Wednesday 25 October 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Wednesday 25 October 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Irish Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Wednesday Oct 25
Carabao Cup – Chelsea v Everton, 7:45pm – Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham Utd, 8pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football
Scottish Premiership – Aberdeen v Celtic, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1 – Dundee v Motherwell, 7:45pm – Rangers v Kilmarnock, 7:45
Copa del Rey – Formentera v Athletic Bilbao, 6pm – Ponferradina v Villarreal, 7:30pm – Real Valladolid v Leganes, 7:30pm – Eibar v Celta Vigo, 8:30pm – Elche v Atletico Madrid, 8:30pm
German DFB Cup – eight games, four at 5:30pm and four at 7:45pm, including RB Leipzig v Bayern Munich, 7:45pm, BT Sport 3
Checkatrade Trophy – Yeovil Town v Chelsea U21, 7:45pm
Serie A – nine games, all at 7:45pm including Juventus v SPAL, BT Sport ESPN and Genoa v Napoli, eir Sport 1, except for Atalanta v Verona, 5:30pm, BT Sport 3 and eir Sport 1
Belgian First Division – three games, all at 7:30pm, including Anderlecht v Zulte Waregem, eir Sport 2
MLS – TBC v TBC, 1am, Sky Sports Football – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning – with a game listed to be live on the same channel at 2:05am
Chinese Super League – Beijing Guoan v Chongqing Lifan, 12:35pm
The semi-finals of the Under-17 World Cup are live on Eurosport 1 at 12:30pm and 3:30pm
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HORSERACING
The Wednesday line-up is:
Newmarket, 1:15pm – An eight-race card, with field-sizes of 12-10-20-15-12-8-12 & 10. There’s a £20,000 fillies’ handicap at 3:30pm, the other seven races are all races for two-year-olds. Top jockeys in action include Ryan Moore, James Doyle, Frankie Dettori, Luke Morris, Jim Crowley, PJ McDonald, Oisin Murphy, Paul Hanagan, Jamie Spencer and William Buick to name just a few.
Navan, 1:50pm – A seven-race flat card that features the €25,000 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies’ Handicap at 4:45pm. The two jockeys fighting out the jockey championship are both in action (Colin Keane and Pat Smullen), other top jockeys in action include Kevin Manning, Chris Hayes, Declan McDonogh, Seamie Heffernan, Shane Foley, Wayne Lordan, Billy Lee and Colm O’Donoghue to name just a few.
Sedgefield, 2pm – A six-race card, with field-sizes of 12-13-6-7-12 & 10. Top jockeys in action include Brian Hughes, Tom Scudamore, Will Kennedy, Sean Bowen, Paddy Brennan, Henry Brooke and Danny Cook.
Worcester, 2:10pm – An eight-race card, with field-sizes of 9-9-9-16-10-11-10 & 15. The feature race is the £25,000 Handicap Hurdle (3:55pm), top jockeys in action include Barry Geraghty, Richard Johnson, Sam Twiston-Davies, Noel Fehily, Aidan Coleman, Harry Skelton, Daryl Jacob, Nick Scholfield, Adrian Heskin, Nico de Boinville and Johnny Burke.
Kempton, 5:50pm – An eight-race card, with field-sizes of 11-11-14-9-7-14-14 & 14. Top jockeys in action include Luke Morris, Pat Cosgrave, Josephine Gordon, Tom Marquand, Joe Fanning, Fran Berry, Oisin Murphy, Martin Lane and Dougie Costello.
They also race in India at Hyderabad (10:10am): Later in the shops it is Valparaiso (6:30pm) in Chile and Finger Lakes (6:10pm) in the USA
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Belmont Park, 5:55pm, Keeneland, 6:05pm, Gulfstream Park West, 6:15pm and Hawthorne, 9:10pm
The South African meeting is Durbanville (12:40pm)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Wednesday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – PERRY BARR
1:11am – NEWCASTLE
2:08pm – HOVE
2:18pm – BELLE VUE
6:28pm – SWINDON
6:33pm – YARMOUTH
6:39pm – SUNDERLAND
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 8
Thursday October 26 – Miami Dolphins @ Baltimore Ravens, 1:25am, Sky Sports Main Event – i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Sunday October 29 – Minnesota Vikings @ Cleveland Browns, 1:30pm, then 7 games at 5pm, Houston Texans @ Seattle Seahawks, 8:05pm, Dallas Cowboys @ Washington Redskins, 8:25pm, Pittsburgh Steelers @ Detroit Lions, 00:30am, Sky Sports Main Event, – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Monday October 30 – Denver Broncos @ Kansas City Chiefs, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event, – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
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BASEBALL
The next game is LA Dodgers v TBD in the World Series (game two of the best-of-seven series), 1:09am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning – live on BT Sport 1
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BASKETBALL
There are ten NBA matches today with start times ranging from midnight on Wednesday to 3:30am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Live:
San Antonio Spurs @ Miami Heat, 1am, 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/
Coming up:
Saturday October 28 – Anthony Joshua v Carlos Takam, IBF World Heavyweight Title, lots of other top-class bouts on this card including Anahi Sanchez v Katie Taylor, WBA Lightweight Title, from Principality Stadium, Cardiff, 6pm, Sky Sports Box Office
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CRICKET
Wednesday Oct 25
ODI – India v New Zealand, 9am, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket
Women’s Ashes – One Day International – Australia v England, 4:30am, BT Sport 2 – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
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DARTS
Coming up on the PDC calendar:
Oct 26-29 – Unibet European Championship, Ethias Arena, Hasselt
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 Grand Prix is the Mexican Grand Prix, in Mexico City, which runs from October 27-29
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
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GOLF
World Golf Championships, WGC – HSBC Champions, Sheshan International GC, China, Oct 27-29 – Coverage of day one is live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports The Open at 4am – i.e. early on Thursday morning
USPGA Tour – Sanderson Farms Championship, CC of Jackson, USA, Oct 26-29
PGA European Tour –
USLPGA Tour – Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur G&CC, Oct 26-29
USPGA Champions Tour – PowerShares QQQq Championship, Sherwood CC, USA, Oct 27-29
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ICE HOCKEY
There are two NHL matches today, both at 1am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning – Columbus Blue Jackets v Buffalo Sabres and St Louis Blues v Calgary Flames (live on eir Sport 2)
Live:
Along with the above game, Vegas Golden Knights v Chicago Blackhawks is listed to be live on eir Sport 2 at 4am (early Thursday morning)
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Next game:
Friday 27 October
Rugby League World Cup – Australia v England, 10am
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Friday 27 October
Premiership – Sale Sharks v Exeter, 7:45pm
Pro14 – Connacht v Munster, 7:35pm – Glasgow v Southern Kings, 7:35pm – Ospreys v Dragons, 7:35pm
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SNOOKER
Coming up is the International Championship in Daqing, China, running from October 29th to November 5th
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TENNIS
ATP Erste Bank Vienna Open, Oct 23-29, Day three, live from midday, Sky Sports Arena
ATP Swiss Indoors Basel, Oct 23-29, Day three, live from 4pm, Sky Sports Main Event and 2pm, Sky Sports Action
WTA Finals, Singapore, Oct 23-29 , Live from 12:15pm, BT Sport 1 (group stage, day four)
Posted: 25th October 2017