Thursday 13th JULY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Friday 14 JULY 2017
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FOOTBALL
Friday July 14
CONCACAF Gold Cup – Costa Rica v French Guiana, 12:30am, and Canada v Honduras, 3am – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Champions League Qualifying Second Round – Linfield v Celtic, 5pm, eir Sport 2
Scottish League Cup – Ayr United v Kilmarnock, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1
Airtricity League Premier Division
Bray v Cork City, 7:45 pm – St Pat’s Athletic v Derry City, 7:45pm – Finn Harps v Bohemians, 8:00pm
Live Star Sixes, a six-a-side tournament from the O2, London, 7:15pm, Sky Sports 1
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HORSERACING
The Friday line-up is:
NEWMARKET (1:50pm) – An eight-race card on day two of the July Festival, the card includes the Group 2 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes (2:25pm) and the Group 1 Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes (3:35pm)
YORK (2:05pm) – A seven-race card, including the Group 3 Summer Stakes (3:15pm), top jockeys in action include Jamie Spencer, Paul Hanagan, Danny Tudhope, Pat Cosgrave, Richard Kingscote, Stevie Donohoe and Pat Dobbs
ASCOT (2:15pm) – A seven-race card, with field-sizes of 8-7-9-7-11-7 & 10, top jockeys in action include Silvestre De Sousa, Martin Harley, David Probert, Harry Bentley, Luke Morris, Adam Kirby and Dane O’Neill
NAVAN, 5:25pm – A seven-race flat card, featuring the €24,000 Foran Equine Irish EBF Auction Maiden at 7:30pm, top jockeys in action include Pat Smullen, Colin Keane, Kevin Manning, Declan McDonogh, Chris Hayes, Billy Lee, Wayne Lordan and Leigh Roche
CORK, 5:35pm – A seven-race NH card, featuring the €21,000 20 Year Celebration Dowling Security Hurdle at 7:40pm, top jockeys in action include Davy Russell, Ruby Walsh, Bryan Cooper, Sean Flanagan, Paul Townend, Rachael Blackmore, Robbie Power and Andrew Lynch
CHEPSTOW (5:45pm) – A seven-race card, with field-sizes of 10-8-8-7-9-8 & 10. Top jockeys in action include Silvestre De Sousa, David Probert, Timmy Murphy, Steve Drowne, Charles Bishop, George Wood, Callum Shepherd and Mitch Godwin
MUSSELBURGH (5:55pm) – A seven-race card, with field-sizes of 12-5-6-8-9-6 & 9. Top jockeys in action include Joe Fanning, Phillip Makin, Graham Lee, James Sullivan, Kevin Stott, Jason Hart, Dougie Costello and Sammy Jo Bell
CARLISE, 6:05pm – A seven-race card, with field-sizes of 10-11-7-8-6-5 & 11. Top jockeys in action include PJ McDonald, Tom Eaves, Andrew Mullen, Paul Mulrennan, Franny Norton, David Allan and Jack Garritty
They also race in France at Saint-Cloud (4:45pm); later in shops it is Club Hipico, 7:15pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Monmouth Park, 5:50pm, Belmont Park, 6:30pm, Gulfstream, 7:15pm, Woodbine, 8:45pm and Penn National, 11:00pm
The South African meeting is Fairview (11:05am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Friday line-up is as follows:
10:31am – KINSLEY
10:38am – SWINDON
2:08pm – HOVE
2:18pm – MONMORE
6:28pm – NOTTINGHAM
6:33pm – CRAYFORD
6:39pm – SHEFFIELD
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 17 of the season, next games:
Friday 14 July
St Kilda v Essendon, 10:50am, BT Sport 2
Saturday 15 July
Port Adelaide v North Melbourne, 4:40am – Geelong Cats v Hawthorn, 4:45am, BT Sport 1 – Gold Coast Suns v Collingwood, 7:35am – Melbourne v Adelaide Crows, 10:10am – GWS Giants v Sydney Swans, 10:25am
Sunday 16 July
Richmond v Brisbane Lions, 4:10am – Fremantle v West Coast Eagles, 5:40am – Carlton v Western Bulldogs, 6:20am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 15 games taking place today, with start times ranging from 00:05am on Saturday to 3:10am on Saturday, i.e. – late Fri night/early Sat morning
Live:
New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox, midnight, BT Sport 1
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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
Miguel Berchelt v Takashi Miura, Saturday 15 July/early Sunday morning – Mexican WBC World Super Featherweight title holder Miguel Berchelt will make his first title defence against former champion Takashi Miura from Japan – The Forum, Inglewood, California
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CRICKET
Friday July 14
International Test Match – England v South Africa, 11am, day 1 (of 5), Sky Sports 2
One-Day International Series – Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, 5:30am
NatWest T20 Blast – Worcestershire Rapids v Leicestershire Foxes, 5:30pm – Surrey v Kent Spitfires, 6:30pm – Birmingham Bears v Northamptonshire Steelbacks, 7pm – Lancashire Lightning v Yorkshire Vikings, 7pm, Sky Sports 2 – Hampshire v Middlesex, 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
The blue riband event of cycling, the Tour de France, runs from July 1st to July 23rd; stage 13, a 101km journey from Saint-Girons to Foix
Live coverage:
1:30pm, TG4 – 1:30pm, ITV4 – 1:30pm, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
Iranian National Championships – July 8-17
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DARTS
Coming up:
US Darts Masters – July 14-15, Tropicana Las Vegas, 8pm, ITV4/9pm, eir Sport 1
World Matchplay – July 22-30, Winter Gardens, Blackpool
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 race is the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, July 14-16, Practice 1, 8:55am – Practice 2, 12:55pm, Channel 4/8:45am, Sky Sports 1/8:55am, eir Sport 1
The next race after this will be the Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest, July 28-30
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 15 July
All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers Round 3B
Tipperary v Armagh, Semple Stadium, TBC
Carlow v Monaghan, Dr Cullen Park, TBC
Sunday 16 July
Leinster SFC final
Dublin v Kildare, Croke Park, 4pm
Ulster SFC final
Down v Tyrone, Clones, 2pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – THE Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, Dundonald Links, Scotland, July 13-16, day two, 10:30am, Sky Sports 1/4
USPGA Tour – the John Deere Classic, TPC Deere Run, USA, July 13-16, day two, 9pm, Sky Sports Mix
LPGA Tour – the US Women’s Open, Trump National Golf Club, USA, July 13-16, day two, 7pm, Sky Sports 4
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), is the Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, Caves Valley Golf Club, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, July 13-16, day two,
On the European Seniors Tour, it is the WINSTON golf Senior Open, WINSTON links Course, WINSTON golf, Vorbeck, Germany, July 14-16, day one,
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HOCKEY
Women’s Hockey World League
Poland v Japan, 10:45am – Chile v South Africa, 1pm – USA v Argentina, 3pm – Germany v England, 5pm, all live on BT Sport 1
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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:
Friday 14 July
Super League – Castleford Tigers v Salford Red Devils, 8pm, Sky Sports 3 – Huddersfield Giants v Leigh Centurions, 8pm – Leeds Rhinos v Hull FC, 8pm – Widnes Vikings v Wakefield Trinity, 8pm
NRL – New Zealand Warriors v Penrith Panthers, 9am – Canberra Raiders v St George-Illawarra Dragons, 10:50am
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RUGBY UNION
Friday 14 July
Super Rugby – Highlanders v Reds, 8:35am, Sky Sports 1 – Melbourne Rebels v Los Jaguares, 10:45am, Sky Sports 1 – Southern Kings v Cheetahs, 6pm, Sky Sports 5
Saturday 15 July
Super Rugby – Sunwolves v Blues, 4:05am – Chiefs v Brumbies, 6:15am, Sky Sports 1 – Hurricanes v Crusaders, 8:35am, Sky Sports 1 – Western Force v Waratahs, 10:45am, Sky Sports 1 – Sharks v Lions, 4:15pm, Sky Sports 1 – Bulls v Stormers, 6:30pm, Sky Sports 3
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SNOOKER
Next:
The next key tournament is the Hong Kong Masters – July 20-23
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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 11 is on BBC2 from 12:30pm, BBC1 from 1:45pm, and eir Sport 1 from 11:30am
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OTHER SPORT
Athletics – IAAF World Youth Championships, day three, 5:30pm, Eurosport 2
Diving World Championships – 10am and 3pm, Eurosport 2
X-GAMES – Day two from Minneapolis, 6:45pm, 00:30am and 2am, BT Sport ESPN
CFL – Montreal Alouettes @ Calgary Stampeders, midnight, BT Sport 2 – Ottawa Redblacks @ Edmonton Eskimos, 3am, BT Sport 2, i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
Posted: 13th July 2017