Tuesday 15th August 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Tuesday 15th August 2017
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FOOTBALL
The draw for the Group stage of the 2017-18 Champions League will take place on August 24, with the 2018 Champions League final set for Kiev on May 26.
Tuesday Aug 15
Championship – ten games, all at 7:45pm, except for Reading v Aston Villa, 8pm
Checkatrade Trophy – four Southern Group matches (3 at 7:45pm plus Plymouth v Chelsea U21 at 7pm) and two Northern Group games – Rotherham v Man City U21, 7pm, and Notts County v Everton U21, 7:45pm
Champions League Play-Offs (1st Legs) – Qarabag FK v FC Copenhagen, 5pm BT Sport 2 – Apoel Nicosia v Slavia Prague, 7:45pm – BSC Young Boys Bern v CSKA Moscow, 7:45pm BT Sport ESPN – Hoffenheim v Liverpool, 7:45pm TV3/BT Sport 2 – Sporting Lisbon v FC Steaua Bucaresti, 7:45pm BT Sport 3
FA Cup Qualifying – Erith Town v Rochester United, 7:45pm and Radford v Boston Town, 7:45pm
Scottish Challenge Cup – 12 First Round North ties (one at 7:30pm, 10 at 7:45pm and one at 8pm) and eight First Round South ties (all at 7:45pm and including Annan Athletic v Celtic U20)
Airtricity League Premier Division – Limerick v Shamrock Rovers, 7:45pm – Sligo Rovers v Bray Wanderers, 7:45pm
Friendly Match – Girona v Man City, 5pm
National League – 12 matches, all at 7:45pm
National League North – ten matches, all at 7:45pm
National League South – nine matches, all at 7:45pm
Northern Irish Premiership – six games, all at 7:45pm
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HORSERACING
The Tuesday line-up is:
Thirsk (2pm) – An eight-race card, with the Anderson Barrowcliff Handicap (3:30pm and 4pm) split into two divisions, the card concludes with an amateur riders’ handicap. jockeys in action include Joe Fanning, Graham Lee, Paul Mulrennan, Harry Bentley, Tom Eaves and Ben Curtis.
Ffos Las (2:15pm) – A seven-race card, with field-sizes of 8-6-4-10-6-9 & 7. Top jockeys in action include Luke Morris, Timmy Murphy, Kieran Shoemark, Hector Crouch, Sam Hitchcott, Liam Keniry and Charles Bishop.
Nottingham (4:55pm) – A seven-race card, including the British Stallion Studs EBF Conditions Stakes (6:55pm, £16,000); jockeys riding on the card include Adam Kirby, Fran Berry, PJ McDonald, Tom Marquand, Tony Hamilton and Royston Ffrench.
Chelmsford (5:40pm) – A seven-race card on the Polytrack, including the Moulsham Handicap (7:10pm, £50,000), the Essex Sprint Handicap (7:40pm, £50,000) and the Monaghan Civil Engineering Ltd Handicap (8:10pm, £25,000); jockeys in action include Jim Crowley, James Doyle, Ryan Moore, Richard Kingscote, Danny Tudhope, Martin Harley, Franny Norton and Andrea Atzeni; the card contains £153,000 in prize-money
They also race in India at Hyderabad (10:15am) and Pune (10:30am), in France at Deauville (12:35pm) and in Germany at Saarbrucken (2:15pm); later in shops it is Concepcion, 8pm, in Chile
At Deauville in France, there are two Group 3 races (3pm, 4yo+, 1m2f, turf and 4:30pm, 3yo fillies, 8f, turf) and the Group 2 Prix Guillaume d’Ornano Haras du Logis Saint-Germain at 3:45pm (3yo, turf, 10f, in which last year’s winner and subsequent Irish Champion Stakes winner Almanzor is set to return for the season). This season’s French 2,000 Guineas and Derby winner Brametot is set to run in the 3:45pm race
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 Kenilworth (12:05pm)
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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 – SHEFFIELD
6:58pm – TRALEE
The next live meeting is the William Hill Peterborough Derby meeting from Peterborough on Weds August 23
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 22:
Friday 18 August
Western Bulldogs v GWS Saints, 10:50am
Saturday 19 August
Sydney Swans v Fremantle, 4:45am – Geelong Cats v Richmond, 5:10am – Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns, 7:35am – West Coast Eagles v Carlton, 8:40am – Essendon v Adelaide Crows, 10:25am
Sunday 20 August
Melbourne v St Kilda, 4:10am – Hawthorn v North Melbourne, 6:20am – Port Adelaide v Collingwood, 7:10am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 15 games taking place today, with start times ranging from 8:40pm on Tuesday to 3:10am on Wednesday, i.e. – late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Live:
New York Mets v New York Yankees, 12:05am BT Sport 2
Detroit Tigers @ Texas Rangers, 01:00am BT Sport ESPN
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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:
Sunday August 20, 2017 – Terence Crawford v Julius Indongo, WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF Super-Lightweight, from Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2am, Sky Sports Arena, i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
Saturday August 26, 2017 – Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor, billed as “The Money Fight” is an upcoming professional boxing super-fight between undefeated eleven-time five-division professional boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the current UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor. It will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada
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CRICKET
TEST Series 2017 (Third Test, day four) – Sri Lanka v India, 5:30am
Natwest T20 Blast – Middlesex v Gloucestershire, 5:30pm – Derbyshire Falcons v Durham Jets, 6:30pm Sky Sports Cricket
KIA Super League 2017 – Loughborough Lightning v Southern Vipers, 2:30pm Sky Sports Main Event
CPL T20 – St Lucia Stars v Jamaica Tallawahs, 10:30pm BT Sport 3
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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
15-20 August – Tour De Limousin, France
17-20 August – Ladies Tour Of Norway
18-20 August – ITC Switzerland
This week:
From the track calendar:
09-14 August – National Elite Track Cycling Championships, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
14-20 August – Russian National Track Championships, Saint Petersburg, Russia
18-20 August – Hungarian National Track Championships, Budapest, Hungary
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DARTS
Next up:
Melbourne Darts Masters – Friday Aug 18 to Sunday Aug 20, live 8am, eir Sport 1 and full highlights on ITV4 from 7pm
Perth Darts Masters – Friday Aug 25 to Sunday Aug 27
ET9 – Dutch Dart Masters – Sept 01-03, Maastricht, Netherlands
Unibet Champions League of Darts, Sept 16-17
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 race is the Belgium Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, Aug 25-27
The next race after this will be the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, September 1-3
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 19 August
All-Ireland Ladies SFC quarter-finals
Galway v Cork, TBC, 12.30pm – TG4
Donegal v Mayo, TBC, 2.15pm – TG4
All-Ireland Camogie Senior semi-finals
Cork v Galway, Gaelic Grounds, TBC – RTE
Dublin v Kilkenny, Gaelic Grounds, TBC – RTE
All-Ireland U21HC semi-finals
Kilkenny v Derry, Semple Stadium, 4pm – TG4
Galway v Limerick, Semple Stadium, 6pm – TG4
All-Ireland U21HC B semi-finals
Meath v Kerry, Semple Stadium, 2pm
Wicklow v Kildare, Arklow, 3pm
Sunday 20 August
All-Ireland SFC semi-final
Kerry v Mayo, Croke Park, 3.30pm – RTE/Sky
All-Ireland MFC semi-final
Kerry v Cavan, Croke Park, 1.30pm – TG4
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – Fiji International, Natadola Bay GC, Natadola, Fiji, Thurs Aug 17 to Sun Aug 20
Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play, Golf Resort Bad Griesbach, Bad Griesbach, Germany, Thurs Aug 17 to Sun Aug 20
USPGA Tour – Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, NC, USA, Thurs Aug 17 to Sun Aug 20
LPGA Tour – The Solheim Cup, West Des Moines, Iowa, USA, Fri Aug 18 to Sun Aug 20, (a biennial tournament contested by teams representing Europe and USA)
On the (Seniors Tour), The Willow Senior Golf Classic, Hanbury Manor Marriott Hotel & CC, Ware, Hertfordshire, England, August 25-27
On the (Champions Tour), The DICK’S Sporting Goods Open, En-Joie GC, Endicott, New York, Fri Aug 18 to Sun Aug 20
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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:
Thursday 17 August
Super League – Castleford Tigers v Wakefield Trinity, 8pm, Sky Sports Arena
NRL – Parramatta Eels v Gold Coast Titans, 10:50am
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RUGBY UNION
Thursday 17 August
Mitre 10 Cup – North Harbour v Otago, 8:35am
Women’s World Cup – Canada Women v New Zealand Women, midday – England Women v USA Women, 2:30pm – Italy Women v Spain Women, 2:45pm – Australia Women v Japan Women, 5pm – Wales Women v Hong Kong Women, 5:15pm – France Women v Ireland Women, 7:45pm
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SNOOKER
Next:
Evergrande China Championship – Guangzhou, China, August 16-22
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Mon Aug 14 to Sun Aug 20 – Coverage of day two at the Lindner Family Tennis Centre, 4pm Sky Sports Action – 6pm and Midnight on Sky Sports Main Event
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OTHER SPORT
Swedish Speedway – Coverage of the Elitserian meeting, 6:10pm eir Sport 2
Posted: 15th August 2017