Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Friday, March 3

Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Friday:

NBA

Durant-less Warriors battle Bulls; Thunder try to extend win streak

The Golden State Warriors will be without injured Kevin Durant when they visit the Chicago Bulls while the Oklahoma City Thunder shoot for their fifth consecutive victory when they visit the Portland Trail Blazers in two of the three games on the National Basketball Association schedule. (NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 2230 GMT/5:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)

SOCCER

IFAB to discuss experiments with laws of the game

London - Soccer's rule-making body, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), meets at Wembley Stadium to consider allowing the use of sin bins at lower level matches, while reviewing a number of other experiments with the laws of the game (SOCCER-FIFA/LAWS, expect by 1900 GMT/3pm ET, 400 words, by Martyn Herman)

Bundesliga

FC Augsburg v RB Leipzig (1930)

Leipzig bid to close gap on Bayern with win at Augbsurg

BERLIN - Second-placed Leipzig visit lowly Augsburg looking to move within two points of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich who travel to Cologne on Saturday. (SOCCER-GERMANY/, expect by 2130 GMT/4:30 PM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 300 words)

La Liga

Real Betis v Real Sociedad (1945)

Torres neck injury

Monitoring updates on Fernando Torres after the Atletico Madrid striker spent Thursday night in hospital with a neck injury sustained in a 1-1 draw at Deportivo La Coruna. (SOCCER-SPAIN-ATM-TORRES/, expect by 1100 GMT/4pm ET, by Richard Martin, 400 words)

Luis Enrique speaks after deciding future

BARCELONA-Luis Enrique addresses the media to preview Barcelona's La Liga game with Celta Vigo in his first media appearance since announcing on Wednesday that he will leave the club after three trophy laden years at the end of the season. (SOCCER-SPAIN-FCB-LUISENRIQUE/, expect by 1400 GMT/9pm ET, by Richard Martin, 400 words)

Ligue 1

Girondins Bordeaux v Olympique Lyon (1945)

Premier League

We bring you the managers' press conferences and all the latest news ahead of the weekend fixtures which include Liverpool against Arsenal at Anfield on Saturday.

TENNIS

Djokovic, Nadal eye semi-final brths in Mexico Top seed Novak Djokovic faces Nick Kyrgios in quarter-final action at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel ATP event in Acapulco, Mexico, while Rafa Nadal, Marin Cilic and Dominic Thiem also try to secure semi-final berths. (TENNIS-MEN/ACAPULCO, expect by 0640 GMT/1:40 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)

ATP: Dubai Tennis Championships

Murray survives 38-point tiebreak to reach Dubai semis

Andy Murray saved seven match-points in a 31-minute tiebreak that stretched to 38 points before he finally subdued Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-7(4) 7-6(18) 6-1 to reach the Dubai Championships semi-finals on Thursday. (TENNIS-MEN/DUBAI, moved)

Brasil Open (TENNIS-MEN/BRAZIL, copy on merit)

WTA: Malaysian Open (TENNIS-WOMEN/KUALALUMPUR, copy on merit)

GOLF

PGA TOUR: WGC Mexico Championship (to 5)

Johnson, Scott head strong field at WGC Mexico

World number one Dustin Johnson is among a strong field at Club de Golf Chapultepec where Adam Scott, who won this event last year at Doral, Rory McIlroy and Hideki Matsuyama are among those teeing off in the opening round. (GOLF-PGA/, expect by 0030 GMT/7:30 PM ET, 400 words)

European Tour: Tshwane Open, Pretoria (to 5)

Three-way tie at top of the leaderboard

PRETORIA – Alexander Bjork, Gregory Havret and Haydn Porteous share the lead after the first round at the Pretoria County Club but only three shots separate the top 33 players at the European Tour event. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, expect by 1600 GMT/ 11 AM ET, 250 words)

LPGA: HSBC Women's Champions, Singapore (to 5)

(GOLF-LPGA, copy on merit)

NHL

Canadiens try to extend win streak versus Nashville

The Eastern Conference-leading Montreal Canadiens put their four-game win streak on the line versus the visiting Nashville Predators while the New York Rangers visit the Boston Bruins in a clash of Original Six franchises in two of the 10 games on the National Hockey League schedule. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0630 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words)

NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS

Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (expect by 0100 GMT/8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 500 words)

CRICKET

India v Australia, second test (from 4)

Kohli and Smith preview second test

BENGALURU - India captain Virat Kohli and Australia counterpart Steve Smith preview the second match of the four-test series starting on Saturday at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium with the touriats leading 1-0. (CRICKET-INDIA/ (PIX), expect by 1100 GMT/6 AM ET, by Sudipto Ganguly, 400 words)

West Indies v England, 1st ODI

West Indies and England prepare for Champions Trophy

NORTH SHORE, Antigua – West Indies and England begin a three-match one day international series to prepare for the Champions Trophy in June with the first of two matches in three days at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. (CRICKET-WINDIES, expect by 2330 GMT/6:30 PM ET, 300 words)

RUGBY UNION

Super Rugby - week two

Waikato Chiefs v Auckland Blues, Hamilton (0635)

The Chiefs pulled off an ugly victory over the Otago Highlanders in the first week of the Super Rugby season though they will prove a far tougher test for Tana Umaga's Auckland side than the Melbourne Rebels, who the Blues hammered 56-18 in the championship opener. (RUGBY UNION-SUPER/CHIEFS, expect by 0900 GMT/4 AM ET, 350 words)

We will also run highlights (RUGBY UNION-SUPER/HIGHLIGHTS) with brief updates on each match of the round. (Asia desk editor: Nick Mulvenney)

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