Wednesday 20 December 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Wednesday 20 December 2017
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FOOTBALL
Scottish Premiership – Celtic v Partick Thistle, 7:45pm
EFL Cup quarter-finals – Chelsea v Bournemouth, 7:45pm, and Bristol City v Manchester United, 8pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football
La Liga – Getafe v Las Palmas, 6:30pm, Sky Sports Mix, and Real Sociedad v Sevilla, 8:30pm, Sky Sports Mix
Ligue 1 – 10 games, all at 7:50pm, including PSG v Caen, eir Sport 1 and BT Sport 3, and Monaco v Rennes
Belgian First Division – Mechelen v Club Brugge, 7:30pm
German DFB Cup – Borussia Monchengladbach v Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 5:30pm, Werder Bremen v SC Freiburg, 5:30pm, FC Heidenheim 1846 v Eintracht Frankfurt, 7:45pm, and Bayern Munich v Borussia Dortmund, 7:45pm, live on BT Sport 1
Coppa Italia – Atalanta v Sassuolo, 2pm, Roma v Torino, 4:30pm, and Juventus v Genoa, 7:45pm
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HORSERACING
The Wednesday line-up is:
Lingfield, 11:40pm – An eight-race card consisting of four handicaps (one of them a nursery, one of them for apprentice riders), three 2yo races (one of them for fillies) and a seller; field-sizes are 10-9-12-5-6-12-7 and 11; jockeys riding on the card include Adam Kirby, Tom Marquand, Rob Havlin, Martin Harley, Stevie Donohoe, Oisin Murphy, Fran Berry, Josephine Gordon, Franny Norton, Liam Keniry and Luke Morris
Ludlow, 12:20pm – where the feature race is the £27,500 Tanners Wines Handicap Chase (1:20pm), backed up by the £25,000 Tanners Champagne Handicap Chase (2:30pm) and the £17,500 Alfa Aggregate Products “Confined” Novices’ Chase (12:50pm); jockeys in action on the card include Richard Johnson, Harry Skelton, Sean Bowen, Adam Wedge, Adrian Heskin, Johnny Burke, Aidan Coleman, Gavin Sheehan, David Bass, Daryl Jacob, Niall Madden, James Bowen and Jamie Bargary; the 3:05pm is a race for lady amateur riders; Field-sizes are 16-8-6-12-9-10 and 14
Newbury, 12:30pm – where the feature race is the £25,000 Thoroughbred Breeders Association Mares’ Novices’ Chase (Listed Race, 2:05pm); local trainer Nicky Henderson saddles the favourite for the opening race (the juvenile hurdle), Style de Garde, a French winner having his first run for Nicky; field-sizes are 12-21 (maiden hurdle)-7 (a £10,000 novices’ limited handicap chase)-7 (the feature race)-10 (a handicap chase for conditional riders)-10 (a novices’ hurdle in which Nicky Henderson is represented by the unbeaten Mr Whipped) and 10 (a fillies’ bumper, in which JP McManus is represented by the Colin Tizzard-trained Empreinte Reconce, a winner in a French bumper on her only start to date); jockeys in action on the card include Nico de Boinville, Noel Fehily, Sam Twiston-Davies, Wayne Hutchinson, Paddy Brennan, Harry Cobden, Tom O’Brien and Robbie Power, who rides Morello Royale for Colin Tizzard in the feature race
Kempton, 4:10pm – An eight-race card consisting of four handicaps (two of them for fillies) and four 2yo races; field-sizes are 12-14-13-13-14-8-10 and 14; jockeys in action include Tom Marquand, Dougie Costello, Stevie Donohoe, Josephine Gordon, Oisin Murphy, Fran Berry, Martin Harley, Luke Morris, Rob Havlin, Adam Kirby, Kieran Shoemark, Franny Norton, Jamie Spencer, Liam Keniry and Andrew Mullen
They also race at Mysore (10:15am) and at Chennai in India (10:30am); They also race in Pau(11:37am) in France later in the shops it is Valparaiso in Chile (5:15pm)
The Turf TV USA 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 (11:05am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Wednesday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – PERRY BARR
11:11am – NEWCASTLE
2:08pm – HOVE
2:18pm – BELLE VUE
6:28pm – SWINDON
6:33pm – YARMOUTH
6:39pm – SUNDERLAND
The next live meeting on Sky Sports will be in 2018
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 16
Saturday December 23 – Indianapolis Colts @ Baltimore Ravens, 9:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event – Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event, i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
Sunday December 24 – 12 games from 6pm to 9:25pm
Monday December 25 – Pittsburgh Steelers v Houston Texans, 9:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event – Oakland Raiders @ Philadelphia Eagles, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event. i.e late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
College Football
The Frisco Bowl – SMU Mustangs v Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, 1am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
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BASKETBALL
There are 12 NBA matches scheduled for today, with start times ranging from midnight on Wednesday to 3:30am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Live:
Los Angeles Lakers @ Houston Rockets, 1am, BT Sport 1 – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Evansville Purple Aces @ Duke Blue Devils, midnight on Wednesday, BT Sport 2
Wofford Terriers @ North Carolina tar Heels, 2am, BT Sport 2 – 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
Australian Big Bash League – Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Stars, 8:40am, BT Sport 2
International T20 – India v Sri Lanka, 1:30pm, Sky Sports Mix, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket
One Day International – New Zealand v West Indies, 10pm
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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 – Day seven, live on Sky Sports Darts at 7pm
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
The next set of games are scheduled for Saturday December 30th – Round One of the O’Byrne Cup, McGrath Cup, Walsh Cup and Munster SHL
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GOLF
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 three NHL matches taking place today:
Toronto Maple Leafs @ Columbus Blue Jackets, 12:30am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning – live on eir Sport 2
Detroit Red Wings @ Philadelphia Flyers, 1am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
St Louis Blues @ Calgary Flames, 2:30am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Live:
As above
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RUGBY UNION
Friday 22 December
Aviva Premiership – Worcester v London Irish, 7:45pm
French Top 14 – Racing 92 v Toulouse, 7:45pm
The Championship – Bristol v Cornish Pirates, 7:45pm, Sky Sports Action – Jersey v Hartpury College RFC, 7:45PM
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SNOOKER
Dafabet Masters, London, Alexandra Palace, 14 January – 21 January
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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: 20th December 2017
