Tuesday 31 October 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Tuesday 31 October 2017
Happy Halloween, everyone!
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Euro Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Tuesday Oct 31
Champions League – all at 7:45pm – Atletico Madrid v Qarabag FK – Basel v CSKA Moscow – Celtic v Bayern Munich, BT Sport ESPN and eir Sport 2 – Man Utd v Benfica, BT Sport 3 – Olympiakos FC v Barcelona – Paris Saint-Germain v Anderlecht – Roma v Chelsea, BT Sport 2 and eir Sport 1 – Sporting Lisbon v Juventus
The is a game (TBC) due to be shown live on TV3
UEFA Under-19 match – Man Utd v Benfica, 3pm, and Celtic v Bayern Munich, 5pm, both on BT Sport 2, and Roma Under-19 v Chelsea Under-19, 2pm, BT Sport 3
Championship – ten games, four at 7:45pm, except for Reading v Nottingham Forest, 8pm
League One – Blackburn Rovers v Fleetwood Town, 7:45pm
Scottish Premiership – Kilmarnock v Hibernian, 7:45pm
Checkatrade Trophy – six games, all at 7:45pm, except for Doncaster Rovers v Scunthorpe Utd, 7:30pm
National League South – Poole Town v Concord Rangers, 7:45pm
National League North – Chorley v Tamworth, 7:45pm
Northern Irish Premiership – Coleraine v Ballinamallard United, 7:45pm
MLS – There is a match scheduled to be live on Sky Sports Football at midnight, and at 2:05am (early on Wednesday morning) on the same channel
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HORSERACING
The Tuesday line-up is:
Catterick, 12:35pm – Eight race flat card beginning with a Class 5 Novice Stakes and ending with a Class 6 Handicap over 6f. Field sizes on the card are 9-12-11-15-14-9-9 and 12.
Bangor-on-Dee, 12:55pm – Seven race National Hunt card. The bumper at the end of the card is divided into division 1 (3:35pm) and division 2(4:10pm); so the card will end with two races on the flat over 2m. Field sizes on the card are 12-3-8-8-10-10 and 10. Ireland’s Ron O’Leary sends over Cherokee Prince (Brian Hughes) for the bumper that closes the card
Chepstow, 1:15pm – Seven race National Hunt card in which the feature race is a Class 3 Novices’ Chase (3:25pm) – A race won at long odds on by the fantastic Thistlecrack last year – the Philip Hobbs-trained Wait For Me will be prominent in the betting in this renewal having won on Chase debut at Worcester in September.
Wolverhampton, 4:40pm – An eight-race flat card on the all-weather track; field sizes are 7-6-8-11-13-13-13 and 13. Jockeys riding on the card include David Probert, Ted Durcan, Adam Kirby, Dougie Costello, Tom Queally and Franny Norton; the card starts with three 2yo races; closely-related to Invincible Spirit (a Group 1 winner and a leading sire), Alpine Peak makes his racecourse debut at 5:10pm for trainer Roger Varian; in the 5:40pm, Sir Michael Stoute runs two horses, including Comrade In Arms, a half-brother by War Front to four-time Group 1 winner Peeping Fawn; Ireland’s Adrian Joyce has two runners on the card – the first-time blinkered Tidal’s Baby (Adam Kirby, 6:10pm), who was claimed from a race at Laytown in September), and Mr Michael (Adam Kirby, 7:10pm); Fran Berry has one ride on the card, Outback Blue for David Evans (7:40pm)
They also race in India at Mysore (10:35am) and in Germany at Magdeburg (10:30am); later in the shops it is Philadelphia (4:55pm) in the USA and Concepcion (8pm) in Chile
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Mahoning Valley, 4:45pm, Finger Lakes, 5:10pm, Zia Park, 6:10pm, Portland Meadows, 7pm, and Turf Paradise, 7:55pm
The South African meeting is Kenilworth (10:55am) and Turffontein (3:25pm)
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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
6:39pm – Sheffield
6:58pm – Tralee
The next live Sky meeting is the William Hill St Leger meeting at Perry Barr on Wednesday November 8th
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 9 begins on Thursday with Buffalo Bills @ New York Jets, 12:25am – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Ohio Bobcats v Miami RedHawks, midnight on Tuesday, BT Sport ESPN
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BASEBALL
The World Series between Los Angeles Dodgers v Houston Astros is as follows:
Houston leads the nest-of-seven series 3-2
Game 6, Tuesday October 31, 12:20am – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning – live on BT Sport 1
Game 7, Wednesday November 1, if required – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
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BASKETBALL
There are four NBA matches today, with start times ranging from 11pm on Tuesday to 2:30am on Wednesday – i.e. late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Live:
Milwaukee Bucks v Oklahoma City Thunder, midnight on Tuesday, BT Sport 2
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Coming up:
Saturday November 4 – Deontay Wilder v Bermane Stiverne, WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder faces Bermane Stiverne for the second time in his career. Stiverne was outclassed by Wilder back in 2015 but is the only man to go the distance with the unbeaten American in his career so far.
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CRICKET
Test Match – Zimbabwe v West Indies, 7:30am, day three of five
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DARTS
Coming up on the PDC calendar:
Nov 3 – Nov 5 – Ladbrokes World Series of Darts Finals, Braehead Arena, Glasgow
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 Grand Prix is the Brazilian Grand Prix, in Sao Paulo, which runs from November 10-12
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
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GOLF
USPGA Tour – Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, Las Vegas, NV, USA, Nov 2-5
PGA European Tour – Turkish Airlines Open, Regnum Carya Golf Resort, Anyalya, Turkey, Nov 2-5
USLPGA Tour – Toto Japan Classic, Ibaraki, Japan, Nov 2-5
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ICE HOCKEY
There are three NHL matches today, with start times ranging from 11pm to midnight on Tuesday night
Live:
New York Rangers v Vegas Golden Knights, 11pm, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Next games:
Friday 3 November
Rugby League World Cup – Australia v France, 9am
Saturday 4 November
Rugby League World Cup – New Zealand v Scotland, 4am – Samoa v Tonga, 6:30am – England v Lebanon, 9am
Sunday 5 November
Rugby League World Cup – Italy v USA, 6am – Papua New Guinea v Ireland, 6am – Fiji v Wales, 8:30am
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Friday 3 November
Anglo-Welsh Cup – Worcester v Sale Sharks, 7:45pm
Pro14 – Glasgow Warriors v Leinster – Munster v Dragons – Scarlets v Benetton Rugby – All 7:35pm
There are more fixtures on Saturday and Sunday (see the Upcoming Sport file)
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SNOOKER
Under way is the International Championship in Daqing, China, running from October 29th to November 5th – day 3 is live on Eurosport 1 at 6:30am and 11:30pm
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TENNIS
ATP Rolex Paris Masters, Paris, France Oct 30 to Nov 6, day two, 10am, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Arena
WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China, Oct 30 to Nov 5, day one’s action is live on BT Sport 1 at 7:30am
Posted: 31st October 2017