Tuesday 29 August 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Tuesday 29 August 2017
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FOOTBALL
Tuesday Aug 29
FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifying – U.A.E. v Saudi Arabia, 5:30pm
Checkatrade Trophy – 22 games – two at 7pm, four at 7:30pm, 15 at 7:45pm and Barnet v AFC Wimbledon, 8pm
Scottish Challenge Cup – Ayr United v Montrose, 7:45pm
Australian semi-professional Soccer – Bentleigh Greens v Western Sydney Wanderers, 10:30am, BT Sport 1 – a last-16 FFA Cup tie
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HORSERACING
The Tuesday line-up is:
Epsom, 2pm – The feature race is the £15,000 Terry Mills & John Akehurst Handicap (3:10pm), which is named in honour of two hugely-successful Epsom trainers of the past; field-sizes on the seven-race card are 9-8-7-10-7-11 and 6; jockeys in action include Silvestre de Sousa, David Probert, Josephine Gordon, Tom Marquand, Pat Cosgrave, Martin Harley, Joe Fanning, Oisin Murphy, Martin Harley, Jason Hart, Harry Bentley, Robert Winston, Adam McNamara, John Egan, Shane Kelly, Martin Dwyer, Stevie Donohoe, John Egan, Ted Durcan and Hector Crouch
Ripon, 2:15pm – The most-valuable races are the £12,000 Follow @Attheraces on Twitter Conditions Stakes (Plus10 Race) at 4pm and the £12,000 Visit Atheraces.com City Of Ripon Handicap at 4:30pm; the card consists of four handicaps, a 2yo race, a 3yo Conditions Stakes race and a seller; jockeys in action include Luke Morris, Paul Mulrennan, David Allan, Paul Hanagan, Jamie Spencer, Tom Eaves, Franny Norton, Danny Tudhope, Phillip Makin, Andrew Mullen, PJ McDonald, Graham Lee, Cam Hardie and Jack Garritty
Newton Abbot, 4:35pm – A seven-race card that features the £11,500 Racing Partnership TRP Novices’ Chase (6:05pm, 3 declarations, including the Paul Nicholls-trained Alcala, who has won his last four races); field-sizes are 11-8-7-3-7-7 and 13; jockeys in action include Noel Fehily, Harry Skelton, Tom Scudamore, Sam Twiston-Davies, Wayne Hutchinson, Sean Bowen, Harry Cobden, Richie McLernon and Richard Johnson (the last-two named have one ride each, in the card’s finale)
Carlisle, 4:45pm – the card consists of five handicaps, a 2yo race and a 3-4yo maiden, with field-sizes of 10-14-11-6-17-12 and 8; jockeys in action include Paul Mulrennan, Connor Beasley, Ben Curtis, Tony Hamilton, Phillip Makin, Tom Eaves, Danny Tudhope, Kevin Stott, Royston French, Richard Kingscote, James Sullivan, Graham Lee and Jack Garritty
Ballinrobe, 4:55pm – With €20,000 races – the P & D Lydon Handicap Hurdle (5:25pm) and the Hollymount Nursing Home Chase (6:55pm) – as the card’s centrepieces; field-sizes are 12-8-14-16 (plus 3 reserves)-5-9 and 10; jockeys in action include Mark Walsh, Denis O’Regan, Jody McGarvey, Danny Mullins, David Mullins, Andrew Lynch, Paul Townend, Sean Flanagan, Ruby Walsh and Davy Russell
They also race in France at Clairefontaine (11:40am)
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, Fairmount Park, 7:00pm, Fort Erie, 9:05pm and Louisiana Downs, 9:15pm
The South African meeting is Vaal (12:05pm)
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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 live Sky dogs fixture is the Coral Champion Stakes meeting from Romford, Weds August 30, 7pm, Sky Sports Action, followed by the Betfred Steel City Cup meeting from Sheffield, Tuesday September 5, 7pm, Sky Sports Action
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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 12:05am to 3:10am on Wednesday – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Live:
Cleveland Indians @ New York Yankees, 12:05am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Los Angeles Dodgers @ Arizona Diamondbacks, 2:30am, 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 – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Big fight coming up:
Saturday September 9, 2017 – Gennady Golovkin vs Canelo Alvarez, much anticipated Middleweight title fight from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas – Kazakhstan’s Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) will defend his middleweight titles against Alvarez, the biggest boxing star in Mexico. Alvarez, whose only loss was at the hands of Floyd Mayweather Jr, is coming off a lopsided win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr last month in Las Vegas.
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CRICKET
Tuesday August 29
TEST Series 2017 – Bangladesh v Australia, 5am, day 3 (of 5)
TEST Series 2017 – England v West Indies, 11am, day 5 (of 5), if required
County Championship Division 1 – all at 11am (day 2 of 4) – Surrey v Middlesex – Essex v Somerset – Lancashire v Warwickshire
County Championship Division 2 – all at 11am (day 2 of 4) – Glamorgan v Sussex – Durham v Derbyshire – Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire – Worcestershire v Gloucestershire – Kent v Leicestershire
Caribbean Premier League – Barbados Tridents v Guyana Amazon Warriors, 11pm
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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
Vuelta a Espana – Stage 10, a 164.8km journey through the mountains from Caravaca de la Cruz to Alhama de Murcia, 2pm, Eurosport 2
From the track calendar:
Track Sea Games Kuala Lumpur 2017, Aug 27-29
Elite Pan American Track Cycling Championships – Trinidad and Tobago, Aug 30 to Sept 03
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DARTS
Next up:
ET9 – Dutch Dart Masters – Sept 01-03, Maastricht, Netherlands
Unibet Champions League of Darts, Sept 16-17
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FORMULA ONE
The next race after this will be the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, September 1-3
Followed by the Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay, Sept 15-17
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 2 September
All-Ireland Ladies SFC semi-final
Cork v Mayo, TBC, 4.45pm – TG4
All-Ireland Ladies IFC semi-final
Sligo v Tyrone, TBC, 3pm – TG4
Sunday 3 September
All-Ireland SHC final
Galway v Waterford, Croke Park, 3.30pm – RTE/Sky
All-Ireland MHC final
Cork v Galway, Croke Park, 1.15pm – TG4
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GOLF
PGA Tour – Dell Technologies Championship, TPC Boston, Norton, MA, Fri Sept 01 to Mon Sept 04
European Tour – D&D REAL Czech Masters, Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, Czech Rep, Thurs Aug 31 to Sun Sept 03
LPGA Tour – Cambia Portland Classic Presented By JTBC, Portland, OR, Aug 31 to Sept 03
On the (Seniors Tour) – Travis Perkins Masters, Woburn GC, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, England, Fri Sept 01 to Sun Sept 03
On the Champions Tour, Shaw Charity Classic, Canyon Meadows G&CC, Calgary, AB, Canada, Fri Sept 01 to Sun Sept 03
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ICE HOCKEY
The new NHL season begins on Wednesday, October 4
Swedish Hockey League – 6:10pm, teams TBC, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Thursday 31 August
Betfred Super League – Leeds Rhinos v Hull FC, 8pm, Sky Sports Arena
NRL – North Queensland v Brisbane Broncos, 10:50am
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RUGBY UNION
Wednesday 30 August
Mitre 10 Cup – Auckland v Waikato, 8:35am
Thursday 31 August
Mitre 10 Cup – Bay Of Plenty v Wellington 8:35am
Friday 1 September
Mitre 10 Cup – Hawkes Bay v Canterbury, 8:35am
Aviva Premiership – Gloucester v Exeter, 7:45pm – Newcastle Falcons v Worcester, 7:45pm
Guinness Pro14 – Cardiff Blues v Edinburgh, 7:35pm – Munster v Treviso, 7:35pm – Ulster v Cheetahs, 7:35pm
Currie Cup – Blue Bulls v Griquas, 6pm
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SNOOKER
The Six Red World Championship in Thailand runs from Sept 4-9
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TENNIS
The latest Grand Slam tournament, US Open, runs from Monday August 28 to Sunday September 10
Live coverage of day two:
Eurosport 1 – 3:30pm, 6pm, 9pm, midnight and 2am – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Eurosport 2 – 5pm and 2am – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
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OTHER SPORT
Universiade – (all on Eurosport 2) – Basketball, 10am – Badminton, 11am and midday
Posted: 29th August 2017