Foxtel MAY 57
SPORT EXTRA
BASKETBALL
NBA PLAYOFFS LIVE from Wednesday
May 1 at 12.30pm on ESPN [508]
The NBA postseason continues throughout
May, with the pointy end of the playoffs heating up
on ESPN. The Milwaukee Bucks – led by ‘Greek Freak’
Giannis Antetokounmpo (pictured) – and Toronto
Raptors have dominated the Eastern Conference, with
Aussie Ben Simmons’ Philadelphia 76ers also a playoffs
threat. In the West, the Golden State Warriors are hot
favourites to feature in the NBA Finals from May 31.
TENNIS
ROLAND GARROS
LIVE from Sunday
May 26 at 7pm on FOX
SPORTS MORE [507]
World number
one Naomi
Osaka
(pictured)
has enjoyed
a meteoric
rise on the WTA
Tour over the past
12 months. Having
won the two most
recent grand slams
- the US Open and
Australian Open – the
Japanese 21-year-old is the
hottest property in women’s
tennis and is seeking to claim
her maiden French Open title.
Despite never progressing
beyond the third round
at Roland Garros, and
Simona Halep returning as
defending champion, Osaka
is the most dangerous
player heading to Paris.
MOTORSPORT
VIRGIN AUSTRALIA SUPERCARS
CHAMPIONSHIP: PIRTEK PERTH
SUPERNIGHT LIVE from Friday May 3 at 5pm;
VIRGIN AUSTRALIA SUPERCARS
CHAMPIONSHIP: WINTON SUPERSPRINT LIVE from
Friday May 24 at 10am, both on FOX SPORTS 506
Last August in Sydney, Supercars held its first night race in
21 years. Now it’s Perth’s turn, as Barbagallo Raceway hosts
the Pirtek Perth SuperNight, under lights for the first time,
where Scott McLaughlin (pictured) is the defending champion.
The Winton SuperSprint in Victoria follows from May 24.
CYCLING
GIRO D’ITALIA LIVE
from Saturday May 11 at
9pm on Eurosport [511]
The first Grand Tour road cycling
race of the year commences with
an individual time trial in Bologna,
northern Italy, before riders embark
on a further 20 stages across three
weeks, taking in flat, intermediate
and mountainous terrain en route to
Verona. With 2018 champion Chris
Froome not returning, 2017 victor and
last year’s runner-up Tom Dumoulin
(pictured) is the favourite to claim his
second Giro d’Italia crown.
RUGBY UNION
VODAFONE SUPER RUGBY LIVE
from Friday May 3 at 5pm
on FOX SPORTS MORE [507]
The Super Rugby campaign
continues throughout May,
with the Brisbane blockbuster
between Samu Kerevi’s (pictured)
Reds and the Waratahs the
highlight on May 18.MOTORSPORT
FORMULA 1 WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP: MONACO GRAND
PRIX LIVE from Thursday May 23
at 6.45pm on FOX SPORTS 506
Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo
(pictured) returns to Monaco,
seeking to repeat his victory
from last year in the most
famous F1 race of them all.FOOTBALL
EFL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFFS
LIVE from Saturday May 11
at 4.45am on beIN SPORTS
[513/514/515]
Four clubs – including
Jake Livermore’s (pictured)
West Bromwich Albion – vie for
promotion in the two-leg semis,
followed by the final on May 27.