WEDNESDAY 31st MAY 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
WEDNESDAY 31st MAY 2017
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FOOTBALL
Wednesday May 31
International – Morocco v Netherlands, 6:30pm – Nicaragua v Bolivia, midnight – Nigeria v Togo, midnight
MLS – Columbus Crew v Seattle Sounders FC, 00:30am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning – New York City FC v New England Revolution, 00:30am – Orlando City SC v D.C. United, 00:30am – Houston Dynamo v Real Salt Lake, 1:30am
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HORSERACING
The Wednesday line-up is:
Beverley, 2pm – eight races; field-sizes: 8-11-10-14-8-11-6 and 9; jockeys in action include Paul Hanagan, Graham Lee, David Allan, Danny Tudhope, Andrew Mullen, Ben Curtis, Joe Fanning and Danny Tudhope
Cartmel, 2:10pm – seven races, with a hunters’ chase at 4:10pm and a conditional jockeys’ handicap hurdle at 5:10pm; field-sizes: 9-14-7-4-6-12 and 7; runners from Ireland on the card are Stuart Crawford’s A Touch Of Sparkle (2:40pm, Richard Johnson), Knocklayde Sno Cat 2:40pm, Brian Hughes) and Elusive Theatre (3:40pm, Brian Hughes); other jockeys riding on the card include Henry Brooke, Will Kennedy, Nico de Boinville, Derek Fox, Paddy Brennan and Richie McLernon
Nottingham, 2:20pm – seven races; field-sizes: 14-8-5-8-10-7 and 7; the final race is one for apprentice riders (hands and heels, a handicap); jockeys in action include Frankie Dettori, Jim Crowley, Fran Berry, Sean Levey, Silvestre de Sousa, Tony Hamilton, Richard Kingscote, Andrea Atzeni, Pat Cosgrave, Luke Morris, Harry Bentley, Tom Marquand, Martin Harley, Jamie Spencer, James Doyle and Ryan Moore; the feature is the £40,000 British EBF Totepool Nottinghamshire Oaks (Listed Race) at 4:20pm, backed up by a £25,000 handicap at 3:50pm
Punchestown, 6pm – A jumping card, with a €26,000 handicap hurdle at 830pm and a €21,000 chase at 6:30pm; seven races; field-sizes: 9-6-16-24-14-10 and 14; jockeys riding on the card include Bryan Cooper, Mark Walsh, Andrew Lynch, David Mullins, Danny Mullins, Davy Russell, Paul Townend, Sean Flanagan, Denis O’Regan, Ruby Walsh and Rachael Blackmore; Diamond King (6:30pm), Hidden Cyclone (6:30pm) and Juliespaddockwalk (8pm, a debutante that is a half-sister to Graded hurdle and chase winner Bright New Dawn) are among the runners on the card
Ayr, 6:10pm – seven races; field-sizes: 11-7-9-12-11-12 and 11; the card starts with a race amateur lady riders; runners from Ireland on the card are Adrian Keatley’s Connacht Girl (6:40pm, first-time blinkers, Shane Foley), The Mcgregornator (7:10pm, first-time headgear, Shane Foley) and Cosy Club (7:40pm, Shane Foley), plus Garvan Donnelly’s Carrigeen Prince (8:10pm, Shane Foley), Gavin Cromwell’s Dovil’s Duel (8:10pm, Shane Gray) and Denis Hogan’s Burren View Lady (8:40pm, Shane Foley); jockeys also riding on the card include Jason Hart, Paul Mulrennan, Tom Eaves, Phillip Makin, Connor Beasley, PJ McDonald and James Sullivan
Kempton, 6:20pm – seven races; field-sizes: 14-14-12-13-11-9 and 14; the card starts with an apprentice handicap; jockeys in action include Luke Morris, Jim Crowley, David Probert, William Buick, Gavin Lerena, Dane O’Neill, Oisin Murphy, Fran Berry, Stevie Donohoe, Silvestre de Sousa, Adam Kirby, John Egan and Tom Marquand
They also race in France at Chantilly (12:47pm) and in Germany at Dusseldorf (4:40pm); later in shops it is Valparaiso, 7pm, in Chile
The Turf TV USA line-up is: Thistledown, 6:40pm, and Louisiana Downs, 9:15pm
The South African meeting is Greyville (11:15am)
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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 – SUNDERLAND
6:39pm – DONCASTER
The next meeting live on Sky Sports is the English Greyhound Derby Third Round meeting at Towcester on June 17th; the tournament’s first round runs from June 1st to 3rd
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AUSSIE RULES
Round 11 of the season
Thursday 01 June
Port Adelaide v Hawthorn, 10:20am
Friday 02 June
Geelong Cats v Adelaide Crows, 10:50am
Saturday 03 June
Gold Coast Suns v West Coast Eagles, 4:45am – GWS Saints v Essendon, 7:35am – North Melbourne v Richmond, 10:25am
Sunday 04 June
Fremantle v Collingwood, 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 5:35pm on Wednesday to 3:15am on Thursday morning – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Live games:
Arizona Diamondbacks @ Pittsburgh Pirates, 5:30pm, live on BT Sport ESPN
Chicago Cubs @ San Diego Padres, 8:40pm, BT Sport ESPN
Los Angeles Dodgers & St Louis Cardinals, 1am, BT Sport ESPN – i.e. late Wed night/early Thurs morning
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BASKETBALL
The NBA Finals schedule is as follows (Golden State Warriors v Cleveland Cavaliers):
Game 1: Thursday June 1st – Cleveland Cavaliers @ Golden State Warriors, 2am – i.e. late Thurs night/early Fri morning
Game 2: Sunday June 4th – Cleveland Cavaliers @ Golden State Warriors, 1am – i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning – live on BT Sport 1
Game 3: Wednesday June 7th – Golden State Warriors @ Cleveland Cavaliers, 2am – i.e. late Wed night/early Thurs morning
Game 4: Friday June 9th – Golden State Warriors @ Cleveland Cavaliers, 2am – i.e. late Fri night/early Sat morning
Game 5 (if required): Monday June 12th – Cleveland Cavaliers @ Golden State Warriors, 2am – i.e. late Mon night/early Tues morning
Game 6 (if required): Thursday June 15th – Golden State Warriors @ Cleveland Cavaliers, 2am – i.e. late Thurs night/early Fri morning
Game 7 (if required): Sunday June 18th – Cleveland Cavaliers @ Golden State Warriors, 1am – i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning
Live games:
As above
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
The 2017 European Championships run from June 14-26, from Kharkiv in the Ukraine
This week’s fights include:
See above link
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CRICKET
Tour Match 2017 – Derbyshire v South Africa A, 11am, day three
The ICC Champions Trophy 2017 begins on Thursday with the host nation England v Bangladesh, 10:30am
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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
Skoda – Tour de Luxembourg, May 31 – June 04
The Tour de France runs from July 1st to July 23rd; it begins in Dusseldorf, Germany, before making its way through Belgium to France
From the track calendar:
National Track Championship – Frankfurt/Oder, Germany, June 07-11
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DARTS
Next up:
The World Cup Of Darts 2017, from Frankfurt, Germany, from June 1-4, live on Sky Sports
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FORMULA ONE
The next race in the 2017 Formula One season is the Canadian Grand Prix, June 9-11
It will be followed by the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, June 23-25
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Wednesday 31 May
Leinster U21HC quarter-finals
Kildare v Carlow, Newbridge, 7.30pm
Wexford v Offaly, Wexford Park, 7.30pm
Westmeath v Laois, TEG Cusack Park, 7.30pm
Kilkenny v Dublin, Nowlan Park, 7.30pm – live on TG4
Saturday 3 June
Leinster SFC quarter-final
Carlow v Dublin, O’Moore Park, 7pm – live on Sky Sports 5
Sunday 4 June
Munster SHC semi-final
Limerick v Clare, Semple Stadium, 4pm – live on Sky Sports 3
Leinster SFC quarter-finals
Louth v Meath, Parnell Park, 3pm
Laois v Kildare, O’Connor Park, 3pm
Ulster SFC quarter-final
Down v Armagh, Pairc Esler, 2pm – live on RTE 2
Munster U25HC semi-final
Limerick v Clare, Semple Stadium, 2pm
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GOLF
European Tour – The Nordea Masters, Barsebäck G&CC, Malmo, Sweden, June 01-04
USPGA Tour – The Memorial Tournament – Presented by Nationwide, Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, Ohio, USA, June 01-04
LPGA Tour – The next tournament is the ShopRite LPGA Classic – Presented by Acer, Galloway, New Jersey, June 02-04
On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the Principal Charity Classic, Wakonda Club, Des Moines, IA, USA, June 09-11
On the European Seniors Tour, the next tournament is the European Tour Properties Senior Classic, Linna GC, Finland, June 21-23
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ICE HOCKEY (NHL)
The Stanley Cup best-of-seven finals series began on Monday May 29th, Nashville Predators @ Pittsburgh Penguins
Game 2: Wednesday May 31, Nashville Predators @ Pittsburgh Penguins, 1am – i.e. late Wed night/early Thurs morn – live on eir Sport 2
Game 3: Saturday June 3rd, Pittsburgh Penguins @ Nashville Predators, 1am – i.e. late Sat night/early Sun morn
Game 4: Monday June 5th, Pittsburgh Penguins @ Nashville Predators, 1am – i.e. late Mon night/early Tues morn
Game 5 (if required): Thursday June 8th, Nashville Predators @ Pittsburgh Penguins, 1am – i.e. late Thurs night/early Fri morn
Game 6 (if required): Sunday June 11th, Pittsburgh Penguins @ Nashville Predators, 1am – i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morn
Game 7 (if required): Wednesday June 14th, Nashville Predators @ Pittsburgh Penguins, 1am – i.e. late Wed night/early Thurs morn
Live:
As above
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RUGBY LEAGUE:
Today:
State Of Origin game – Queensland v New South Wales, 11am, eir Sport 2, the first game in the best-of-three series
Next games after this:
Friday 02 June
Super League – Leeds Rhinos v Leigh Centurions, 8pm
NRL – Melbourne Storm v Newcastle, 9am – Parramatta Eels v New Zealand Warriors, 10:50am
Saturday 03 June
Super League – Hull FC v Wigan Warriors, 8pm, Sky Sports 1
NRL – St George-Illawarra Dragons v Wests Tigers, 6am – Sydney Roosters v Brisbane Broncos, 8:30am – North Queensland v Gold Coast Titans, 10:30am
Sunday 04 June
Super League – Huddersfield Giants v Warrington Wolves, 3pm – Salford Red Devils v Wakefield Trinity, 3pm – Widnes Vikings v Catalans Dragons, 3pm – Castleford Tigers v St Helens, 3pm
Kingstone Press Championship – six games, all at 3pm
NRL – Manly Sea Eagles v Canberra Raiders, 5am – Canterbury Bulldogs v Penrith Panthers, 7am
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RUGBY UNION
Today:
World Rugby Under-20 Championship – New Zealand v Scotland, 10am, eir Sport 1, and Ireland v Italy, 10:30am, eir Sport 1, plus Argentina v Georgia, 3pm, ir Sport 2, and Australia v Wales, 5:30pm, eir Sport 2; the tournament is being played in Georgia
Other games today – England v Samoa, 10am and South Africa v France, 12:30pm
Next games after this:
Thursday 01 June
Ulster v Barbarians, 7:30pm, Kingspan Stadium, Belfast
Friday 02 June
Super Rugby – Crusaders v Highlanders, 3:35am – Blues v Reds, 8:35am, Sky Sports 1
Saturday 03 June
British & Irish Lions Tour – Provincial Union XV v British and Irish Lions, 8:35am, Sky Sports 1
Super Rugby – Chiefs v Waratahs, 6:05am, Sky Sports 3 – Brumbies v Melbourne Rebels, 10:45am, Sky Sports Mix – Western Force v Hurricanes, 12:55pm, Sky Sports 3
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SNOOKER
TBC
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TENNIS
Current tournaments:
The French Open from Roland Garros, Paris, France, runs from Sun May 28 to Sun June 11 – today’s action is live on ITV4 and Eurosport 1 at 9:30am and at 10am and 11am on Eurosport 2
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OTHER SPORT
Americas Cup Sailing Qualifying – 6pm, BT Sport 1
ANZ Netball – Mystics v Pulse, 8:40am, Sky Sports Mix
Posted: 31st May 2017