THURSDAY 6th APRIL 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
THURSDAY 6 APRIL 2017
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FOOTBALL
La Liga – Eibar v Las Palmas, 6:30pm Sky Sports Mix – Valencia v Celta Vigo, 8:30pm, Sky Sports Mix
Dutch Eredivisie – Roda JC Kerk v PEC Zwolle, 5:30pm – FC Twente v PSV Eindhoven, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 5
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HORSERACING
The Thursday line-up is:
Aintree, 1:45pm – day one of the fantastic three-day Aintree Grand National meeting; the card contains four Grade 1 races: the Manifesto Novices’ Chase (1:45pm), the Doom Bar Anniversary 4yo Juvenile Hurdle (2:20pm), the Betway Bowl Chase (2:50pm) and the Betway Aintree Hurdle (3:25pm), along with the Grade 2 Goffs Nickel Coin Mares’ bumper (5:15pm), the Grade 3 Betway Red Rum Handicap Chase (4:40pm) and the Randox Health Foxhunters’ Chase (4:05pm) – Live coverage is in shops and on Racing UK, and in part on ITV, UTV and TV3 – Among the runners on the day are Buveur d’Air, Defi du Seuil, Cue Card, Silviniaco Conti, Empire Of Dirt, The New One and On The Fringe
Southwell, 1:55pm – field-sizes are 10-6-6-5-4-6 and 11; jockeys riding on the card include Franny Norton, Alistair Rawlinson, Danny Tudhope, David Allan, Tony Hamilton, Paul Hanagan, Phillip Makin, John Egan, Shane Gray, Liam Keniry, Silvestre de Sousa, Timmy Murphy, Andrew Mullen, PJ McDonald, Joey Haynes and James Sullivan
Limerick, 2pm – featuring the €27,500 Listed Follow Limerick Racecourse On Twitter (Pro/Am) Flat Race (5:30pm, the final race on card), in which Cheltenham Champion Bumper runner-up Debuchet is set to run; field-sizes on the day are 18 (plus 3 reserves)-14-8-14-14-9 and 10; jockeys riding on the card include Jack Kennedy, Denis O’Regan, Luke Dempsey, Rachael Blackmore, Jonathan Moore, Phillip Enright, Robbie Colgan, Mark Enright and Patrick Mullins
Taunton, 2:10pm – the feature is the £11,500 Bathwick Tyres Handicap Hurdle (4:30pm); field-sizes on the card are 13-5-8-8-6-12 and 8; jockeys riding on the card include Tom Scudamore, Sean Bowen, David Noonan, Robbie Dunne, Nick Scholfield, Leighton Aspell and Nico de Boinville; the 5:05pm race is a hunters’ chase
Chelmsford, 5:45pm – field-sizes are 7-6-8-7-5-5 and 9; jockeys riding on the card include Jim Crowley, Luke Morris, Josephine Gordon, Ryan Moore, Joe Fanning, Andrea Atzeni, William Buick, Oisin Murphy and Frankie Dettori; there are £10,000 races at 6:45pm, 7:15pm and 8:45pm
They also race in France at Saint-Cloud (11:40am), although it is not on the shop service; later in the shops, it is Hipo Chile, 6:30pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is Gulfstream, 5:35pm, Aqueduct, 6:20pm, Golden Gate Fields, 8:45pm, and Santa Anita, 9pm
The South African meeting is Vaal (12:20am)
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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 Northern Sprint night at Sheffield on Tuesday April 25th
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AUSSIE RULES
Next games:
Round 3 of the season
Friday 7 April
Sydney Swans v Collingwood, 9:50am, BT Sport 3
Saturday 8 April
North Melbourne v GWS Giants, 3:45am – Richmond v West Coast Eagles, 4:10am, BT Sport 1 – Geelong Cats v Melbourne, 6:35am – Port Adelaide v Adelaide Crows, 9:40am, BT Sport 1 – Fremantle v Western Bulldogs, 9:40am
Sunday 9 April
St Kilda v Brisbane Lions, 3:10am, BT Sport 3 – Carlton v Essendon, 5:20am – Gold Coast Suns v Hawthorn, 6:40am, BT Sport 3
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it and runs to October 1st
There are 12 MLB games today, with start times ranging from 5:35pm on Thursday to 2:40am on Friday – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Live:
Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Red Sox, 6:35pm, BT Sport ESPN
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BASKETBALL
There are six NBA games today, with start times ranging from midnight on Thursday to 3:30am on Friday
Live games:
Milwaukee Bucks @ Indiana Pacers, midnight on Thursday, BT Sport 3
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Live games:
No games scheduled as live on TV in Ire/UK
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
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CRICKET
Next games:
International T20 Match – Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 2:30pm
IPL – Rising Pune Supergiants v Mumbai Indians, 3:30pm, Sky Sports 2
The County Cricket seasons (Divisions 1 and 2) begin on April 7th
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CYCLING
Check out this website – http://www.uci.ch/road/calendar/
The next main events…
From the UCI road calendar
The Tour Of Thailand – April 1 to April 6
The Basque Tour – stage four, 174km from Donostia to Bilbao, 2:30pm, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
South African National Track Cycling Championships – April 3 to April 7
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DARTS
The Premier League darts moves into Week 10 tonight, from the 3Arena in Dublin, live on Sky Sports 3 from 7pm. The games are:
Dave Chisnall v Peter Wright
Adrian Lewis v Gary Anderson
Raymond van Barneveld v Phil Taylor
James Wade v Raymond van Barneveld
James Wade v Michael van Gerwen
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FORMULA ONE
The second race of the 2017 Formula One season will be the Chinese Grand Prix, which is set to take place on Sunday April 9th
The first practice session for this race is live on Sky Sports 1 from 2:45am – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning – and from 2:55am on eir Sport 1
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GAA
Next games:
Saturday 8 April
Allianz FL Division 3 final
Louth v Tipperary, Croke Park, 5pm – Live on TG4
Allianz FL Division 4 final
Westmeath v Wexford, Croke Park, 3pm – Live on TG4
Ulster SHC semi-finals
Armagh v Down, Inniskeen, 3pm
Antrim v Donegal, Celtic Park, 3pm
Ulster SHC Shield semi-finals
Fermanagh v Tyrone, Clones, 3pm
Derry v Monaghan, Healy Park, 3pm
Leinster MHC round 1
Westmeath v Kilkenny, TEG Cusack Park, 3pm
Laois v Offaly, O’Moore Park, 3pm
Kildare v Carlow, Newbridge, 3pm
Meath v Wicklow, Pairc Taillteann, 3pm
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GOLF
European Tour/PGA Tour – The next tournament is The Masters, the first Major of the season, played at the Augusta National GC, Augusta, Georgia, April 6th to 9th – day one is live on Sky Sports 4 at 7pm and on eir Sport 1 at 8pm
PGA Tour – As above
LPGA Tour – The next tournament is the LOTTE Championship Presented by HERSHEY, at Ko Olina, Oahu, Hawaii, April 12th to 15th; the defending champion is Minjee Lee
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, TPC Sugarloaf, Duluth, Georgia, April 14th to 16th
On the European Seniors Tour, the next tournament is the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, Trump National, Washington DC, USA, May 25-28
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ICE HOCKEY (NHL)
There are 12 games scheduled in the NHL today, with start times ranging from midnight on Thursday to 3:3am on Friday
Live games:
Ottawa Senators @ Boston Bruins, midnight on Thursday, eir Sport 2
Chicago Blackhawks @ Anaheim Ducks, 3am, eir Sport 2 – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Swedish Hockey League – Frolunda HC v Brynas IF, 6:15pm, eir Sport 2
NCAA Ice Hockey – The first semi-final of the Frozen Four NCAA Championship (11pm), BT Sport ESPN, with the second semi-final on the same channel at 2:30am – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Today:
Super League – Wigan Warriors v Castleford Tigers, 8pm, Sky Sports 2
NRL – Brisbane Broncos v Sydney Roosters, 10:50am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
HSBC Sevens World Series – day one of seventh round of season, from Hong Kong – 4:50am, Sky Sports 3 – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Next games after this:
FRIDAY April 7
Premiership – Sale Sharks v Worcester, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1, and Newcastle v Gloucester, 8pm
Pro12 – Edinburgh v Connacht, 7:35pm, and Ulster v Cardiff Blues, 7:35pm
Super Rugby – Hurricanes v Waratahs, 8:35am
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SNOOKER
April 5th to 12th – Betfred World Championship Qualifiers, Sheffield, England
April 15th to May 1st – Betfred World Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
WTA – Volvo Cars Open, Charleston, USA, April 3rd to 9th – live on BT Sport 1 at 4pm
WTA – Abierto Monterrey – Monterrey, Mexico, April 3rd to 9th – live on BT Sport 2 at 9pm
Davis Cup – Quarter-finals, various locations, April 7th to 9th
Then:
ATP – Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men’s Clay Court Championship, Houston, Texas, April 10th to 16th
ATP – Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Monte Carlo, Monaco, April 16th to 23rd
ATP – Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Barcelona, Spain, April 24th to 30th
WTA – Claro Open Solsanitas – Bogota, Colombia, April 10th to 15th
WTA – Ladies Open Biel Bienne – Biel, Switzerland, April 10th to 16th
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OTHER SPORT
Weightlifting: European Championships – 4:30pm and 7pm, Eurosport 2
Posted: 6th April 2017