Sunday 20 August 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Sunday 20 August 2017
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FOOTBALL
Sunday Aug 20
Premier League – Huddersfield Town v Newcastle United, 1:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea, 4pm, Sky Sports Main Event
Airtricity League Premier Division, Derry City v Dundalk, 2:30pm
Ligue 1 – Lille v Caen, 2pm, BT Sport 2, Marseille v Angers, and PSG v Toulouse 8pm BT Sport 3
La Liga – Athletic Bilbao v Getafe, 5:15pm Sky Sports Football – Barcelona v Real Betis, 7:15pm Sky Sports Football – Deportivo La Coruna v Real Madrid, 9:15pm Sky Sports Football
Serie A – eight games, Atalanta v Roma, 5pm eir Sport 1, and then seven games at 7:45pm including Inter Milan v Fiorentina 7:45pm BT Sport 2
Bundesliga – SC Freiburg v Eintracht Frankfurt, 2:30pm BT Sport 1 – Borussia M’Gladbach v Cologne, 5pm BT Sport 1
Dutch Eredivisie – Excelsior v Feyenoord, 11:30am Sky Sports Football – Ajax v Groningen, 1:30pm Sky Sports Football – FC Utrecht v Willem ll, 1:30pm – NAC Breda v PSV Eindhoven, 3:45pm – Sparta Rotterdam v PEC Zwolle, 3:45pm
Portuguese Primeira Liga – Vitoria Futebol Clube Setubal v GD Chaves, 4pm – FC Porto v Moreirense, 6pm – Desportivo Aves v Braga, 8pm – Maritimo v Boavista, 8:15pm
Belgian Jupiler League – Anderlecht v Sint-Truidense VV, 1:30pm eir Sport 2– KV Kortrijk v Club Brugge, 5pm eir Sport 2 – Mouscron-Peruwelz v AA Gent, 7pm
Chinese Super League – one game at 9am and two at 12:35pm
MLS – New York City v New England Revolution, 11pm, Sky Sports Football
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HORSERACING
The Sunday line-up is:
The Curragh, 1:40pm – A high-class eight-race card, including the Group 2 Galileo Irish EBF Futurity Stakes (2:45pm, €130,000), the Group 3 Qatar Racing And Equestrian Club Curragh Stakes (3:20pm, €60,000), the Group 2 Breast Cancer Research Debutante Stakes (3:55pm, €115,000), in which the high-class Aidan O’Brien-trained fillies Happily and September are set to meet, and the Group 3 Qatar Airways Royal Whip Stakes (4:30pm, €65,000); there’s a handicap for apprentices at 4:30pm and a 30-runner handicap will close the card at 5:30pm (in which Zippy should make them all go!); Ryan Moore will be riding at the meeting along with the top Irish jockeys
Tramore, 1:50pm – A seven-race jumps card on the final day of the August Racing Festival, including the Noel Cummins Bookmaker Handicap Steeplechase (4:40pm, €20,000). The card ends with a 2m National Hunt flat race in which Willie Mullins Irish Lass with son Patrick on board (5:15pm). Filed-sizes on the card are 12-16 (plus 3 reserves)-15 (plus 1 reserve)-10-15 (plus 1 reserve)-14 and 15 (plus 2 reserves); jockeys in action include Ruby Walsh, Andrew Lynch, Davy Russell, Paul Townend, Rachael Blackmore, Danny Mullins, Keith Donoghue, JJ Slevin, David Mullins and Jack Kennedy, who returns from injury to ride Presenting Julio for Gordon Elliott at 4:40pm
Southwell, 2:00pm – Seven race jumps card which begins with a 2m Novices’ Chase and ends with a 2m Handicap Hurdle. The feature race is a £22,500 Vivienne Squires Trophy Handicap Chase (3:10pm); jockeys riding on the card include Richard Johnson, Harry Skelton, Noel Fehily, Paddy Brennan, Aidan Coleman, Tom O’Brien, Tom Scudamore and Nico de Boinville; a runner from Ireland on the card are Stuart Crawford’s A Touch Of Sparkle (4:50pm); field-sizes are 6-8-10-6-11-8 and 8
Pontefract, 2:15pm – Eight race flat card with field sizes of 7-7-10-15-6-10-10-9. The card includes the £55,000 Listed Highfield Farm Flying Fillies’ Stakes to be run over 6f (4:00pm). Jockeys riding on the card include Silvestre De Sousa, Harry Bentley, Paul Mulrennan, Danny Tudhope, Martin Harley, Richard Kingscote, Joe Fanning and Josephine Gordon, who has four rides, including the French raider, the Nick Clement-trained Spain Burg, in the feature race
They also race in India at Hyderabad (10:15am) and Pune (10:30am), in Germany at Hannover(12:30pm), in France at Deauville (1:05pm); later in shops it is Maronas, 6:40pm, in Uruguay
The Deauville card contains Darley-sponsored Group 1 Prix Jean Romanet (2:45pm), the Group 1 Prix Morny (3:30pm) and the Group 2 Prix Kergorlay (4:10pm)
Roger Varian runs Ajman Princess (Andrea Atzeni) in the Jean Romanet, John Gosden runs So Mi Dar(Frankie Dettori), Sir Michael Stoute runs Smart Call (Jim Crowley) and Martyn Meade runs Wilamina(James Doyle).
Karl Burke runs Havana Grey (PJ McDonald) and Unfortunately (Tony Piccone) in the Prix Morny, while Mark Johnston runs Nyaleti (James Doyle)
Sir Mark Prescott runs Pallasator (Luke Morris) in the Prix Kergorlay, while Hughie Morrison runs Nearly Caught (Maxime Guyon) and Marmelo (Christophe Soumillon), Charlie Appleby runs Endless Time(James Doyle) and David Elsworth runs Desert Skyline (David Probert)
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Gulfstream, 5:45pm, Saratoga, 6:00pm
The South African meeting is Greyville (11:10pm)
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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 – Central Park
6:11pm – Poole
The next live meeting is the William Hill Peterborough Derby meeting from Peterborough on Weds August 23
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 22 cont’d:
Sunday 20 August
Melbourne v St Kilda, 6:20am BT Sport 1– Hawthorn v North Melbourne, 6:20am – Port Adelaide v Collingwood, 7:10am
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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 6:10pm on Sunday to Midnight on Sunday – i.e. all Sunday evening
Live:
St Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates, Midnight BT Sport ESPN
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Big fights coming up:
Sunday August 20, 2017 – Terence Crawford v Julius Indongo, WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF Super-Lightweight, from Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2am, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Arena HD – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
Saturday August 26, 2017 – Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor, billed as “The Money Fight” is an upcoming professional boxing super-fight between undefeated eleven-time five-division professional boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the current UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor. It will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada
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CRICKET
Sunday August 20
TEST Series 2017 (First Test, day four) – England v West Indies, 2pm Sky Sports Cricket
ODI Series 2017 – Sri Lanka v India, 10am
KIA Super League 2017 – Lancashire Thunder v Loughborough Lightning, 2:30pm – Southern Vipers v Surrey Stars, 2:30pm – Yorkshire Diamonds v Western Storm, 2:30pm
CPL T20 – Guyana Amazon Warriors v Barbados Tridents, 10:30pm BT Sport 1
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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
15-20 August – Tour De Limousin, France
17-20 August – Ladies Tour Of Norway
18-20 August – ITC Switzerland
Vuelta e Espana – Stage two a 203.4.8km route from Nimes to Grand Narbonne in France,2:00pm, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
14-20 August – Russian National Track Championships, Saint Petersburg, Russia
18-20 August – Hungarian National Track Championships, Budapest, Hungary
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DARTS
Next up:
Melbourne Darts Masters – Friday Aug 18 to Sunday Aug 20, coverage of the final day featuring semi-finals and final 10am, eir Sport 1
Perth Darts Masters – Friday Aug 25 to Sunday Aug 27
ET9 – Dutch Dart Masters, Sept 01-03, Maastricht, Netherlands
Unibet Champions League of Darts, Sept 16-17
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 race is the Belgium Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, Aug 25-27
The next race after this will be the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, September 1-3
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Sunday 20 August
All-Ireland SFC semi-final
Kerry v Mayo, Croke Park, 3.30pm – RTE/Sky
All-Ireland MFC semi-final
Kerry v Cavan, Croke Park, 1.30pm – TG4
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – Fiji International, Natadola Bay GC, Natadola, Fiji, Thurs Aug 17 to Sun Aug 20 – day four
Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play, Golf Resort Bad Griesbach, Bad Griesbach, Germany, Thurs Aug 17 to Sun Aug 20 – day four, 9am and 12pm Sky Sports The Open
USPGA Tour – Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, NC, USA, Thurs Aug 17 to Sun Aug 20 – day four
LPGA Tour – The Solheim Cup, West Des Moines, Iowa, USA, Fri Aug 18 to Sun Aug 20, (a biennial tournament contested by teams representing Europe and USA) – day three featuring 12 singles matches, live Sky Sports The Open at 5pm and Sky Sports Main Event at
On the Seniors Tour, The Willow Senior Golf Classic, Hanbury Manor Marriott Hotel & CC, Ware, Hertfordshire, England, August 25-27
On the Champions Tour, The DICK’S Sporting Goods Open, En-Joie GC, Endicott, New York, Fri Aug 18 to Sun Aug 20 – day three
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HOCKEY
Women’s Euro Hockey Championships (from Amsterdam) – Pool A, Spain v Czech Republic, 10am, BT Sport 3 – Pool B, Ireland v Scotland, 12:15pm, BT Sport 3 – Pool B, England v Germany, 4:30pm, BT Sport 3
Men’s Euro Hockey Championships (from Amsterdam
Pool B, England v Poland, 8:00am BT Sport 3 – Pool B, Germany v Ireland, 2:30pm BT Sport 3
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ICE HOCKEY
No keys games scheduled; the new NHL season begins on Wednesday, October 4
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Today
First Utility Super League – Qualifiers – Hull KR v London Broncos, 3pm – Widnes Vikings v Featherstone, 3pm
Kingstone Press League 1 – Three games, all at 3pm
Championship Shield – Three games, all at 3pm
NRL – Canberra Raiders v Penrith Panthers, 5am eir Sport 2 – Canterbury Bulldogs v Manly Sea Eagles, 7am eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Today
Mitre 10 Cup – Northland v Bay Of Plenty, 3:35am – Manawatu v Wellington, 5:35am
Currie Cup – Griquas v Pumas, 1:30pm, Sky Sports Action
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SNOOKER
Next:
Evergrande China Championship – Guangzhou, China, August 16-22, day five, 7am and 12:30pm, Eurosport 1
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Mon Aug 14 to Sun Aug 20 – Coverage of the final day at the Lindner Family Tennis Centre, ATP, coverage of the Men’s doubles final is on 5:15pm Sky Sports Action, Men’s singles final is on 9pm Sky Sports Action ; the WTA action is on BT Sport 1 at 7pm featuring the ladies’ finals
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OTHER SPORT
World Superbikes – Race two in the ninth round at EuroSpeedway Lausitz in Germany, 10am Eurosport 2
British Superbikes– Eighth round of the season from Cadwell Park, 1pm Eurosport 2
WRC Rally Germany – Round 10 of the season concludes with SS21(Power Stage) 11am Bt Sport 1
Posted: 20th August 2017