WEDNESDAY 28th JUNE 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
WEDNESDAY 28th JUNE 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Irish Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Wednesday June 28
Confederations Cup Semi Final – Portugal v Chile , 7pm RTE2/ITV4/UTV
UEFA Champions League – Qualifying First Round – Linfield v La Fiorita, 7:45pm
International Matches – Mexico v Ghana, 01:30am – i.e. late Weds night/early Thurs morning
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HORSERACING
The Wednesday line-up is :
Carlisle , 2pm – a big card at the track, with the £30,000 Totepool Cumberland Plate at 3pm, the £30,000 Bookies.com Carlisle Bell Handicap at 3:30pm and the £40,000 EBF Stallions.com “Eternal” Stakes (Listed Race for fillies) at 4pm
Salisbury , 2:10pm – featuring the £22,000 Whitsbury Manor Stud Bibury Cup Handicap at 3:40pm and the £20,000 Molson Coors Handicap at 4:40pm
Worcester , 2:20pm – Richard Johnson, Sam Twiston-Davies, Aidan Coleman, Nico de Boinville, Noel Fehily, Tom Scudamore and Harry Skelton are among the jockeys riding on the card
Kempton , 5:40pm – seven races, starting with an apprentice handicap; jockeys riding on the card include Ryan Moore, Luke Morris, Fran Berry, Pat Dobb,s, David Probert, Sean Levey, Jim Crowley, Josephine Gordon, William Buick and Stevie Donohoe; all races bar the fillies’ 2yo race at 6:10pm (8 runners) have 10 or more runners in them
Naas , 5:50pm – featuring the €55,000 Queally Group Naas EBF Naas Oaks Trial (Listed Race) at 7:50pm; there are good field-sizes on the card
Bath , 6pm – there’s a £10,000 handicap at 7:30pm; field-sizes on the night are 7-5-8-5-7-6 and 7; jockeys in action include Adam Kirby, Martin Dwyer, Timmy Murphy, Harry Bentley, Steve Drowne, Martin Harley, Royston Ffrench, Dougie Costello and Richard Kingscote
They also race in France at Maisons-Laffitte (12:47pm), where there are Group 3 races at 1:20pm (3yo+, 6f) and 2:55pm (3yo colts and geldings, 1m1f); later in shops it is Valparaiso (7:30pm), in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, Delaware Park, 6:15pm, Thistledown, 6:40pm, **, 7:05pm and Louisiana Downs, 9:15pm
The South African meeting is Kenilworth (11:55am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Wednesday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – PERRY BARR
11:11am – NEWCASTLE
2:08pm – HOVE
2:18pm – BELLE VUE
6:28pm – SWINDON
6:33pm – SUNDERLAND
6:39pm – DONCASTER
The next meeting live on Sky Sports is the English Greyhound Derby Final meeting at Towcester on Saturday July 1st, with winner receiving £175,000
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 15 of the season, next games:
Friday 30 June
Melbourne v Sydney Swans, 10:50am
Saturday 1 July
Western Bulldogs v West Coast Eagles , 4:45am –Carlton v Adelaide Crows, 5:10am – Gold Coast Suns v North Melbourne, 7:35am –GWS Giants v Geelong Cats, 10:25am – Port Adelaide v Richmond, 10:10am
Sunday 2 July
Essendon v Brisbane Lions ,4:10am – Hawthorn v Collingwood,6:20am– Fremantle v St Kildea, 5:40am
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BASEBALL
The 2017 Major League Season continues; it runs to October 1st
There are 15 MLB games today, with start times ranging from 8:40pm on Wednesday to 3:10am on Thursday morning – i.e. late Weds night/early Thurs morning
Live games:
Colorado Rockies @ San Francisco Giants , 8:45pm, BT Sport ESPN
There is live action from the NCAA Men’s College World Baseball Series on BT Sport ESPN at 1am – i.e. late Weds night/early Thurs morning
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – h ttp://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
The 2017 European Championships run from June 14-26, from Kharkiv in the Ukraine
Big fights coming up
Manny Pacquaio v Jeff Horn “Battle of Brisbane” for the WBO Welterweight Championship scheduled for early Sunday morning 2nd July
On the undercard Irishman Michael Conlan has his third pro fight (World Championship gold and Olympic bronze medallist as amateur) in the Super Bantamweight division. He will face Australian Jarret Owen
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CRICKET
Wednesday June 27
County Championship Division One –Essex v Middlesex, 2pm –Hampshire v Somerset , 2pm –Warwickshire v Lancashire, 2pm – Yorkshire v Surrey 2pm – all games are four-day games (day 3 of 4)
County Championship Division Two – Durham v Worcestershire, 2pm –Glamorgan v Derbyshire , 2pm –Northamptonshire v Leicestershire , 2pm –Nottinghamshire v Kent , 2pm – Sussex v Gloucestershire , 2pm – all games are four-day games (day 3 of 4)
ICC Women’s World Cup – South Africa Women v New Zealand Women , 10:30am, Sky Sports 2 and Sky Sports Mix
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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
The blue riband event of cycling, the Tour de France, runs from July 1st to July 23rd
This week:
Canadian Road Championships , June 24-28
From the track calendar:
Korea Track National Championships – June 24-29
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DARTS
Next up:
European Darts Open – Leverkusen, Germany, June 30 to July 2; reigning champion: Michael van Gerwen
Then the Shanghai Darts Masters, Pullman Hotel, Shanghai, July 6-7; reigning champion: Michael van Gerwen
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 race is the Austria Grand Prix, July 07-09
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Wednesday 28 June
Leinster IHC semi-final
Galway v Kilkenny , O’Connor Park, 7:30pm
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GOLF
European Tour – The Open de France, Le Golf National, France, June 29 to July 2
USPGA Tour – The Quicken Loans National, TPC Potomac, Maryland, USA
LPGA Tour – The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, Olympia Fields CC, Illinois, USA
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the US Senior Open Championship, June 29 to July 2
On the European Seniors Tour, the next tournament is Swiss Seniors Open, July 7-9, Golf Club Bad Ragaz, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
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HOCKEY
The Women’s World Hockey League semi-finals take place from June 21 to July 2 and are taking place in Brussels, Belgium
Today:
No games scheduled
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ICE HOCKEY
No key games scheduled today
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RUGBY LEAGUE :
Next up:
Thursday 29 June
Super League – Leeds Rhinos v St Helens, 8pm
NRL – Parramatta Eels v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, 10:50am
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RUGBY UNION
Friday 30 June
Super Rugby – Sharks v Bulls, 6pm, and Los Jaguares v Southern Kings, 12:05am – i.e. late Fri night/early Sat morning
Saturday 1 July
Lions Tour – Second Test – New Zealand v British and Irish Lions, 8:35am
Super Rugby – Cheetahs v Stormers, 2:05pm, and Lions v Sunwolves, 4:15pm
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SNOOKER
Next:
The World Cup, which is taking place in China – July 3-9
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
The Aegon International, Eastbourne, England – June 26 to July 2, Day two, 1pm, BBC Two, and 10:45am, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm, Eurosport 1
The WTA Antalya Cup, Antalya, Turkey – June 26 to July 2
Wimbledon Qualifying , Day 3, 11am, Eurosport 2
Then it is:
Wimbledon – July 3 to July 16 – the latest Grand Slam event and the only one played on grass
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OTHER SPORT
ANZ Premiership Netball – The Grand Final, 8:40am, Sky Sports Mix (from New Zealand’s top tier of netball)
Posted: 28th June 2017