THURSDAY 25TH MAY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
THURSDAY 25TH MAY 2017
TODAY’S ACTION
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FOOTBALL
Thursday May 25
Scottish Premiership play-off final, first leg – Dundee United v Hamilton, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1
Bundesliga Relegation Play-Off (First leg) – Wolfsburg v Eintracht Braunschweig, 7:30pm, BT Sport 3, ** the 2nd leg will be Monday May 29 **
Eredivisie (Europa League Play-off (First-leg) – AZ Alkmaar v FC Utrecht, 7:45pm, ** the 2nd leg will be Sunday May 28, 11:30am **
MLS – Chicago Fire v FC Dallas, 1:30am – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
FIFA U-20 World Cup – France v Vietnam, 8:45am, kick-off 9am, Eurosport 1
WSL – Man City Women v Chelsea Ladies, 6:30pm, BT Sport 2
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HORSERACING
The Thursday line-up is:
Catterick, 1:50pm – An eight-race card, with field sizes of 11-11-11-9-9-8-15 & 11. Top jockeys in action include Luke Morris, Tony Hamilton, Paul Mulrennan, Paul Hanagan, Franny Norton, Philip Makin and Ben Curtis.
Goodwood, 2pm – A seven-race card including the Listed Markel Height Of Fashion Stakes (4:20pm), where John Gosden has Icespire (Frankie Dettori) and Sir Michael Stoute runs Mori, both owned by Khalid Abdullah and prominent in the market. Top jockeys inaction include Ryan Moore, Frankie Dettori, William Buick, Oisin Murphy, Jamie Spencer, Andrea Atzeni, Fran Berry and Jim Crowley.
Warwick, 2:10pm – A seven-race NH card, with field sizes of 7-7-6-8-6-6 & 6. Top jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Harry Skelton, Aidan Coleman, Noel Fehily, Wayne Hutchinson, Sam Twiston-Davies and Adrian Heskin to name just a few.
Tipperary, 5:40pm – four flat races, two hurdle contests and a bumper make up the card; ****Wisconsin, a son of Deep Impact and Peeping Fawn is set to run in the 6:40pm race (a maiden);
Chelmsford, 5:50pm – A seven-race card, with field sizes of 8-11-14-8-12-9 & 16. Top jockeys in action include Luke Morris, Joe Fanning, Stevie Donohoe, Oisin Murphy, Tom Eaves, Robert Winston, Dane O’Neill, David Probert and Martin Lane.
Sandown, 6pm – the feature races are the Group 3 Henry II Stakes (7:05pm), the Group 3 Brigadier Gerard Stakes (7:35pm), the Listed National Stakes (for 2yos)(6:30pm) and the Listed Heron Stakes (8:10pm)
They also race in Germany at Baden Baden (12:30pm),; later in shops it is Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, in the USA
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Pimlico, 6:10pm, Gulfstream, 6:15pm, Belmont Park, 6:30pm, Golden Gate Fields, 8:45pm and Santa Anita, 9pm
The South African meeting is Vaal (11:50am)
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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 the English Greyhound Derby Third Round meeting at Towcester on June 17th
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 10 of the season
Thursday 25 May
Geelong Cats v Port Adelaide, 10:20am, BT Sport 2
Friday 26 May
Sydney Swans v Hawthorn, 10:50am
Saturday 27 May
Western Bulldogs v St Kilda, 4:45am – Melbourne v Gold Coast Suns, 7:35am – Richmond v Essendon, 10:25am – Adelaide Crows v Fremantle, 10:10am
Sunday 28 May
Collingwood v Brisbane Lions, 4:10am – Carlton v North Melbourne, 6:20am – West Coast Eagles v GWS Giants, 5:40am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 12 MLB games today, with start times ranging from 5:10pm on Thursday to 3:10am on Friday morning – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Live games:
San Francisco Giants @ Chicago Cubs, 7:20pm, BT Sport ESPN
Texas Rangers @ Boston Red Sox, 00:10am, BT Sport ESPN, – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
St Louis Cardinals @ Los Angeles Dodgers, 3:10am, BT Sport ESPN, – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
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BASKETBALL
In the NBA:
Western Conference Finals – Cleveland Cavaliers @ Boston Celtics, 1:30am, live on BT Sport 1 – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Live games:
As above
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
This week’s fights include:
On Saturday May 27, Kell Brook will fight Errol Spence Jnr for the IBF welterweight title, which will take place at Sheffield United’s football ground, Bramall Lane
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CRICKET
Next:
Thursday May 25
County Division Two – Derbyshire v Leicestershire, 11am
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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
Giro d’Italia – Stage 18, featuring a 137km journey from Moena to Ortisei, midday, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
Next up:
Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, May 24-25, 5pm, eir Sport 1, ** Delayed coverage from 7pm on ITV4 **
** The World Cup Of Darts 2017, takes place in Frankfurt, Germany, from June 1-4 **
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FORMULA ONE
The next race in the 2017 Formula One season is the Monaco Grand Prix, May 25-28
Practice 1 – 8:55am, Channel 4/Sky Sports F1/eir Sport 1
Practice 2 – 12:55pm, Channel 4/Sky Sports F1/eir Sport 1
Followed by the Canada Grand Prix, June 9-11
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 27 May
Munster SFC quarter-finals
Waterford v Cork, Fraher Field, 7pm
Leinster SHC quarter-finals
Westmeath v Offaly, TEG Cusack Park, 7pm
Munster JFC semi-final
Waterford v Cork, Fraher Field, 5pm
Sunday 28 May
Leinster SHC quarter-finals
Galway v Dublin, O’Connor Park, 4pm – RTE
Laois v Wexford, O’Moore Park, 2pm
Ulster SFC quarter-final
Derry v Tyrone, Celtic Park, 2pm – RTE
Connacht SFC quarter-final
London v Leitrim, Ruislip, 3pm
Munster SFC quarter-final
Clare v Limerick, Cusack Park, TBC
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – The BMW PGA Championship, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England, May 25-28, day one, 10am, Sky Sports 1/Sky Sports 4
USPGA Tour – The Dean & Deluca Invitational, Colonial CC, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, May 25-28, day one, 9pm, Sky Sports 4
LPGA Tour – The next tournament is the LPGA Volvik Championship, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 25-28, day one
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, Trump National Golf Club, Washington DC, USA, May 25-28, day one,
On the European Seniors Tour, the next tournament is the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, Trump National, Washington DC, USA, May 25-28, day one,
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ICE HOCKEY (NHL)
Western Conference Finals
Game 6 – Today’s game is Ottawa Senators @ Pittsburgh Penguins, 1am, eir Sport 2, – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
This tournament concludes today – 16 teams, two host cities > Cologne and Paris
Live:
No games listed as live in Ire/UK
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Thursday 25 May
Super League – St Helens v Wigan Warriors, 8pm, Sky Sports 1
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RUGBY UNION
Friday 26 May
Rugby Champions Cup play-off final – Northampton v Stade Francais, 7:45pm
Super Rugby – Blues v Chiefs, 8:35am, Sky Sports 2 – Reds v Western Force, 10:45am, Sky Sports 2
****NB The British and Irish Lions Tour to New Zealand begins on Saturday June 3rd
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SNOOKER
TBC
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon, Nice, France, May 21-28
ATP Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon, Lyon, France, May 21-28
ATP Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland, May 22-28, 5pm, Eurosport 2
WTA Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, May 22-28, day five, 10am and 4:30pm, BT Sport 2
WTA Nurnberger Versicherungscup, Nurnberg, Germany, May 22-28
French Open Qualifying tournament, Roland Garros, 9am, 2pm and 4:30pm, Eurosport 2
** Then the French Open from Roland Garros, Paris, France, will run from Sun May 28 to Sun June 11 **
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OTHER SPORT
Speedway Best Pairs Cup – held in Landshut, Germany, 5pm, Eurosport 1
Posted: 24th May 2017