Tuesday 2 January 2018
SPORTS PREVIEW
Tuesday 2 January 2018
**WE WISH EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY AND ENJOYABLE NEW YEAR. HAPPY NEW YEAR!**
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FOOTBALL
Tuesday Jan 02
Premier League – Southampton v Crystal Palace, 7:45pm – Swansea City v Tottenham Hotspur, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League ROI – West Ham Utd v West Brom, 7:45pm – Man City v Watford, 8pm
Championship – Fulham v Ipswich Town, 7:45pm – Wolves v Brentford, 7:45pm – Reading v Birmingham, 8pm
Scottish Championship – five games, all at 3pm
Scottish League One – five games, all at 3pm
Scottish League Two – five games, all at 3pm
Coppa Italia quarter-final – Napoli v Atalanta, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football
Northern Irish Premiership – Three games, all at 7:45pm
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HORSERACING
Today’s meetings:
Ayr, 12:30pm – A seven-race card, where the feature is the Handicap Hurdle (£15,800, 2:40pm), field-sizes are 8-11-7-10-9-7 & 10, Irish trainers Stuart Crawford, Patrick Griffin and Ronan McNally have runners on the card, top jockeys in action include Brian Hughes, Danny Cook, JJ Slevin, Henry Brooke, Tom Scudamore and Ryan Day.
Ffos Las, Abandoned, due to a waterlogged track
Newcastle, 3:35pm – A seven-race card on the Tapeta surface, where the feature races are the opening 1m4f Handicap (£25,000, 3:35pm), the 7f Handicap (£25,000, 4:40pm) and the 5f Condition Stakes (£30,000, 5:10pm), top jockeys in action include Oisin Murphy, Fran Berry, Danny Tudhope, Dougie Costello, Ben Curtis, Stevie Donohoe, Tom Eaves and Tom Marquand to name just a few.
They also race at Cagnes-Sur-Mer in France (11:55am); later in the shops it is Philadelphia Park(5:25pm) in the USA
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Mahoning Valley, 5:15pm, Sunland Park, 7:30pm and Turf Paradise, 7:40pm
The South African meeting is Vaal (10:50am)
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GREYHOUNDS
Today’s line-up:
11:01am – CRAYFORD
11:09am – CENTRAL PARK
2:06pm – MONMORE
2:12pm – HOVE
6:27pm – HENLOW
6:33pm – CRAYFORD
6:56pm – TRALEE
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
It’s Wildcard week in the NFL with the games TBC
College Football:
No games scheduled to be live in Uk/Ire
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BASKETBALL
There are five NBA matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from midnight tonight to 3:30am on Wednesday – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Live:
Portland Trail Blazers @ Cleveland Cavaliers, midnight, BT Sport 3
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Indiana Hoosiers @ Wisconsin Badgers, midnight, BT Sport ESPN
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
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CRICKET
Tuesday Jan 02
KFC T20 Big Bash League – Melbourne Stars v Brisbane Heat, 8:10am, BT Sport 2
Twenty20 Series – New Zealand v West Indies, 6am, coverage from 5:55am, Sky Sports Cricket
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DARTS
Next-up:
The BDO World Darts Championship runs from Saturday Jan 06 to Sunday Jan 14 from the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, the action will be live on Channel 4 and BT Sport
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
Wednesday 3 January
Connacht FBD FL round 1
Sligo v Galway, Tourlestane, 7pm
Leitrim v Roscommon, Leitrim Centre of Excellence, 7pm
O’Byrne Cup round 2
Dublin v Offaly, Parnell Park, 8pm
Kildare v Louth, Hawkfield, 8pm
Carlow v Meath, Netwatch Cullen Park, 8pm
McKenna Cup round 1
Tyrone v Antrim, Healy Park, 8pm
Cavan v St Mary’s, Kingspan Breffni, 8pm
Down v Armagh, Pairc Esler, 8pm
Derry v UUJ, Owenbeg, 8pm
Donegal v Queen’s, Ballybofey, 8pm
Fermanagh v Monaghan, Brewster Park, 8pm
Walsh Cup round 2
Wexford v Carlow, Hollymount, 8pm
Laois v Kilkenny, O’Moore Park, 8pm
Meath v Dublin, Abbotstown, 8pm
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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 be the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic, Paradise Island, Bahamas, Jan 25-28
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 12 NHL matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from 00:30am on Wednesday to 1am on Wednesday – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Live games:
Pittsburgh Penguins @ Philadelphia Flyers, midnight, eir Sport 2
Los Angeles Kings @ Edmonton Oilers, 3am, eir Sport 2, – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
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RUGBY UNION
Next:
Friday Jan 05
Aviva Premiership – Worcester v Bath, 7:45pm
Guinness PRO14 – Edinburgh v Southern Kings, 7:35pm – Scarlets v Dragons, 7:35pm
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SNOOKER
Next up:
Dafabet Masters, London, Alexandra Palace, 14 January – 21 January
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
Hopman Cup – 30 December, 2017 to Jan 6, 2018, a team competition – today’s action is live on Eurosport 2 at 9:30am
ATP, Qatar Open, Doha, Jan 1-7 – today’s action is live on Eurosport 2 at 12:30pm and 6:35pm (day two)
ATP, Maharashtra Open, Pune, India, Jan 1-7
ATP, Brisbane International, Jan 1-7, day four, with live coverage at 1am and 5am on Eurosport 1 – i.e. early on Wednesday morning
WTA, Brisbane International, Jan 1-7, day three, with live coverage at 9am on BT Sport 1; day-four coverage is from 1am on BT Sport 1 – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
WTA, Auckland International, Australia, Jan 1-7, day three, 11:30pm, BT Sport 2
WTA, Shenzhen Open, Jan 1-7, day four, 3am, BT Sport 3 – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
WTA, ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand, Jan 1-7
Posted: 2nd January 2018
