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Heartbreak for Smyth and Rees-Zammit in NFL!

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August 28, 2024

Welcome back to SportsDraft this Wednesday!!

Here’s all you need to know about sports!

Todays SD Must-Knows

⚽ - Manchester United have reached an agreement in principle to sign Paris St Germain midfielder Manuel Ugarte.

🏐 - Former All-Ireland U21 winning manager Mike Solan is the new Longford senior football manager.

🏈 - Both Charlie Smyth and Louis Rees-Zammit have been cut from the Saints and Chiefs final 53 men squads for the upcoming NFL season.

⚽ - Uruguayan footballer Juan Izquierdo has died aged 27, five days after collapsing during a match in Brazil.

🎾 - Carlos Alcaraz was given a scare by Australian qualifier Li Tu in the first round of the US Open on Tuesday before going on to seal a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory in New York.

🏉 - Eben Etzebeth is a doubt for South Africa's crunch Rugby Championship clash with New Zealand at the weekend due to injury.

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Results Round-Up

English League Cup - 2nd Round

  • Middlesbrough 0-5 Stoke City

  • Barnsley 1-0 Sheffield United

  • Barrow 0-0 Derby County (Barrow win 3-2 on penalties)

  • Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Blackpool

  • Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 Crawley Town

  • Coventry City 1-0 Oxford United

  • Everton 3-0 Doncaster Rovers

  • Fleetwood Town 2-1 Rotherham United

  • Grimsby Town 1-5 Sheffield Wednesday

  • Harrogate Town 0-5 Preston North End

  • Leicester City 4-0 Tranmere Rovers

  • Millwall 0-1 Leyton Orient

  • Queens Park Rangers 1-1 Luton Town (Queens Park Rangers win 4-1 on penalties)

  • Shrewsbury Town 0-2 Bolton Wanderers

  • Walsall 3-2 Huddersfield Town

  • Watford 2-0 Plymouth Argyle

  • Birmingham City 0-2 Fulham

  • Crystal Palace 4-0 Norwich City

UEFA Champions League - Play-offs

  • Galatasaray 0-1 Young Boys (Young Boys win 4-2 on aggregate)

  • Salzburg 1-1 Dynamo Kyiv (Salzburg win 3-1 on aggregate)

  • Sparta Praha 2-0 Malmö FF (Sparta Praha win 4-0 on aggregate)

Internationals - Friendlies

  • Jordan 0-0 Korea DPR

English Football League Trophy - Northern Group E

  • Crewe Alexandra 5-1 Liverpool U21

English FA Cup - Preliminary Round Replays

  • Millbrook FC 1-3 AFC Stoneham

Spanish La Liga

  • Mallorca 0-0 Sevilla

  • Rayo Vallecano 1-2 Barcelona

German DFB Pokal - 1st Round

  • Preußen Münster 0-5 Stuttgart

Brazilian Serie A

  • Vasco da Gama 2-1 Athletico Paranaense

Where to Watch

Wednesday

  • 08:05am - Canterbury v Hawkes Bay - Sky Sports Action

  • 11:15am - Leicester City Women v Manchester City Women - CITY+

  • 12:00pm - UCI Benelux Tour (Tour of Benelux - Stage 1) - Discovery+

  • 01:30pm - UCI Vuelta a Espana (La Vuelta a Espana - Stage 11) - Eurosport 1, Discovery+

  • 01:30pm - Raceday Live (Live racing from around the UK) - Sky Sports Racing

  • 01:45pm - Live Racing (from Musselburgh, Catterick, Kempton, and Bellewstown) - RacingTV

  • 04:00pm - US Open (Men's & Women's Singles 2nd Round) - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Tennis, Sky Sports Ultra HDR, Sky Sports+

  • 05:00pm - Carl Zeiss Jena v Bayer Leverkusen - Premier Sports 2

  • 05:00pm - Istanbul Basaksehir v St Patricks Athletic - SolidSport

  • 05:45pm - FK Qarabag v Dinamo Zagreb - TNT Sports 1, Discovery+ Premium

  • 06:00pm - Athletic Bilbao v Valencia - Premier Sports 1, LaLigaTV, Bet 365 Live

  • 06:00pm - Real Valladolid v Club Deportivo Leganes - Premier Player, Bet 365 Live

  • 07:00pm - Al Hilal v Damac - DAZN

  • 07:30pm - Wolverhampton Wanderers v Burnley - Sky Sports+

  • 07:45pm - Swansea City v Wycombe Wanderers - Sky Sports+

  • 07:45pm - AFC Wimbledon v Ipswich Town - Sky Sports+

  • 07:45pm - West Ham United v Bournemouth AFC - Sky Sports+

  • 07:45pm - Cardiff City v Southampton - Sky Sports+

  • 07:45pm - Colchester United v Brentford - Sky Sports+

  • 08:00pm - Slavia Prague v Lille - TNT Sports 1, Discovery+ Premium

  • 08:00pm - Crvena Zvezda v Bodo Glimt - TNT Sports 2, Discovery+ Premium

  • 08:00pm - Slovan Bratislava v FC Midtjylland - TNT Sports 3, Discovery+ Premium

  • 08:00pm - Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United - Sky Sports Football, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Ultra HDR

  • 08:30pm - Real Sociedad v Deportivo Alaves - Premier Sports 2, Bet 365 Live

  • 08:30pm - Atletico Madrid v Espanyol - Premier Sports 1, LaLigaTV, Bet 365 Live

  • 09:00pm - Creator Classic (Live The Creator Classic - East Lake Golf Club) - Sky Sports Golf

  • 10:00pm - World Athletics U20 Championships (Live from National Stadium of Peru) - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport Website, BBC Red Button

  • 10:30pm - US Open (Men's & Women's Singles 2nd Round) - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Tennis, Sky Sports Ultra HDR, Sky Sports+

  • 12:00am - US Open (Men's & Women's Singles 2nd Round) - Sky Sports Tennis, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Ultra HDR, Sky Sports+

Thursday

  • 12:00am - US Open (Men's & Women's Singles 2nd Round) - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Tennis, Sky Sports Ultra HDR, Sky Sports+

  • 10:50am - North Queensland Cowboys v Melbourne Storm - Watch NRL

  • 11:00am - England v Sri Lanka (Cricket Test Match, Day 1) - Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Ultra HDR

  • 12:30pm - British Masters (Live Betfred British Masters hosted by Sir Nick Faldo - The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, England) - Sky Sports Golf

  • 01:30pm - UCI Vuelta a Espana (La Vuelta a Espana - Stage 12) - Eurosport 1, Discovery+

  • 01:30pm - Raceday Live (Live racing from around the UK) - Sky Sports Racing

  • 01:45pm - Live Racing (from Chelmsford, Carlisle, and Navan) - RacingTV

  • 04:00pm - US Open (Men's & Women's Singles 2nd Round) - Sky Sports Tennis, Sky Sports+

  • 05:30pm - Live Racing League (Racing League from Southwell) - ITV4, ITVX

  • 06:00pm - Girona v Osasuna - Premier Sports 1, LaLigaTV, Bet 365 Live

  • 06:00pm - TOUR Championship (Live TOUR Championship - East Lake Golf Club) - Sky Sports Golf

  • 06:30pm - US Open (Men's & Women's Singles 2nd Round) - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Tennis, Sky Sports Ultra HDR, Sky Sports+

  • 06:30pm - Denmark v Great Britain (Ice-Hockey Winter Olympics Qualifier) - Premier Sports 2

  • 07:00pm - Kilmarnock v Copenhagen - SolidSport

  • 07:10pm - Milwaukee Brewers v San Francisco Giants - TNT Sports 1, Discovery+ Premium

  • 07:45pm - Hearts v FC Viktoria Plzen (UEFA Europa League Play Off 2nd Leg) - BBC Scotland, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport Website

  • 08:00pm - Shamrock Rovers v PAOK FC (UEFA Europa League Play Off 2nd Leg) - LOITV

  • 08:00pm - TBC v TBC (Caribbean Premier League Final) - TNT Sports 2, Discovery+ Premium

  • 08:00pm - Larne FC v Lincoln Red Imps (UEFA Europa Conference League Play Off 2nd Leg) - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport Website

  • 08:30pm - Las Palmas v Real Madrid - Premier Sports 1, LaLigaTV, Bet 365 Live

  • 09:00pm - World Athletics U20 Championships (Live from National Stadium of Peru) - BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport Website, BBC Red Button

  • 11:40pm - Philadelphia Phillies v Atlanta Braves - TNT Sports 1, Discovery+ Premium

  • 12:00am - US Open (Men's & Women's Singles 2nd Round) - Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Tennis, Sky Sports Ultra HDR, Sky Sports+

  • 12:00am - Antigua and Barbuda Falcons v St Kitts and Nevis Patriots (Caribbean Premier League) - TNT Sports 2, Discovery+ Premium

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