WEDNESDAY 29th MARCH 2017
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SPORTS PREVIEW
WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH 2017
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FOOTBALL
Wednesday March 29 –
Scottish Championship – Hibernian v Greenock Morton, 7:45pm
UEFA Women’s Champions League – three matches
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HORSERACING
The Wednesday line-up is:
Southwell, 2pm – the final race on the card is for amateur riders; field-sizes for the six races are 11-6-7-5-6 and 10; the most-valuable race on the card is an £8,000 handicap (3pm), which will be run over one mile; jockeys in action on the card include Silvestre de Sousa, Tony Hamilton, James Sullivan, Ben Curtis, Danny Tudhope, Jamie Spencer, Martin Harley, Andrew Mullen and Joe Fanning; Simon Walker, who has an excellent record in amateur races, rides Cosmic Tigress for trainer John Quinn in the amateur’s race
Sedgefield, 2:10pm – the feature is the £20,000 Betfred Hurdle Series Final Handicap Hurdle (3:40pm); field-sizes on the card are 10-8-10-7-5-4 and 12; Ireland’s Stuart Crawford runs Verona Opera (2:40pm), Suzy’s Music (3:10pm), Indy Island (3:40pm) and Don Franco (4:10pm), all of them to be ridden by Andrew Lynch, and Jim Dreaper runs Shake It Up (3:10pm); jockeys riding on the card include Brian Hughes, Danny Cook, Richard Johnson, Harry Skelton, Henry Brooke, Will Kennedy and Brian Harding
Lingfield, 2:20pm – seven races, kicking off with a fillies’ maiden on a card that contains five handicaps; field-sizes are 6-12-8-10-9-8 and 5; jockeys riding on the card include Ryan Moore, Richard Kingscote, Adam Kirby, Luke Morris, Fran Berry and Jim Crowley
Kempton, 5:55pm – the card starts with an apprentice handicap; field-sizes are 9-9-10-11-11 and 8; the last two races on the card are each worth £7,250; jockeys in action include Silvestre de Sousa, Adam Kirby, Jim Crowley, Luke Morris, Josephine Gordon and Oisin Murphy
They also race in France at Compiegne (10:55am, jumping card) and in India at Kolkata (10:30am); later in the shops, it is Valparaiso, 6:45pm, in Chile, and Will Rogers Downs, 7:05pm, in the USA
The Turf TV USA line-up is Gulfstream, 5:35pm, Mahoning Valley, 5:45pm, Tampa Bay Downs, 5:55pm, Will Rogers Downs, 7:05pm, and Turf Paradise, 9:25pm
The South African meeting is Kenilworth (12:05pm)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Wednesday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – HALL GREEN
11:11am – NEWCASTLE
2:08pm – HOVE
2:18pm – BELLE VUE
6:28pm – SWINDON
6:33pm – YARMOUTH
6:39pm – SUNDERLAND
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 2 of the season
Thursday 30 March
Richmond v Collingwood, 8:20am
Friday 31 March
Western Bulldogs v Sydney Swans, 8:50am – Hawthorn v Adelaide Crows, 2:45am – i.e. late Friday night/early Saturday morning
Saturday 1 April
GWS Giants v Gold Coast Suns, 5:35am – West Coast Eagles v Essendon, 5:40am – Brisbane Lions v Essendon, 7:25am – Geelong Cats v North Melbourne, 2:10am – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning – Melbourne v Carlton, 4:20am – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning – Port Adelaide v Fremantle, 5:10am – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morning
Sunday 2 April
See Saturday’s late games
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BASEBALL
The Major League Season, which will run from April 2nd to October 1st
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BASKETBALL
There are ten NBA games today, with start times ranging from midnight on Wednesday to 3:30am on Thursday – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Live games:
San Antonio Spurs v Golden Gate Warriors, 2:30am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning – on BT Sport 2
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Live games:
CBI: semi-final 2 – Coastal Carolina Chanticleers v Wyoming Cowboys, 2am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning – on BT Sport 2
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
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CRICKET
The Indian Premier League (IPL) season begins on April 5th
The County Cricket seasons (Divisions 1 and 2) begin on April 7th
Wednesday Mar 29
TEST Cricket (Day Five) – India v Australia, 6am, Sky Sports 2
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CYCLING
Check out this website – http://www.uci.ch/road/calendar/
The next main events…
From the UCI road calendar
3 Days of de Panne – stage two, 192.9km from Zottegem to Koksijde, in Belgium, 1pm, Eurosport 2
Tour de Taiwan – March 26-30
Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde – March 28-30
Joe Martin Stage Race – March 30 to April 2
The Tour Of Thailand – April 1 to April 6
Ronde van Vlaanderen, Tour des Flandres – April 2nd
Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco – April 3rd to 8th
From the track calendar:
Canadian Track Championships – March 31 to April 2
South African National Track Cycling Championships – April 3 to April 7
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DARTS
The Premier League darts moves into Judgement Night on Thursday March 30th, from the Motorpoint Arena from Cardiff, live on Sky Sports 1 from 7pm. The games are:
Raymond van Barneveld v James Wade
Phil Taylor v Jelle Klaasen
Gary Anderson v Adrian Lewis
Michael van Gerwen v Dave Chisnall
Peter Wright v Kim Huybrechts
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FORMULA ONE
The second race of the 2017 Formula One season will be the Chinese Grand Prix, which is set to take place on Sunday April 9th
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GAA
Next games:
Wednesday 29 March
Leinster U21FC final
Dublin v Offaly, O’Moore Park, 7.30pm
Munster U21FC final
Cork v Kerry, Pairc Ui Rinn, 7.30pm
Ulster U21FC semi-finals
Armagh v Derry, Healy Park, 8pm
Cavan v Donegal, Brewster Park, 8pm
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GOLF
European Tour – The next tournament is The Masters, the first Major of the season, played at the Augusta National GC, Augusta, Georgia, April 6th to 9th
PGA Tour – Shell Houston Open, March 30th to April 2nd, at the GC of Houston, Humble, Texas
LPGA Tour – ANA Inspiration, at Rancho Mirage, California, March 30th to April 2nd
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, Fallen Oak, Biloxi, Mississippi, March 31 to April 2 – The defending champion is Miguel Angel Jiminez
On the European Seniors Tour, the next tournament is the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, Trump National, Washington DC, USA, May 25-28
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ICE HOCKEY (NHL)
There are four games scheduled in the NHL today, with start times ranging from 1am on Thursday to 3:30am on Thursday – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Live games:
Pittsburgh Penguins v Chicago Blackhawks, 1am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning – eir Sport 2
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Next games:
Thursday March 30
Super League – Salford Red Devils v St Helens, 8pm
NRL – Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs v Brisbane Broncos, 10:05am
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
The next Premiership fixtures are scheduled for April 7-9
The next Top 14 fixtures are scheduled for April 8-9
FRIDAY March 31
European Challenge Cup, quarter-final – Edinburgh v Atlantique Stade Rochelais, 8pm
British and Irish Cup, semi-final – Munster A v Ealing Trailfinders, 7:30pm
Super Rugby – Highlanders v Melbourne Rebels, 6:35am – (NB the Blues v Western Force and Chiefs v Bulls games are scheduled for 4:15am and 6:35am early on Saturday morning)
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SNOOKER
China Open, March 27 to April 2 – day three, Eurosport 1, 7am and 12:30pm
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TENNIS
Upcoming tournaments:
ATP – Miami Open, March 22 to April 2 – 8pm, Sky Sports 1, day eight, and at 2am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning – on Sky Sports 1
WTA – Miami Open, March 21 to April 2 – 6pm, BT Sport 1, third quarter-final, and midnight on BT Sport 1, fourth quarter-final
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OTHER SPORT
Figure Skating World Championships – 5:30pm, Eurosport 1
Posted: 29th March 2017