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SPORTS PREVIEW

SUNDAY 25 JUNE 2017

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FOOTBALL

The 2017 Confederations Cup takes place in Russia and runs from Saturday June 17 to Sunday July 02. Eight teams take part in the tournament, which this year are Russia, New Zealand, Portugal, Cameroon, Australia, Germany, Mexico and Chile

The UEFA European Under-21 Championship runs from June 16th to June 30th

Sunday June 25

Confederations CupChile v Australia, 4pm, ITV and RTE2 and Germany v Cameroon, 4pm, ITV and RTE2

Chinese Super LeagueShanghai East Asia v Henan Jianye, 12:35pm – Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao FC v Hebei CFFC, 12:35pm, Sky Sports Mix

MLSPortland Timbers v Seattle Sounders FC, 9pm, Sky Sports 1

Brazilian Serie A – eight marches – one at 3pm, five at 8pm, one at 10:30pm and one at 11pm – live on BT Sport 1 at 8pm is Sao Paulo v Fluminense

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HORSERACING

The Sunday line-up is:

Hexham, 1:50pm – field-sizes are 6 (conditional jockeys’ selling hurdle)-5-7-7 (£10,000 handicap chase)-7-14 and 16; jockeys in action include Derek Fox, Daryl Jacob, Brian Hughes, Paddy Brennan, Tom Scudamore, Henry Brooke and Richie McLernon; runners from Ireland on the card are Clare Louise Cannon’s Mount Beckham (2:20pm, Adam Short), Patrick Griffin’s Alys Keys (2:50pm, Adam Short) and Heist (3:20pm, Adam Short), Paul Stafford’s Mollies Gent (4:20pm, Adam Short) and Neil McKnight’s Secret Approach (4:50pm, Adam Short)

Pontefract, 2:00pm – field-sizes are 12-4-6-8-11-5 and 8; the feature is the £45,000 Totepool Pontefract Castle Fillies’ Stakes (Listed Race), 3:30pm), with a £20,000 handicap at 3pm; jockeys in action include Tony Hamilton, Pat Cosgrave, Silvestre de Sousa, Richard Kingscote, Ryan Moore, Graham Lee, Joe Fanning, Ben Curtis, Danny Tudhope, Luke Morris and Phillip Makin

Gowran Park, 2:05pm – featuring the €26,000 www.gowranpark.ie Handicap (3:05pm); field-sizes are 12-12-9-16 (plus one reserve)-8-9 and 7; jockeys in action include Pat Smullen, Donnacha O’Brien, Gary Carroll, Shane Foley, Seamie Heffernan, Kevin Manning, Ronan Whelan, Chris Hayes, Billy Lee, Colm O’Donoghue, Wayne Lordan, Declan McDonogh, Colin Keane, Leigh Roche and Rachael Blackmore (who rides Red Aggressor for Shark Hanlon in the 3:35pm contest)

Worcester, 2:10pm – there’s a mares’ novices’ hurdle for conditional jockeys at 5:10pm (the finale); the feature is an £18,000 handicap hurdle (3:40pm); field-sizes are 8-14-8-9-9-13 and 7; jockeys in action include Richard Johnson, Aidan Coleman, David Bass, Nick Scholfield, Harry Skelton, Nico de Boinville, Noel Fehily, Tom O’Brien, Sean Bowen and Sam Twiston-Davies

They also race in India at Bangalore, 10:30am and in Germany at Dortmund (1pm); later in shops it is Woodbine, 6pm, in the USA and Club Hipico, 6:30pm, in Chile

At Dortmund in Germany, there is a Group 3 race (3yo+, 1m165y) at 4:10pm, and at San Siro in Italy, there is a Group 3 race for 2yos at 4:55pm

The Turf TV USA line-up is: Monmouth Park, 5:50pm, Gulfstream, 6:15pm, Belmont Park, 6:30pm, and Santa Anita, 9pm

The South African meeting is Greyville (10:45am)

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GREYHOUNDS

The Sunday line-up is as follows:

11:03am – BELLE VUE

11:11am – HOVE

2:06pm – PERRY BARR

2:12pm – KINSLEY

3:18pm – MULLINGAR

6:04pm – CENTRAL PARK

6:11pm – POOLE

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AUSSIE RULES

Round 14 of the season

Sunday 25 June

Geelong Cats v Fremantle, 4:10am – Richmond v Carlton, 6:20am, BT Sport 1 – St Kilda v Gold Coast Suns, 7:40am

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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 6:05pm on Sunday to 3:10am on Monday morning – i.e. late Sun night/early Mon morning

Live games:

Pittsburgh Pirates @ St Louis Cardinals , 1am, BT Sport ESPN

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BASKETBALL

No key games scheduled

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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:

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CRICKET

Sunday June 25

ICC Women’s World Cup – Pakistan v South Africa, 10:30am

International T20 – England v South Africa, Third and final match of the series 2:00pm Sky Sports 2

One-Day International Series – West Indies v India, second fixture of the five match series, 2pm, Sky Sports 3

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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 blue riband event of cycling, the Tour de France, runs from July 1st to July 23rd

This week:

British National Road Championships, June 22-25

French Road Championships, June 22-25

German Road Championships, June 23-25

Italian Road Championships, June 23-25

Canadian Road Championships, June 24-28

USA Cycling Professional Road Championships, June 24-25

From the track calendar:

Korea Track National Championships – June 24-29

2017 Taiwan Cup Track International Classic I – June 25-26

2017 Taiwan Cup Track International Classic II – June 27

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DARTS

Next up:

European Tour 7 – June 23-25, Vienna, Austria, with a qualifier on June 22

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FORMULA ONE

The current race is the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, June 23-25

Live on TV:

Live coverage of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix will be On Sky Sports 1 at 2:00pm, Channel 4 from 1:35pm and eir Sport 1 from 1:55pm

The F2 Championship race will be live on eir Sport 1 from 8:55am

The next F1race is the Austria Grand Prix, July 07-09

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GAA

Upcoming fixtures, as per www.hoganstand.com

Sunday 25 June

Leinster SFC semi-final
Dublin v Westmeath, Croke Park, 4pm – RTE1

All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers Round 1B
Offaly v Cavan, Tullamore, 6.30pm

Armagh v Fermanagh, Athletic Grounds, 6:30pm

London v Carlow, Ruislip, 1pm

Leinster JFC final

Louth v Meath, Croke Park, 2pm
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GOLF

European Tour – The BMW International Open, Munich, Germany – June 22-25 – the reigning champion is Henrik Stenson – final day – live on Sky Sports 4 at 11am

USPGA Tour – Travelers Championship, TPC River Highlands, USA, June 22-25 – final day – live on Sky Sports 4 at 6pm

LPGA Tour – The Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Presented by P&G, Pinnacle Country Club, USA, June 22-25 – final day – live on Sky Sports 4 at 11pm

On the Seniors Tour (Champions Tour), the next tournament is the American Family Insurance Championship, University Ridge GC, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, June 23-25 – final day

On the European Seniors Tour, the next tournament is TBC

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HOCKEY

The FIH Hockey League/World Cup Qualifier semi-finals continue this week:

Sunday June 25

7th/8th place – 9:30am, BT Sport 1

5th/6th place – 11:45am, BT Sport 1

3rd/4th place – 2pm, BT Sport 1

Final – 4:15pm, BT Sport 1

Pool B, Women’s Hockey World Hockey League semi-finals (Brussels, Belgium) – Australia v Spain, 1pm, BT Sport 3, and Pool B, Scotland v South Korea, 7pm, BT Sport 3

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ICE HOCKEY (NHL)

Pittsburgh Penguins won the best-of-seven series 4-2 over Nashville Predators and are the Stanley Cup Champions of 2017

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RUGBY LEAGUE:

Next up:

Sunday 25 June

NRL – St George Illawarra Dragons v Newcastle Knights, 5am, eir Sport 2 – Cronulla Sutherland Sharks v Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, 7am, eir Sport 2

Championship – six games, all at 3pm

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RUGBY UNION

Women’s World Rugby Sevens – Coverage of the final round of the season 4:00pm Sky Sports Mix

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SAILING

America’s Cup

Sunday June 25 – Races 7 and 8 (if required), 5:30pm, BT Sport 2

Monday June 26 – Races 9 (if required) and 10 (if required)

Tuesday June 27 – Race 11 (if required), Race 12 (if required), Race 13 (if required)

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SNOOKER

Next:

Riga Masters – Riga, Latvia, June 23-25 – day three is live on Eurosport 1 at 9am and Eurosport 2 at 6:30pm

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TENNIS

Upcoming tournaments:

ATP Aegon Queen’s Club Championships – June 19-25 (Grass), Coverage of the men’s singles final 2:00pm BBC1

ATP Gerry Weber Open – June 19-25 (Grass) coverage of the final from 12:00pm Sky Sports 5

WTA Aegon Birmingham Classic – June 19-25 (Grass), 1.30pm, Eurosport 2, Final

WTA Mallorca Open – June 19-25 (Grass), 4pm, BT Sport 1, the final

These will be followed by:

The Aegon International, Eastbourne, England – June 26 to July 2, and then:

Wimbledon – July 3 to July 16 – the latest Grand Slam event and the only one played on grass

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OTHER SPORT

Touring Cars ETC Cup – Race 1 – 11:45am Eurosport 1. Race 2 1:00pm Eurosport 1

Moto GP – Coverage of the Grand Prix of Assen, Moto3, from 9:30am BT Sport 2, with warm-ups at 7:30am; Moto2 is at 1:!5pm, with the main race at 11:!5am, all on BT Sport 2

Formula V8 3.5 – Race two from round five of the season at Motorland Aragon in Spain 12:30pm BT Sport ESPN

CFL – Live match on the opening weekend of the season between Toronto Argonauts and Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 9:00pm BT Sport ESPN

UFC – Fight Night 112 – Prelims from midnight on BT Sport 2. The main bout in the lightweight division between Michael Chiesa and Kevin Lee from 2:00am on same channel, BT Sport 2

NASCAR – the Toyota/Save Mart 350 (California), eir Sport 2, 7:30pm

Athletics – European Team Championships, day three, Eurosport 2, 3:30pm

FIA World Touring Cars – 4:30pm (race 1) and 5:30pm (race 2), Eurosport 2

IndyCar – GP of Road America, the Kohler Grand Prix, 5:30pm, BT Sport ESPN

Canadian Football League – 9pm, BT Sport ESPN, Toronto Argonauts v Hamilton Tiger-Cats

 

Posted: 23rd June 2017
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