Wednesday 27 September 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Wednesday 27 September 2017
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FOOTBALL
Wednesday Sept 27
Champions League – all at 7:45pm, except for Qarabag FK v Roma, BT Sport 2, 5pm; the 7:45pm games: Anderlecht v Celtic, eir Sport 2 and BT Sport ESPN – Atletico Madrid v Chelsea, eir Sport 1 and BT Sport 2 – Basel v Benfica – CSKA Moscow v Man Utd, RTE2 – Juventus v Olympiakos FC – Paris Saint-Germain v Bayern Munich – Sporting Lisbon v Barcelona
Championship – Birmingham City v Sheffield Weds, 7:45pm – Sheffield Utd v Wolves, 7:45pm
Chinese Super League – Tianjin Teda v Guizhou Henfeng Zhicheng, 12:35pm
MLS – Atlanta United FC v Philadelphia Union, midnight – Montreal Impact v New York City FC, 00:30am, Sky Sports Football – i.e. early on Thursday morning – New York Red Bulls v D.C. United, 00:30am – Orlando City SC v New England Revolution, 00:30am – FC Dallas v Colorado Rapids, 1am – Houston Dynamo v Los Angeles Galaxy, 1:30am – San Jose Earthquakes v Chicago Fire, 3:30am – Seattle Sounders FC v Vancouver Whitecaps, 3:30am
UEFA Youth League – Atletico Madrid U19 v Chelsea U19, 1pm, BT Sport 2, and CSKA Moscow U19 v Manchester United U19, midday, BT Sport 3
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HORSERACING
The Wednesday line-up is:
Redcar, 2pm – 124 declarations for the eight races
Goodwood, 2:10pm – The feature race is a £40,000 Listed race (3:45pm) and there are £25,000 races at 2:40pm (for 2yos) and 4:20pm (1m6f fillies’ handicap)
Sligo, 2:15pm – seven chases; Davy Russell and Mark Walsh are among jockeys riding on card
Perth, 2:20pm – Six races, none of them having more than eight runners; there are eight runners from Ireland on the card, including four for Gordon Elliott; jockeys riding on card include Richard Johnson, Sam Twiston-Davies and Brian Hughes
Kempton, 5:40pm – A nursery, two 2yo Plus10 Bonus races, a 2yo novice stakes race, a 3-5yo mile maiden and three handicaps make up a card that has field-sizes of 14-13-13-12-13-12-10 and 12
They also race in France in Auteuil (10:55am) and India at Mysore (11:15am); later in the shops it is Valparaiso (6:15pm) in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, Delaware Park, 6:15pm, Belmont Park, 6:30pm, Thistledown, 6:40pm, and Louisiana Downs, 9:15pm
The South African meeting is Durbanville (11:55am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Wednesday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – PERRY BARR
11:11am – NEWCASTLE
2:08pm – HOVE
2:18am – BELLE VUE
6:28pm – SWINDON
6:33pm – YARMOUTH
6:39pm – SUNDERLAND
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 4
Thursday 28 September
Chicago Bears @ Green Bay Packers, 1:25am, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action – i.e. late Thurs night/early Fri morning
Sunday 1 October
Miami Dolphins @ New Orleans Saints, 2:30pm, (from Wembley), then eight games at 6pm, three at 9:05pm, Oakland Raiders @ Denver Broncos at 9:25pm and Indianapolis Colts @ Seattle Seahawks, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event, i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning
Monday October 2
Washington Redskins @ Kansas City Chiefs, 1:30am, Sky Sports Main Event, i.e. late Mon night/early Tues morning
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AUSSIE RULES
The AFL Grand Final will be played on September 30th
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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 7:08pm to 3:08am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Live:
Chicago Cubs @ St Louis Cardinals, 12:05am, BT Sport ESPN
San Diego Padres @ Los Angeles Dodgers, 3am, BT Sport ESPN
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
The next big bout is:
Card from the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday 30 September will feature a rematch between Paul Butler v Stuart Hall in a Bantamweight world title eliminator – Butler took the IBF crown from Hall in a split decision in May 2014. Hall gets his chance for revenge here and the winner will be in line to challenge for the WBA Bantamweight world title currently in the hands of Jamie McDonnell
Also on the card Rocky Fielding v David Brophy as Fielding puts his British Super-Middleweight title on the line for the first time against David Brophy, who also puts his Commonwealth crown on the line in a domestic clash
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CRICKET
Next games:
Wednesday September 27
ODI Series – England v West Indies, 12:30pm, Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket
County Championship Division 1 – all at 10:30am, Lancashire v Surrey – Warwickshire v Hampshire – Somerset v Middlesex – Essex v Yorkshire (day three, of 4, of each game)
County Championship Division 2 – all at 10:30am, Gloucestershire v Derbyshire – Kent v Glamorgan – Sussex v Nottinghamshire – Leicestershire v Northamptonshire – Worcestershire v Durham (day three, of 4, of each game)
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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
Il Lombardia, Italy, September 30th
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Turkey, 10th – 15th October
From the track calendar:
TBC
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DARTS
Next up:
The Winmau World Masters; day two (of two) of the BDO tournament (Winmau World Masters, stage matches) from Bridlington Spa in England; 5pm, Eurosport 1
Thursday 28 Sept – Lakeside World Championships Play-offs, BDO
Then:
World Grand Prix, Citywest Hotel, Dublin Sunday 1 October – Monday 9 October, live on Sky Sports
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 Grand Prix will be Malaysia Grand Prix, the Sepang International Circuit, Sept 29 – Oct 01
Followed by the Japan Grand Prix, the Suzuka Circuit, Oct 06 – Oct 08
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Next games:
Saturday 30 September
Meath SHC final
Kiltale v Kildalkey, Pairc Tailteann, 4.30pm
Sunday 1 October
All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie final replay
Cork v Meath, Gaelic Grounds, 2.30pm
Fermanagh SFC final
Derrygonnelly v Devenish, Brewster Park, 4pm
Kildare SHC final
Ardclough v Naas, Newbridge, 3.30pm
Longford SHC final
Longford Slashers v Wolfe Tones, Glennon Bros Pearse Park, TBC
Offaly SHC final
Kilcormac/Killoughey v St Rynagh’s, O’Connor Park, TBC
Roscommon SHC final
Four Roads v Padraig Pearses, TBC, TBC
Westmeath SHC final
Castletown-Geoghegan v Raharney, TEG Cusack Park, 3.30pm
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GOLF
PGA Tour – The Presidents Cup, Liberty National Golf Course, New Jersey – Thursday 28th Sept to Sunday 1st Oct
European Tour – British Masters, Close House Golf Club, Newcastle upon Tyne – Thursday 28th Sept to Sunday 1st Oct
The Pro-Am tournament is live on Sky Sports The Open today at 3:30pm
Senior Tour – Paris Legends Championship, Le Golf National, Paris, France – Thursday 28th Sept to Saturday 30th Sept
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ICE HOCKEY
The new season begins on Wednesday, October 4
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Next games:
Saturday 30 September
National Conference Division One – Six games all getting underway 2:30pm
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Wednesday 27 September
Mitre 10 Cup – Northland v Otago, 8:35am, ky Sports Action and Sky Sports Mix
Thursday 28 September
Mitre 10 Cup – Taranaki v Tasman, 7:35am, Sky Sports Action
Friday 29 September
Mitre 10 Cup – North Harbour v Hawkes Bay, 8:35am
Aviva Premiership – Newcastle Falcons v London Irish – Worcester v Saracens, both 7:45pm – Sale Sharks v Gloucester, 8pm
Guinness Pro14 – Cheetahs v Ospreys, 4pm – Also three games at 7:35pm
The Championship – Nottingham v Hartpury College, 7:45pm
Currie Cup – Sharks v Golden Lions, 6pm, Sky Sports Action
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SNOOKER
European Masters runs from October 2 – 8
English Open, Barnsley, runs October 16 – 22
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TENNIS
ATP Shenzen Open, Shenzen, China – Monday 25th September to Sunday 1st October
WTA Tour Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan – Monday 25th September to Sunday 1st October – Day three action is live on BT Sport 2 at 6am
WTA Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open, Wuhan, China – Monday 25th September to Sunday 1st October – Day four action is live on BT Sport 1 at 5:30am
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OTHER SPORT
Test Match Bowls Live – England v Wales, day one of the Mixed Test Match, ITV4 at 10am
Invictus Games – live on BBC1 at 8pm
Posted: 27th September 2017