Wednesday 10 January 2018
SPORTS PREVIEW
Wednesday 10 January 2018
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Irish Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
EFL/Carabao Cup, semi-final, first leg – Chelsea v Arsenal, 8pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football
EFL Trophy – Shrewsbury Town v Blackpool, 7pm
Copa del Rey – Alaves v Formentera, 6:30pm – Villarreal v Leganes, 6:30pm – Real Madrid v Numancia, 8:30pm
French League Cup, quarter-final – Amiens v PSG, 8pm, BT Sport 3
National League North – Darlington v Salford City, 7:45pm
Florida Cup – Rangers v Atletico Mineiro, midnight on Wednesday, eir Sport 2
A-League – Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory, 6:35am, BT Sport ESPN, and Western Sydney v Adelaide United, 8:50am, BT Sport ESPN
HORSERACING
Today’s meetings:
Ayr, 1pm – Abandoned
Lingfield, 1:10pm – A six-race card on the all-weather track that consists of, in this order, a 7F maiden handicap, a 6f 3yo novice auction stakes race, a two-mile handicap, a 7f fillies’ handicap (which, with prize-money of £16,500, is the most-valuable race on the card, a 5f handicap and a 10f fillies’ maiden; field-sizes are 14-9-8-5-10 and 10; jockeys riding on the card include Oisin Murphy, Fran Berry, Luke Morris, Dougie Costello, Martin Harley, Stevie Donohoe and Joe Fanning; Ireland’s Joseph O’Brien has four runners on the card – Highly Aproved (1:10pm, Fran Berry), Grey Waters (2:15pm, Oisin Murphy), Aibell (3:55pm, Joe Fanning) and Dream Point (3:55pm, Martin Dwyer), while Adrian Joyce runs Blastofmagic (3:25pm, Stevie Donohoe)
Ludlow, 1:20pm – Seven race national hunt card featuring five races over hurdles and two chase races. The Henry Daly yard has been going great guns in recent weeks and he runs Flash Jack in the 2m 7f handicap hurdle (2:25pm) and Goohar in the 3m 1f Handicap Chase (3pm).
Kempton, 4:15pm – A seven-race card made up of, in this order, a 7f handicap, two divisions of the mile novice stakes race (for 3yo’s), an 11f handicap, a 6f Conditions Stakes race (which carries prize-money of £25,000; the field includes Jamie Osborne’s Reckless Endeavour, who looked a little unlucky at Lingfield last time, and William Haggas’s Diagnostic, who has won three of her career starts to date), a 6f handicap and a 12f handicap for amateur riders; field-sizes are 14-12-12-13-6-12 and 9; jockeys in action include Fran Berry, Dougie Costello, PJ McDonald, Adam Kirby, Stevie Donohoe, Rob Havlin, Luke Morris, Sean Levey, Tom Marquand and Graham Lee; Kate Harrington travels from Ireland to ride Every Chance for trainer Jamie Osborne and owners Melbourne 10 Racing in the amateurs’ contest (which is worth £11,200); among Rob Havlin’s rides are the well-bred John Gosden-trained filly Orchid Lily (4:45pm)
They also race at Mysore in India (10:30am) and at Pau in France (11:27am); later in the shops it is Valparaiso (6pm) in Chile
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Tampa Bay Downs, 5:25pm, Gulfstream, 5:35pm, Mahoning Valley, 5:45pm, and Turf Paradise, 7:40pm
The South African meeting is Greyville (nine races from 10am)
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GREYHOUNDS
Today’s line-up:
*******Check start times, given recent BAGS changes on SIS and the TRP****
11:01am – CENTRAL PARK
11:03am – SWINDON
11:09am – ROMFORD
11:11am – NEWCASTLE
2:06pm – MONMORE
2:08pm – BELLE BUE
2:12pm – HOVE
6:22pm – SUNDERLAND
6:27pm – DONCASTER
6:37pm – HARLOW
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Divisional Play-Offs
Sat 13 January
Atlanta Falcons @ Philadelphia Eagles, 9:35pm
Tennessee Titans @ New England Patriots, 1:15am – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
Sun 14 January
Jacksonville Jaguars @ Pittsburgh Steelers, 6:05pm
New Orleans Saints @ Minnesota Vikings, 9:40pm
College Football:
There are no games scheduled as being live today in Ire/UK
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BASKETBALL
There are 11 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:
Oklahoma City Thunder @ Minnesota Timberwolves, 1am, BT Sport 2 – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning – and Los Angeles Clippers @ Golden State Warriors, 3:30am, BT Sport 2 – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Duke Blue Devils @ Pittsburgh Panthers, midnight on Wednesday, BT Sport ESPN
Georgia Bulldogs @ Missouri Tigers, 2am, BT Sport ESPN, on Thursday – 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
KFC T20 Big Bash League – Brisbane Heat v Hobart Hurricanes, 8:40am, live on BT Sport 2
Tour Match – Cricket Australia XI v England, day one, 3:20am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
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DARTS
The BDO World Darts Championship runs from Saturday Jan 06 to Sunday Jan 14 from the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green; Day five action is live on Channel 4 at 12:05pm and BT Sport 1, 6:45pm
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
Next games:
Today:
Connacht FBD FL round 3
Roscommon v Sligo, Kiltoom, 7pm
Mayo v Leitrim, MacHale Park, 7pm
McKenna Cup round 3
Cavan v Tyrone, Kingspan Breffni, 8pm
Antrim v St Mary’s, Woodlands, Belfast, 8pm
Derry v Down, Owenbeg, 8pm
Armagh v UUJ, Athletic Grounds, 8pm
Monaghan v Queen’s, Castleblayney, 8pm
Donegal v Fermanagh, Ballybofey, 8pm
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GOLF
USPGA Tour – Sony Open in Hawaii, Waialae CC, Honolulu, Jan 11-14, 2018
PGA European Tour – BMW SA Open, Gauteng, South Africa, Jan 11-14, 2018
USLPGA Tour – The next tournament will be the Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic, Paradise Island, Bahamas, Jan 25-28
USPGA Champions Tour – The Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, Hawaii (Saturday finish), Jan 15-20
Seniors Tour, Europe – TBC
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ICE HOCKEY
There are two NHL matches scheduled for today,which are:
Ottawa Senators @ Toronto Maple Leafs, 12:30am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Minnesota Wild @ Chicago Blackhawks, 1am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Friday Jan 12
European Rugby Champions Cup – Bath v Scarlets, 7:45pm
European Rugby Challenge Cup – Agen v Gloucester, 6:30pm – Edinburgh v Stade Francais, 7:35pm
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SNOOKER
Next up:
Dafabet Masters, London, Alexandra Palace, 14 January – 21 January
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TENNIS
WTA, Sydney International, Jan 7-14, day four, 7:45am, BT Sport 1, with the quarter-finals live on BT Sport 1 from 2am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
ATP, Sydney International – day four, live on Eurosport 1 from 10am and, also, 2am and 4am on Eurosport 1 (quarter-finals) – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
WTA, Hobart International – Day four, 8am, BT Sport 3 and 1am (quarter-finals) on BT Sport 3 – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Tie Break Tens – An invitational tournament from Melbourne, Australia, live on Sky Sports Mix, Sky Sports Arena and Sky Sports Main Event, 6am
Posted: 10th January 2018