Thursday 03rd August 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Thursday 03rd August 2017
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FOOTBALL
Europa League Qualifiers (2nd legs) – There are 28 games taking place, including Apollon Limassol v Aberdeen, 6pm, (Agg, 1-2), live on eir Sport 2, and MFK Ruzomberok v Everton, 6pm, (Agg, 0-1), ITV4
Women’s UEFA European Championships, semi-finals – Holland v TBC, TBCpm and TBC v TBC, TBCpm – The games are listed to be live on Channel 4 and Eurosport 1 from 4:30pm and 7:30pm, respectively
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HORSERACING
The Thursday line-up is:
Stratford, 1:30pm – Seven race National Hunt card with field sizes of 10-6-8-9-8-9-11. Includes a Class 3 Handicap Hurdle over 2m (2:35pm) – Dan Skelton takes a strong team including Workbench in the feature race, Raleagh Mountain (3:10pm) and Daulys Anthem in the opener. Jockeys on the card include Richard Johnson, Sam Twiston-Davies, Conor Shoemark, Paddy Brennan and Noel Fehily.
Galway, 1:40pm – the card features the €300,000 Guinness Galway Hurdle Handicap (Grade A, 4:35pm), trainer Willie Mullins has four runners including last-year’s winner Clondaw Warrior, who will be sporting first-time blinkers, Tony Martin won the race in 2014 with Thomas Edison and in 2015 with Quick Jack and he has 2014 winner Thomas Edison as his only runner under yesterday’s Galway Plate winning jockey Davy Russell. There are four UK trained challengers, while Gordon Elliott has three runner and Joseph O’Brien has two plus a reserve, backed up by the €50,000 Grade 3 Guinness Open Gate Brewery Novice Chase (2:15pm), and the €60,000 Arthur Guinness Irish EBF Corrib Fillies’ Stakes (Listed Race, 3:25pm)
Goodwood, 1:50pm – the card includes the £100,000 Group 3 Markel Insurance ‘Lillie Langtry’ Fillies’ Stakes (2:25pm, 3yo+), the £200,000 Group 2 Qatar Richmond Stakes (2yo, 3pm) and the £600,000 Group 1 Qatar Nassau Stakes (for fillies and mares, 3yo+, 3:35pm), in which Aidan O’Brien’s dual Classic and Royal Ascot winner Winter will face eight rivals; Aidan also runs Hydrangea in the race and his other runners on the card are Wild Irish Rose (2:25pm), US Navy Flag (3pm) and Magical (4:45pm)
Nottingham, 2:10pm – seven races – four handicaps, two 2yo races and a 3-4yo maiden – with field-sizes of 8-8-15-10-4-8 and 11; jockeys in action include Graham Lee, Paul Hanagan, Kevin Stott, Luke Morris, Richard Kingscote, Fran Berry, Danny Tudhope, David Allan, Adam Beschizza, Danny Tudhope, Jason Hart, Tom Eaves, Franny Norton, Robert Winston and Louis Steward
Ffos Las, 5:35pm – seven races, made up of five handicaps, a 2yo race and a maiden for 3yo+; field-sizes are 5-7-12-7-8-5 and 12; jockeys in action include Martin Dwyer, Steve Drowne, Shane Kelly, Timmy Murphy, Liam Keniry, William Carson, Sam Hitchcott, Kieran Shoemark and Andrea Atzeni, who has one ride – Zeelander for Roger Varian(6:40pm) – and he rides earlier in the day at Goodwood
Epsom, 5:50pm – the six-race card begins with the Steve Donoghue Apprentice Handicap, which is named after one of the greatest-ever jockeys in Britain; field-sizes are 9-8-8-8-6 and 7 on a card that contains five handicaps and a 2yo race; jockeys in action include Jim Crowley, Silvestre de Sousa, Tom Queally, Dougie Costello, Hector Crouch, Fergus Sweeney, Gerald Mosse, Martin Harley, George Wood, Fran Berry, Adam Beschizza, Pat Cosgrave, David Probert and Tom Marquand
They also race in India at Bangalore (10:30am); later in shops it is Hipo Chile (7:15pm), in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Saratoga, 6pm, Gulfstream, 6:15pm, Delaware Park, 6:15pm, Del Mar, 10pm and Presque Isle Downs, 10:25pm
The South African meeting is Scottsville (11:40am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Thursday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – SUNDERLAND
11:11am – SHEFFIELD
2:08pm – ROMFORD
2:18pm – CRAYFORD
6:28pm – NEWCASTLE
6:33pm – MONMORE
6:38pm – HOVE
The next live meeting on Sky Sports Action (from 7pm) is tonight’s Coral Sussex Cup meeting at Hove
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 20 matches, the final round of the regular season:
Friday 04 August
Geelong Cats v Sydney Swans, 10:50am
Saturday 05 August
GWS Giants v Melbourne, 4:45am – Essendon v Carlton, 5:10am – Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs, 7:35am – Fremantle v Gold Coast Suns, 8:40am – North Melbourne v Collingwood, 10:25am
Sunday 06 August
St Kilda v West Coast Eagles, 4:10am – Richmond v Hawthorn, 5:20am – Adelaide Crows v Port Adelaide, 7:10am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 13 games taking place today, with start times ranging from 7:10pm on Thursday to 3:15am on Friday, i.e. – Thursday night/early Friday morning
Live:
St Louis Cardinals @ Milwaukee Brewers, 7pm, BT Sport ESPN
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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:
Sunday August 20, 2017 – Terence Crawford v Julius Indongo, WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF Super-Lightweight, from Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2am, Sky Sports Arena, i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
Saturday August 26, 2017 – Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor, billed as “The Money Fight” is an upcoming professional boxing super-fight between undefeated eleven-time five-division professional boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the current UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor. It will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada
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CRICKET
Wednesday August 02
Tour Match 2017 – Essex v West Indies, 11am, day three
Under 19 Youth TEST Series 2017 – England U-19 v India U-19, 11am, day three
TEST Series 2017 – Sri Lanka v India, 5:30am, day one
NATWEST T20 Blast 2017 – Middlesex v Hampshire, 6:15pm, which is live on Sky Sports Cricket – Glamorgan v Gloucestershire, 6:30pm – Yorkshire Vikings v Derbyshire Falcons, 6:30pm – Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Lancashire Lightning, 6:30pm – Sussex Sharks v Surrey, 7pm
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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
Tour of Poland – Stage six of the UCI event featuring a 199km route from Weiliczka Salt Mine to Zakopane, 5pm, Eurosport 2
Tour of Utah – Stage four features a 203km journey that starts and finishes in South Jordan City, 7:15pm, Eurosport 2
Tour Cycliste International de la Guadeloupe – July 28 to Aug 06
From the track calendar:
British Cycling National Junior Track Championships, Newport, Wales, July 31 to Aug 04
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DARTS
Next up:
ET9 – Dutch Dart Masters – Sept 01-03, Maastricht, Netherlands
Unibet Champions League of Darts, Sept 16-17
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 race is the Belgium Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, Aug 25-27
The next race after this will be the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, September 1-3
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 5 August
All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals
Tyrone v Armagh, 4pm, Croke Park – Sky
Dublin v Monaghan, 6pm, Croke Park – Sky
All-Ireland JFC final
Kerry v Meath, Portlaoise, 3pm
Sunday 6 August
All-Ireland SHC semi-final
Galway v Tipperary, Croke Park, 4pm – RTE/Sky
Monday August 07
All-Ireland SFC quarter-final replay
Mayo v Roscommon, 2pm, Croke Park – RTE2
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – as per USPGA Tour
USPGA Tour – The WGC–Bridgestone Invitational, Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio, USA, Aug 03-06 – day one, which is live on Sky Sports The Open at 6:30pm
LPGA Tour – the Ricoh Women’s British Open, Fife, Scotland, Aug 03-06 – day one, which is live on Sky Sports Mix, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports The Open at 11am
On the (Seniors Tour), the Scottish Senior Open, The Reanaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland, Aug 04-06
On the (Champions Tour), the 3M Championship, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, MN, Aug 04-06
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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:
Today
NRL – Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v Parramatta Eels, 10:50am, eir Sport 2
Super League 8s – Castleford Tigers v St Helens, 8pm, both teams’ opening fixture, live on Sky Sports Arena and Sky Sports Main Event from 7:30pm
Friday 04 August
NRL – New Zealand Warriors v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, 9am – Parramatta Eels v Brisbane Broncos, 10:50am
RUGBY UNION
Friday 04 August
Currie Cup – Sharks v Griquas, 6pm
Saturday 05 August
Currie Cup – Western Province v Pumas, 2pm – Blue Bulls v Golden Lions, 4:15pm
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SNOOKER
Next:
European Masters Qualifiers – Preston, August 03-04
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP Generali Open, Kitzbuhel, Austria, Mon July 31 – Sun Aug 06 – Day five
ATP Abierto Mexicano 250 Los Cabo, Los Cobos, Mexico, Mon July 31 – Sun Aug 06 – Day three, with the action live on Eurosport 1 from 1am – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
WTA Tour Bank Of The West Classic, Stanford, Connecticut, USA, Mon July 31 – Sun Aug 06, Day four action is live on BT Sport 1 at 7pm and 3am– i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Citi Open, Washington, DC, USA, Mon July 31 – Sun Aug 06, Day four, which is live on Sky Sports Action at 9pm, BT Sport 2 at 6:45pm and Sky Sports Main Event at 10:30pm
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OTHER SPORT
Canadian Football League – Toronto Argonauts v Calgary Stampeders, 12:30am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Posted: 3rd August 2017