TUESDAY 11th JULY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
TUESDAY 11 JULY 2017
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FOOTBALL
Tuesday July 11th
UEFA Champions League – Qualifying Second Round
FK Qarabeg v FC Samtredia, 6pm – Hibernians FC v FC Red Bull Salzburg, 7:30pm – HNK Rijeka v The New Saints, 7:45pm – Partizan Belgrade v Buducnost Podgorica, 7:45pm
CONCACAF Gold Cup – Costa Rica v Canada, 12:30am, and Honduras v French Guiana, 3am – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
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HORSERACING
The Tuesday line-up is:
PONTEFRACT, 2:10pm- Seven race flat card including a Fillies’ listed contest over 1m worth over £22,000 to the winner. Field sizes are 7-8-8-11-7-8-11. Jockeys on the card include Silvestre de Sousa, Paul Hanagan and Andrea Atzeni
WOLVERHAMPTON, 2:25pm- Eight race flat card on the tapeta. Field sizes are 13-9-11-1-12-12-7-12. Jockeys on the card include Will Buick, Luke Morris and Franny Norton
BRIGHTON, 5:45pm – Seven race card on the flat. Field sizes are 10-7-8-6-12-9-5. Luke Morris travels down south after his rides at Wolverhampton, also riding on the card are Jim Crowley and Josephine Gordon
ROSCOMMON, 5:55pm – A seven-race jumps card, featuring the €20,000 Connolly’s Red Mills Rated Novice Hurdle (7:25pm)
UTTOXETER, 6:05pm – Seven race National Hunt card with field sizes of 5-12-9-7-8-12-12. Nico de Boinville makes the trip for just one ride in the 6:35pm. Richard Johnson, Noel Fehily and Aidan Coleman all have rides on the card also.
They also race in Germany at Munich (4pm); later in shops it is Philadelphia Park, 5:55pm, in the USA
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, Fairmount Park, 7pm, Louisiana Downs, 9:15pm, Fort Erie, 9:20pm and Presque Isle Downs, 10:25pm
The South African meeting is Vaal (11:05am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Tuesday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – NOTTINGHAM
11:11am – PERRY BARR
2:08pm – CRAYFORD
2:18pm – SUNDERLAND
6:28pm – NEWCASTLE
6:38pm – SHEFFIELD
6:58pm – TRALEE
The next meeting live on Sky Sports is the William Hill UK Festival on July 19 at Sunderland
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 17 of the season, next games:
Friday 14 July
St Kilda v Essendon, 10:50am
Saturday 15 July
Port Adelaide v North Melbourne, 4:40am – Geelong Cats v Hawthorn, 4:45am – Gold Coast Suns v Collingwood, 7:35am – Melbourne v Adelaide Crows, 10:10am – GWS Giants v Sydney Swans, 10:25am
Sunday 16 July
Richmond v Brisbane Lions, 4:10am – Fremantle v West Coast Eagles, 5:40am – Carlton v Western Bulldogs, 6:20am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are no MLB games scheduled for today – see below
Live games:
The biggest names from the National League and American League face each other in the prestigious All-Star Game, 12:30am, BT Sport 1 – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Big fights coming up
Miguel Berchelt v Takashi Miura, Saturday 15 July/early Sunday morning – Mexican WBC World Super Featherweight title holder Miguel Berchelt will make his first title defence against former champion Takashi Miura from Japan – The Forum, Inglewood, California
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CRICKET
Tuesday July 11
ICC Women’s World Cup – West Indies v Pakistan, 10:30am
NatWest T20 Blast – Northamptonshire v Yorkshire, 6:30pm, live on Sky Sports 2
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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 blue riband event of cycling, the Tour de France, runs from July 1st to July 23rd; stage ten, a 178km journey from Perigueux to Bergerac
Live coverage:
1:10pm, TG4 – midday, ITV4 – midday, Eurosport 1
From the track calendar:
6 Giorni delle Rose – Fiorenzuola 2017 – July 6-11
Iranian National Championships – July 8-17
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DARTS
Coming up:
North American Championship – July 13, Tropicana Las Vegas
US Darts Masters – July 14-15, Tropicana Las Vegas
World Matchplay – July 22-30, Winter Gardens, Blackpool
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FORMULA ONE
This next F1 race is the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, July 14-16
The next race after this will be the Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest, July 28-30
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Wednesday 12 July
Munster U21HC semi-final
Limerick v Clare, Gaelic Grounds, 7.30pm – TG4
Thursday 13 July
Munster U21HC semi-final
Waterford v Cork, Walsh Park, 7.30pm – TG4
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – THE Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, Dundonald Links, Scotland, July 13-16
Live on Sky Sports 4 today at 7:30pm is the par-three tournament that precedes the Scottish Open, the Hero Challenge
USPGA Tour – the John Deere Classic, TPC Deere Run, USA, July 13-16
LPGA Tour – the US Women’s Open, Trump National Golf Club, USA, July 13-16
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), is the Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, Caves Valley Golf Club, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, July 13-16
On the European Seniors Tour, it is the WINSTON golf Senior Open, WINSTON links Course, WINSTON golf, Vorbeck, Germany, July 14-16
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HOCKEY
Men’s Hockey World League semi-finals (in South Africa) – Pool B, Germany v Egypt, 11am – Pool A, Australia v France, 1pm – Pool A, New Zealand v Japan, 3pm – Pool B, Belgium v Ireland, 5pm – all games live on BT Sport 1
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ICE HOCKEY
No keys games scheduled; the new NHL season begins on Wednesday, October 4
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Wednesday 12 July
State Of Origin series – Queensland v New South Wales, 11am – it is 1-1 after two games in the three-game series
Thursday 13 July
Super League – Wigan Warriors v Warrington Wolves, 8pm, Sky Sports 1
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RUGBY UNION
Friday 14 July
Super Rugby – Highlanders v Reds, 8:35am, Sky Sports 1 – Melbourne Rebels v Los Jaguares, 10:45am, Sky Sports 1 – Southern Kings v Cheetahs, 6pm, Sky Sports 5
Saturday 15 July
Super Rugby – Sunwolves v Blues, 4:05am – Chiefs v Brumbies, 6:15am, Sky Sports 1 – Hurricanes v Crusaders, 8:35am, Sky Sports 1 – Western Force v Waratahs, 10:45am, Sky Sports 1 – Sharks v Lions, 4:15pm, Sky Sports 1 – Bulls v Stormers, 6:30pm, Sky Sports 3
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SNOOKER
The next key tournament is the Hong Kong Masters – July 20-23
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TENNIS
Wimbledon – July 3 to July 16 – the latest Grand Slam event and the only one played on grass; live coverage of ladies’ singles last-eight matches is on BBC2 from 12:30pm, BBC1 from 1:45pm, and eir Sport 1 from 11:30am
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OTHER SPORT
Swedish Speedway – there is live action from an Eliteserien meeting at 6:10pm on eir Sport 2
Athletics – The Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern, from Lucerne, Switzerland, live on Eurosport 2 from 6:15pm
Posted: 11th July 2017