TUESDAY 25th APRIL 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
TUESDAY 25th APRIL 2017
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FOOTBALL
Tuesday April 25
Premier League – Chelsea v Southampton, 7:45pm, Sky Sports 1
Championship – Wolves v Huddersfield, 7:45pm
League One – Walsall v Port Vale, 7:45pm
National League – Dover v Macclesfield, 7:45pm, and Maidstone v Lincoln, 7:45pm
National League North – Stalybridge Celtic v Harrogate Town, 7:45pm
League Of Ireland Premier Division – Derry City v Limerick FC, 7:45pm
La Liga – Sporting Gijon v Espanyol, 6:30pm, Sky Sports 3 – Granada v Malaga, 7:30pm, Sky Sports 3 – Red Button – Atletico Madrid v Villareal, 8:30pm, Sky Sports 3
Coupe de France, semi-final – Angers v Guingamp, 8pm
German Cup, semi-final – Borussia Monchengladbach v Eintracht Frankfurt, 7:45pm, BT Sport 3
Belgian First Division, Championship play-off – SV Zulte Waregem v KAA Gent, 7:30pm, eir Sport 2
Russian Premier League – FC Rostov v FC Ufa, 5:30pm, and Spartak Moscow v FC Ural, 5:30pm
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HORSERACING
The Tuesday line-up is:
Yarmouth, 1:40pm – Jockeys riding on the card include Silvestre de Sousa, Oisin Murphy, Pat Cosgrave, Andrea Atzeni, Jim Crowley, Adam Kirby and Luke Morris (who rode a 4-timer at Lingfield on Monday)
Hexham, 1:50pm – seven runners from Ireland on the card
Ludlow, 2pm – Richard Johnson, Sam Twiston-Davies, Harry Skelton, Aidan Coleman, Tom Scudamore all ride on the card
Punchestown, 3:40pm – day one of the fantastic five-day Festival, the card including the €100,000 Grade 1 Herald Champion Novice Hurdle (4:20pm), the €250,000 Grade 1 BoyleSports Champion ‘Chase (5:30pm), the €100,000 Goffs Land Rover Bumper (6:05pm) and the €100,000 Grade 1 Growise Champion Novice ‘Chase (6:40pm); the card begins with the Kildare Hunt Club Father Breen Memorial Chase for the Ladies Perpetual Cup – live coverage of the meeting will be available in shops, on At The Races and on RTE1 (from 4pm) and RTE2 (from 5:55pm)
Brighton, 4:50pm –
Wolverhampton, 6pm –
They also race at Cologne, 4pm, in Germany and at Philadelphia Parx, 5:55pm, in the USA
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Will Rogers Downs, 7:05pm
The South African meeting is Vaal (11:40am)
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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
6:38pm – SHEFFIELD
6:58pm – TRALEE
The next meeting live on Sky – Sky Sports 5 – is tonight’s Northern Sprint night at Sheffield
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AUSSIE RULES
Final game of Round 5 of the season – Round 6 begins on Friday
Tuesday 25 April
Essendon v Collingwood, 6:20am, BT Sport 1
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 15 MLB games today, with start times ranging from 11:10pm on Tuesday to 3:15am on Wednesday – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Live games:
Houston Astros @ Cleveland Indians, 11pm, BT Sport 2
New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox, 12:10am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
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BASKETBALL
The regular NBA seasons ended on April 12th. The play-offs continue tonight with four games, with start times TBD
Live games:
There is a game listed to be live on BT Sport 1 at midnight on Tuesday
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Upcoming fights include:
On Saturday April 29, Wembley Stadium, London, UK, (Sky Box Office) –
Anthony Joshua v Vladimir Klitschko, IBF & WBA Heavyweight Titles
Scott Quigg v Viorel Simion, WBA International Featherweight Title
Luke Campbell v Darleys Perez
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CRICKET
TEST Series 2017 – West Indies v Pakistan, 4pm, live coverage on Sky Sports 4 from 3:55pm, final day (if required)
IPL – Royal Challengers Bangalore v Sunrisers Hyderabad, 3:30pm, Sky Sports 2
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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 Romandie – April 25-30, Switzerland – live on Eurosport 1, 3pm – the prologue, a 4.8km time-trail in Aigle, France
Tour de Yorkshire – April 28-30, Britain, with the Women’s Race on April 29
5eme Tour des Portes du Pays d’Othe – April 29-30, France
Vuelta Asturias Julio Alvarez Mendo – April 29 to May 1, Spain
La Coupe du President de la Ville de Grudziadz – 30 April to 3 May, Poland
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
The Premier League darts moves into Week 13 on Thursday April 27, from the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, with the line-up (live on Sky Sports 1 from 7pm) being:
James Wade v Adrian Lewis
Dave Chisnall v Michael van Gerwen
Phil Taylor v Peter Wright
Gary Anderson v Raymond van Barneveld
Adrian Lewis v Michael van Gerwen
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FORMULA ONE
The next race of the 2017 Formula One season is the Russian Grand Prix, in Sochi, which is set to take place on Sunday April 30
After this it is the Spain Grand Prix, at the Circuit de Catalunya, May 12-14
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GAA
Next games:
Saturday 29 April
All-Ireland U21FC final
Galway v Dublin, Tullamore, 5pm
Christy Ring Cup round 2A
Antrim v Down, TBC, TBC
Kildare v Wicklow, TBC, TBC
Christy Ring Cup round 2B
Carlow v Mayo, TBC, TBC
Roscommon v London, TBC, TBC
Nicky Rackard Cup round 2A
Derry v Longford, TBC, TBC
Tyrone v Donegal, TBC, TBC
Nicky Rackard Cup round 2B
Armagh v Louth, TBC, TBC
Lory Meagher Cup round 2
Leitrim v Cavan, Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, 2pm
Warwickshire v Sligo, Páirc na hEireann, TBC
Lancashire v Fermanagh, Old Bedians, Manchester, TBC
Sunday 30 April
Leinster SHC round 2
Westmeath v Kerry, TEG Cusack Park, 3pm
Meath v Laois, Pairc Tailteann, 3pm
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GOLF
PGA European Tour – Volvo China Open, April 27-30
USPGA Tour – Zurich Classic Of New Orleans, April 27-30
LPGA Tour – The next tournament is the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout Presented by JTBC, at Irving, TX, April 27-30; the defending champion is Jenny Shin
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the Insperity Invitational, Texas, USA, May 5-7
On the European Seniors Tour, the next tournament is the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, Trump National, Washington DC, USA, May 25-28
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ICE HOCKEY (NHL)
The Stanley Cup play-off games continue in the NHL today, start times TBD
Live games:
There are games scheduled to be live on eir Sport 2 at midnight on Tuesday and at 3am – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning – on the same channel
ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
This tournament runs from May 5-21 – 16 teams, two host cities > Cologne and Paris
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Next up:
Tuesday 25 April
NRL – Sydney Roosters v St George Illawarra Dragons, 7am, eir Sport 2, and Melbourne Storm v New Zealand Warriors, 10am, eir Sport 2
Thursday 27 April
Super League – Leeds Rhinos v Huddersfield Giants, 8pm
NRL – Brisbane Broncos v Penrith Panthers, 10:50am
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RUGBY UNION
Next up:
Friday 28 April
Aviva Premiership – Harlequin v Wasps, 7:45pm, and Newcastle v Worcester, 8pm
Guinness Pro12 – Cardiff Blues v Zebre, 7:05pm, Edinburgh v NG Dragons, 7:35pm, and Leinster v Glasgow, 7:35pm
Super Rugby – Highlanders v Stormers, 8:35am
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SNOOKER
April 15th to May 1st – Betfred World Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield – the biggest tournament in snooker continues today, with live coverage today as follows:
BBC2, 10am, 1pm and 7pm
Eurosport 1, 10am, 2:30pm and 6:30pm
Eurosport 2, 10am, 2:30pm and 7pm
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP – Barcelona Open – April 24-30 – live on Sky Sports 3, 10am, and 10am, Sky Sports Mix
ATP – Hungarian Open – April 24-30
WTA – Istanbul Cup – April 24-30 – BT Sport 2, 9am
WTA – Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – April 24-30 – BT Sport 1, 11am
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Posted: 25th April 2017