Tuesday 12 December 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Tuesday 12 December 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Euro Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Premier League – Burnley v Stoke City, 7:45pm – Crystal Palace v Watford, 8pm – Huddersfield v Chelsea, 8pm, live on BT Sport 1
FA Cup Second Round Replays – six games, all at 7:45pm
Scottish Premiership – Hearts v Dundee, 7:45pm – Ross County v Kilmarnock, 7:45pm
Scottish Championship – Inverness CT v Falkirk, 7:45pm
National League – Torquay Utd v Gateshead, 7:45pm
National League North – Gainsborough Trinity v Chorley, 7:45pm
Dutch Eredivisie – NAC Breda v FC Twente, 5:30pm – PEC Zwolle v AZ Alkmaar, 7:45pm
Bundesliga – Vfl Wolfsburg v RB Leipzig, 5:30pm, BT Sport 2 – Hamburg v Eintracht Frankfurt, 7:30pm, BT Sport ESPN – Mainz v Borussia Dortmund, 7:30pm, BT Sport 2 – SC Freiburg v Borussia M’Gladbach, 7:30pm
Serie A – Genoa v Atalanta, 6pm
Ligue 1 – Monaco v Caen, 8pm, BT Sport 3
Coppa Italia – Inter Milan v Pordenone, 8pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football
FIFA Club World Cup opening semi-final – Gremio v Pachuca, 5pm, RTE2, (being played in the UAE)
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HORSERACING
The Tuesday line-up is:
Lingfield, 11:30am – An early start for an eight-race card that consists of (in this order) a seller, two divisions of the 6f handicap, a fillies’ 6f handicap, a 10f handicap (which is worth £12,000), a 5f handicap (the Betway Dash, which is worth £20,000), a novice stakes race that carries the Plus10 Bonus and another 5f handicap; field-sizes are 6-10-9-7-9-9-8 and 10; jockeys in action include Josephine Gordon, Shane Kelly, Tom Marquand, Adam Kirby, Luke Morris, Fran Berry, Martin Harley, Steve Drowne, Rob Havlin, Franny Norton, Sean Levey, Martin Dwyer, Kieran Shoemark and Hollie Doyle
Ayr, 12:40pm – This meeting must survive a morning inspection owing to the weather – A six-race National Hunt card consisting of (in this order) a novices’ hurdle, a 2m4f110y handicap chase, a 2m3f conditional jockeys’ handicap hurdle, a 2m2f handicap chase, a 2m5f110y novices’ limited handicap chase and a bumper; field-sizes are 14-10-10-7-5 and 9; runners from Ireland are, in the 1:30pm, Stuart Crawford’s Curious Times (Andrew Lynch), Caroline McCaldin’s It’ll Do Rightly (Alain Cawley), Patrick Griffin’s Okey Dokey (Adam Short) and Liam Lennon’s Maureen’s Star (Conor O’Farrell); in the 1:30pm, Liam Lennon’s Benarty Hill (Adam Short); in the 2:20pm, the Trevor and Annie Scott Memorial Handicap Chase, Liam Lennon’s Howwoulduno (Adam Short) and in the finale, the bumper, the Merry Christmas From Ayr Racecourse Intermediate Open National Hunt Flat Race, Stuart Crawford’s Drumnagreagh (Andrew Lynch)
Wolverhampton, 3:50pm – An eight-race card that consists of (in this order) a 5f handicap, two divisions of the 6f handicap, two divisions of the 8.5f handicap, two 7f handicaps and a 12f handicap; field-sizes are 11-10-10-13-13-12-12 and 12; jockeys in action include Franny Norton, Phillip Makin, Tom Eaves, Paul Mulrennan, Timmy Murphy, Richard Kingscote, Andrew Mullen, Cam Hardie, Eddy Greatrex, Shane Gray, Jack Garritty, Ben Curtis, Robert Winston, Jason Hart and Jimmy Quinn
Uttoxeter – ABANDONED
They also race in France at Pau (10:55am, a mixed card) and in Germany at Dortmund (4pm); later in the shops it is Philadelphia (5:25pm) in the USA and Concepcion (8:30pm) in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Mahoning Valley, 5:45pm, Zia Park, 7:10pm, Turf Paradise, 7:40pm, and Portland Meadows, 8pm
The South African meetings are Kenilworth (11am, where five of the eight races are for fillies and mares) and Turffontein (2:20pm)
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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
6:33pm – KINSLEY
6:39pm – SHEFFIELD
6:58pm – TRALEE
The next live meeting on Sky Sports – Sky Sports Arena HD from 7pm – will be the Oaks/Laurels meeting at Belle Vue on Wednesday December 13th
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 15
Thursday December 14 – Denver Broncos @ Indianapolis Colts, 1:25am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Sunday December 17 – Eight games at 6pm, one at 9:05pm, two at 9:25pm and Dallas Cowboys @ Oakland Raiders, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Monday December 18 – Atlanta Falcons @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
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BASKETBALL
There are seven NBA matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from midnight on Tuesday to 3am on Wednesday – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Live:
No games scheduled as live in Ire/UK
College Basketball:
Fordham Rams @ Rutgers Scarlet Knights, midnight, BT Sport 2, Mississippi State Bulldogs @ Cincinnati Bearcats, midnight, BT Sport ESPN, Albany Great Danes @ Memphis Tigers, 2am, BT Sport 2 – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning – and Texas Longhorns @ Michigan Wolverines, 2am, BT Sport ESPN – – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Wednesday 12 December – Katie Taylor v Jessica McCaskill, 6pm, Sky Sports Mix, Sky Sports Action and Sky Sports Main Event, for the WBA lightweight title (York Hall, Bethnall Green, London)
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CRICKET
Monday Dec 11
TEST Series – New Zealand v West Indies, (Day five, final day, Second Test), 10pm, Sky Sports Cricket and 11:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event
New Zealand T20 – Auckland v Central Districts, 3am – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
On Sky Sports Cricket, 5:50am on Wednesday morning, ODI, India v Sri Lanka, the second match of the three-match series
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DARTS
Coming up on the PDC calendar:
The 2017/2018 William Hill World Darts Championship takes place from Alexandra Palace (Ally Pally) in London from Thursday December 14 to Monday January 01, follow all of the action on Sky Sports Darts
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
Sunday 17 December
All-Ireland club SFC quarter-final
Fulham Irish (Britain) v Corofin (Galway), Ruislip, 1pm
Leinster club SFC final
Moorefield (Kildare) v St Loman’s (Westmeath), O’Moore Park, 2pm – live on TG4
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GOLF
European Tour – Indonesian Masters, early Thursday to early Sunday – live coverage starts at 5am, Sky Sports The Open – i.e. early Thursday morning
Then….
USPGA Tour – Sentry Tournament of Champions, Maui, Hawaii, Jan 4-7, 2018
PGA European Tour – BMW SA Open, Gauteng, South Africa, Jan 11-14, 2018
USLPGA Tour – the next tournament will take place in 2018
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 nine NHL matches taking place today, with start times ranging from midnight on Tuesday to 3am on Wednesday – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Live:
St Louis Blues v Tampa Bay Lightning, 1am, eir Sport 1, and Vegas Golden Knights v Carolina Hurricanes, 3am, eir Sport 2 – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
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RUGBY LEAGUE
There are no key fixtures scheduled following last week’s Rugby League World Cup final
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RUGBY UNION
Next up:
Thursday 14 December
European Rugby Challenge Cup – Section Paloise v SU Agen, 7:45pm
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SNOOKER
The Dafabet Scottish Open, Glasgow, December 11 to December 17, day two, 12;45pm and 6:45pm, Eurosport 1
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP, Qatar Open, Doha, Jan 1-7
ATP, Maharashtra Open, Pune, India, Jan 1-7
ATP & WTA, Brisbane International, Australia, Jan 1-7
WTA, Shenzhen Open, Jan 1-7
WTA, ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand, Jan 1-7
Posted: 12th December 2017