Tuesday 26 December 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
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Tuesday 26 December 2017
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FOOTBALL
Premier League – Tottenham v Southampton, 12:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League ROI, then six games at 3pm, and Liverpool v Swansea City, 5:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event
Scottish Premiership – Dundee v Celtic, 12:30pm, BT Sport 1
Championship – Millwall v Wolves, 1pm, then ten games at 3pm, including Burton Albion v Leeds, live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football, followed by Brentford v Aston Villa, 5:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football
League One – Gillingham v Oxford United, 1pm, and Southend v Charlton, 1pm, then ten games at 3pm
League Two – Grimsby v Mansfield Town, 1pm, then eleven matches at 3pm
National League – Leyton Orient v Dagenham and Redbridge, 1pm, then eleven games at 3pm
National League North – Nuneaton v Tamworth, midday, North Ferriby Utd v York City, 12:30pm, then nine games at 3pm
National League South – St Alban’s City v Hemel Hempstead, 1pm, and Welling United v Dartford, 1pm, then nine games at 3pm
Scottish Championship – Dumbarton v Livingston, 2pm
Northern Irish Premiership – six games at 3pm
Coppa Italia quarter-final – Lazio v Fiorentina, 8pm
A-League – Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners, 8:50am, BT Sport 1
Belgian First Division – three matches at 1:30pm, one at 5pm and Anderlecht v Gent, 7:30pm
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HORSERACING
Today’s meetings:
Huntingdon, 11:40am – The feature race is the £20,000 Henrietta Knight Mares’ Bumper (Listed Race, 2:25pm);
Sedgefield, 11:55am –
Wetherby, midday – The feature race is £40,000 Grade 3 Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase (2:10pm)
Market Rasen, 12:05pm – The feature race is the £20,000 Clugston Lincolnshire National Handicap Chase (2:15pm)
Wolverhampton, 12:05pm – Where’s there’s a £14,000 nursery at 12:40pm and the £20,000 Betway Handicap (1m1f104y) at 1:45pm
Down Royal, 12:10pm –
Leopardstown, 12:15pm – The feature races are the €45,000 Grade 2 Knight Frank Juvenile Hurdle (1:15pm, two miles), for which the unbeaten Gavin Cromwell-trained Espoir d’Allen is the strong favourite, and the €90,000 Grade 1 Racing Post Novice ‘Chase (2:20pm, 2m1f), in which the impressive Grade 1 Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase winner Death Duty is set to face four opponents, inckuding the likely race-favourite, the Willie Mullins-trained Footpad, who won so well at Navan last time on his chasing debut – This meeting will be covered in its entirety on At The Races and in shops and from 1pm on RTE2
Fontwell, 12:20pm –
Wincanton, 12:25pm – The feature race is the £20,000 Bathwick Tyres Lord Stalbridge Memorial Handicap Chase (2:05pm), backed up by an £18,500 ‘Pertemps Qualifier’ (1:30pm); far and away the leading trainer at what is his local track, Paul Nicholls has a runner in all races except for the first one
Limerick, 12:35pm – The feature race is the €42,500 Grade 2 Greenmount Park Novice ‘Chase (2:10pm, 2m3f), with the market being headed one of Willie Mullins’ two runners, Al Boum Photo (David Mullins); Willie also runs Arbre de Vie (Alexis Poirier); Gordon Elliott’s two runners are Tombstone (Keith Donoghue) and Dounikos (Andrew Ring)
Kempton, 12:45pm – It is Grade 1 King George VI Chase day at the track, one of the biggest days of racing of the year; also on the card is the Grade 1 Christmas Hurdle (2:30pm) in which the market is headed by champion hurdler Buveur d’Air; the line-up for the King George is Bristol de Mai, Double Shuffle, Fox Norton, Might Bite, Tea For Two, Thistlecrack, Traffic Fluide and Whisper
They also race at ** in ** (**) and at ** in ** (**); later in the shops it is ** (**pm) in ** and ** (**) in the USA
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: **, 5:30pm, **, 5:45pm, **, 7:10pm, **, 7:40pm and **, 8pm
The South African meeting is ** (**am)
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GREYHOUNDS
Today’s line-up:
11:03am –
11:11am
2:08pm –
2:18pm –
6:28pm –
6:33pm –
6:39pm –
6:59pm –
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 17
Sunday December 31 – Sixteen games from 6pm to 9:25pm – it is the final week of the Regular season in the NFL
Sunday, 6pm – Carolina Panthers @ Atlanta Falcons – plus 11 other games at this time
Sunday, 9:25pm – four games
College Football
The Heart Of Dallas Bowl – 10:15pm, BT Sport ESPN
The Quick Lane Bowl – Northern Illinois Huskies v Duke Blue Devils, 10:15pm, BT Sport ESPN
Cactus Bowl – UCLA Bruins v Kansas State Wildcats, 2am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
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BASKETBALL
There are eight NBA matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from midnight on Tuesday to 3:30am on Wednesday – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Live:
Utah Jazz @ Denver Nuggets, 2am, BT Sport 2 – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
No games scheduled as live in Ire/UK
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
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CRICKET
Fourth Ashes Test, Day two (of five) – Australia v England, 11:30pm, BT Sport 1
Test Match, day one (of five) – South Africa v Zimbabwe, 11:30am, Sky Sports Cricket
One-Day Tour Match – Australia U19 v Pakistan U19, 11pm
Big Bash – Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars, 8:10am, BT Sport 2
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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 11 will take place on Wednesday December 27
There will a three-day break in the middle of the tournament: Dec 24, 25 and 26 – follow/watch Sky Sports Darts to keep up to date with the championship
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
The next set of games are scheduled for Saturday December 30th – Round One of the O’Byrne Cup, McGrath Cup, Walsh Cup, Kehoe Cup and Munster SHL
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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 no NHL matches taking place today, with the next matches scheduled to take place on Wednesday December 27
Live:
N/A
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RUGBY UNION
Pro 14 – Dragons v Cardiff Blues, 2pm – Munster v Leinster, 3:15pm, live on TG4 and Sky Sports Action – Scarlets v Ospreys, 5:35pm, live on Sky Sports Action
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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
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SPORTS PREVIEW
Wednesday 27 December 2017
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FOOTBALL
Premier League – Newcastle v Manchester City, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League ROI
Scottish Premiership – five games at 7:45pm, including Hearts v Hibernian, Sky Sports Football and Rangers v Motherwell
Coppa Italia, quarter-final – AC Milan v Inter Milan, 7:45pm
Belgian First Division – KV Oostende v Genk, 5pm – KV Kortrijk v Standard Liege, 7:30pm – Sint-Truidense v Antwerp, 7:30pm
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HORSERACING
Today’s meetings:
Leopardstown, 12:10pm – The feature races are the €100,000 Grade 1 Paddy’s Rewards Club ‘Chase (2m1f, 1:15pm), the €85,000 Future Champions Novice Hurdle (1:50pm, 2 miles) and the €190,000 Paddy Power Steeplechase (3pm, three miles)
Limerick, 12:25pm – The feature race is the €50,000 Tim Duggan Memorial Handicap ‘Chase (2:35pm, 2m3f)
Wetherby, 12:30pm – Where the feature race is the £23,000 188Bet Castleford Chase (2:05pm)
Chepstow, 12:35pm – It is Welsh Grand National day at the track, with the £150,000 Coral-sponsored race being due off at 2:50pm; also on the card are a £50,000 Grade 1 juvenile hurdle (2:10pm), in which Ireland Gavin Cromwell is set to run his Aintree Listed winner Famous Milly, and a £30,000 handicap chase (1:05pm)
Kempton, 12:45pm – day two (the final day) of Kempton’s ‘King George’ meeting, where the feature races are the 32Red.com Grade 2 Wayward Lad Novices’ Chase (1:20pm) and the Grade 2 Unibet Desert Orchid Chase (2:30pm)
Wolverhampton, 1:45pm – The feature race is a £27,000 fillies’ handicap at 3:25pm
They also race at ** in ** (**) and at ** in ** (**); later in the shops it is ** (**pm) in ** and ** (**) in the USA
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: **, 5:30pm, **, 5:45pm, **, 7:10pm, **, 7:40pm and **, 8pm
The South African meeting is ** (**am)
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GREYHOUNDS
Today’s line-up:
11:03am –
11:11am
2:08pm –
2:18pm –
6:28pm –
6:33pm –
6:39pm –
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 17
Sunday December 31 – Sixteen games from 6pm to 9:25pm – it is the final week of the Regular season in the NFL
Sunday, 6pm – Carolina Panthers @ Atlanta Falcons – plus 11 other games at this time
Sunday, 9:25pm – four games
College Football
Independence Bowl – Florida State Seminoles v Southern Miss Golden Eagles, 6:30pm, BT Sport ESPN
Texas Bowl – Missouri Tigers v Texas Longhorns, 2am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
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BASKETBALL
There are 10 NBA matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from midnight on Wednesday to 3:30am on Thursday – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Live:
Denver Nuggets @ Minnesota Timberwolves, 1am, BT Sport 2 – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Syracuse Orange v Eastern Michigan Eagles, midnight on Wednesday, BT Sport 3
SMU Mustangs v UCF Knights, 2am, BT Sport 3– i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
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CRICKET
Fourth Ashes Test, Day three (of five) – Australia v England, 11:30pm, BT Sport 1
Test Match, day two (of five) – South Africa v Zimbabwe, 11:30am, Sky Sports Cricket
Big Bash – Brisbane Heat v Sydney Thunder, 8am, BT Sport 2
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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 – Play resumes after a three-day Christmas break – live coverage is on Sky Sports Main Event at 12:30pm and 10pm, and Sky Sports Darts at 12:30pm and 7pm
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
The next set of games are scheduled for Saturday December 30th – Round One of the O’Byrne Cup, McGrath Cup, Walsh Cup, Kehoe Cup and Munster SHL
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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 11 NHL matches taking place today, with start times ranging from midnight on Wednesday to 3am on Thursday – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Live:
New York Rangers v Washington Capitals, 1am, eir Sport 1 – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Winnipeg Jets v Edmonton Oilers, 1am, eir Sport 2 – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
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RUGBY UNION
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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
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Posted: 25th December 2017