Wednesday 13 December 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Wednesday 13 December 2017
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FOOTBALL
Premier League – Newcastle Utd v Everton, 7:45pm – Southampton v Leicester City, 7:45pm – Swansea v Man City, 7:45pm – Liverpool v West Brom, 8pm – Man Utd v Bournemouth, 8pm – Tottenham v Brighton, 8pm – West Ham Utd v Arsenal, 8pm, live on BT Sport 1
Scottish Premiership – Celtic v Hamilton, 7:45pm – Hibernian v Rangers, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event – Partick Thistle v Motherwell, 7:45pm – St Johnstone v Aberdeen, 7:45pm
Dutch Eredivisie – Groningen v PSV Eindhoven, 5:30pm, (Sky Sports Football Red Button) – Vitesse Arnhem v Willem ll, 5:30pm – VV-Venlo v Fc Utrecht, 6:45pm – Ado Den Haag v Roda JC Kerk, 7:45pm – Feyenoord v Heerenveen, , 7:45pm, (Sky Sports Football Red Button)
Bundesliga – Hoffenheim v Stuttgart, 5:30pm, live on BT Sport 3 – Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen, 7:30pm – Bayern Munich v Cologne, 7:30pm, live on BT Sport 3 – Hertha Berlin v Hannover 96, 7:30pm – Schalke v FC Augsburg, 7:30pm
Coppa Italia – Fiorentina v Sampdoria, 4:30pm – AC Milan v Verona, 7:45pm
French League Cup – Strasbourg v PSG, 8pm, BT Sport ESPN
FIFA Club World Cup opening semi-final – Al Jazira v Real Madrid, 5pm, RTE2, (being played in the UAE)
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HORSERACING
The Wednesday line-up is:
Lingfield, midday – An eight-race card consisting of six handicaps (one of them a “Hands And Heels” ApprenticeHandicap), a seller and a 3yo+ 10f maiden; the 7f handicap at 2pm is worth £11,500; field-sizes are 12-7-15-9-14-12-12 and 12; jockeys in action include Sean Levey, Shane Gray, Tom Marquand, Adam Kirby, Luke Morris, Dougie Costello, Fran Berry, Martin Harley, PJ McDonald, Stevie Donohoe, Jamie Spencer, Richard Kingscote, Tom Eaves, Hollie Doyle, Robert Winston and Rob Havlin
Hexham – This meeting has been called off owing to the cold weather
Leicester – This meeting has been called off owing to the cold weather
Wolverhampton, 1:45pm – THIS IS THE MEETING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DUE TO BE RUN ON TUESDAY – An eight-race card that consists of (in this order) a 5f handicap, two divisions of the 6f handicap, two divisions of the 8.5f handicap, two 7f handicaps and a 12f handicap; field-sizes are 9-9-9-12-13-12-11 and 12; jockeys in action include Franny Norton, Phillip Makin, Tom Eaves, Paul Mulrennan, Timmy Murphy, Andrew Mullen, Cam Hardie, Shane Gray, Ben Curtis and Jason Hart
Kempton, 3:40pm – An eight-race card consisting of, in this order, a 2yo race over 6f, a nursery handicap (i.e. a handicap for 2yos), two divisions of the mile 2yo race, a mile maiden (3yo+), a 7f handicap, a two-mile handicap and a 1m3f handicap; field-sizes are 12-11-14-14-14-11-11 and 14; jockeys in action include Luke Morris, Kieran Shoemark, Tom Marquand, Richard Kingscote, PJ McDonald, Martin Lane, Adam Kirby, Rob Havlin, Dougie Costello, Timmy Murphy, Shane Kelly, Fran Berry, Josephine Gordon, Sean Levey, Stevie Donohoe, Jamie Spencer and Martin Harley; among the interestingly-bred runners on the card are Luca Cumani’s Mayer (by Nathaniel, his granddam is Pongee, who, when trained by Luca, won the Group 2 Lancashire Oaks) and, also from Luca’s stable, Valyrian (5:10pm), a late foal that is by Dansili and related to plenty of winners, along with John Gosden’s Shakour, a half-brother to the Ascot Gold Cup-winner and twice placed in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Order Of St George
They also race in France at Cagnes-Sur-Mer (10:15am, a jumping card) and in India at Mysore 10:15am) and Kolkata (10:30am); later in the shops it is Valparaiso (6pm) in Chile
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Tampa Bay Downs, 5:27pm, Gulfstream, 5:35pm, Mahoning Valley, 5:45pm, Aqueduct, 5:50pm, and Turf Paradise, 7:40pm
The South African meeting is Greyville (10am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Wednesday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – PERRY BARR
11:11am – NEWCASTLE
2:08pm – HOVE
2:18pm – SWINDON
6:28pm – YARMOUTH
6:33pm – SUNDERLAND
6:38pm – BELLE VUE – see below – it is Greyhound Media Group Oaks Final night, with £10,000 plus a trophy to the winner
The next live meeting on Sky Sports – Sky Sports Arena HD from 7pm – is tonight’s Oaks final meeting at Belle Vue
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 15
Thursday December 14 – Denver Broncos @ Indianapolis Colts, 1:25am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Saturday December 16 – Chicago Bears @ Detroit Lions, 9:30pm, and Los Angeles Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs, 1:25am – i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Sunday December 17 – Eight games at 6pm, one at 9:05pm, two at 9:25pm and Dallas Cowboys @ Oakland Raiders, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Monday December 18 – Atlanta Falcons @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
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BASKETBALL
There are nine NBA matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from midnight on Wednesday to 2:30am on Thursday – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Live:
Oklahoma City Thunder @ Indiana Pacers, midnight, BT Sport 2
College Basketball:
Villanova Wildcats @ Temple Owls, midnight, BT Sport ESPN
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Wednesday 12 December – Katie Taylor v Jessica McCaskill, 6pm, Sky Sports Mix, Sky Sports Action and Sky Sports Main Event, for the WBA lightweight title (York Hall, Bethnall Green, London)
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CRICKET
Ashes Series, Third Test, day one – Australia v England, 2:30am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
One Day International – India v Sri Lanka, 6am, Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event – the second match of the three-match series
Ram Slam T20 Challenge – opening semi-final, 4pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket
New Zealand T20 – Canterbury v Otago, 3am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
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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, follow all of the action on Sky Sports Darts
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
Sunday 17 December
All-Ireland club SFC quarter-final
Fulham Irish (Britain) v Corofin (Galway), Ruislip, 1pm
Leinster club SFC final
Moorefield (Kildare) v St Loman’s (Westmeath), O’Moore Park, 2pm – live on TG4
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GOLF
European Tour – Indonesian Masters, early Thursday to early Sunday – live coverage of day one starts at 5am, Sky Sports The Open – i.e. early Thursday morning
Then….
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 four 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 Islanders v Dallas Stars, midnight, eir Sport 2, and Vancouver Canucks v Nashville Predators, 3am, eir Sport 2 – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
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RUGBY LEAGUE
There are no key fixtures scheduled following last week’s Rugby League World Cup final
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RUGBY UNION
Next up:
Thursday 14 December
European Rugby Challenge Cup – Section Paloise v SU Agen, 7:45pm
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SNOOKER
The Dafabet Scottish Open, Glasgow, December 11 to December 17, day three, 12;45pm and 6:45pm, Eurosport 1
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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
Posted: 13th December 2017