SUNDAY 7th MAY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
SUNDAY 7th MAY 2017
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FOOTBALL
Premier League – Liverpool v Southampton, 1:30pm, Sky Sports 1, and Arsenal v Manchester United, 4pm, Sky Sports 1
Championship – the final round of fixtures before the play-offs begin; 12 games, all at midday – live on Sky Sports 3 is Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town and live on Sky Sports 5 is Brentford v Blackburn Rovers
Scottish Premiership – Partick Thistle v Rangers, 12:15pm, BT Sport 1, and Hearts v Aberdeen, 3pm
League One, play-off semi-final, second legs – Scunthorpe v Millwall, 6:30pm – the first leg finished **-** – and Fleetwood Town v Bradford City, 6;30pm, Sky Sports 3 – the first leg finished **-**
National League play-off, second leg – Forest Green v Dagenham and Redbridge, 3pm, BT Sport 1
Ligue 1 – Rennes v Montpellier, 2pm – Lyon v Nantes, 4pm, BT Sport Extra and eir Sport 1 – Marseille v Nice, 8pm, BT Sport 1
Bundesliga – Hamburg v Mainz, 2:30pm, BT Sport 3, and SC Freiburg v Schalke 04, 4:30pm, BT Sport 3
Serie A – Udinese v Atalanta, 11:30am, BT Sport 3 and eir Sport 1, then six games at 2pm, including Lazio v Sampdoria, BT Sport Extra and eir Sport 1, followed by AC Milan v Roma, 7:45pm, BT Sport 3 and eir Sport 1
La Liga – Alaves v Athletic Bilbao, 11am, Sky Sports 3 – Red Button – Valencia v Ossasuna, 3:15pm, Sky Sports 3 – Deportivo la Coruna v Espanyol, 5:30pm – Malaga v Celta Vigo, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 5
Dutch Eredivisie – nine games, all at 1:30pm, with Excelsior v Feyenoord being live on Sky Sports 3 – Red Button
Belgian First Division, lay-off – Oostende v Gent, 1:30pm, eir Sport 2, and Anderlecht v SV Zulte Waregem, 5pm
Portuguese Primeira Liga – Sporting Lisbon v Belenenses, 11:45am, Tondela v Vitoria Setubal, 4pm, Vitorio Guimaraes v Arouca, 6pm, and Rio Ave v Benfica, 8:15pm, BT Sport Extra
Russian Premier League – FC Orenburg v FK Krasnodar, midday – Rubin Kazan v FC Ulfa, 2:30pm – Zeit St Petersburg v Terek Grozny, 5pm
Women’s Super League – Birmingham City v Liverpool, 2pm – Reading v Manchester City, 2pm – Yeovil Town v Arsenal, 2pm
A-League – Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory, 8am
MLS – New York City v Atlanta United, 9pm, Sky Sports 3 – Minnesota United v Sporting Kansas City, 6:30pm, Sky Sports Mix
Chinese Super League – There are games at 8:30am, 11am and 12:35pm
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HORSERACING
The Sunday line-up is:
Leopardstown, 1:10pm – featuring the €100,000 Group 3 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial (3:20pm), the €60,000 Group 3 Derrinstown Stud 1,000 Guineas Trial (2:45pm) and the €63,000 Group 3 Ard Glen Construction Amethyst Stakes (2:10pm)
Hamilton, 1:35pm – with a £30,000 Conditions Stakes race at 2:05pm and a £20,000 handicap at 2:35pm
Newmarket, 1:50pm – featuring the £500,000 Group 1 Qipco 1,000 Guineas (3:35pm), backed up by the £90,000 Group 2 Charm Spirit Dahlia Stakes fillies and mares, (2:20pm), the £40,000 Listed Tweenhills Pretty Polly Stakes (for fillies, 4:45pm) the £50,000 Qatar Racing Handicap (1:50pm), and the £50,000 Longholes Handicap (2:55pm)
They also race in Germany at Cologne (1pm); Later in shops it is Maronas, 5:30pm, in Uruguay and Philadelphia, 5:55pm, in the USA
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Tampa Bay Downs, 5:35pm, Gulfstream, 6:15pm, Belmont Park, 6:30pm, Santa Anita, 9pm, Golden Gate Fields, 9:15pm and Turf Paradise, 9:25pm
The South African meeting is Greyville (11:05am)
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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 Gymcrack meeting at Kinsley on Tuesday May 16
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 7 of the season
Sunday 07 May
Sydney Swans v Brisbane Lions, 4:10am – Melbourne v Hawthorn, 6:20am – Fremantle v Essendon, 7:40am, BT Sport ESPN
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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 6:10pm on Sunday to 1:08am on Monday morning – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Live games:
Miami Marlins @ New York Mets, 6:10pm, BT Sport ESPN
Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners, 9pm, BT Sport ESPN
New York Yankees @ Chicago Cubs, 1am, BT Sport ESPN, – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
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BASKETBALL
In the NBA:
Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semi-final – Cleveland Cavaliers @ Toronto Raptors, 8;30pm – live on BT Sport 2 – Cleveland led 2-0 after Game 2
Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semi-final – Boston Celtics @ Washington Wizards, 11;30pm – Boston led 2-0 after Game 2
Game 4 of the Western Conference semi-finals at 1:30am on Sunday, i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning – San Antonio Spurs @ Houston Rockets – live on BT Sport 2 – it was 1-1 after Gaame 2
Live games:
As above
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
This week’s fights include:
More to follow in due course
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CRICKET
IPL – Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders, 11:30am, Sky Sports Mix, and Kings XI Punjab v Gujarat Lions, 3:30pm, Sky Sports 5
Royal London One-Day Cup – (all at 11am) – eight games
One-Day International – England v Ireland, 10:30am, game 2 in the 2-game series, from Lord’s, live on Sky Sports 2 at 10:30am
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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
Giro d’Italia – May 5th to May 28th – stage three, a 148km journey from Tortoli to Cagliari, live on Eurosport 1 at 12:15pm
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
The Premier League darts moves into Week 15 on Thursday 11 May, from the GE Oil & Gas Arena, Aberdeen, (live on Sky Sports 1 from 7pm); the line-up is:
Dave Chisnall v James Wade
Phil Taylor v Adrian Lewis
Peter Wright v Raymond van Barneveld
Michael van Gerwen v Gary Anderson
After this, Finals Night will take place on Thursday May 18th, from the O2, London
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FORMULA ONE
The next race of the 2017 Formula One season is the Spain Grand Prix, at the Circuit de Catalunya, May 12-14
After this it is the Monaco Grand Prix, May 25-28
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GAA
Next games:
Today:
Connacht SFC preliminary round
New York v Sligo, Gaelic Park, 3.15pm local time (8.15pm Irish time)
Christy Ring Cup quarter-final
London v Down, Páirc na hÉireann, 1pm
Lidl Ladies NFL Division 1 final
Cork v Donegal, Parnell Park, 4pm – live on TG4
Lidl Ladies NFL Division 2 final
Cavan v Westmeath, Parnell Park, 2pm – live on TG4
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – day two of the two-day Golf Super Sixes, Centurion Club, St Albans, England, 12pm, Sky Sports 4, and 2:30pm, Sky Sports Mix; the next tournament after this is the Open de Portugal, May 11-14
USPGA Tour – final day of the Wells Fargo Championship, May 4-7 – Sky Sports 4, 6pm
LPGA Tour – final day of the Lorena Ochoa Match Play, May 4-7
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour) – final day of the Insperity Invitational, Texas, USA, May 5-7
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)
The Stanley Cup play-off games continue in the NHL today with two games, as follows:
****There are live games listed on eir Sport 2 at midnight on Sunday, 2am and 4am – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
St Louis Blues @ Nashville Predators, TBDpm – Nashville led the best-of-seven series 3-1 after Game 4
Anaheim Ducks @ Edmonton Oilers, TBD – i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning – the best-of-seven series was 2-2 after Game 4
Live games:
As above
ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
This tournament runs from May 5-21 – 16 teams, two host cities > Cologne and Paris
Live today – No games scheduled as live today
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Today
Super League – Widnes Vikings v Hull FC, 3pm
NRL – No fixtures this weekend; they resume on Thursday May 11th – there, is however, the annual challenge match, Country v City, 7am, eir Sport 2
Championship – six games, all at 3pm
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RUGBY UNION
Today:
Ulster Bank League Final – Clontarf v Cork Constitution, 2:30pm, live on RTE2
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SNOOKER
TBC
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TENNIS
Current tournaments:
ATP – BMW Open by FWU AG, Munich, Germany – May 01-07
ATP – TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open, Istanbul, Turkey – May 01-07
ATP – Millenium Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal – the final, 4pm, Eurosport 2
WTA – Grand Prix S.A.R. La Princess Lalla Meryem, Rabat, Morocco – May 01-07
WTA – J&T Banka Prague Open, Prague, Czech Rep – May 01-07
WTA Madrid Open – day two, 3pm, BT Sport 2
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OTHER SPORT
Badminton Horse Trials – 2pm, BBC2
The Rowing World Cup – final day, Belgrade – there is coverage on BBC2 at 4pm
British Touring Car Championship – ITV4, 11:15am
NASCAR – The GEICO 500, 6;30pm, eir Sport 2
Motocross World Championship – 3pm, Eurosport 2
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup – third-place play-off game, 8pm, Eurosport 2, with the final at 9:30pm on the same channel
MotoGP Spain – All on BT Sport 2 – Grand Prix Warm-Ups: 7;30am – Moto3 race: 9:30am – Moto2 race: 11:15am – the Grand Prix of Spain: 12;45pm
Blancpain GT Sprint Series – 11;45am and 3:30pm, BT Sport ESPN
Motorsport: DTM – 2pm, BT Sport ESPN
Posted: 7th May 2017
