Thursday 2 November 2017
PORTS PREVIEW
Thursday 2 November 2017
FOOTBALL
Thursday Nov 02
Europa League – 24 games, 12 at 6pm and 12 at 8:05pm, Live games – Lyon v Everton, 6pm, eir Sport 2/BT Sport 2, Apollon Limassol v Atalanta, 6pm, BT Sport ESPN, AEK Athens v AC Milan, 6pm, BT Sport 3, Slavia Prague v Villarreal, 6pm, eir Sport 1 – Arsenal v Crvena Zvezda, 8:05pm, eir Sport 2/BT Sport 2, FC Cologne v BATE Borisov, 8:05pm, BT Sport ESPN and Lazio v Nice, 8:05pm, eir Sport 1/BT Sport 3
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HORSERACING
The Thursday line-up is:
Lingfield, 12:15pm – Eight races, starting with a couple of 2yo contests and containing four handicaps, one of them for apprentices; however, the big races, both Listed Races, are the £40,000 32Red EBF Stallions Fleur de Lys Fillies’ Stakes (an All Weather Fast-Track Qualifier)(1:20pm) and the £40,000 EBF Stallions River Eden Fillies’ Stakes (2:25pm), in which Ireland is represented by Charles O’Brien’s Santa Monica (Declan McDonogh) and France is represented by Pia Brandt’s Sacrifice My Soul (Pat Cosgrave) and Andre Fabre’s Val de Marne (Raphael Marchelli)
Clonmel, 12:50pm – A seven-race NH card, with field-sizes of 18-17-15-8-7-12 & 17, including the €16,500 WWW.GrahamNorris.Com Memorial Handicap Hurdle (2:30pm) and €16,500 Breeders’ Cup Starts Tomorrow On AtTheRaces Rated Chase (3:35pm), top jockeys in action include Ruby Walsh, Davy Russell, Sean Flanagan, Paul Townend, Donal McInerney, Jack Kennedy, Denis O’Regan, Andrew Lynch and Danny Mullins to name just a few.
Sedgefield, 1pm – A seven-race card, where the feature race is the £30,000 Racing App Sedgefielders Durham National Handicap Chase (3:10pm), field-sizes are 8-7-4-7-13-13 & 14. Top jockeys in action include Brian Hughes, Aidan Coleman, Sean Bowen, Will Kennedy, Harry Skelton and Henry Brooke. Irish trainer Gordon Elliott runs Russian Regent (Harry Skelton) in the feature (3:10pm) and Boytonrath (Harry Skelton) in the Handicap Hurdle (4:10pm)
Stratford, 1:40pm – A six-race card, including a £10,000 Novices’ Hurdle (3:20pm), field-sizes are 7-9-7-11-4 & 9, top jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Sam Twiston-Davies, Nick Scholfield, Daryl Jacob, Johnny Burke, Tom Scudamore, David Bass, Tom O’Brien and Paddy Brennan to name just a few.
Chelmsford, 5:25pm – Eight races, consisting of (in this order) a 2yo novice stakes race, a nursery, three handicaps for 3yo+ (over 8f, 1m6f and 5f), two divisions of the 6f handicap (3yo+) and a 7f handicap (3yo+); field-sizes are 9-10-16-7 (a £20,000 handicap, 1m6f)-11-10-16 and 16; jockeys in action include Franny Norton, Joe Fanning, Jim Crowley, James Doyle, PJ McDonald, Richard Kingscote, Josephine Gordon, Dougie Costello Robert Havlin and David Probert
Later in the shops it is Hipo Chile (5:30pm) in Chile
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Finger Lakes, 5:10pm, Gulfstream Park West, 5:15pm, Del Mar, 7:30pm, Golden Gate Fields, 7:45pm, and Hawthorne, 8:10pm
The South African meeting is Vaal (10:10am)
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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 – HOVE
6:33pm – MONMORE
6:39pm – NEWCASTLE
The next live Sky meeting is the William Hill St Leger meeting at Perry Barr on Wednesday November 8th
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 9 begins on today with Buffalo Bills @ New York Jets, 00:25am – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning, Sky Sports Main Event/Action
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Northern Illinois Huskies @ Toledo Rockets, 10pm, BT Sport 1
Navy Midshipmen @ Temple Owls, midnight, BT Sport 1
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BASEBALL
TBC
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BASKETBALL
There are two NBA matches today, with start times of midnight and 2:30am – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Live:
Golden State Warriors v San Antonio Spurs, midnight on Wednesday, BT Sport 2
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Coming up:
Saturday November 4 – Deontay Wilder v Bermane Stiverne, WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder faces Bermane Stiverne for the second time in his career. Stiverne was outclassed by Wilder back in 2015 but is the only man to go the distance with the unbeaten American in his career so far.
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CRICKET
There are no games scheduled for today
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CYCLING
Tour of Hainan, coverage of the seven stage, a 166km journey from Sanya to Wuzhishan in China, 5:30am, Eurosport 2, i.e. late Thurs night/early Fri morning
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DARTS
Coming up on the PDC calendar:
Nov 3 – Nov 5 – Ladbrokes World Series of Darts Finals, Braehead Arena, Glasgow
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 Grand Prix is the Brazilian Grand Prix, in Sao Paulo, which runs from November 10-12
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
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GOLF
USPGA Tour – Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, Las Vegas, NV, USA, Nov 2-5, day one, 9:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and 8:30pm, Sky Sports The Open
PGA European Tour – Turkish Airlines Open, Regnum Carya Golf Resort, Anyalya, Turkey, Nov 2-5, day one, 9am, Sky Sports Main Event/The Open
Ladies European Tour – Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open, Saadiyat Beach Golf Club, Weds Nov 01 to Sat Nov 04, day two, 9am, Sky Sports Mix
USLPGA Tour – Toto Japan Classic, Ibaraki, Japan, Nov 2-5, day one
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ICE HOCKEY
There are 12 NHL matches today, with start times ranging from midnight on Thursday to 3:30am on Friday – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Live:
New York Islanders @ Washington Capitals, 11pm, eir Sport 2
Nashville Predators @ Anaheim Ducks, 2am, eir Sport 1, i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Next games:
Friday 3 November
Rugby League World Cup – Australia v France, 9am
Saturday 4 November
Rugby League World Cup – New Zealand v Scotland, 4am – Samoa v Tonga, 6:30am – England v Lebanon, 9am
Sunday 5 November
Rugby League World Cup – Italy v USA, 6am – Papua New Guinea v Ireland, 6am – Fiji v Wales, 8:30am
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Friday 3 November
Anglo-Welsh Cup – Worcester v Sale Sharks, 7:45pm
Pro14 – Glasgow Warriors v Leinster – Munster v Dragons – Scarlets v Benetton Rugby – All 7:35pm
There are more fixtures on Saturday and Sunday (see the Upcoming Sport file)
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SNOOKER
Under way is the International Championship in Daqing, China, running from October 29th to November 5th – day 5 is live on Eurosport 1 at 6:30am and 11:30am
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TENNIS
ATP Rolex Paris Masters, Paris, France Oct 30 to Nov 6, day four, 2pm, Sky Sports Main Event and 10am, Sky Sports Arena
WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China, Oct 30 to Nov 5, day three’s action is live on BT Sport 1 at 7am
Posted: 2nd November 2017