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Grandstand

on BBC One London

Introduced by Frank Bough

12.50* Football Preview
This afternoon's football is dominated by the Fourth Round of the FA Cup, and the Third Round of the Scottish Cup. Sam Leitch introduces action, personalities, and latest news of today's big matches.

1.10*, 1.35*, 2.10* Racing from Wetherby
1.15 Acomb Novices' Hurdle (Division 2) (over 2 miles)
1.45 Colonel Squeak Thompson Handicap Chase (over 3 miles and about 100 yards)
2.15 Northern Shade Card Company Handicap Hurdle (over 2 miles)

1.25, 1.55* International Amateur Boxing: Great Britain v USA
The outstanding bouts from this week's major international in which Britain's leading Olympic contenders took on the American boxers who will fight for gold medals in Munich.

2.25, 4.15* The Winter Olympic Games
from Sapporo featuring today's two gold medal events.
The Ladies' Downhill Skiing Championship
Ron Pickering and Olympic Champion Jean-Claude Killy report from Mount Eniwa on the first major Alpine event of the Games.
The Two-man Bobsleigh
David Coleman reports on the final of this thrilling championship.
(Absolute dedication: pages 11-12)

2.35* International Rugby Union: Wales v Scotland
from the National Stadium, Cardiff
BBC outside broadcast cameras bring you the whole of today's international match. Wales, last year's champions, convincingly beat England three weeks ago on the same day that Scotland beat France.
(Highlights in Rugby Special: BBC2, 7.45)

4.40* Final Score

Grandstand timetable:
12.50 Football preview; 1.10 Racing; 1.25 Boxing; 1.35 Racing; 1.55 Boxing; 2.10 Racing; 2.25 Winter Olympic Games; 2.35 Rugby Union; 4.15 Winter Olympic Games; 4.40 Final Score
Timings are subject to alteration.

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Bough
Presenter (Football Preview):
Sam Leitch
Commentator (Racing):
Julian Wilson
Commentator (Racing):
Clive Graham
TV presentation (Racing):
Ray Lakeland
Commentator (Boxing):
Harry Carpenter
Commentator (Skiing):
Ron Pickering
Commentator (Skiing):
Jean-Claude Killy
Commentator (Bobsleigh):
David Coleman
Commentator (Rugby Union):
Bill McLaren
Summaries (Rugby Union):
Cliff Morgan
TV presentation (Rugby Union):
Dewi Griffiths
Grandstand presented for television by:
Brian Venner
Editor:
Alan Hart

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