Sunday 8 October 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Sunday 8 October 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day
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FOOTBALL
Sunday Oct 8
Fifa World Cup European Qualifying – Six games underway 5pm including Lithuania v England, ITV, UTV and TV3 and Slovenia v Scotland, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football – Three games at 7:45pm including Norway v Northern Ireland, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football
League One – Gillingham v Portsmouth, 2:30pm, Sky Sports Football
Italian Serie B – Pescara v Cittadella, 11:30am – Seven games at 2pm and Novara v Frosinone, 7:30pm
A League – Wellington Phoenix v Adelaide United, 5am, BT Sport 3 and Western Sydney Wanderers v Perth Glory, 8am, BT Sport 1
Monday Oct 9
Fifa World Cup European Qualifying – Nine games getting underway at 7:45pm including Wales v Republic of Ireland, Sky Sports Football
Northern Premier League – Shaw Lane Aquaforce v Buxton, 7:45pm
Southern Premier League – Dorchester v Gosport Borough, 7:45pm
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HORSERACING
The Sunday line-up is:
Kelso, 1:35pm – The feature is the £30,000 NSPCC School Service Handicap Chase (4:20pm); the card consists of four handicap hurdles, two novices’ hurdles, a novices’ chase and a handicap chase; field-sizes are 10-12-9-5-11-8-14 and 13; Brian Hughes, Derek Fox, Danny Cook and Henry Brooke are among jockeys riding on card
Limerick, 1:45pm – A seven-race National Hunt card which features the €100,000 JT McNamara Ladbrokes Munster National (4:25pm), backed up by the €34,000 Listed Dunraven Arms Hotel Novice Hurdle (2:15pm) and the €26,000 Price Waterhouse Cooper Chase (3:55pm); last season Truimph Hurdle runner-up and Grade 1 winner, Mega Fortune, runs in the opener, while Willie Mullins relies on just one horse, Total Recall (Ruby Walsh) in the National, with the gelding having his first run for the champion trainer
Navan, 2pm – A seven-race flat card which includes the €100,000 Irish Cesarewitch (5:15pm) over 2m and three Listed contests – the €45,000 Legacy Stakes (5f, 2yo, 2:35pm), the Waterford Testimonial Stakes (5f, 3yo+, 3:05pm) and the Staffordstown Stud Stakes (2yo fillies, one mile, 4:45pm); a smashing card, with the likes of Brother Bear, Alphabet, Gordon Lord Byron, Cougar Mountain, Sizzling, Bye Bye Baby, Ballet Shoes all running and 29 set to go to post for the Cesarewitch
Uttoxeter, 2:25pm – Seven races, with field-sizes of 11-13-9-7-8-8 and 12; the feature is the £10,000 beginners’ chase at 3:30pm; jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Tom Scudamore, Sam Twiston-Davies, Aidan Coleman and Noel Fehily; the card starts with a race for conditional riders
Also among the racing is a Listed Race at Munich in Germany (2:35pm) and the historic and spectacular Velka Pardubicka S Ceskou Pojistovnou Chase (Listed Race, 6yo+, 4m2f110y) at Pardubice; from Britain (although he now rides in France), Felix de Giles rides French hope Urgent de Gregaine in the race for Emmanuel Clayeux, while regular winner of the race Jan Faltejsek rides another French hope, Virtus d’Estruval for Guillaume Macaire, who also runs Songe d’Estruval, who will be ridden by Colm McCormack
They also race in Dortmund in Germany (12:45pm) and Auteuil in France (1:05pm)
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Belmont Park, 5:55pm, Woodbine, 6pm, Keeneland, 6:05pm, and Gulfstream Park West, 6:15pm. Santa Anita starts at 8:30pm
The South African meeting is Greyville (12:15pm)
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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 is the All England Cup night at Newcastle on October 19th
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 5
The NFL Red Zone switches between games – from 6pm, Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports Arena HD
There is a game scheduled to be live on Sky Sports Main Event at 10pm
There are games scheduled to be live on Sky Sports Main Action at 6pm and 9pm
Sunday October 8 – Tennessee Titans @ Miami Dolphins – NY Jets @ Cleveland Browns – Carolina Panthers @ Detroit Lions – Arizona Cardinals @ Philadelphia Eagles – Buffalo Bills @ Cincinnati Bengals – Jacksonville Jaguars @ Pittsburgh Steelers – San Francisco 49ers @ Indianapolis Colts – Los Angeles Chargers @ NY Giants – all at 6pm – Baltimore Ravens @ Oakland Raiders – Seattle Seahawks @ Los Angeles Rams – Both at 9:05pm – Green Bay Packers @ Dallas Cowboys, 9:25pm – Kansas City Chiefs @ Houston Texans, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action – i.e. late Sunday night/ early Monday morning
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BASKETBALL
The new NBA season will begin on October 17 and end on April 11, with a weeklong All-Star break
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
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CRICKET
Sunday Oct 8
TEST Series – South Africa v Bangladesh, 8:55am, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket – day 3 of 5
TEST Series – Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 12:30pm – day 3 of 5
JLT One-Day Cup 2017 – New South Wales v Cricket Australia XI, 00:30am – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
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DARTS
Coming up on the PDC calendar:
October 9 – World Series of DARTS Series Finals Qualifier, Barnsley, England
October 10 – Players Championship 21, Barnsley
October 11 – Players Championship 22, Barnsley
October 12 – European Tour 12 Host Nation Qualifier, Lokhalle, Gottingen
October 13 – HappyBet European Darts Trophy (ET12), Lokhalle, Gottingen
October 20–21 – 2017 German Darts Masters, Castello Arena, Dusseldorf
Oct 26-29 – Unibet European Championship, Ethias Arena, Hasselt
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FORMULA ONE
Japan Grand Prix, the Suzuka Circuit, Oct 06 – Oct 08
Grand Prix live on Sky Sports Main Event 5:30am – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning – and eir Sport 1 from 5:55am
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
There is live and deferred coverage on TG4 from 3pm
Sunday 8 October
All-Ireland Ladies JFC final replay
Derry v Fermanagh, Clones, 1:30pm
Carlow SFC final
Eire Og v Rathvilly, Netwatch Cullen Park, 4pm
Cavan SFC final
Castlerahan v Cavan Gaels, Kingspan Breffni, 3:30pm
Leitrim SFC final
Glencar-Manorhamilton v Mohill, Pairc Sean MacDiarmada, 3.30pm
Longford SFC final
Abbeylara v Mullinalaghta, Glennon Bros Pearse Park, 4pm
Ulster club SHC semi-finals
Dunloy (Antrim) v Slaughtneil (Derry), Owenbeg, 2.30pm
Ballygalget (Down) v Lisbellaw (Fermanagh), TBC, 2.30pm
Kerry SHC final
Ballyduff v Lixnaw, Austin Stack Park, 3pm
Roscommon SHC final
Four Roads v Padraig Pearses, TBC, TBC
Tipperary SHC final
Borris-Ileigh v Thurles Sarsfields, Semple Stadium, TBC
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GOLF
PGA Tour – Safeway Open, Silverado Resort and Spa North, Napa, California – final day today, live at 10pm on Sky Sports The Open
European Tour – Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Old Course St. Andrews, Carnoustie, Scotland – final day today, live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports The Open at 12:30pm
LPGA Tour – Alisports Reignwood, Pine Valley GC, Beijing, Thur 5th October – Sun 8th October – final day today
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ICE HOCKEY
There is NHL games today, with a face-off time of midnight on Sunday – New York Rangers v Montreal Canadiens – live on eir Sport 2
Live:
As above
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
No key games scheduled today
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RUGBY UNION
Sunday 8 October
Aviva Premiership – Saracens v Wasps, 3pm, BT Sport 1
Top 14 – La Rochelle v Racing 92, 3:50pm, Sky Sports Arena – Toulon v Clermont Auvergne, 8pm
The Championship – Cornish Pirates v Nottingham, 2:30pm
Currie Cup – Golden Lions v Western Province, 1:30pm, Sky Sports Mix and Sky Sports Action
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SNOOKER
European Masters, Lommel, Belgium – Coverage of the final, midday and 6pm, Eurosport 1
English Open, Barnsley, runs October 16 – 22
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TENNIS
ATP 500: China Open, Beijing, China – 12:30pm, live on Sky Sports Arena HD
WTA, China Open final – 9am, BT Sport 2
ATP Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan – live at 8am, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Arena HD
Posted: 8th October 2017