Tuesday 8th August 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Tuesday 08 August 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Euro Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
EFL Cup – 28 ties at 7:45pm plus Reading v Gillingham, 8pm
UEFA Super Cup – Real Madrid v Manchester United, 7:45pm, BT Sport 2 and RTE2
National League – 12 matches, all at 7:45pm
National League North – nine matches, all at 7:45pm
National League South – nine matches, all at 7:45pm
Portuguese Primeira Liga – Maritimo v Pacos de Ferreira, 4pm
Russian Premier League – SKA-Khabarovsk v Anzhi Makhachkala, 9am, and Amkar Perm v FC Ulfa, 3:30pm
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HORSERACING
The Tuesday line-up is :
Leicester , 2pm – A six-race flat card with field sizes of 10-13-8-9-8-8. There’s a £10,000 feature, the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies’ Nursery Handicap at 3pm. Top Jockeys on the card include Adam Kirby, Josephine Gordon, Martin Harley, Daniel Tudhope, Tom Marquand, Richard Kingscote, Tony Hamilton, PJ McDonald, Liam Keniry, John Egan, Danny Tudhope (who travels on to ride one at Chelmsford), Fran Berry (one ride), David Probert (one ride and then travels on to ride two at Nottingham), Paul Hanagan and Dougie Costello, who then travels on to ride one in the final race at Nottingham
Catterick , 2:15pm – A seven-race flat card with field sizes of 8-13-6-12-9-10-11. The card begins with a 7f Novice stakes for the 2yo and ends with a Class 6 Handicap over 7f. The card features the £10,000 Class 4 CNG Handicap over 1m 5f (3:15pm). Jockeys riding on the card include Joe Fanning, Tom Eaves, Phillip Makin, Graham Lee, Ben Curtis, James Sullivan, Cam Hardie, Jason Hart, Jack Garritty and David Allan
Nottingham , 5:05pm – A seven-race flat card with field sizes of 11-11-9-7-6-9-9. The feature is the £8,000 Class 4 Fillies’ Handicap over 6f (6:35pm), in which Richard Hannon runs last-time-out winner Jule in the Crown. Jockeys riding on the card include Andrea Atzeni, Martin Lane, Franny Norton, Sean Levey, Tony Hamilton, Pat Dobbs, Tom Queally, Paul Mulrennan, David Probert and Ted Durcan
Cork , 5:30pm – A seven-race flat card featuring the €75,000 Group 3 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Give Thanks Stakes (7:30pm), backed up by the €47,500 Listed Platinum Stakes (7pm) and the €25,000 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies’ Handicap (6:30pm); field-sizes are 10-12-13-7-10-18 and 18 (plus 3 reserves) ; jockeys in action include Kevin Manning, Wayne Lordan, Seamie Heffernan, Donnacha O’Brien, Billy Lee, Pat Smullen, Shane Foley, Declan McDonogh and Gary Carroll
Roscommon , 5:40pm – A seven-race flat card featuring the €30,000 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Connacht Oaks Fillies’ Handicap (7:40pm) and the €26,000 Class Grass Handicap (8:10pm); field-sizes are 13-12-6-15 (plus 3 reserves)-7-11 and 6; jockeys in action include Colin Keane, Colm O’Donoghue, Chris Hayes, Ronan Whelan, Paudy Beggy, Leigh Roche, Niall McCullagh, Sean Davis, Connor King and Rory Cleary
Chelmsford , 5:50pm – A seven-race flat card featuring the £25,000 Class 3 totequadpot Handicap over 1m (6:50pm) – Luca Cumani saddles La Rav who has won his last two in impressive fashion, while champion jockey Jim Crowley will be on board Mutarabby, a C&D winner last time out for Saeed bin Suroor – and the £25,000 Class 3 Fillies’ Handicap over 1m 2f (7:20pm). Top Jockeys on the card include Ryan Moore, Will Buick, Silvestre de Sousa, Jim Crowley, James Doyle, Oisin Murphy and Jamie Spencer
They also race in India at Mysore (10:40am) France at (:pm); later in shops it is Philadelphia Park, 5:55pm
The Festival season at Deauville andClarefontaine in France continues with Deauville at 11:40pm
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 (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
6:39pm – SHEFFIELD
6:58pm – TRALEE
The next live meeting is the William HillPeterborough Derby meeting from Peterborough on Weds August 23
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ATHLETICS
The World Athletic Championships run from Friday August 04 to Sunday August 13, from Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, England.
Some of the world’s top athletes will be competing at the stadium where the 2012 Olympics took place, among them Mo Farah and Usain Bolt.
The London Championships will be the 16th in the event’s 34-year history with the first IAAF World Championships having taken place in Helsinki in 1983.
Live action :
Live coverage of Day
BBC Two from 6:30pm
6:45pm, Eurosport 1
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 21 of season:
Friday 11 August
Western Bulldogs v GWS Giants , 10:50am
Saturday 12 August
Sydney Swans v Fremantle , 4:45am – Geelong Cats v Richmond, 5:10am –Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns, 7:35am –West Coast Eagles v Carlton, 8:40am – Essendon v Adelaide Crows, 10:25am
Sunday 13 August
Melbourne v St Kilda , 3:10am – Hawthorn v North Melbourne, 6:20am – Port Adelaide v Collingwood, 7:10am
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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 3:15am on Wednesday, i.e. – late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
Live :
Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays , midnight, BT Sport ESPN
Los Angeles Dodgers @ Arizona Diamondbacks , 2:30am BT Sport 2 – 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:
Sunday August 20, 2017 – Terence Crawford v Julius Indongo, WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF Super-Lightweight, from Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2am, Sky Sports Arena, i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
Saturday August 26, 2017 – Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor, billed as ” The Money Fight” is an upcoming professional boxing super-fight between undefeated eleven-time five-division professional boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the current UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor . It will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada
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CRICKET
Tuesday August 8
TEST Series 2017 – England v South Africa, 11am coverage of the fifth (and final) day (if required) of the Fourth Test, Sky Sports Main Event/Sky Sports Cricket 10:30am
Tour Match – Kent v West Indies, 11am, day three (of four)
Under-19 Youth ODI Series 2017 – England U-19 v India U-19, 11am, day two
County Championship Division 1 – Middlesex v Warwickshire, 11am –Yorkshire v Essex, 11am –Hampshire v Lancashire, 11am – Somerset v Surrey, 11am – day 3 of each game (of four)
County Championship Division 2 – Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire, 11am –Leicestershire v Durham, 11am –Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire, 11am – Worcestershire v Sussex, 11am – day 3 of each game (of four)
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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
7-13 Aug – BinckBank Tour, Netherlands/Belgium – Stage two ,featuring a 9km individual time-trial, 2pm, Eurosport 1
08-12 Aug – Tour de l’Ain, France
10-13 August – Arctic Race of Norway, Norway
10-13 August – Colorado Classic, USA
10-13 August – Czech Cycling Tour, Czech Republic
This week:
From the track calendar:
09-14 August – National Elite Track Cycling Championships, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
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DARTS
Next up:
Unibet Champions League of Darts , Sept 16-17
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EQUESTRIANISM
The Dublin Horse Show runs from August 9-13.
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 race is the Belgium Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, Aug 25-27
The next race after this will be the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, September 1-3
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Wednesday 9 August
All-Ireland U17FC semi-final
Meath v Tyrone , Kingspan Breffni, 7.30pm
Saturday 12 August
All-Ireland U21HC B quarter-finals
Wicklow v Roscommon , Aughrim, 2pm
Kildare v Armagh , Newbridge, 2pm
Meath v Mayo , Trim, 3.45pm
Kerry v Donegal , Dr Hyde Park, 3.45pm
All-Ireland U17FC semi-final
Kerry v Roscommon , Cusack Park, Ennis, 2pm
Sunday 13 August
All-Ireland SHC semi-final
Cork v Waterford , Croke Park, 3.30pm – RTE/Sky
All-Ireland MHC semi-final
Cork v Dublin , Croke Park, 1.30pm – TG4
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GOLF
PGA European and USPGA Tour – The US PGA Championship, Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, Thurs Aug 10 to Sun Aug 13, (the fourth and final major of the season)
LPGA Tour – The Solheim Cup, West Des Moines, Iowa, USA, Fri Aug 18 to Sun Aug 20, (a biennial tournament contested by teams representing Europe and USA)
On the (Seniors Tour), The Willow Senior Golf Classic, Hanbury Manor Marriott Hotel & CC, Ware, Hertfordshire, England, , August 25-27
On the (Champions Tour), The DICK’S Sporting Goods Open, En-Joie GC, Endicott, New York, Fri Aug 18 to Sun Aug 20
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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 :
Next up:
Thursday 10 August
Super League – Wakefield Trinity v Leeds Rhinos, 8pm
NRL – South Sydney Rabbitohs v Canterbury Bulldogs , 10:50am
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RUGBY UNION
Next up:
Currie Cup – Free State Cheetahs v Griquas, 2pm, Sky Sports Action –Western Province v Blue Bulls, 4:15pm – Golden Lions v Sharks, 6:30pm, Sky Sports Arena
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SNOOKER
Next:
World Open Qualifiers – Preston, August 06-09
Evergrande China Championship – Guangzhou, China, August 16-22
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP Coupe Rogers , Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Mon Aug 7 to Sun Aug 13 – coverage of day two from the Uniprix Stadium, 5:30pm, Sky Sports Action and 5:30pm and 11pm, Sky Sports Main Event
WTA Rogers Cup (Presented by National Bank) , Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Mon Aug 7 to Sun Aug 13 – day two, 4pm, BT Sport 1, 4pm
Posted: 8th August 2017