Handy Guide to Sport on Television this Week

Thursday, May 8th – Sunday, May 11th

THURSDAY (May 8th)

TENNIS BT Sport 2, 10am-9pm
WTA Madrid Open

TENNIS Sky Sports 3, 1pm-7.30pm
ATP Madrid Open

HORSE Channel 4, 1.30pm-3.30pm
RACING From Chester

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GOLF Sky Sports 4, 6pm-midnight
Florida The Players Championship

SOCCER BBC 2 from 7pm
(7.00) Women: England v Ukraine

DARTS Sky Sports 2, 7pm-10pm
Newcastle Premier League

RUGBY LEAGUE Sky Sports 3 from 7.30pm
(8.00) Castleford Tigers v Leeds Rhinos

NFL Sky Sports 1 from midnight
New York 2014 NFL Draft

FRIDAY (May 9th)

RUGBY Sky Sports 3 from 8.30am
(8.35) Chiefs v Blues
(10.40) Rebels v Hurricanes

F1 Setanta from 8.45am
Sky Sports F1 from 8.45am
BBC 2 from 8.55am
Practice Spanish Grand Prix

TENNIS BT Sport 2, 9.45am-6pm
WTA Madrid Open quarter-finals

CRICKET Sky Sports 2 from 10am
ODI Scotland v England

TENNIS Sky Sports 3, 2pm-6pm, 7pm-10.30pm
ATP Madrid Open quarter-finals

CYCLING Eurosport, 5.30pm-8.15pm
Giro d'Italia Stage 1: From Belfast

GOLF Sky Sports 4, 6pm-midnight
Sawgrass The Players Championship

ICE HOCKEY Setanta Sports 1 from 6.45pm
(6.45) Belarus v USA

SOCCER BT Sport 1 from 7.30pm
(7.45) AS Roma v Juventus

RUGBY LEAGUE Sky Sports 2 from 7.30pm
(8.00) Warrington Wolves v Catalan Dragons

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 7.30pm
Championship Play-off
(7.45) Wigan Athletic v QPR

RUGBY 

Setanta Ireland from 7.40pm

BT Sport 1 from 7.30pm

(7.45)

Toulouse v Racing Metro

SATURDAY

(May 10th)
RUGBY Sky Sports 3 from 8.30am
(8.35) 

Highlanders v Lions

(10.40) 

Brumbies v Sharks

RUGBY Sky Sports 2, 8.30am-7pm
Sevens England Sevens

TENNIS BT Sport 2, 10.15am-2.30pm
WTA Madrid Open semi-finals

GAA TG4 from noon
Women's FL finals
(12.15) D3: Armagh v Waterford
(2.00) D2: Galway v Westmeath
(3.45) D1: Cork v Dublin

F1 Sky Sports F1 from noon
BBC 1 from 12.20pm
Setanta from 12.55pm
Qualifying Spanish Grand Prix

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from noon
(12.15) Peterborough Utd v Leyton Orient

HORSE Channel 4, 1.30pm-4.05pm
RACING Ascot, Lingfield & Haydock

CYCLING Eurosport, 1.30pm-4.30pm
Giro d'Italia Stage 2: From Belfast

TENNIS Sky Sports 3, 2.30-4.30, 6-8
ATP Madrid Open semi-finals

RUGBY Sky Sports 1 from 2.30pm
(2.45) Bristol v Rotherham Titans

RUGBY BT Sport 1 from 2.30pm
(3.15) Harlequins v Bath

RUGBY BT Sport 2 from 3pm
(3.15) Northampton v London Wasps

RUGBY ESPN from 3.30pm
(3.30) Clermont v Castres

SOCCER Setanta from 3.30pm
(4.00) 

SSC final: Sligo v Dundalk

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 5pm

(5.15)

Preston NE v Rotherham Utd

RUGBY RTÉ 2 from 6pm

BBC 2 from 6.20pm

(6.30) 

Munster v Ulster

RUGBY TG4 from 6pm
(6.30) Leinster v Edinburgh

GOLF Sky Sports 4, 6pm-midnight
Sawgrass The Players Championship

ICE HOCKEY Setanta Sports 1 from 6.45pm
(6.45) Canada v Slovakia

SOCCER Sky Sports 2 from 6.55pm
(7.00) Villarreal v Rayo Vallecano
(9.00) Levante v Valencia

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 7.15pm
(7.30) York City v Fleetwood Town

SOCCER BT Sport 1 from 7.30pm
(7.45) Inter Milan v Lazio

SOCCER Setanta Ireland from 7.45pm
(8.00) Bordeaux v Marseille

SOCCER BT Sport 2 from 8pm
(8.00)

Lille v PSG

SUNDAY

(May 11th)
RUGBY Sky Sports 3 from 7am
(7.05) 

Reds v Crusaders

RUGBY Sky Sports 3 from 9am-12.30pm, 5pm-6pm
TG4, 3.15pm-5.50pm
IRB England Sevens

SOCCER BT Sport 2 from 11.30am
(11.30) Atalanta v AC Milan

SOCCER BT Sport 1 from 11.45am
(12.15) Aberdeen v Motherwell

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 11.55am
(12.00) Burton Albion v Southend Utd

SOCCER Sky Sports 2 from noon
(12.15) 

Celtic v Dundee Utd

F1 Sky Sports F1 from noon
BBC 1 from 12.15pm
Setanta from 12.55pm
Barcelona 

Spanish Grand Prix

RUGBY Sky Sports 3 from 12.30pm
(1.00) 

Leeds Carnegie v London Welsh

CYCLING Eurosport, 1.30pm-4.30pm
Giro d'Italia Stage 3: Armagh-Dublin

SOCCER ESPN from 2pm
(2.00) Torino v Parma

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 2pm
(3.00) Manchester City v West Ham Utd

SOCCER Setanta Sports 1 from 2.30pm
(3.00) Norwich City v Arsenal

SOCCER Sky Sports 2 from 2.55pm
(3.00) Liverpool v Newcastle Utd

SOCCER Sky Sports 3 from 2.55pm
(3.00) Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa

EQUESTRIAN BBC 2, 2.30pm-4.30pm
Badminton Horse Trials

TENNIS BT Sport 2, 3.15pm-5.30pm
WTA Madrid Open final

SOCCER Sky Sports 2 from 5pm
(5.15) Derby County v Brighton and Hove Albion

TENNIS Sky Sports 3, 6pm-8.30pm
ATP Madrid Open final

GOLF Sky Sports 4, 6pm-midnight
Florida The Players Championship

SOCCER Sky Sports 1 from 6pm
(6.00) Atletico Madrid v Malaga
Red Button Celta Vigo v Real Madrid
Red Button Elche v Barcelona

ICE HOCKEY Setanta Sports 1 from 6.45pm
(6.45) 

Sweden v Czech Republic

SOCCER BT Sport 1 from 7.45pm
(7.45) Sampdoria v Napoli

SOCCER BBC 1, 10.25pm-11.55pm
Setanta, 10pm-11.30pm
Highlights Match of the Day

Damian Cullen

Damian Cullen

Damian Cullen is Health & Family Editor of The Irish Times