Wednesday 8 November 2017
SPORTS PREVIEW
Wednesday 8 November 2017
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FOOTBALL
Checkatrade Trophy – four games, all at 7:45pm
National League – Chester FC v Wrexham, 7:45pm, BT Sport 1
International – Iceland v Czech Rep, 2:45pm
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HORSERACING
The Wednesday line-up is:
Nottingham, 12:35pm – with the card featuring the £25,000 Lady Cecil Handicap (2:15pm); the card closes with a men’s amateur rider race; field-sizes are 11-14-14-9-11-13 and 14; a half-brother to the 3xGroup 1 winner, and now influential sire, Manduro, the John Gosden-trained Hipster Boy makes his racecourse debut in the 12:35pm race; the same trainer runs Rhode Island (who races in the colours of Michael Tabor, Mrs John Magnier and Derek Smith), a half-brother by Galileo to Group 1-winning sprinter Kingsgate Native, in the same race; a half-brother to the 2007 English St Leger winner Lucarno, the John Gosden-trained Corelli makes his racecourse debut at 1:40pm; Roger Charlton’s well-related debutant Great Beyond runs in the same race
Musselburgh, 12:45pm – A six-race card, with field-sizes being 9-8-14-8-12 and 5; Ireland is represented by Jim Dreaper’s Mullaghmurphy Blue (1:15pm, Andrew Lynch); jockeys in action include Brian Hughes, Derek Fox and Danny Cook
Chepstow, 12:55pm – A seven-race card that starts with a conditional jockeys’ handicap hurdle; field-sizes are 8-15-9-16-11-12 and 16; the top stables of Philip Hobbs, Paul Nicholls, Dan Skelton, Venetia Williams, Alan King, Jonjo O’Neill, David Pipe, Oliver Sherwood and Colin Tizzard are all represented on the card; jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Barry Geraghty, Aidan Coleman, Sam Twiston-Davies, Noel Fehily, Wayne Hutchinson, Richie McLernon, Harry Skelton, Daryl Jacob and Tom O’Brien; it should be an informative meeting
Kempton, 4:40pm – an eight-race card that opens with three 2yo races (two of them for fillies) and ends with five handicaps; field-sizes are 14-14-14-5-8-14-7 and 14; jockeys in action include William Buick, Fran Berry, Oisin Murphy, Richard Kingscote, Luke Morris, Josephine Gordon, Robert Havlin, Sean Levey, Ted Durcan, David Pobert, Stevie Donohoe and PJ McDonald; there are some well-bred fillies in the opening two races, the two divisions of the fillies’ novice stakes race, and they could prove to be informative races
Dundalk, 5:25pm – Eight races, starting with two 2yo maiden races; in the first of them (for fillies) Michael Halford runs Blackgold Fairy (Pat Smullen), a granddaughter of the four-time Group 1 winner Islington, her wins including the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf in 2003, and Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Joseph O’Brien runs Anchovy (he has three runners in the race in total), who is from the same family as five-time Group 1 winner Duke Of Marmalade and 2013 Epsom Derby winner Ruler Of The World; 7-time Dundalk winner Shabra Emperor and 6-time Dundalk winner Coreczka are among the field for the 7f handicap (6:25pm); Aidan O’Brien and Michael Halford have three of the five runners between them in the 3yo+ maiden at 7:55pm, while Andy Oliver runs Play It Cool, a newcomer that is a closely-related to Group 3 winner and 2-time Listed winner Muffri’Ha; a winner of five of his last six races – the last three of them at Dundalk – Ben Rumson is back for more in the card’s finale; it looks like being another good night of racing at the track; recently-crowned champion jockey in Ireland, Colin Keane has a full book of rides on the card, five of them for his boss Ger Lyons
Later in the shops, it is Valparaiso (4:50pm) in Chile and Finger Lakes (5:15pm) in the USA
The Turf TV USA/Canada line-up is: Finger Lakes, 5:15pm, Aqueduct, 5:20pm, Gulfstream Park West, 5:35pm, and Mahoning Valley, 5:45pm
The South African meeting is Greyville (10am)
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GREYHOUNDS
The Wednesday line-up is as follows:
11:03am – SWINDON
11:11am – NEWCASTLE
2:08pm – HOVE
2:18pm – BELLE VUE
6:28pm – SUNDERLAND
6:33pm – YARMOUTH
6:38pm – PERRY BARR – see below
The next live Sky meeting is tonight’s William Hill St Leger meeting at Perry Barr
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL
Week 10
Thursday November 9 – Seattle Seahawks @ Arizona Cardinals , 1:25am i.e. late Thursday night/early Friday morning
Sunday November 12 – 12 games with start times ranging from 6pm to 1:30am – i.e. late Sunday night/early Monday morning
Monday November 13 – Miami Dolphins @ Carolina Panthers, 1:30am – i.e. late Monday night/early Tuesday morning
College Football
Akron Zips @ Miami RedHawks, 12:30am, BT Sport 3
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BASKETBALL
There are 5 NBA matches today, with start times ranging from midnight to 3:30am – i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Live:
Los Angeles Lakers @ Boston Celtics, 1am, BT Sport 1
Minnesota Timberwolves @ Golden State Warriors, 3:30am, BT Sport 1
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BOXING/UFC
Check out this website – http://boxingschedule.boxingsociety.com/
Coming up:
Sat Nov 11 –
Josh Naylor v Miguel Vazquez, 12 Rounds WBC Silver Super-Lightweight title bout from Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh, 9:45pm, Channel 5
Sun Nov 12 –
Daniel Jacobs v Luis Aria, 12 Rounds Middleweight
Jarrell Miller v Mariusz Wach, 10 Rounds Heavyweight
Conor Benn v TBC,
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, 3am, Sky Sports Main Event/Action, i.e. late Saturday night/early Sunday morning
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CRICKET
Next-Up:
Tour Match – Australia Women v England Women, 3:30am – i.e. late Wednesday night /early Thursday morning
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DARTS
Coming up on the PDC calendar:
PDC Grand Slam of Darts, Civic Hall Wolverhampton, November 11-19
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FORMULA ONE
The next F1 Grand Prix is the Brazilian Grand Prix, in Sao Paulo, which runs from November 10-12
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GAA
Upcoming fixtures – see www.hoganstand.com
Saturday 11 NovemberUlster club SFC semi-finalSlaughtneil (Derry) v Kilcar (Donegal), Healy Park, 6.30pm
Sunday 12 November
International Rules Series first test
Australia v Ireland, Adelaide Oval, 5am
Connacht club SFC semi-finals
Castlebar Mitchels (Mayo) v Tourlestrane (Sligo), MacHale Park, 2pm
Corofin (Galway) v St Brigid’s (Roscommon), Galway venue, 2pm
Leinster club SFC quarter-finals
Rathnew (Wicklow) v St Vincent’s (Dublin), Aughrim, 2pm
Portlaoise (Laois) v Moorefield (Kildare), O’Moore Park, 2pm
Mullinalaghta (Longford) St Loman’s (Westmeath), Pearse Park, 2pm
Starlights (Wexford) v Simonstown Gaels (Meath), Innovate Wexford Park, 2pm
Munster club SFC semi-finals
Dr Crokes (Kerry) v Kilmurry-Ibrickane (Clare), Dr Crokes GAA, 2pm
Nemo Rangers (Cork) v Adare (Limerick), Mallow, 2:45pm
Ulster club SFC semi-finals
Derrygonnelly (Fermanagh) v Cavan Gaels (Cavan), Clones, 2pm
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GOLF
USPGA Tour – OHL Classic at Mayakoba, El Camaleon GC, Mexico, Nov 9-12
PGA European Tour – Nedbank Golf Challenge, Gary Player CC, South Africa, Nov 9-12
USLPGA Tour – Blue Bay LPGA, Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Course, China, Nov 8-11
USPGA Champions Tour – Charles Schwab Cup Championship, Phoenix CC, Japan, Nov 10-12
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ICE HOCKEY
There are three NHL matches today, with start times ranging from 12:30am to 3:30am– i.e. late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning
Live:
Minnesota Wild @ Toronto Maple Leafs, 12:30am, eir Sport 2
Boston Bruins @ New York Rangers, 1am, eir Sport 1
Tampa Bay Lightning @ San Jose Sharks, 3:30am, eir Sport 2
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RUGBY LEAGUE
Next games:
Friday 10 November
Rugby League World Cup – Fiji v Italy, 8:40am
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RUGBY UNION
Next games:
Saturday 11 November
Internationals – Italy v Fiji, 2pm – Scotland v Samoa, 2:30pm – England v Argentina, 3pm – Wales v Australia, 5:15pm – Ireland v South Africa, 5:30pm – France v New Zealand, 7:45pm
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SNOOKER
Next up:
Champion Of Champions, Ricoh Arena, Coventry, day three, 12:45pm and 6:45pm, ITV4/eir Sport 1
Followed by:
Shanghai Masters, China, November 13-18
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TENNIS
Next up:
Federations Cup World Group Final, November 11-12
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England, November 12-19
Davis Cup World Group Final, November 24-26
Posted: 8th November 2017