Betting Preview - Wednesday 26th August

Wednesday's sport includes six race meetings in the UK and Ireland, Manchester United in Champions League qualifier action, the World Athletics Championships continues and much more.

HORSE RACING
There are six meetings in the UK and Ireland – they are:

Lingfield (1:55pm, Flat)
Musselburgh (2:00pm, Flat)
Catterick (2:10pm, Flat)
Bellewstown (4:05pm, Flat)
Bath (4:25pm, Flat)
Kempton (5:55pm, Flat)

They also race at Scottsville in South Africa from 11:55am and Deauville in France from 12:50pm.

FOOTBALL
There are further matches in the UEFA Champions League and Capital One Cup on Wednesday – the live games on TV are:

Australian FFA Cup, Round of 16 – Adelaide United v Sydney FC (10:30am kick-off, live on BT Sport 1)
UEFA Champions League, Play-Off, Second-Leg – Club Brugge v Manchester United (7:45pm kick-off, live on BT Sport Europe & RTE 2)
UEFA Champions League, Play-Off, Second-Leg – Bayer Leverkusen v Lazio (7:45pm kick-off, live on BT Sport Extra 2 & Setanta Ireland)
UEFA Champions League, Play-Off, Second-Leg – CSKA Moscow v Sporting Lisbon (7:45pm kick-off, live on BT Sport Extra 3)
UEFA Champions League, Play-Off, Second-Leg – Partizan Belgrade v BATE Barisov (7:45pm kick-off, live on BT Sport Extra 4)
UEFA Champions League, Play-Off, Second-Leg – APOEL v FC Astana (7:45pm kick-off, live on BT Sport Extra 5)
English Capital One Cup, Second-Round – Barnsley v Everton (7:45pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports 1)
Copa Sudamericana, Second-Round, First-Leg – Arsenal v Independiente (11:00pm kick-off, live on Premier Sports)

ATHLETICS
The World Athletics Championship continues on Wednesday (live on BBC2 & Eurosport) from 11:00am with further coverage of events in the Bird’s Nest Stadium in China.

BASEBALL
There are a number of matches in the MLB from just after midnight (Irish-time) on Wednesday morning.

CRICKET
The first of three T20 matches in the women’s Ashes series takes place between England and Australia on Wednesday (live on Sky Sports 2) from 6:30pm at the County Ground in Chelmsford. Elsewhere, the ODI between South Africa and New Zealand takes place (live on Sky Sports 3) from 11:25am in Kingsmead, Durban.

CYCLING
The fifth stage of the 2015 Vuelta a Espana takes place on Wednesday (live on TG4 & Eurosport 2) from 3:00pm as the riders travel a 167.3km journey from Rota to Alcala de Guadaira.

GREYHOUNDS
There are six BAGS cards on Wednesday – they are:

Hall Green (11:03am)
Newcastle (11:11am)
Hove (2:08pm)
Belle Vue (2:18pm)
Swindon (6:28pm)
Sunderland (6:33pm)

They also race at Peterborough (7:25pm) and Romford (7:31pm) on Racing Post Greyhound TV.

TENNIS
Action continues at a number of events across the world on Wednesday.