Tuesday 19 December 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Tuesday 19 December 2017
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FOOTBALL
EFL Cup quarter-finals – Arsenal v West Ham, 7:45pm, and Leicester v Man City, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football/Sky Sports Main Event
Scottish Championship – Livingston v Falkirk, 7:45pm
Scottish League One – Stranraer v Albion Rovers, 7:45pm
Scottish League Two – Cowdenbeath v Stenhousemuir, 7:45pm
La Liga – Levante v Leganes, 8:30pm
German DFB Cup – Mainz v Stuttgart, 5:30pm, SC Paderborn 07 v FC Ingolstadt, 5:30pm, FC Nurnberg v VfL Wolfsburg, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1 and FC Schalke 04 v FC Koln, 7:45pm
Coppa Italia – Napoli v Udinese, 8pm
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HORSERACING
The Tuesday line-up is:
Catterick, 12:20pm – A seven-race National Hunt card with field-sizes of 16-10-4 (a £12,000 beginners’ chase)-12-13-11 and 9; Ireland is represented on the card by Caroline McCaldin’s It’ll Do Rightly (2:20pm, race 5); the opening race is an amateur riders’ handicap hurdle; jockeys in action on the card include Brian Hughes, Noel Fehily, Will Kennedy, Danny Cook, Harry Skelton, Henry Brooke, Connor King, Craig Nichol and Sam Waley-Cohen
Southwell, 12:30pm – A seven-race card consisting of five handicaps (one of them for 2yos), a claimer and a 6f 3-5yo maiden; field-sizes are 14-8-10-9-6-10 and 10; jockeys in action include PJ McDonald, Fran Berry, Tom Marquand, Tom Eaves, Luke Morris, Ben Curtis, Andrew Mullen, Shane Gray, Cam Hardie, Stevie Donohoe, Hollie Doyle, Graham Lee, Robert Winston, Liam Keniry and Kieran O’Neill
Fakenham, 12:40pm – This meeting must survive a Tuesday morning inspection – A six-race National Hunt card with field-sizes of 7-8-7 (the £15,000 At The Races Handicap Chase)-9-5 (a £10,000 novices’ handicap chase) and 9; jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Aidan Coleman, Wayne Hutchinson, Daryl Jacob, Paddy Brennan, Gavin Sheehan, Jamie Moore and Leighton Aspell
They also race in France at Chantilly (11:25am); Later in the shops it is Philadelphia (5:52pm)
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Mahoning Valley, 5:40pm, Sunland Park, 7:30pm, Turf Paradise, 7:40pm, and Portland Meadows, 8:30pm
The South African meetings are Kenilworth (10:30am) and Turffontein (1:10pm)
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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 will be in 2018
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 16
Saturday December 23 – Indianapolis Colts @ Baltimore Ravens, 9:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event – Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Sunday December 24 – 12 games from 6pm to 9:25pm
Monday December 25 – Pittsburgh Steelers v Houston Texans, 9:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event – Oakland Raiders @ Philadelphia Eagles, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event. i.e late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
College Football
No live action scheduled in Ire/UK
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BASKETBALL
There are three NBA matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from Midnight to 1am i.e late Tuesday night/early Wednesday night
Live:
Cleveland Cavaliers @ Milwaukee Bucks, 1am, BT Sport 1
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Dartmouth Big Green @ Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Midnight, BT Sport 2
S.F. Austin Lumberjacks @ Missouri Tigers, 2am, BT Sport 2
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
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CRICKET
Australian Big Bash League – Sydney Thunder v Sydney Sixers, 8:45am, BT Sport 2
One Day International – New Zealand v West Indies, 10pm, Sky Sports Cricket 10pm/ Sky Sports Main Event 11pm
New Zealand T20 – Wellington v Northern Districts, 3am – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
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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 – Day six from and 7pm, Sky Sports mix/ Sky Sports Arena and 10pm on Sky Sports Main Event
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
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GOLF
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 ten NHL matches taking place today, with start times ranging from 7pm to 3am – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Live:
New York Rangers v Anaheim Ducks, Midnight, eir Sport 2
Vegas Golden Knights v Tampa Bay Lightning, 3am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY UNION
Friday 22 December
Aviva Premiership – Worcester v London Irish, 7:45pm
French Top 14 – Racing 92 v Toulouse, 7:45pm
The Championship – Bristol v Cornish Pirates, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Action – Jersey v Hartpury College RFC, 7:45PM
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SNOOKER
Dafabet Masters, London, Alexandra Palace 14 January – 21 January
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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: 19th December 2017