Wednesday 30 August 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Wednesday 30 August 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Irish Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Wednesday Aug 30
Copa Del Rey (First-Round) – 18 games, all at 6pm
Thursday Aug 31
FIFA World Cup European Qualifying – all at 7:45pm, Belgium v Gibraltar –Bulgaria v Sweden –Cyprus v Bosnia and Herzegovina –France v Netherlands, Sky Sports Football –Greece v Estonia – Hungary v Latvia –Luxembourg v Belarus –Portugal v Faroe Islands – Switzerland v Andorra
FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifying – Japan v Australia, 11:35am –China v Uzbekistan, 1pm – Korea Rep v Iran, 1pm – Thailand v Iraq, 1pm – Syria v Qatar, 2:45pm
FIFA World Cup South American – Venezuela v Colombia, 10pm
International Match – Kenya v Mauritania, midnight
FIFA World Cup South American – Uruguay v Argentina, midnight –Chile v Paraguay, 1:30am – Brazil v Ecuador, 1:45am – Peru v Bolivia , 3:15am
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HORSERACING
The Wednesday line-up is :
Lingfield , 1:40pm – an eight-race card made up of a seller, two 2yo races, a nursery, a handicap, a claimer then two more handicaps; field-sizes are 8-11-11-15-6-8-9 and 10; jockeys in action include Silvestre de Sousa, Pat Cosgrave, Luke Morris, Oisin Murphy, James Doyle, Harry Bentley, Jim Crowley, Sean Levey, Robert Tart, Jamie Spencer, Tom Queally and Josephine Gordon; also, it is good to see young Rossa Ryan riding again following an injury (he also rides at Kempton tonight)
Catterick , 1:50pm – an eight-race card, made up of a 2yo race, a 3yo+ fillies’ maiden and six handicaps; the feature is a £10,000 12f handicap at 4:50pm; field-sizes on the card are 10-5-6-12-9-9-6 and 12; jockeys in action include Graham Lee, Paul Hanagan, Jason Hart, Ben Curtis, Cam Hardie, Andrea Atzeni, David Allan, Danny Tudhope, Andrew Mullen, Kevin Stott, PJ McDonald, James Sullivan and Tony Hamilton
Musselburgh , 2:00pm – a seven-race card consisting of a 2yo race and six handicaps; field-sizes are 9-11-8-10-8-6 and 8; jockeys in action include Joe Fanning, Connor Beasley, Phillip Makin, Tom Eaves, Paul Mulrennan, Leigh Roche, Shane Gray, Callum Rodriguez and Eddy Greatrex; Leigh Roche is over from Ireland to ride Free State (3pm) and Kalann (4:30pm) for County Tipperary-based trainer Denis Hogan
Bellewstown , 4:15pm – Day one of the two-day August Festival at the track, where it’s a seven-race flat card, featuring a €20,000 Auction maiden (4:45pm) and a €25,000 Handicap (6:45pm)
Worcester , 4:35pm – Seven race National Hunt card which includes a Class 3 Handicap Chase over 2m 7f (5:05pm) where Kim Bailey runs Sonneofpresenting who has made a good impression over fences so far winning three times in seven attempts over the bigger obstacles.
Kempton , 5:55pm – seven races made up of a 2yo race followed by a handicap, a 3yo+ fillies’ maiden then four handicaps; field-sizes are 11-9-8-8-7-5 and 12; jockeys in action include Martin Harley, Dane O’Neill, David Probert, Fran Berry, Pat Dobbs, Luke Morris, Oisin Murphy, Jim Crowley, Jamie Spencer, James Doyle, Stevie Donohoe, Sean Levey, Pat Cosgrave, Harry Bentley, Robert Winston and Silvestre de Sousa (who travels on from Lingfield to ride in races five and six)
They also race in Deauville in France, (12:10pm), AtBaden Baden in Germany, (3:40pm) and in India in Kolkata (10:30am) and Valpariso in Chile (6:30pm)
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Saratoga, 6:00pm,Finger Lakes, 6:10pm, Delaware Park, and Louisiana Downs, 9:15pm
The South African meetings is Kenilworth (12pm)
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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
6:38pm – Romford
Coral Champion Stakes meeting from Romford live tonight, 7pm, Sky Sports Action,
Next live Sky card will be the Betfred Steel City Cup meeting from Sheffield, Tuesday September 5, 7pm, Sky Sports Action
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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 6:05pm to 3:10am on Thursday – i.e. Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Live :
Cleveland Indians @ New York Yankees , 6:05pm, BT Sport ESPN
St Louis Cardinals @ Milwaukee Brewers , 7:10pm, BT Sport 2
Texas Rangers @ Houston Astros , 1:00am, BT Sport ESPN
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BASKETBALL
No key games scheduled
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – h ttp://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Big fight coming up:
Saturday September 9, 2017 – Gennady Golovkin vs Canelo Alvarez, much anticipated Middleweight title fight from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas – Kazakhstan’s Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) will defend his middleweight titles against Alvarez, the biggest boxing star in Mexico. Alvarez, whose only loss was at the hands of Floyd Mayweather Jr, is coming off a lopsided win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr last month in Las Vegas.
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CRICKET
Wednesday August 30
TEST Series 2017 – Bangladesh v Australia, 5am, day 4 (of 5)
County Championship Division 1 – all at 11am (day 3 of 4) – Surrey v Middlesex –Essex v Somerset – Lancashire v Warwickshire
County Championship Division 2 – all at 11am (day 3 of 4) – Glamorgan v Sussex –Durham v Derbyshire –Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire –Worcestershire v Gloucestershire – Kent v Leicestershire
CPL T20 Cricket – Jamaica Tallawahs v St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, 11:30pm, BT Sport 1
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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
Vuelta a Espana – Stage 11, a 187.5km journey from Lorca to Observatorio de Calar Alto, 2pm, Eurosport 2
From the track calendar:
Track Sea Games Kuala Lumpur 2017 , Aug 27-29
Elite Pan American Track Cycling Championships – Trinidad and Tobago, Aug 30 to Sept 03
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DARTS
Next up:
ET9 – Dutch Dart Masters – Sept 01-03, Maastricht, Netherlands
Unibet Champions League of Darts, Sept 16-17
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FORMULA ONE
The next race after this will be the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, September 1-3
Followed by the Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay, Sept 15-17
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 2 September
All-Ireland Ladies SFC semi-final
Cork v Mayo , TBC, 4.45pm – TG4
All-Ireland Ladies IFC semi-final
Sligo v Tyrone , TBC, 3pm – TG4
Sunday 3 September
All-Ireland SHC final
Galway v Waterford , Croke Park, 3.30pm – RTE/Sky
All-Ireland MHC final
Cork v Galway , Croke Park, 1.15pm – TG4
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GOLF
PGA Tour – Dell Technologies Championship, TPC Boston, Norton, MA, Fri Sept 01 to Mon Sept 04
European Tour – D&D REAL Czech Masters, Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, Czech Rep, Thurs Aug 31 to Sun Sept 03
LPGA Tour – Cambia Portland Classic Presented By JTBC, Portland, OR, Aug 31 to Sept 03
On the (Seniors Tour) – Travis Perkins Masters, Woburn GC, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, England, Fri Sept 01 to Sun Sept 03
On the (Champions Tour), Shaw Charity Classic, Canyon Meadows G&CC, Calgary, AB, Canada, Fri Sept 01 to Sun Sept 03
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ICE HOCKEY
The new NHL season begins on Wednesday, October 4
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RUGBY LEAGUE :
Thursday 31 August
Betfred Super League – Leeds Rhinos v Hull FC, 8pm, Sky Sports Arena
NRL – North Queensland v Brisbane Broncos, 10:50am
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RUGBY UNION
Wednesday 30 August
Mitre 10 Cup – Auckland v Waikato, 8:35am Sky Sports Action
Thursday 31 August
Mitre 10 Cup – Bay Of Plenty v Wellington 8:35am
Friday 1 September
Mitre 10 Cup – Hawkes Bay v Canterbury, 8:35am
Aviva Premiership – Gloucester v Exeter, 7:45pm – Newcastle Falcons v Worcester, 7:45pm
Guinness Pro14 – Cardiff Blues v Edinburgh, 7:35pm –Munster v Treviso, 7:35pm – Ulster v Cheetahs, 7:35pm
Currie Cup – Blue Bulls v Griquas, 6pm
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SNOOKER
The Six Red World Championship in Thailand runs from Sept 4-9
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TENNIS
The latest Grand Slam tournament, US Open, runs from Monday August 28 to Sunday September 10
Live coverage of day three:
Eurosport 1 – 3:30pm, 6pm, 9pm, midnight and 2am – i.e. Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Eurosport 2 – 5pm and 2am – i.e Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
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OTHER SPORT
Quad Series Netball
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New Zealand
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England
, 8:30am Sky Sports Mix/Sky Sports Arena –
Australia v South Africa
, 10:45am, Sky Sports Mix/Sky
Posted: 30th August 2017