SUNDAY 9th APRIL 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
SUNDAY 9 APRIL 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day –
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FOOTBALL
Sunday April 9
Premier League – Sunderland v Manchester United, 1:30pm, Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports Mix, and Everton v Leicester City, 4pm, Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports Mix
Scottish Premiership – Aberdeen v Rangers, 12:30pm, Sky Sports 2
Eredivisie – AZ Alkmaar v Roda JC Kerkrade, 11:30am – FC Utrecht v FC Twente, 1:30pm – PEC Zwolle v Feyenoord, 1:30pm, Sky Sports 2, Red Button – PSV Eindhoven v Willem II, 3:45pm, Sky Sports 2, Red Button
Ligue 1 – Toulouse v Marseille, 2pm, BT Sport Extra – Saint-Etienne v Nantes, 4pm, BT Sport Extra – PSG v Guingamp, 8pm, BT Sport Extra
Bundesliga – Hertha BSC v FC Augsburg, 2:30pm, BT Sport 3, and FC Ingolstadt v Darmstadt 98, 4:30pm, BT Sport 3
Serie A – Sampdoria v Fiorentina at 11:30am, BT Sport 3 and eir Sport 1, then five matches at 2pm, including Bologna v Roma, BT Sport ESPN, and AC Milan v Palermo, eir Sport 1, followed by Lazio v Napoli at 7:45pm, BT Sport 3
La Liga – Granada v Valencia, 11am, Sky Sports 2, Red Button – Celta Vigo v Eibar, 3:15pm, Sky Sports 2 – Osasuna v Leganes, 5:30pm, Sky Sports 2 – Las Palmas v Real Betis, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 2
Portuguese Primeira Liga – two games at 4pm, one at 6pm and one at 8:15pm, which is Moreirense v Benfica, BT Sport Extra
Belgian Jupiler League – RSC Anderlecht v KAA Gent, 5pm (Championship play-off)
Hyundai A-League – Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets, 8am, BT Sport 1
MLS – Orlando City SC v New York Red Bulls, 9pm, Sky Sports 3, and Sporting Kansas City v Colorado Rapids, midnight on Sunday
Chinese Super League – one game at 8:30am and one at 12:35pm
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HORSERACING
The Sunday line-up is:
Naas, 1:55pm – featuring the €60,000 Group 3 Gladness Stakes (3:30pm) and the €63,000 Group 3 Alleged Stakes (4:05pm)
Market Rasen, 2pm –
Tramore, 2:05pm – featuring the €20,000 Waterford & Tramore Racecourse Annual Members Steeplechase (3:45pm)
Ffos Las, 2:15pm –
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The Turf TV USA line-up is , 4:45pm, , 6pm, , 6:05pm, and , 8:25pm
The South African meeting is (10:20am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Sunday line-up is as follows:
11:03am –
11:11am –
2:06pm –
2:12pm –
3:18pm –
6:04pm –
6:11pm –
The next meeting live on Sky Sports is Northern Sprint night at Sheffield on Tuesday April 25th
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AUSSIE RULES
Next games:
Round 3 of the season
Sunday 9 April
St Kilda v Brisbane Lions, 3:10am, BT Sport 3 – Carlton v Essendon, 5:20am – Gold Coast Suns v Hawthorn, 6:40am, BT Sport 3
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it and runs to October 1st
There are 15 MLB games today, with start times ranging from 6:10pm on Sunday to 1:08am on Monday – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Live:
Miami Marlins @ New York Mets, 1am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
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BASKETBALL
There are seven NBA games today, with start times ranging from 5pm today to 2:30am on Monday – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Live games:
Toronto Raptors @ New York Knicks, 5pm, BT Sport ESPN
Cleveland Cavaliers @ Atlanta Hawks, 8:30pm, BT Sport 1
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
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CRICKET
One Day International Series – West Indies v Pakistan, 2:30pm, Sky Sports 5
IPL – Sunrisers Hyderabad v Gujarat Lions, 11:30am, Sky Sports 3, and Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders, 3:30pm, Sky Sports 3
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CYCLING
Check out this website – http://www.uci.ch/road/calendar/
The next main events…
From the UCI road calendar
The Paris-Roubaix – 257.5km, 9:45am, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
The Premier League darts moves into Week 11 on Thursday 13 April, from the Echo Arena, Liverpool, with the line-up (live on Sky Sports 1 from 7pm) being:
Gary Anderson v Dave Chisnall
Michael van Gerwen v Peter Wright
Adrian Lewis v Raymond van Barneveld
Phil Taylor v James Wade
Peter Wright v Gary Anderson
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FORMULA ONE
The second race of the 2017 Formula One season will be the Chinese Grand Prix, which is set to take place on Sunday April 9th
The big race is due off at 7am, live on eir Sport 1 and, of course, on Sky’s F1 channel
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GAA
Sunday 9 April
Allianz FL Division 1 final
Dublin v Kerry, Croke Park, 4pm, live on TG4
Allianz FL Division 2 final
Kildare v Galway, Croke Park, 2pm, live on TG4
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GOLF
European Tour/PGA Tour – The Masters, the first Major of the season, concludes today – live on Sky Sports 1 at 7pm, Sky Sports 4 at 6pm; 6pm on Sky Sports Mix; at 7pm on eir Sport 1; and at 6:30pm on BBC2
There is a review of day 3 and a preview of the final day on Sky Sports 4 at 9am
PGA Tour – As above
LPGA Tour – The next tournament is the LOTTE Championship Presented by HERSHEY, at Ko Olina, Oahu, Hawaii, April 12th to 15th; the defending champion is Minjee Lee
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, TPC Sugarloaf, Duluth, Georgia, April 14th to 16th
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)
There are ten games scheduled in the NHL today, with start times ranging from 10pm today to 2am – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Live games:
Columbus Blue Jackets @ Toronto Maple Leafs, 11pm, eir Sport 2
Vancouver Canucks @ Edmonton Oilers, 2am, eir Sport 2 – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
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RUGBY LEAGUE
NRL – New Zealand Warriors v Parramatta Eels, 5am, eir Sport 2 – Melbourne Storm v Cronulla Sutherland Sharks, 7am, eir Sport 2
Championship – five games, all at 3pm
There is a live League One game – Doncaster v Toronto Wolfpacks, 2pm, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Premiership – Wasps v Northampton, 3pm, BT Sport 1
Top 14 – Racing 92 v Pau, 11:30am, and Toulon v Stade Toulousain, 4pm
Super Rugby – Western Force v Southern Kings, 7:05am, Sky Sports 3
HSBC Sevens World Series – The Hong Kong Sevens, 6am, Sky Sports 2, and 10am, Sky Sports 5
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SNOOKER
April 5th to 12th – Betfred World Championship Qualifiers, Sheffield, England
April 15th to May 1st – Betfred World Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
WTA – Volvo Cars Open, Charleston, USA – the final, live on BT Sport 1 at 6pm
WTA – Abierto Monterrey – Monterrey, Mexico – the final, 9:45pm, BT Sport 3
Davis Cup – Quarter-finals, various locations, April 7th to 9th including France v Britain, 1pm, BBC2
Then:
ATP – Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men’s Clay Court Championship, Houston, Texas, April 10th to 16th
ATP – Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Monte Carlo, Monaco, April 16th to 23rd
ATP – Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Barcelona, Spain, April 24th to 30th
WTA – Claro Open Solsanitas – Bogota, Colombia, April 10th to 15th
WTA – Ladies Open Biel Bienne – Biel, Switzerland, April 10th to 16th
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OTHER SPORT
FIA World Touring Cars – 4:30pm and 5:30pm, Eurosport 1
MotoGP Argentina – all on BT Sport 2: Warm-ups, 1:30pm; Moto3: 4:30pm; Moto2: 6:15pm; MotoGP: 7:45pm
WRC – Rally of France, 11am BT Sport 1
NASCAR – The O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, eir Sport 2, 6pm
Athletics – The Paris Marathon, Eurosport 2 at 7:30am
Verizon IndyCar Series – the Grand Prix of Long Beach, 9:30pm, BT Sport ESPN
Posted: 8th April 2017