Thursday 28 September 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Thursday 28 September 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day
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FOOTBALL
Thursday Sept 28
Europa League – 24 games, Astana v Slavia Prague, 4pm, live on BT Sport 3, plus 12 games at 6pm, including Red Bull Salzburg v Marseille, live on eir Sport 1, BATE Borisov v Arsenal, live on eir Sport 2 and BT Sport 2, Zenit St Petersburg v Real Sociedad, live on BT Sport 3, and FC Cologne v Red Star Belgrade, BT Sport ESPN, and 11 games at 8:05pm, including Lyon v Atalanta, live on eir Sport 1 and BT Sport ESPN, Everton v Apollon Limassol, live on eir Sport 2 and BT Sport 2, and AC Milan v HNK Rijeka, BT Sport 3
Chinese Super League – Jiangsu Suning FC v Tianjin Quanjian, 12:35pm
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HORSERACING
The Thursday line-up is:
Clonmel, 1:50pm – Four hurdle races, two chases and a bumper make up the card, with the €20,000 Captain Christy Novice Chase being the feature (4:10pm); field-sizes are 18 (plus 3 reserves)-17-14-16-7-16 and 13; Nina Carberry – 3 wins from 4 rides since she returned to action – rides Rakhine State for Gordon Elliott in the bumper; other jockeys in action include Bryan Cooper, Robbie Power, Ruby Walsh, Davy Russell, Sean Flanagan, Danny Mullins, Andrew Lynch, Mark Walsh and Paul Townend
Newmarket, 2pm – It’s day one of the three-day Cambridgeshire meeting at the track and the Thursday features on an eight-race card are the £50,000 Group 3 Tattersalls Somerville Stakes (2yo colts and geldings, 3:45pm) and the £37,000 Listed Jockey Club Rose Bowl Stakes (3yo+, 2m, 4:20pm); it’s an eight-race card carrying £157,000 in prize-money; there is a beautifully-bred newcomer in the opener, the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Midi, who is by Frankel out of the brilliant racemare Midday
Perth, 2:10pm – (Racing goes ahead) – There are just 45 declarations, seven of them from Ireland; the feature is a £12,000 novices’ chase (4:30pm); jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Sam Twiston-Davies, Daryl Jacob, Brian Hughes, Derek Fox and Tom O’Brien
Pontefract, 2:20pm – (Racing goes ahead) Eight races, with field-sizes of 10-11-10-10-8 (which is a £20,000 handicap, the most-valuable race on the card)-8-17 and 10 (which is a handicap for apprentice riders)
Chelmsford, 5:45pm – Eight races, with field-sizes of 9-14-14-12-13-12-13 and 7, so a competitive way to end the day; jockeys involved include Pat Cosgrave, Luke Morris, Silvestre de Sousa, Fran Berry, Josephine Gordon, Danny Tudhope, Tom Marquand, Kevin Stott, Martin Harley, Martin Dwyer, Shane and Stevie Donohoe, to name a few
Later in the shops it is Delaware Park (6:15pm) in the USA and Hipo Chile (6:30pm) in Chile
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, Gulfstream, 6:15pm, Delaware Park, 6:15pm, and Belmont Park, 6:30pm
The South African meeting is Turffontein (11:50am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Thursday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – SUNDERLAND
11:11am – SHEFFIELD
2:08pm – ROMFORD
2:18am – CRAYFORD
6:28pm – HOVE
6:33pm – MONMORE
6:39pm – NEWCASTLE
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 4
Thursday 28 September
Chicago Bears @ Green Bay Packers, 1:25am, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action – i.e. late Thurs night/early Fri morning
Sunday 1 October
Miami Dolphins @ New Orleans Saints, 2:30pm, (from Wembley), then eight games at 6pm, three at 9:05pm, Oakland Raiders @ Denver Broncos at 9:25pm and Indianapolis Colts @ Seattle Seahawks, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event, i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning
Monday October 2
Washington Redskins @ Kansas City Chiefs, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event, i.e. late Mon night/early Tues morning
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Texas Longhorns @ Iowa State Cyclones, 1am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
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AUSSIE RULES
The AFL Grand Final will be played on September 30th
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 10 games taking place today, with start times ranging from 5:10am to 1:15am – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Live:
There is a game scheduled to be live on BT Sport 1 at midnight
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
The next big bout is:
Card from the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday 30 September will feature a rematch between Paul Butler v Stuart Hall in a Bantamweight world title eliminator – Butler took the IBF crown from Hall in a split decision in May 2014. Hall gets his chance for revenge here and the winner will be in line to challenge for the WBA Bantamweight world title currently in the hands of Jamie McDonnell
Also on the card Rocky Fielding v David Brophy as Fielding puts his British Super-Middleweight title on the line for the first time against David Brophy, who also puts his Commonwealth crown on the line in a domestic clash
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CRICKET
Next games:
Thursday September 28
TEST Series – Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 7am
ODI Series – India v Australia, 9am, Sky Sports Cricket
TEST Series – South Africa v Bangladesh, 9am, Sky Sports Mix
County Championship Division 1 – all at 10:30am, Lancashire v Surrey – Warwickshire v Hampshire – Somerset v Middlesex – Essex v Yorkshire (final day of each game)
County Championship Division 2 – all at 10:30am, Gloucestershire v Derbyshire – Kent v Glamorgan – Sussex v Nottinghamshire – Leicestershire v Northamptonshire – Worcestershire v Durham (final day of each game)
JLT One-Day Cup 2017 – Queensland v Cricket Australia Xl, 00:30am
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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
Il Lombardia, Italy, September 30th
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Turkey, 10th – 15th October
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
Next up:
Thursday 28 Sept – Lakeside World Championships Play-offs, BDO
Then it is …
World Grand Prix, Citywest Hotel, Dublin Sunday 1 October – Monday 9 October, live on Sky Sports
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 Grand Prix will be Malaysia Grand Prix, the Sepang International Circuit, Sept 29 – Oct 01
Practice 1 is live Channel 4 at 3:40am and eir Sport 1 at 3:55am – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Followed by the Japan Grand Prix, the Suzuka Circuit, Oct 06 – Oct 08
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Next games:
Saturday 30 September
Meath SHC final
Kiltale v Kildalkey, Pairc Tailteann, 4.30pm
Sunday 1 October
All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie final replay
Cork v Meath, Gaelic Grounds, 2.30pm
Fermanagh SFC final
Derrygonnelly v Devenish, Brewster Park, 4pm
Kildare SHC final
Ardclough v Naas, Newbridge, 3.30pm
Longford SHC final
Longford Slashers v Wolfe Tones, Glennon Bros Pearse Park, TBC
Offaly SHC final
Kilcormac/Killoughey v St Rynagh’s, O’Connor Park, TBC
Roscommon SHC final
Four Roads v Padraig Pearses, TBC, TBC
Westmeath SHC final
Castletown-Geoghegan v Raharney, TEG Cusack Park, 3.30pm
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GOLF
European Tour – British Masters, Close House Golf Club, Newcastle upon Tyne – Thursday 28th Sept to Sunday 1st Oct – day one, live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports The Open at 9:30am
Presidents Cup – opening day of the biennial event, the USA v an international side; it takes place this year at the Liberty National Club in New Jersey, live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports The Open at 6pm
Senior Tour – Paris Legends Championship, Le Golf National, Paris, France – Thursday 28th Sept to Saturday 30th Sept – day one
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ICE HOCKEY
The new season begins on Wednesday, October 4
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Next games:
Saturday 30 September
National Conference Division One – Six games all getting underway 2:30pm
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Thursday 28 September
Mitre 10 Cup – Taranaki v Tasman, 8:35am, Sky Sports Action and Sky Sports Arena HD
Super 8s semi-final – Castleford Tigers v TBA, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Main Event
Friday 29 September
Mitre 10 Cup – North Harbour v Hawkes Bay, 8:35am
Aviva Premiership – Newcastle Falcons v London Irish – Worcester v Saracens, both 7:45pm – Sale Sharks v Gloucester, 8pm
Guinness Pro14 – Cheetahs v Ospreys, 4pm – Also three games at 7:35pm
The Championship – Nottingham v Hartpury College, 7:45pm
Currie Cup – Sharks v Golden Lions, 6pm, Sky Sports Action
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SNOOKER
European Masters runs from October 2 – 8
English Open, Barnsley, runs October 16 – 22
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TENNIS
ATP Shenzen Open, Shenzen, China – Monday 25th September to Sunday 1st October
WTA Tour Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan – Monday 25th September to Sunday 1st October – Day four, quarter-final action is live on BT Sport 2 at 6am
WTA Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open, Wuhan, China – Monday 25th September to Sunday 1st October – Day five, quarter-final action is live on BT Sport 1 at 7:30am
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OTHER SPORT
Test Match Bowls Live – 10am, ITV4, England v Wales, day two (the final day) of the Mixed Test Match
World Rowing Championships – day 5, live on RTE2 from 3pm
Invictus Games – live on BBC1 at 8pm
Posted: 28th September 2017