 4:30pm, Sky Sports 4
On the LPGA Tour, it is the final day of the Bank Of Hope Founders Cup, Phoenix, Arizona (March 16-19) and the final day of the World Ladies Championship, live on Sky Sports 4 at 5am (early on Monday morning), a team and individuals event from Mission Hills in Haikou, China
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), it is day two of the Tuscon Conquistadores Classic, Tuscon, USA (Mar 17-19)
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ICE HOCKEY (NHL)
There are seven games scheduled in the NHL today, with start times ranging from 6pm today to 2:30am on Monday – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Live games:
Ottawa Senators @ Montreal Canadiens, 11:30pm, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Today
Super League – Salford Red Devils v Castleford Tigers, 3pm – Wigan Warriors v Huddersfield Giants, 3pm
Challenge Cup –
NRL – Canberra Raiders v Wests Tigers, 5am, eir Sport 2 – Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v St George-Illawarra Dragons, 7:30pm, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Today
Anglo-Welsh Cup final – Exeter Chiefs v Leicester Tigers, 2:15pm, BT Sport 1
Top 14 – Tolouse v Lyon, 11:30am, Sky Sports 4 – Grenoble v Toulon, 4pm, Sky Sports 5
Championship – Doncaster Knights v Yorkshire Carnegie, 3pm, Sky Sports 3 and Sky Sports Mix
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SNOOKER
Upcoming:
China Open, March 27 to April 2
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP – BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, the final, live coverage on Sky Sports 1 from 8pm
ATP – Miami Open, March 22 to April 2
WTA – BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, the final – 6pm, BT Sport 1
WTA – Miami Open, March 21 to April 2
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OTHER SPORT
Alpine Skiing – 3pm, 3:45pm and 5:15pm, Eurosport 1 and 4pm Eurosport 2
Ski Jumping – 1pm, Eurosport 1
Triathlon: Super League – Eurosport 1 at 6:30am
Biathlon – 10am and 12:15pm, Eurosport 1
Cross-Country Skiing – 4:45pm and 5:45pm, Eurosport 2
Nordic Combined Skiing – 2:45pm, Eurosport 2
NASCAR – The Camping World 500, 11:30pm, eir Sport 2
Motocross World Championship – 7pm, Eurosport 2 (from Argentina)
Posted: 19th March 2017