Thursday 4 January 2018

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SPORTS PREVIEW

Thursday 4 January 2018

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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day

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FOOTBALL

Premier League – Tottenham v West Ham Utd, 8pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League ROI

Copa del Rey – four games, two at 6pm and two at 8pm

Portuguese Primeira Liga – Vitoria Setubal v Estoril, 6:15pm and Portimonense v Belenenses, 8:15pm

   

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HORSERACING

Today’s meetings:

Newcastle, 1pm – An eight-race flat card that contains five handicaps (the most-valuable being the £10,600 2-miler at 1:30pm), two novice stakes races (both of them for 3yos, one of them over one mile and the other over 1m4.5f) and a Classified Stakes race; field-sizes are 4-12-6-4-8-10-9 and 8; jockeys in action include Rob Havlin, Tom Marquand, Tony Hamilton, Graham Lee, Stevie Donohoe, PJ McDonald, Andrew Mullen, Tom Eaves and Paul Mulrennan

Bangor-On-Dee – 1:15pm – A six-race jumping card that consists of two handicap chases, two novices’ hurdles, a handicap hurdle and a bumper, in which trainer Nicky Henderson runs Before Midnight, a grandson of three-time Grade 1 Cleeve Hurdle winner, Lady Rebecca; field-sizes are 9-7-5-13-11 and 5; jockeys in action include Aidan Coleman, Noel Fehily, Nico de Boinville, Daryl Jacob, Brian Hughes, David Bass, Paddy Brennan, Sean Bowen, Richard Johnson, Sam Twiston-Davies, Tom Scudamore, Tom O’Brien  and Will Kennedy, some of whom have just one ride on the card

Wolverhampton, 1:55pm – An eight-race card that consists of six handicaps a 3yo+ novice stakes race and a £20,000 fillies’ Conditions Stakes race, which is an All-Weather Championships Fast-Track Qualifier); field-sizes are 9-12-5-9-10-10-8 and 12; Ireland’s Bill Martin runs Time Stands Still (Ross Coakley) in the 4:35pm race; jockeys in action include Joe Fanning, Sean Levey, Oisin Murphy, Luke Morris, Fran Berry, Danny Tudhope, Dougie Costello and Phillip Makin

Chelmsford, 6:15pm – A six-race card that opens with a 3yo novice stakes race (in which John Gosden runs Shakour, who is a half-brother to Order Of St George, an Ascot Gold Cup winner that has twice been placed in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe) and is followed by five handicaps; the feature race is the £20,000 five-furlong handicap at 8:45pm; field-sizes on the night are 7-10-6-6-8 and 12; jockeys in action include  Adam Kirby, Franny Norton, Sean Levey, Ben Curtis, Danny Tudhope, Robert Winston, Nicky Mackay, Martin Dwyer and Rossa Ryan

They also race in France at Deauville (9:25am), in India at Mumbai (11:30am) and at Meydan in the UAE (2:30pm); later in the shops it is Hipo Chile (5:30pm) in Chile

The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Aqueduct, 5:20pm, and Gulfstream, 5:35pm

The South African meeting is Vaal (nine races from 10:10am)

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GREYHOUNDS

Today’s line-up:

11:01am – CENTRAL PARK

11:03am – SUNDERLAND

11:09am – HENLOW

11:11am – PERRY BARR

2:06pm – CRAYFORD

2:08am – SHEFFIELD

2:12pm – ROMFORD

6:22pm – NEWCASTLE

6:27pm – HOVE

6:28pm – YARMOUTH

6:37pm – MONMORE

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AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Wild-Card Weekend

 

Sat 6 Jan

 

9:35pm – Tennessee Titans @ Kansas City Chief

1:15am (i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning) – Atlanta Falcons @ Los Angeles Rams

Sun 7 Jan

6:05pm – Buffalo Bills @ Jacksonville Jaguars

9:40pm – Carolina Panthers @ New Orleans Saints

College Football:

The All-America Game – 11pm, BT Sport 3

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BASKETBALL

There are two NBA matches scheduled for today, as follows:

Houston Rockets v Golden State Warriors, 1am – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning

Oklahoma City Thunder v LA Clippers, 3:30am – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning

Live:

None listed as live in Ire/UK

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Houston Cougars @ Wichita State Shockers, midnight on Thursday, BT Sport ESPN

Arizona Wildcats @ Utah Utes, 2am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning

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BOXING/UFC

Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/

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CRICKET

Ashes Test Series 2017/2018 – Australia v England, 11pm, day two (of five) live on BT Sport 1 – the fifth and final Test of the current series (Australia lead series 3-0)

KFC T20 Big Bash League – Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers, 8am, BT Sport 2

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DARTS

Next-up:

The BDO World Darts Championship runs from Saturday Jan 06 to Sunday Jan 14 from the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green; the action will be live on Channel 4 and BT Sport

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GAA

Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com

Sunday 7 January

Connacht FBD FL round 2
Mayo v Galway, MacHale Park, 2pm
Leitrim v Sligo, Ballinamore, 2pm

O’Byrne Cup round 3
Wexford v Dublin, Enniscorthy 2pm
Longford v Kildare, Glennon Bros Pearse Park, 2pm

Meath v Wicklow, Pairc Tailteann, 2pm

O’Byrne Cup round 2
Laois v Westmeath, Stradbally, 2pm

McGrath Cup round 2
Waterford v Cork, Fraher Field, TBC

McKenna Cup round 2
Antrim v Cavan, Glenavy, 2pm
Tyrone v St Mary’s, Healy Park, 2pm
Armagh v Derry, Athletic Grounds, 2pm
Down v UUJ, Downpatrick, 2pm
Fermanagh v Queen’s, Brewster Park, 2pm
Monaghan v Donegal, Clones, 2pm

Walsh Cup round 3
Wicklow A v Wexford, Bray, 2pm
Kilkenny v Kildare, Freshford, 2pm
Dublin v Antrim, Parnell Park, 2pm

Walsh Cup round 2
Westmeath v Offaly, TEG Cusack Park, 2pm

Munster SHL round 2
Limerick v Kerry, Gaelic Grounds, TBC
Clare v Cork, Cusack Park, TBC

Kehoe Cup round 2
Louth v Wicklow B, Gaelic Grounds, 2pm
Longford v DCU-St Patricks, Longford venue TBC, 2pm

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GOLF

USPGA Tour – Sentry Tournament of Champions, Maui, Hawaii, Jan 4-7, 2018 – day one, live on Sky Sports The Open and Sky Sports Main Event at 11pm

PGA European Tour – BMW SA Open, Gauteng, South Africa, Jan 11-14, 2018

USLPGA Tour – the next tournament will be the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic, Paradise Island, Bahamas, Jan 25-28

USPGA Champions Tour – the next tournament will take place in 2018

Seniors Tour, Europe – the next tournament will take place in 2018

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ICE HOCKEY

There are 12 NHL matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from midnight on Thursday to 2am on Friday – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning

Live games:

Montreal Canadiens v Tampa Bay Lightning, 12:30am, eir Sport 2 – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning

Winnipeg Jets v Buffalo Sabres, 1am, eir Sport 1 – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning

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RUGBY UNION

Next:

Friday Jan 05

Aviva Premiership – Worcester v Bath, 7:45pm

Guinness PRO14 – Edinburgh v Southern Kings, 7:35pm – Scarlets v Dragons, 7:35pm

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SNOOKER

Next up:

Dafabet Masters, London, Alexandra Palace, 14 January – 21 January

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TENNIS

Hopman Cup – 30 December, 2017 to Jan 6, 2018, a team competition – today’s action is live on Eurosport 2 at 9:30am – Japan v Russia and Switzerland v USA

ATP, Qatar Open, Doha, Jan 1-7 – day four, 12:30pm, 2:30pm, 4:30pm and 6:35pm, Eurosport 2

ATP, Maharashtra Open, Pune, India, Jan 1-7

ATP, Brisbane International, Jan 1-7, quarter-finals, 1am, Eurosport 1 – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning

WTA, Brisbane International, Jan 1-7, quarter-finals, 6:30am, BT Sport 3

WTA, Auckland International, Australia, Jan 1-7, semi-finals, 4am, BT Sport 3 – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning

WTA, Shenzhen Open, Jan 1-7, semi-finals, 4am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning

 

Posted: 4th January 2018