SUNDAY 9th JULY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
SUNDAY 9th JULY 2017
Chris McLaughlin/Will Reilly/Shane McArdle
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FOOTBALL
Sunday July 9th
UEFA European U-19 Championship (Group B) – Netherlands v Bulgaria, 5pm, and England v Germany, 5pm, Eurosport 1
Airtricity League Premier Division – Cork City v St Pats Athletic, 2pm – Derry City v Sligo Rovers, 2:30pm
Chinese Super League – Changchun Yatai v Shanghai SIPG, 8:30am, Sky Sport 1 – Tianjin Teda v Shandong Luneng, 12:35pm
Friendly – Inter Milan v WSG Swarovski Wattens, 4:30pm
Brazilian top-flight – Cruzeiro v Palmeiras, 8pm, BT Sport 1
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HORSERACING
The Sunday line-up is:
Limerick, 1:30pm – An eight-race NH card, including the €18,000 Michael English Country Music Night 27th July Steeplechase (3:40pm) and the feature €26,000 Galway Plate Trial Handicap Steeplechase (4:45pm); jockeys in action include Davy Russell, Paul Townend, Sean Flanagan, Robbie Power, David Mullins, Jody McGarvey, Andrew Lynch and Ruby Walsh; field-sizes are 14-15-17-17-8-16 (plus one reserve)-16 (plus 3 reserves) and 18
Ayr, 1:40pm – Eight-race flat card, with a £12,000 handicap feature at 4:20pm and with field-sizes of 7-14-14-13-10-6-12 and 9; jockeys in action include Paul Hanagan, Paul Mulrennan, James Doyle, Joe Fanning, Daniel Tudhope, Tony Hamilton, PJ McDonald and Graham Lee; runners from Ireland on the card are John McConnell’s Itsalonglongroad (1:40pm, first-time tongue-tie, Joe Fanning), John McConnell’s Lucent Dream (2:10pm, James Doyle), John Feane’s Mostawfee (2:45pm, David Simmonson), John McConnell’s Blankiedoodie (2:45pm, Paul Hanagan), Lee Smyth’s Penelope Pitstop (3:15pm, first-time cheek-pieces, Jmes Sullivan) and John McConnell’s Nothing To Lose (4:55pm, Paul Hanagan)
Market Rasen, 1:50pm – A seven-race National Hunt card including a £12,000 Class 3 Handicap Chase (the Elizabeth Noble Memorial) over 2m5f89y at 4pm and an £18,000 Class 2 Handicap Hurdle (the Don Noble Handicap Hurdle) over 2m7f16y; field sizes for the meeting are; 6-4-12-5-6-5 and 13; jockeys in action include Aidan Coleman, Richard Johnson, Sean Bowen, Paddy Brennan, Harry Skelton, Derek Fox, Tom Scudamore, Richie McLernon and Nico de Boinville; the card starts with a conditional riders’ handicap hurdle and ends with a handicap hurdle for lady amateur riders; good luck to relatively new trainer Oliver Murphy – who won with his first flat winner after moving to England from Gordon Elliott’s yard in Ireland – with his two runners in the finale
They also race in India at Bangalore (10:30am), in Germany at Hannover (1pm) and in France at Chantilly (1pm – see below); later in shops it is Woodbine, 6pm, in Canada and Monterrico, 7:30pm, in Guatemala
At Chantilly in France, there are the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat (3:35pm, 3yo colts and fillies, turf, one mile – Saeed bin Suroor runs Thunder Snow in the race; Christophe Soumillon has been booked to ride) and the Group 3 Morocco Cup Prix Chloe (2:55pm, 3yo fillies, turf, nine furlongs)
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Monmouth Park, 5:50pm, Gulfstream, 6:15pm, and Belmont Park, 6:30pm
The South African meeting is Scottsville (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 William Hill UK Festival on July 19 at Sunderland
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 16 of the season, next games:
Sunday 9 July
North Melbourne v Freemantle, 4:10am, BT Sport 1 – Carlton v Melbourne, 6:20am – West Coast Eagles v Port Adelaide, 7:40am, live on BT Sport 1
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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 6:05pm on Sunday to 1am on Monday morning – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Live games:
Milwaukee Brewers @ New York Yankees, 6:05pm, BT Sport ESPN
The All-Star Futures Game, 9pm, BT Sport ESPN – the teams are made up Minor League prospects
Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Indians, 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
TBC
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CRICKET
Sunday July 9
Test Match – England v South Africa, 10:30am, Sky Sports 2, day 4 (of 5)
NatWest T20 Blast – Durham v Northamptonshire, 2:30pm – Lancashire v Leicestershire, 2:30pm – Surrey v Somerset, 2:30pm – Sussex v Glamorgan, 2:30pm – Kent v Essex, 3pm
ICC Women’s World Cup – England v Australia, 10:30am, Sky Sports 3 and Sky Sports Mix – West Indies v Sri Lanka, 10:30am
International T20 – West Indies v India, 4:30pm, Sky Sports 1
County Championship Division Two – Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, 11am (a four-day game)
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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, runs from July 1st to July 23rd; stage nine, a 181.5km journey from Nantua to Chambery
Live coverage:
10:40am, TG4 – 10:30am, ITV4 – 10:30am, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
Russian National Track Championships Junior & U23 – July 4-9
6 Giorni delle Rose – Fiorenzuola 2017 – July 6-11
Iranian National Championships – July 8-17
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DARTS
Coming up:
Players Championship 17 – July 9, Barnsley, England
North American Championship – July 13, Tropicana Las Vegas
US Darts Masters – July 14-15, Tropicana Las Vegas
World Matchplay – July 22-30, Winter Gardens, Blackpool
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FORMULA ONE
The Austria Grand Prix is live on Sky Sports 1 at 12:30pm (the race is due off at 1pm), and on eir Sport 1 at 12:55pm
This will be followed by the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, July 14-16
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Sunday 9 July
Connacht SFC final
Galway v Roscommon, Pearse Stadium, 2pm – live on RTE1
Munster SHC final
Clare v Cork, Semple Stadium, 4pm – live on RTE1
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – Dubai Duty Free Irish Open (Hosted by the Rory Foundation), Portstewart Golf Club, Northern Ireland, July 6-9 – Coverage of the final day: 12:30pm, RTE2 and midday on Sky Sports 4
USPGA Tour – The Greenbrier Classic, The Old White Course, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA, July 6-9 – live coverage of the final day, 5:30pm, Sky Sports 4
LPGA Tour – Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic, Thornberry Creek, USA, July 6-9; final day
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), is the Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, Caves Valley Golf Club, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, July 13-16
On the European Seniors Tour, it is the Swiss Seniors Open, at Golf Club Bad Ragaz, July 7-9, in which Nick Faldo is set to play; the final day
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HOCKEY
Women’s Hockey World League semi-finals (Johannesburg, South Africa) (all on BT Sport 1) – Pool A, New Zealand v France, 11am – Pool A, Spain v Japan, 1pm – Pool B, Belgium v Egypt, 3pm – Pool B, South Africa v Ireland, 5pm
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ICE HOCKEY
No key games scheduled today
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Sunday 9 July
Super League – Salford Red Devils v Leeds Rhinos, 3pm
NRL – Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v Newcastle Knights, 7am, eir Sport 2
Championship – five games, all at 3pm
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RUGBY UNION
TBC
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SNOOKER
Next:
The World Cup is taking place in China – July 3-9
Coverage of the semi-finals: 6am (semi-finals) and 12:30pm (the final), live on Eurosport 2
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TENNIS
Wimbledon – July 3 to July 16 – the latest Grand Slam event and the only one played on grass; coverage of day seven is on BBC2 from 11am and 2:30pm, BBC1 from 12:15pm, and eir Sport 1 from 2:15pm
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OTHER SPORT
Athletics – London Anniversary Games, 1:15pm, BBC1 and 12:15pm on BBC2
Formula 2 Championship – The Austrian Grand Prix, 9:15am, eir Sport 1
World Superbikes – race two from the eighth round of the season, from the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California, 9:15pm, Eurosport 2
IndyCar – Iowa Corn 300, 10pm, BT Sport 1
FIM CEV Repsol – round 4 of the 2017 FIM CEV Repsol International Championship (Valencia, Spain), Moto2 and Moto3 classes, 9:45pm, BT Sport 3
World Series Of Poker – day two from Las Vegas, 7pm, BT Sport 3
Posted: 9th July 2017