THURSDAY 9TH MARCH
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day –
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FOOTBALL
Thursday March 9
Europa League –
Apoel Nicosia v Anderlecht, 6pm
FC Copenhagen v Ajax, 6pm, BT Sport 3
FK Rostov v Man Utd, 6pm, BT Sport 2 and eir Sport 1
AA Gent v Genk, 8:05pm
Celta Vigo v Krasnodar, 8:05pm
Lyon v Roma, 8:05pm, BT Sport 3 and eir Sport 1
Olympiakos v Besiktas, 8:05pm, BT Sport 2
Schalke v Borussia M’Gladbach, 8:05pm, BT Sport ESPN
Also, there are matches scheduled to be live on eir Sport 2 at 6pm and 8:05pm
International Friendly – Qatar v Azerbaijan, 6pm
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HORSERACING
The Thursday line-up is:
Wincanton, 1:50pm – with the feature being the £11,500 Bathwick Tyres Taunton Handicap Chase (2:55pm); field-sizes are 18-6-8-8-6-9 and 8; jockeys in action include Sam Twiston-Davies, Aidan Coleman, Daryl Jacob, Richie McLernon, Gavin Sheehan, Leighton Aspell, Nico de Boinville, Richard Johnson, Tom O’Brien and Liam Treadwell
Thurles, 1:55pm – field-sizes for the seven-race card are 14-8-18-16-10-10 and 8; jockeys riding on the card include Sean Flanagan, Davy Russell, Danny Mullins, Paul Townend, Jack Kennedy, Rachael Blackmore, Robbie Power, Bryan Cooper, Phillip Enright and Denis O’Regan; a bumper closes out the card, in which the stables of Adrian Maguire, Gordon Elliott, Robbie McNamara, Edward O’Grady, Henry de Bromhead, Emmet Mullins and Tom Foley are all represented
Carlisle, 2pm – field-sizes for the seven-race card are 4 (a hands-and-heels conditional jockeys and amateur riders’ event) -10-6-5-3-5 (a hunters’ chase) – and 3 (a bumper); Ireland’s Benjamin Arthey runs Largy Bull (who races in cheek-pieces for the first time) in the 3:!0pm race; jockeys riding on the card include Brian Hughes, Danny Cook, Brian Harding, Paddy Brennan, Henry Brooke, Will Kennedy and Joe Colliver
Southwell, 2:10pm – a seven-race card on the all-weather track, with field-sizes being 11-7-10-10-8-11 and 6 (an apprentice handicap); jockeys in action include Silvestre de Sousa, David Probert, Josephine Gordon, Liam Keniry, John Egan, Tom Eaves, Shane Kelly, Stevie Donohoe, Graham Lee, Andrew Mullen, Paul Mulrennan, Fran Berry, Franny Norton, Martin Lane, William Carson, Ted Durcan, Tom Queally, Jason Hart and Tom Marquand
Newcastle, 5:45pm – six races, with the feature being the £11,500 Betway Spring Handicap at 6:45pm; field-sizes are 8-5-12-5-10 and 10 (five handicaps, one of them for fillies, and a maiden that carries the Plus10 Bonus); jockeys in action include Danny Tudhope, James Sullivan, Luke Morris, Phillip Makin, Joe Fanning, Kevin Stott, Andrew Mullen, Oisin Murphy, Connor Beasley, Shane Gray, Paul Mulrennan, Andrew Mullen, Jason Hart, PJ McDonald, Graham Lee, Paul Hanagan and Adam Kirby
They also race in France at Fontainebleau (12:47pm start for a flat card) at Meydan from 2:30pm, where jockeys in action include Colm O’Donoghue, Dane O’Neill, Sam Hitchcott, Tadgh O’Shea, Richard Mullen, Royston French, Pat Dobbs, Jim Crowley, Bernard Fayd’Herbe and Antonio Fresu, and in India at Mumbai (11:15am); later in the shops, it is Hipo Chile in Chile (5:30pm), pm, in and at , pm, in the USA
The Turf TV USA line-up is Gulfstream Park, 5:35pm, Golden Gate Fields, 8:45pm, and Santa Anita, 9pm
The South African meeting is Vaal (10:10am)
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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
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BASKETBALL
There are five NBA games today, with start times ranging from 12:30am to 3:30am on Thursday – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Live games:
San Antonio Spurs @ Oklahoma City Thunder, 1am, BT Sport 2 – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Live games:
There are quarter-final games live on BT Sport ESPN at midnight on Thursday and 2:30am (early on Friday morning) from the ACC
There is a Pac-12 quarter-final from the CBB live on BT Sport ESPN at 4:30am (early on Friday morning)
EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL
Zalgiris Kaunas v Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens, 6pm, Sky Sports Mix
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Upcoming fights include:
Jamie Conlan v Yader Cardoza, March 10, Belfast
Declan Geraghty v James Tennyson, March 10, Belfast
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CRICKET
Thursday March 8
Test Series – Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 4:30am, day four – late Thurs night/early Fri morning
Test Series – New Zealand v South Africa, 9:30pm, day three, Sky Sports 2
ODI Series – West Indies v England, 1:30pm, live on Sky Sports 2
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CYCLING
Check out this website – http://www.uci.ch/road/calendar/
The next main events…
From the UCI road calendar
Paris – Nice – Mar 05-12, France, stage five, a 199.5km journey from Quincie-en-Beaujolais to Bourg-le-Peage, live on Eurosport 1 at 2:30pm
Tirreno-Adriatico, stage two, a 228km journey from Camaoire to Pomarance (Italy), live on Eurosport 2 at 1pm
From the track calendar:
Six Day Finale, Mallorca, March 17
Belgian International Track Meeting, March 17-18
China Track Cup, March 18-19
African Track Championships, March 20-24
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DARTS
The Premier League darts moves into week six today, from the SSE Hydro, Glasgow, live on Sky Sports 3 from 7pm. The games are:
Adrian Lewis v Phil Taylor
James Wade v Peter Wright
Kim Huybrechts v Michael van Gerwen
Jelle Klaasen v Raymond van Barneveld
Dave Chisnall v Gary Anderson
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FORMULA ONE
The first race of the 2017 season will be the Australian Grand Prix, March 23rd to March 26th, The F1 Champion of 2016 was Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), who retired from the sport on Friday Dec 02
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GAA
Next games:
Saturday 11 March
Allianz HL Division 1A round 4
Tipperary v Kilkenny, Semple Stadium, 7pm – eir
Allianz HL Division 1B round 4
Laois v Limerick, O’Moore Park, 7pm – eir
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GOLF
On the European Tour, it is day one of the Hero Indian Open, New Delhi, India, March 9-12 – day two coverage is live on Sky Sports 4 from 5:30am – i.e. early on Thursday morning – and again at 9am on Thursday – The action is then live again (day two) from 5:30am on Friday morning on Sky Sports 4
On the PGA Tour, it is day one of the Valspar Championship, Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead), Palm Harbor, Florida, March 9-12 – day one coverage live on Sky Sports 4 from 7pm
On the LPGA Tour, the next tournament is the Bank Of Hope Founders Cup, Phoenix, Arizona, March 16-19
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the Tuscon Conquistadores Classic, Tuscon, USA, Mar 17-19
On the European Seniors Tour, the next tournament is the Sharjah Senior Golf Masters (presented by Shurooq), Mar 16-18
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ICE HOCKEY (NHL)
There are ten games scheduled in the NHL today, with start times ranging from midnight on Thursday to 3:30am on Friday – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Live games:
Carolina Hurricanes v New York Islanders, midnight on Thursday, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Next games:
Today
Super League – Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors, 8pm, Sky Sports 1
NRL – Sydney Roosters v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, 9:05am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
FRIDAY March 10
Six Nations – Wales v Ireland, 8pm
Super Rugby – Chiefs v Hurricanes, 6:35am, and Brumbies v Western Force, 8:45am
Under-20 Six Nations – Italy v France, 2pm
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SNOOKER
This week:
Ladbrokes Players Championship, March 6-12 – second quarter-final, ITV4 at 12:45pm; third quarter-final, 6:45pm on ITV4
Upcoming:
China Open, March 27 to April 2
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP – BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, March 9-19 – day one coverage is live on Sky Sports 5 at 7pm
ATP – Miami Open, March 22 to April 2
WTA – BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, March 8-19 – day two action live on BT Sport 1 at 7pm
WTA – Miami Open, March 21 to April 2
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OTHER SPORT
Freestyle Skiing – 11am, Eurosport 1
X Games Norway 2017 – 2pm, 4:30pm and 6:15pm, BT Sport ESPN
PSA Squash – men’s semi-final, live on BT Sport 1, 6:30pm
WRC Rally: Mexico – BT Sport 3, 2am – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Posted: 9th March 2017