Tuesday 25th July 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Tuesday 25 July 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Euro Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Tuesday July 25
Champions League Qualifying, Third Qualifying Round, First Legs – six games (two at 6pm – Qarabag v Sheriff Tiraspol andSlavia Prague v BATE Borisov – two at 6:30pm –AEK Athens v CSKA MoscowandSteaua Bucuresti v Plzen – one at 7pm –FK Vardar v FC Copenhagen – one at 7:45pm – Partizan v Olympiakos)
Scottish League Cup – 15 games taking place, all at 7:45pm, except forBuckie v Raith Rovers, 8pm and Peterhead v Hearts, 8pm
International Champions Cup – Chelsea v Bayern Munich, 12:35pm, eir Sport 2 – Tottenham Hotspur v Roma, 1am, eir Sport 2 – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Women’s UEFA European Championships – Russia Ladies v Germany Women, 7:45pm – Sweden Women v Italy Ladies, 7:45pm, both live on Eurosport (one game on Eurosport 1 and one on Eurosport 2)
Friendly Match – Toluca v Atletico Madrid, 2am – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
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HORSERACING
The Tuesday line-up is :
Ffos Las , 2pm – eight races, with field-sizes of 8-8-9-9-9-8-11 and 6; the most-valuable race is an £8,000 At The Races-sponsored handicap at 4:30pm; jockeys in action on the card include Shane Kelly, Fran Berry, Tom Marquand, Franny Norton, Kieran Shoemark, Liam Keniry, Pat Dobbs, Steve Drowne, Sam Hitchcott, Hollie Doyle, Timmy Murphy, Fergus Sweeney and Eddy Greatrex; Ireland’s John McConnell runs Nothing To Lose (3pm, Callum Shepherd), Blankiedoodle (3:30pm, Shane Kelly) and Phebes Dream (4pm, Callum Shephered) on the card
Musselburgh , 2:15pm – seven races (six of them handicaps), with field-sizes of 13-5-8-8-12-6 and 6; there are £8,000 handicaps at 3:15pm and 4:45pm; Ireland’s Adrian Keatley has the following runners on the card – Love To Rock (2:15pm) and Olaudah (5:15pm), both to be ridden by Danny Sheehy; other jockeys riding on the card include Danny Tudhope, Graham Lee, Jack Garritty, Andrew Mullen, Joe Fanning, Paul Hanagan, Paul Mulrennan, Sammy Jo Bell, Shane Gray, Nathan Evans, Kevin Stott, Tom Eaves and Jason Hart
Ballinrobe , 5:40pm – seven races (six hurdle races and a bumper), with field-sizes of 10-12-16-7-10-16 (plus 3 reserves) and 8; closely-related to 2015 Irish Grand National winner Thunder And Roses, the Willie Mullins-trained Brahma Bull makes his racecourse debut in the bumper; the most-valuable race on the card is the €20,000 McGrath Limestone Works Ltd Handicap Hurdle(7:40pm); jockeys riding on the card include Davy Russell, Andrew Lynch, Danny Mullins, Paul Townend, David Mullins, JJ Slevin, Rachael Blackmore, Jonathan Moore, Jody McGarvey, Mark Bolger, Patrick Mullins and Jamie Codd
Nottingham , 5:50pm – seven races (including six handicaps), starting with an apprentice handicap; field-sizes on the night are 10-7-7-6-7-13 and 17; there are £8,000 handicaps at 7:20pm and 7:50pm; jockeys riding on the card include PJ McDonald, Richard Kingscote, David Nolan, Adam Kirby, Tony Hamilton, John Egan, James Sullivan, Ben Curtis, David Egan and Robert Tart
Chelmsford City , 6pm – seven races (five of them handicaps), with field-sizes of 12-6-13-9-8-8 and 12; the card starts with a handicap for apprentices; there is a £25,000 feature, the Barentsz Gin Challenge Handicap, at 7pm, with £12,500 handicaps at 7:30pm and 9pm and a £12,500 maiden (3yo+) at 8pm; jockeys riding on the card include Luke Morris, Pat Cosgrave, Oisin Murphy, Stevie Donohoe, Martin Harley, Harry Bentley, Martin Lane, Jim Crowley, Robert Winston, David Probert, Josephine Gordon, Tom Queally, Dougie Costello, David Allan and Cam Hardie
They also race in India at Mysore (10:40am); later in shops it is Philadelphia, 5:55pm, in the USA
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, Fairmount Park, 7pm, Louisiana Downs, 9:15pm and Fort Erie, 9:20pm
The South African meeting is Kenilworth (11:25am)
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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 theBetfred Select Stakes on Wednesday July 26 at Nottingham
After this it will be the Coral Sussex Cup meeting at Hove on August 3
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 19 of the season
Friday 28 July
Hawthorn v Sydney Swans , 10:50am
Saturday 29 July
North Melbourne v Melbourne , 4:45am – GWS Giants v Fremantle, 5:10am –Port Adelaide v St Kilda, 7:05am –Gold Coat Suns v Richmond, 10:25am – Carlton v Geelong Cats, 10:25am
Sunday 30 July
Western Bulldogs v Essendon , 4:10am – West Coast Eagles v Brisbane Lions, 5:20am –Collingwood v Adelaide Crows, 6:20am
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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 7:20pm on Tuesday to 3:15am on Wednesday, i.e. – late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Live :
Chicago White Sox @ Chicago Cubs , 7:20pm, BT Sport ESPN – the Chicago derby
Los Angeles Angels @ Cleveland Indians , 12:10am, 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 – h ttp://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Big fights coming up:
Sat July 29th in Belfast
Carl Frampton v Andres Gutierrez in a world title eliminator; ifCarl Frampton wins, he will fight Gary Russell for the WBC featherweight title
Sun July 30th
Adrien Broner v Mikey Garcia , 12 Rounds Super-Lightweight, Barclays Centre, Brooklyn, New York, midnight, Sky Sports
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CRICKET
NatWest T20 Blast – Gloucestershire v Glamorgan, 6:30pm, live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket – other games areDurham v Nottinghamshire, 6:30pm,Leicestershire v Warwickshire, 6:30pm, and Derbyshire v Lancashire, 7pm
Youth TEST Series 2017 – England U19’s v India U-19’s, 11am, day three
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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
Tour de Wallonie – stage four of the Europe Tour race, a 164.1km journey from Brussels to Profondevile in Belgium, 2:30pm, Eurosport 1 – the race ends on Wednesday
Tour Cycliste International de la Guadeloupe – July 28 to Aug 06
From the track calendar:
ITS Melbourne – DISC Grand Prix, Melbourne, Victoria, July 25-26
British Cycling National Junior Track Championships , Newport, Wales, July 31 to Aug 04
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DARTS
Coming up:
World Matchplay – July 22-30, Winter Gardens, Blackpool – Day four live from 7pm, Sky Sports Action and 9:45pm, Sky Sports Main Event
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FORMULA ONE
The next race is the Hungarian Grand Prix , Budapest, July 28-30
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Wednesday 26 July
Munster U21HC final
Limerick v Cork , Gaelic Grounds, 7.30pm
Ulster U21HC final
Derry v Down , Corrigan Park, 7.30pm
Saturday 29 July
All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers Round 4B
Down v Monaghan , Croke Park, 5pm – live on Sky Sports Main Event/Arena
Armagh v Kildare , Croke Park, 7pm – live on Sky Sports Main Event/Arena
Sunday 30 July
All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals
Roscommon v Mayo , Croke Park, 2pm – RTE2
Kerry v Galway , Croke Park, 4pm – RTE2
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – The Porsche European Open, Green Eagle Golf Course, Hamburg, Germany, July 27-30
USPGA Tour – the RBC Canadian Open, Glen Abbey GC, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, July 27-30
LPGA Tour – the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open, North Ayrshire, Scotland, July 27-30
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour) and European Seniors Tour, is the SENIOR OPEN Championship, Royal Porthcawl GC, Bridgend, Wales, July 27-30
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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 :
Coming up….
Thursday 27 July
NRL – Penrith Panthers v Canterbury Bulldogs, 10:50am
Friday 28 July
NRL – New Zealand Warriors v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, 9am – Parramatta Eels v Brisbane Broncos, 10:50am
Saturday 29 July
Challenge Cup – Hull FC v Leeds Rhinos, 2:30pm
NRL – Newcastle v St George-Illawarra Dragons, 6am –South Sydney Rabbitohs v Canberra Raiders, 8:30am – Sydney Roosters v North Queensland, 10:30am
Sunday 23 July
Challenge Cup – Wigan Warriors v Salford Red Devils, 2:30pm
NRL – Melbourne Storm v Manly Sea Eagles, 5am – Gold Coast Titans v Wests Tigers, 7am
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RUGBY UNION
Coming up….
Saturday 29 July
Currie Cup – Golden Lions v Griquas, 11am – Sharks v Pumas, 4pm
Sunday 30 July
Currie Cup – Free State Cheetahs v Western Province, 1:30pm
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SNOOKER
Next:
The next key tournament is the World Games, Poland – July 24-30
Followed by the Camsing Global BVC International Challenge , Shenzhen, China, July 27-29
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP BB&T ATLANTA Open , Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Mon July 24 – Sun July 30
ATP Bet-at-home Open German Tennis Championships , Hamburg, Germany, Mon July 24 – Sun July 30, day two, live on Sky Sports Arena, 10am
ATP Credit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad , Gstaad, Switzerland, Mon July 24 – Sun July 30
WTA Nanchang , Nanchang, China, Mon July 24 – Sun July 30 – day two, live on BT Sport 2 from 10am
WTA Collector Swedish Open , Bastad, Sweden, Mon July 24 – Sun July 30 – day two, live on BT Sport 1 at 10am
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OTHER SPORT
Swimming World Championships – day three, Danube Arena, Budapest, 4:30pm, BBC Two, and 8:30am and 4:30pm, Eurosport 1
Fencing World Championships – from Leipzig, Germany, day 7, live on Eurosport 2 at 2:45pm and 4:30pm
Swedish Speedway – live coverage of an Elitserien meeting is on eir Sport 2 at 6:10pm
Posted: 25th July 2017