Wednesday 6 September 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Wednesday 6 September 2017
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NUMBERS – 2 Daily Millions draws per day – Irish Lucky Numbers
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FOOTBALL
Wednesday Sept 6
Spanish Copa Del Rey – Formentera v Tarazona, 6pm –Fuenlabrada v Merida AD, 6pm –La Hoya Lorca v Cordoba, 7pm –Real Oviedo v Numancia, 7pm –Reus Deportiu v Sporting Gijon, 7pm –SD Huesca v Real Vallodolid, 8pm– Rayo Vallecano v Tenerife, 9pm – Real Zaragoza v Granada, 9pm
MLS – New York City FC v Sporting Kansas City, 00:30, Sky Sports Football, i.e Late Wednesday/early Thursday
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HORSERACING
The Wednesday line-up is :
Lingfield, 1:50pm – Eight races, with field-sizes of 8-5-5-13-12-13-13 and 7; the card consists of a claimer, two handicaps (one of them for 2yos) and five maidens (for 3-4yos, 1m3f133y, for 2yo fillies, 7f, two divisions of the 6f 2yo maiden and a 3-5yo fillies’ maiden, 7f); jockeys in action include Oisin Murphy, Andrea Atzeni, Silvestre de Sousa, Jim Crowley, Tony Hamilton, Harry Bentley, Pat Cosgrave and James Doyle
Southwell, 2:00pm – A seven-race jumping card, with the programme consisting of a handicap chase, two handicap hurdles, a novices’ chase, two novice hurdles and a bumper; jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Aidan Coleman, Sean Bowen, James Bowen, Noel Fehily, Tom Scudamore, Paddy Brennan and Johnny Burke.
Chepstow, 2:10pm – A seven-race card that consists of five handicaps (one of them for apprentice riders), a 2yo race for fillies and a maiden for 3yo+; field-sizes are 9-14-7-8-10-8 and 10; jockeys in action include Adam Kirby, Tom Marquand, Luke Morris, Sean Levey, Jamie Spencer, Dane O’Neill, David Probert, Kevin Stott, Liam Keniry, Richard Kingscote, Franny Norton and Eddy Greatrex
Gowran Park, 4:35pm – A seven-race flat card which consists of a claiming race, three maiden’s and three handicap’s, the most valuable race is the 5:05pm maiden (€16,500); jockeys in action include Pat Smullen, Colin Keane, Kevin Manning, Donnacha O’Brien, Chris Hayes, Seamie Heffernan, Wayne Lordan, Colm O’Donoghue, Billy Lee and Shane Foley.
Kempton , 5:20 pm – An eight-race card that is made up of six handicaps (one of them for 2yos), a 2yo contest and a 3yo+ maiden; jockeys in action include Silvestre de Sousa, Fran Berry, Martin Harley, Harry Bentley, Andrea Atzeni, James Doyle, Pat Dobbs, Oisin Murphy, Tom Marquand, Ben Curtis, Tom Queally and Liam Keniry
They also race in India at Kolkata (10:30am); later in shops it’s Valparaiso (6:15pm) in Chile
The South African meeting is Scottsville (11:55am)
The Turf TV schedule is Finger Lakes, 6:10pm – Delaware Park, 6:15pm – Kentucky Downs, 7:25pm – Louisana Downs, 9:15pm
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GREYHOUNDS
The Wednesday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – PERRY BARR
11:11am – NEWCASTLE
2:08am – HOVE
2:18pm – BELLE VUE
6:28pm – SWINDON
6:33pm – YARMOUTH
6:39pm – SUNDERLAND
Next live Sky card will be the St Leger meeting from Doncaster, Weds, Sept 13, 7pm, Sky Sports Action
The Irish Greyhound Derby continues on Saturday night at Shelbourne with the quarter-finals
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
The new NFL season will begin on Thursday September 7th with the reigning Super Bowl champions New England Patriots playing at home to Kansas City Chiefs
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AUSSIE RULES
Finals Week 1
Thursday September 7 – Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants, 10:20am
Friday September 8 – Geelong Cats v Richmond, 10:50am
Saturday September 9 – Sydney Swans v Essendon, 7:20am, and Port Adelaide v West Coast Eagles, 10:50am
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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 5:35pm on Weds to 3:10am on Thurs – i.e. early Thursday morning
Live :
Tampa Bay Rays @ Minnesota Twins, 6pm, BT Sport ESPN
Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals, midnight, 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 September 6
TEST Series 2017 – Bangladesh v Australia, 5am, day three (of 5)
Twenty20 – Sri Lanka v India, 2:30pm
County Championship Division 1 – four fixtures all at 10:30am (day two of four) – Hampshire v Surrey – Lancashire v Essex – Warwickshire v Somerset – Yorkshire v Middlesex
County Championship Division 2 – five fixtures all at 10:30am (day two of four) – Derbyshire v Glamorgan – Leicestershire v Gloucestershire – Durham v Kent – Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire – Northamptonshire v Sussex
Caribbean Premier League – TBC v TBC, 1am, from 00:30am, BT Sport 1 – i.e. late Weds night/early Thurs morning
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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 Vuelta a España continues with Stage 17 a 180.5km journey from Villadiego to Los Machucos, 11:30am, Europsort 2
Tour of Britain – Stage four, a 165m route from Mansfield to Newark-on-Trent, 10:45am, ITV4
Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec Sep 8
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal Sep 10
From the track calendar:
Austrian Track Championships , Sep 7 – 9
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DARTS
Next up:
Unibet Champions League of Darts, Sept 16-17
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 Grand Prix will be the Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay, Sept 15-17
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com
Next games:
Saturday 9 September
All-Ireland U21HC final
Kilkenny v Limerick , Semple Stadium, 3pm – TG4
All-Ireland U21HC B final
Kerry v Wicklow , Semple Stadium, 1pm – TG4
Sunday 10 September
All-Ireland Senior Camogie final
Cork v Kilkenny , Croke Park, 4pm
All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie final
Cork v Meath , Croke Park, 2pm
All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie final
Dublin v Westmeath , Croke Park, 12pm
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GOLF
European Tour – The Omega European Masters on the Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Course in Montana, Switzerland runs from Thursday 7th September to Sunday 10th September
LPGA Tour – The Indy Women In Tech, Brickyard Crossing Golf Course, Indianapolis runs from Thursday 7th to Sunday 10th September
Walker Cup – a two-day biennial amateur team event between the USA and Britain, which this year is taking place in Los Angeles (Sept 9 and 10)
On the Seniors Tour – The Senior Italian Open, Udine Golf Club, Fagagna, Italy runs from Friday 8thSeptember to Sunday 10th September
On the Champions Tour – The Japan Airlines Championship, Narita Golf Course, Chiba, Japan runs from Friday 8th September to Sunday 10th September
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ICE HOCKEY
The new NHL season begins on Wednesday, October 4
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RUGBY LEAGUE :
Next game:
Thursday 7 September
Betfred Super League – Wakefield Trinity v St Helens, 8:00pm
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Wednesday 6 September
Mitre 10 Cup – Wellington v Hawke’s Bay, 8:35am, Sky Sports Main Event/Action
Thursday 7 September
Mitre 10 Cup – Counties Manukau v North Harbour, 8:35am
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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, the US Open, runs from Monday August 28 to Sunday September 10
Live coverage of day nine:
Eurosport 1 – 3:30pm, 7pm, 10pm, midnight, 2am – i.e late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning
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OTHER SPORT
Swedish Speedway – Coverage of an Elitserien meeting, 6:10pm, eir Sport 2
Posted: 6th September 2017