Sunday 23 JULY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Sunday 23 JULY 2017
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FOOTBALL
Sunday July 23
Scottish League Cup – Dundee Utd v Cowdenbeath, 3pm
International Champions Cup – Real Madrid v Man Utd, 10pm
CONCACAF Gold Cup – Jamaica v Mexico, 2am – i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning – the second semi-final
Airtricity League Premier Division – Dundalk v Shamrock Rovers, 5pm
Chinese Super League – three games, all at 12:35pm, including Shanghai Shenhua v Beijing Guoan, Sky Sports Football
MLS – Vancouver Whitecaps v Portland Timbers, 11:45pm, Sky Sports Main Event – Seattle Sounders FC v San Jose Earthquakes, 3:30am – i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning
UEFA Women’s European Championship – Scotland Women v Portugal Women, 5pm, Eurosport 2/More4 (Sky Ch, 139) – England Women v Spain Women, 7:45pm, Eurosport 2/Channel 4
Brazilian Top-Flight – Fluminense v Corinthians, 8pm, BT Sport 1
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HORSERACING
The Sunday line-up is:
Fairyhouse (1:55pm) – The feature is the €26,000 Q102 Handicap at 3:25pm; field-sizes are 10-11-18 (plus 3 reserves)-9-9-6 and 6; jockeys in action include Pat Smullen, Colin Keane, Ronan Whelan, Colm O’Donoghue, Billy Lee, Kevin Manning, Conor Hoban, Chris Hayes, Niall McCullagh, Declan McDonogh, Seamie Heffernan, Gary Carroll and Wayne Lordan
Redcar (2pm) – An apprentice race (handicap) closes the card; there’s a £10,000 handicap t 4pm; eight races, with field-sizes being 10-9-16-17-8-9-13 and 10; a handicap for apprentices closes the card; jockeys in action on the card include PJ McDonald, Josephine Gordon, Oisin Murphy, Danny Tudhope, Cam Hardie, Paul Hanagan, Paul Mulrennan, Tom Eaves, Jack Garritty, Andrew Mullen, Nathan Evans, David Allan, Tony Hamilton, Joe Fanning, Kevin Stott, Robert Winston, Ben Curtis, Jimmy Quinn and Barry McHugh
Tipperary (2:05pm) – There’s a €20,000 handicap chase at 4:35pm; field-sizes on the seven-race card are 15-7-19-12-16 (plus 3 reserves)-13 and 8; jockeys in action include Ruby Walsh, Paul Townend, Jody McGarvey, Davy Russell, Andrew Lynch, Rachael Blackmore, Phillip Enright, David Mullins, Jonathan Moore, Danny Mullins, Patrick Mullins, Jamie Codd and Lisa O’Neill
Stratford (2:10pm) – The most-valuable race is the £20,000 Russell Lane Handicap Chase at 3:10pm; a mares’ bumper closes the card; there are seven races in total, with field-sizes of 9-7-5-6-9-9 and 9; jockeys riding on the card include Adrian Heskin, Harry Skelton, Richie McLernon, Tom Scudamore, Jamie Moore, David Bass, Paddy Brennan, Gavin Sheehan, Tom O’Brien and Daryl Jacob
Newton Abbot (2:20pm) – The most-valuable race is the £13,500 Packexe Protecting What Matters Novices’ Chase at 3:20pm; field-sizes on the seven-race card are 6-9-5-8-7-10 and 9; jockeys riding on the card include Richard Johnson, Sam Twiston-Davies, Noel Fehily, Nico de Boinville, Aidan Coleman, Wayne Hutchinson, Jerry McGrath and Nick Scholfield
They also race in India at Bangalore (10:30am), in France at Maisons-Laffitte (1:05pm – see next paragraph) and in Germany at Bad Harzburg (1pm); later in shops it is Monterrico, 7:55pm, in Peru
At Maisons-Laffitte in France (first race, 1:05pm), the Group 2 Prix Robert Papin, a leading contest for two-year-olds, is due to be run at 1:35pm; heading the market is Clive Cox’s Queen Mary Stakes (Royal Ascot) winner Heartache; also in the six-runner field are the smart Richard Hannon-trained De Bruyne Horse, Tom Dascombe’s Norfolk Stakes fourth, Frozen Angel and Karl Burke’s Unfortunately; there are also Listed Races on the card at 2:45pm, 3:30pm and 4:10pm
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Saratoga, 6pm, Woodbine, 6pm, and Gulfstream, 6:15pm
The South African meeting is Scottsville (11:15am)
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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 Betfred Select Stakes on July 26 at Nottingham
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 18 of the season
Sunday 23 July
Richmond v GWS Giants, 4:10am – Collingwood v West Coast Eagles, 6:20am – Brisbane Lions v Carlton, 7:40am, live on BT Sport 3
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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 Sunday to 1am on Monday, i.e. – Sunday evening/Early Monday morning
Live:
Toronto Blue Jays @ Cleveland Indians, 6:10pm, BT Sport ESPN
Washington Nationals @ Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:10pm, BT Sport 2
St Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs, 1am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
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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
Sun July 30th
Adrien Broner v Mikey Garcia, 12 Rounds Super-Lightweight, Barclays Centre, Brooklyn, New York, midnight, Sky Sports
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CRICKET
Sunday July 23
Natwest T20 Blast 2017 – Yorkshire Vikings v Worcestershire Rapids, 2:30pm – Birmingham Bears v Derbyshire Falcons, 2:30pm – Lancashire Lightning v Durham Jets, 2:30pm – Sussex Sharks v Kent Spitfires, 2:30pm – Glamorgan v Essex Eagles, 2:30pm – Hampshire v Surrey, 2:30pm
Youth TEST Series 2017 – England U19’s v India U-19’s, 11am
ICC Women’s World Cup Final – England Women v India, 10am, Sky Sports Mix/Sky Sports Cricket
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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
The blue riband event of cycling, the Tour de France; final stage (21), a 103km journey starting in Montgeron and ending in Paris on the Champs-Elysees
Live coverage:
3:35pm, TG4 – 3:30pm, ITV4 – 3:30pm, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
2017 UEC Juniors & U23 Track European Championships, July 18-23
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DARTS
Coming up:
World Matchplay – July 22-30, Winter Gardens, Blackpool – Day two live from 1pm, Sky Sports Action and 7:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and 7pm on Sky Sports Action
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FORMULA ONE
Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest, July 28-30
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Sunday 23 July
All-Ireland SHC quarter-final
Wexford v Waterford, Pairc Ui Chaoimh, 4pm – live on RTE2
All-Ireland IHC final
Cork v Kilkenny, Pairc Ui Chaoimh, 2pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – THE 146th Open Championship, Royal Birkdale, Southport, Merseyside, England, July 20-23, final day, 8am, Sky Sports Main Event (Ch 401) and Sky Sports The Open (Ch 405)
USPGA Tour – the Barbasol Classic, RTJ Trail (Grand National), Auburn/Opelika, AL, USA, July 20-23, final day, 9pm, Sky Sports Mix (Ch 121)
LPGA Tour – the Marathon Classic presented by Owens Corning and O-I, Sylvania, OH, USA, July 20-23, final day
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour) and European Seniors Tour, is the SENIOR OPEN Championship, Royal Porthcawl GC, Bridgend, Wales, July 27-30
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HOCKEY
Women’s Hockey World League Quarter Finals
3rd/4th place play-off, 10am, BT Sport 1 – The Final, 2:30pm, BT Sport 1
Mens’s Hockey World League Quarter Finals
3rd/4th place play-off, 12:15pm, BT Sport 1 – The Final, 5pm, BT Sport 1
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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:
Sunday 23 July
Super League – Wakefield Trinity v St Helens, 3pm
NRL – St George-Illawarra Dragons v Manly Sea Eagles, 5am – Wests Tigers v Parramatta Eels, 7am, with both games live on eir Sport 2
Championship – five games, all at 3pm
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RUGBY UNION
Sunday 23 July
Currie Cup – Griquas v Blue Bulls, 1:30pm
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SNOOKER
Next:
The next key tournament is the Hong Kong Masters – July 20-23, day four – eight top players invited
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, Mon July 17 – Sun July 23
ATP SkiStar Swedish Open, Bastad, Sweden, Mon July 17 – Sun July 23
ATP Konzum Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia, Mon July 17 – Sun July 23
WTA BRD Bucharest Open, Bucharest, Romania, Mon July 17 – Sun July 23, final, 3pm, BT Sport 2
WTA Ladies Championship Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland, Mon July 17 – Sun July 23
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OTHER SPORT
Irish National Athletics Championships – 6pm, RTE2
Swimming World Championships – day one, Danube Arena, Budapest, 8:30am, Eurosport 1 – 5pm, BBC Two
World Para Athletics Championships London 2017 – 6pm, final day, Channel 4
NASCAR – The Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400, 7:30pm, eir Sport 2
MCE British Superbikes – both races from the sixth round of the season, 11:30am, Eurosport 2
Formula Renault Eurocup – Race two at round seven at the Red Bull Ring in Austria, 10am, BT Sport 2
FIM CEV Repsol – 10:45am, BT Sport 3
Red Bull Air Race – the fifth round from Kazan in Russia, midday and 2pm, eir Sport 1
Show Jumping – The Rolex GP Aachen, Sky Sports Arena, midday
Posted: 23rd July 2017