Morning Sports Wrap - 26 August 2016

Morning Sports Wrap - 26 August 2016

Barcelona, Manchester City, Borussia Monchengladbach and Glasgow Celtic all in the same Uefa Champions League group. They will contest the action in Group C.

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Leicester City are in Group G along with FC Porto, Club Brugge and FC Copenhagen.

Arsenal will face Paris Saint-Germain, FC Basel and Ludogorets Razgrad in Group A.

Group D consists of Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, PSV Eindhoven and Rostov.

Tottenham Hotspur will meet CSKA Moscow, Bayer Leverkusen and AS Monaco in Group E.

Real Madrid are in Group F.

The defending champions will be up against Borussia Dortmund, Sporting Lisbon and Legia Warsaw.

Juventus will face FC Sevilla, Olympique Lyon and Dinamo Zagreb in Group H.

There is one match in the MTN 8 competition tonight.

It will see Cape Town City up against Kaizer Chiefs. Kickoff is at 20h00.

The early game in the English Premier League tomorrow will see Tottenham Hotspur at home to Liverpool.

Play is due to start at 13h30 - South African time.

The late game starts 18h30 and will see Hull City at home to Manchester United.

West Ham United have failed to reach the Europa League group stage.

This follows a 2-1 aggregate loss to Romanian champions Astra Giurgiu.

Cell C Sharks have Lwazi Mvovo back in their team for the Currie Cup clash with the Blue Bulls in Durban tomorrow (Saturday).

Jean-Luc du Preez and Lukhanyo Am are fit again and have also been picked to start at Growthpoint Kings Park.

Kickoff in Durban is at 18h10.

The Springboks will see action from 21h40 onwards tomorrow night.

They have a Rugby Championship date with Argentina in Salta.

The second and final cricket Test between the Proteas and New Zealand will start in Centurion tomorrow.

The first Test in Durban ended in a draw.

Louis Oosthuizen is best of the SA golfers at The Barclays tournament on the USPGA Tour.

Oosthuizen carded a first round 72 and is six shots off the pace.


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