Thursday 7 September 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Thursday 7 September 2017
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FOOTBALL
Thursday Sept 7
Spanish Copa Del Rey – Alcorcon v Cultural Leonesa, 7pm – Osasuna v Albacete, 9pm
Friday Sept 8
Championship – Derby County v Hull City, 7:45pm Sky Sports Football
Scottish Premiership – Hamilton Academicals v Celtic, 7:45pm
French Ligue 1 – Lille v Bordeaux, 6pm – Metz v Paris Saint-Germain, 7:45pm
La Liga – Leganes v Getafe, 8pm
Bundesliga – Hamburg v RB Leipzig, 7:30pm
Belgian Jupiler League – Anderlecht v Lokeren SNW, 7:30pm
Irish Premiership – Glenavon v Carrick Rangers, 7:45pm
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HORSERACING
The Thursday line-up is:
Salisbury, 1:50pm – The feature race is the £42,500 Group 3 Bathwick Tyres Dick Poole Fillies’ Stakes at 3:20pm but there’s also the £22,000 British Stallion Studs EBF “Lochsong” Fillies’ Handicap at 3:50pm and a £20,000 maiden on the card that carries the Plus10 Bonus of £10,000 (if you win the race and are registered for the scheme); the card closes with a ‘Hands And Heels’ Apprentice Handicap. Jockeys riding on the card include Ryan Moore, Jim Crowley, Adam Kirby, Oisin Murphy, Pat Dobbs, Harry Bentley and Fran Berry
Haydock, 2:00pm – A seven-race flat card with field sizes of 5-8-11-12-7-8-9. The feature is a £20,000 handicap at 4:35pm, backed up by a £15,000 Conditions Stakes race (4pm); the card closes with an men’s amateur riders’ race over 1m 3f (5:05pm). Jockeys on the card include Silvestre de Sousa, Jamie Spencer, Richard Kingscote, James Doyle and Andrea Atzeni
Sedgefield, 2:10pm – A seven-race National Hunt card, which begins with a Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle over 2m. The card also features two Class 3 Handicap Hurdles, one over 3m 3f (3:10pm) and one over 2m 1f (4:10pm); only the 4:40pm race has a double-figure field, with field-sizes ranging from 3-10. County Kerry-based trainer Ian O’Connor runs the first-time tongue-tied Bere Haven (Kevin Brouder) in the 4:40pm race
Clonmel, 4:25pm – A seven-race National Hunt card which begins with a Maiden Hurdle over 2m and ends with a bumper over the same distance (7:25pm), in which Sois Gentil has its first run for Willie Mullins, with son Patrick on board. The card consists of six hurdle races and a bumper.
Chelmsford, 5:40pm – Eight races on the Polytrack surface, where there are two £12,500 handicaps and a £12,500 maiden among the races on the card. Jockeys on the card include Dane O’Neill, Martin Harley, Joe Fanning, Josephine Gordon, Luke Morris and Stevie Donohoe.
They also race in Delaware in the USA (6:15pm), and Hipo Chile in Chile (6:30pm)
At Auteuil, there are Listed Hurdles at 12:47pm and 1:20pm and a Listed Chase at 2:20pm
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, Gulfstream, 6:15pm, Belterra Park, 6:20pm, and Kentucky Downs, 7:25pm
The South African meeting is Turffontein (midday)
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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 Irish Greyhound Derby continues on Saturday night at Shelbourne with the quarter-finals
The next live Sky card will be the St Leger meeting from Doncaster, Weds, Sept 13, 7pm, Sky Sports Action
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
The new NFL season will begin today with the reigning Super Bowl champions New England Patriots playing at home to Kansas City Chiefs, 1:30am Sky Sports Main Event/ Sky Sports Action
This weekend’s games:
Sunday Sept 10
There are 13 games taking place today, nine at 6pm including Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Miami Dolphins, Sky Sports Main Event, one at 9:05pm, two at 9:25pm including Seattle Seahawks @ Green Bay Packers, Sky Sports Main Event and New York Giants @ Dallas Cowboys, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event (i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning)
Monday Sept 11
New Orleans Saints @ Minnesota Vikings, 00:10am, Sky Sports Main Event (i.e. late Mon night/early Tues morning) and Los Angeles Chargers @ Denver Broncos, 3:20am, Sky Sports Main Event (i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning)
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AUSSIE RULES
Finals Week 1
Thursday September 7 – Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants, 10:50am, BT Sport 1
Friday September 8 – Geelong Cats v Richmond, 10:50am
Saturday September 9 – Sydney Swans v Essendon, 7:20am, and Port Adelaide v West Coast Eagles, 10:50am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 8 games taking place today, with start times ranging from 12:05am to 3:10am..i.e all early Friday morning
Live:
Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates, 12:05am, BT Sport 2
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Big fight coming up:
Saturday September 16, 2017 – Gennady Golovkin vs Canelo Alvarez, much anticipated Middleweight title fight from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas – Kazakhstan’s Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) will defend his middleweight titles against Alvarez, the biggest boxing star in Mexico. Alvarez, whose only loss was at the hands of Floyd Mayweather Jr, is coming off a lopsided win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr last month in Las Vegas.
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CRICKET
Thursday September 7
TEST Series 2017 – Third Test – England v West Indies, 11am, day one of the concluding 3rd test, 10am Sky Sports Main Event/ Sky Sports Cricket
TEST Series 2017 – Bangladesh v Australia, 5am, day four (of 5)
County Championship Division 1 – four fixtures all at 10:30am (day three of four) – Hampshire v Surrey – Lancashire v Essex – Warwickshire v Somerset – Yorkshire v Middlesex
County Championship Division 2 – five fixtures all at 10:30am (day three of four) – Derbyshire v Glamorgan – Leicestershire v Gloucestershire – Durham v Kent – Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire – Northamptonshire v Sussex
Caribbean Premier League – TBC v TBC, 1am – 12:30, BT Sport 1 i.e. late Thurs night/early Friday morning
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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 Vuelta a España continues with Stage 18 a 169km journey from Suances to Santo Toribio de Liebana, 2pm, Eurosport 2
Tour of Britain – Stage five, a 16km individual time trial from Clacton, 11:45am, ITV4
Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec Sep 8
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal Sep 10
From the track calendar:
Austrian Track Championships, Sep 7 – 9
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DARTS
Next up:
Unibet Champions League of Darts, Sept 16-17
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 Grand Prix will be the Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay, Sept 15-17
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Next games:
Saturday 9 September
All-Ireland U21HC final
Kilkenny v Limerick, Semple Stadium, 3pm – TG4
All-Ireland U21HC B final
Kerry v Wicklow, Semple Stadium, 1pm – TG4
Sunday 10 September
All-Ireland Senior Camogie final
Cork v Kilkenny, Croke Park, 4pm
All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie final
Cork v Meath, Croke Park, 2pm
All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie final
Dublin v Westmeath, Croke Park, 12pm
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GOLF
European Tour – The Omega European Masters on the Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Course in Montana, Switzerland, Day one, 10:30am and 2:30pm Sky Sports The Open
LPGA Tour – The Indy Women In Tech, Brickyard Crossing Golf Course, Indianapolis runs from Thursday 7th to Sunday 10th September
Walker Cup – a two-day biennial amateur team event between the USA and Britain, which this year is taking place in Los Angeles (Sept 9 and 10)
On the Seniors Tour – The Senior Italian Open, Udine Golf Club, Fagagna, Italy runs from Friday 8thSeptember to Sunday 10th September
On the Champions Tour – The Japan Airlines Championship, Narita Golf Course, Chiba, Japan runs from Friday 8th September to Sunday 10th September
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ICE HOCKEY
The new NHL season begins on Wednesday, October 4
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Next game:
Thursday 7 September
Betfred Super League – Wakefield Trinity v St Helens, 8:00pm Sky Sports Main Event
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Thursday 7 September
Mitre 10 Cup – Counties Manukau v North Harbour, 8:35am
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SNOOKER
The Six Red World Championship in Thailand runs from Sept 4-9
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TENNIS
The latest Grand Slam tournament, the US Open, runs from Monday August 28 to Sunday September 10
Live coverage of day eleven:
Eurosport 1 – 5pm, 9pm, midnight, 2am – i.e late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
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OTHER SPORT
International Netball – New Zealand v England, Coverage of the first of three fixtures, 9am Sky Sports Main Event
College American Football – Sam Houston State Bearkats v Prairie View A&M Panthers, 12:30am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e late Thursday night/ early Friday morning
Posted: 7th September 2017