Thursday 20th JULY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Thursday 20th JULY 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day
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FOOTBALL
Thursday July 20
Europa League Qualifying (Second Round, second leg – There are 33 games taking place, with start times ranging from 4pm to 8:15pm, including Mlady Boleslav v Shamrock Rovers, 5pm (it is 3-2 after first leg)–AEK Larnaca v Cork City, 6pm, eir Sport 1 (1-0 after first leg) and Siroki Brijeg v Aberdeen, 7:45pm, eir Sport 2 (it is 1-1 from the first leg)
International Champions Cup – Man Utd v Man City, 2:30am, i.e. late Thurs night/early Fri morning
Pre-Season Friendly – West Ham Utd v Fulham, 6pm
UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 – Norway v Belgium, 5pm, Eurosport 2 – Netherlands v Denmark, 7:45pm, Eurosport 2
HORSERACING
The THURSDAY line-up is :
KILLARNEY (1:35pm) – the final day of the July Festival; eight races, a National Hunt card with field-sizes of 5-18-14-15-11-15 (plus 3 reserves)-10 and 10; jockeys in action include Ruby Wash, Paul Townend, David Mullins, Danny Mullins, Bryan Cooper, Johnny Burke, Andrew Lynch, Sean Flanagan, Jody McGarvey, Davy Russell and Patrick Mullins; the feature is the €26,000 Dawn Milk Run Handicap Hurdle (3:10pm)
CHEPSTOW (1:50pm) – eight races, with field-sizes of 10-9-8-17-9-16-10 and 5; the final race on the card is an apprentice handicap jockeys in action on the card include Pat Cosgrave, Liam Keniry, David Probert, Fran Berry, John Egan, Timmy Murphy, Martin Dwyer, Dane O’Neill and Shane Kelly
HAMILTON (2pm) – seven races, with field-sizes of 5-10-7-5-7-6 and 13; there are £12,000 handicaps at 3:35pm and 4:10pm; Ireland’s Pat Shanahan runs Warp Factor (3:£5pm, Tadhg O’Shea), Fivehundredmiles (4:10pm, Tadhg O’Shea) and Leven (5:15pm, Tadhg O’Shea) on the card; others jockeys in action include Danny Tudhope, Joe Fanning, Dougie Costello, Graham Lee, Paul Mulrennan, Cam Hardie and Jack Garritty
LEICESTER (2:10pm) – seven races, with field-sizes of 7-7-4-6-8-14 and 9; there are £10,000 handicaps at 3:!5pm and 3:50pm; jockeys riding on the card include Ryan Moore, Andrea Atzeni, Oisin Murphy, Silvestre de Sousa, Paul Hanagan, Martin Lane and Stevie Donohoe; the card closes with an apprentice race
DONCASTER (5:40pm) – seven races, with field-sizes of 10-16-7-9-10-9 and 7; the card open with a race for apprentices; the most-valuable race is a 7f6y handicap at 7:50pm; jockeys in action include William Buick, Tony Hamilton, Harry Bentley, Phillip Makin, PJ McDonald, Martin Harley, Adam Kirby, Tom Eaves, Silvestre de Sousa, Sean Levey, Richard Kingscote, Josephine Gordon, Connor Beasley, Andrea Atzeni and Tom Marquand
LEOPARDSTOWN (5:50pm) – seven races, with the feature being the €63,000 Group 3 ICON Meld Stakes (8pm) – in which the five runners are 119-rated Deauville, Brendan Brackan, Moonlight Magic, Tennessee Wildcat and The Grey Gatsby (who will race in a visor for the first time)and the €55,000 Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Stanerra Stakes (8:30pm); jockeys in action on the card include Seamie Heffernan, Wayne Lordan, Kevin Manning, Pat Smullen, Colm O’Donoghue, Colin Keane, Declan McDonogh, Billy Lee, Donnacha O’Brien and Gary Carroll
EPSOM (6pm) – a six-race card that starts with a handicap for apprentice riders; the card is made up of five handicaps and a maiden; field-sizes are 8-7-8-7-5 and 8; jockeys in action include Tom Queally, Kieran Shoemark, Franny Norton, Oisin Murphy, Fergus Sweeney, John Egan, Kieran O’Neill, Hector Crouch and Charlie Bishop
They also race in India at Hyderabad (10:20am); later in shops it is Hipo Chile, 7:15pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, Delaware Park, 6:15pm, and Gulfstream, 6:16pm
The South African meeting is Vaal (11:10am)
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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 meeting live on Sky Sports is theBetfred Select Stakes on July 26 at Nottingham
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 18 of the season
Friday 21 July
Adelaide Crows v Geelong Cats , 10:20am
Saturday 22 July
Essendon v North Melbourne , 4:45am – Melbourne v Port Adelaide, 5:10am –Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast Suns, 7:35am –Fremantle v Hawthorn, 8:40am – Sydney Swans v St Kilda, 10:25am
Sunday 23 July
Richmond v GWS Giants , 4:10am – Collingwood v West Coast Eagles, 6:20am – Brisbane Lions v Carlton, 7:40am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are nine games taking place today, with start times ranging from 5:10pm Thursday to 3:15am on Friday, i.e. – Wednesday evening/Early Thursday morning
Live :
Toronto Blue Jays @ Boston Red Sox , 6:30pm BT Sport ESPN
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – h ttp://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Big fights coming up
Sun July 30th
Adrien Broner v Mikey Garcia , 12 Rounds Super-Lightweight, Barclays Centre, Brooklyn, New York, midnight, Sky Sports
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CRICKET
Thursday July 20
Natwest T20 Blast 2017 – Middlesex v Kent Spitfires, 5:30pm – Durham Jets v Leicestershire Foxes, 6:30pm, Sky Sports Cricket (Ch 404) – Hampshire v Sussex Sharks, 7pm
Under-19 Warm-Up 2017 – England Under 19’s v Unicorns, 11am
ICC Women’s World Cup – 2nd v 3rd, 10:30am, Sky Sports Cricket (Ch 404)
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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 18, a Mountainous 179.5km journey from Briancon to Izorad
Live coverage:
11:40am, TG4 – 11:50am, ITV4 – 11:30am, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
Iranian National Championships – July 8-17
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DARTS
Coming up:
World Matchplay – July 22-30, Winter Gardens, Blackpool
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FORMULA ONE
Hungarian Grand Prix , Budapest, July 28-30
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 22 July
All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers Round 4A
Galway v Donegal , Markievicz Park, 7pm – SKY
Cork v Mayo , Gaelic Grounds, 5pm – SKY
All-Ireland SHC quarter-final
Clare v Tipperary , Pairc Ui Chaoimh, 3pm – RTE
All-Ireland JFC semi-finals
Kerry v Leitrim , Gaelic Grounds, 3pm
Kilkenny v Meath , Nowlan Park, 3pm
All-Ireland U21HC C final
Sligo v Donegal , Markievicz Park, 5pm
Sunday 23 July
All-Ireland SHC quarter-final
Wexford v Waterford , Pairc Ui Chaoimh, 4pm – RTE
All-Ireland IHC final
Cork v Kilkenny , Pairc Ui Chaoimh, 2pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – THE 146th Open Championship, Royal Birkdale, Southport, Merseyside, England, July 20-23, day one, Sky Sports Golf (Ch 405)
USPGA Tour – the Barbasol Classic, RTJ Trail (Grand National), Auburn/Opelika, AL, USA, July 20-23, day one, 10pm, Sky Sports Mix (Ch 121)
LPGA Tour – the Marathon Classic presented by Owens Corning and O-I, Sylvania, OH, USA, July 20-23
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour) and European Seniors Tour, is the SENIOR OPEN Championship, Royal Porthcawl GC, Bridgend, Wales, July 27-30
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HOCKEY
Men’s Hockey World League Quarter Finals
9th/10th place play-off , 8:30am BT Sport 1 – 5th/8th place play-off, 11am BT Sport 1 – 5th/8thplace play-off, 1:15pm BT Sport 1 – First Semi-Final, 3:30pm BT Sport 1 – Second Semi-Final, 5:45pm 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 :
Thursday 20 July
Super League – Warrington Wolves v Widnes Vikings, 8pm, Sky Sports Main Event (Ch 401)
NRL – Sydney Roosters v Newcastle, 9am – Brisbane Broncos v Canterbury Bulldogs, 10:50am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Friday 21 July
Currie Cup – Free State Cheetahs v Sharks, 6pm
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SNOOKER
Next:
The next key tournament is the Hong Kong Masters – July 20-23
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP Hall of Fame Tennis Championships , Newport, Rhode Island, USA, Mon July 17 – Sun July 23
ATP SkiStar Swedish Open , Bastad, Sweden, Mon July 17 – Sun July 23
ATP Konzum Croatia Open Umag , Umag, Croatia, Mon July 17 – Sun July 23
WTA BRD Bucharest Open , Bucharest, Romania, Mon July 17 – Sun July 23, day four, midday and 6:30pm, BT Sport 2
WTA Ladies Championship Gstaad , Gstaad, Switzerland, Mon July 17 – Sun July 23
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OTHER SPORT
Diving World Championship – Women’s 3M prelims from Budapest, Hungary, 9am, Eurosport 2 and semi-finals, 2:30pm, Eurosport 2 – Men’s 3M final from Budapest, Hungary, 5:30pm, Eurosport 1
CFL – Edmonton Eskimos @ Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 00:30am, BT Sport 2
Posted: 20th July 2017