Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Monday:
SOCCER
27th AFC Congress
BAHRAIN - Asian soccer heads gather for their congress, which includes elections to the FIFA Council.
Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Monday:
SOCCER
27th AFC Congress
BAHRAIN - Asian soccer heads gather for their congress, which includes elections to the FIFA Council. One of the candidates, Kuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Ahmed Al Sabah, pulled out of the vote and resigned all soccer positions after he was caught up in the latest U.S. Department of Justice investigation. (SOCCER-FIFA/ASIA (TV), by Simon Evans, 400 words)
CAF Extraordinary Congress
CAF holds first Congress under new leadership
BAHRAIN - Soccer's African confederation, CAF, holds an Extraordinary Congress - the first under its new leadership after long-standing president Issa Hayatou was swept from power in March elections and replaced by Ahmad of Madagascar. (SOCCER-FIFA/AFRICA, by Simon Evans, 400 words)
Premier League
Chelsea v Middlesbrough (1900)
Chelsea look to close in on Premier League title
LONDON - Leaders Chelsea welcome second-bottom Middlesbrough to Stamford Bridge aiming to secure one of the two wins they need to guarantee lifting the Premier League title, although the visitors are also desperate for points to keep alive their faint hopes of avoiding relegation. (SOCCER-ENGLAND-CHE-MID/ (PIX), expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, by Clare Lovell, 500 words)
We will also follow up the weekend's matches and look ahead to this week's games in the battle for the title and Champions League qualifying places. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/, expect throughout)
Champions League
Juve and Monaco hold pre-semi-final news conferences
TURIN - Pre-match news conferences ahead of the Champions League semi-final between Juventus and AS Monaco. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-JUV-AMO/, 300 words)
RUGBY UNION
Lions coach Gatland addresses media
LONDON - British & Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland speaks to the media as his squad continues preparations for their tour to New Zealand which kicks off in June. (RUGBY UNION-LIONS/ (PIX, TV), by Mitch Phillips, 400 words)
Heavyweights hope to avoid hosts, Pumas in World Cup draw
TOKYO - The superpowers of the game will be keen to avoid hosts Japan and twice semi-finalists Argentina, both lurking in the third band of seeds, when the pool draw for the 2019 Rugby World Cup takes place at Kyoto's iconic State Guest House on Wednesday. (RUGBY-UNION-WORLDCUP/DRAW (PREVIEW), expect at 0800 GMT/4 AM ET, 400 words)
We will also move a factbox explaining how the draw works (RUGBY-UNION-WORLDCUP/DRAW (FACTBOX)
CRICKET
Holders India finally unveil Champions Trophy squad
NEW DELHI - Holders India name their Champions Trophy squad after delaying it over a revenue sharing disagreement with cricket's governing body. (CRICKET-CHAMPIONSTROPHY/INDIA-SQUAD, expect by 0800 GMT/4 AM ET, by Amlan Chakraborty, 400 words)
GOLF
Once great, Scott believes best days still ahead
Three years after spending 11 weeks with the world number one ranking, Adam Scott, now aged 36, believes he has plenty of time to add more major titles to his 2013 Masters victory. (GOLF-SCOTT/(INTERVIEW), expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, by Andrew Both, 500 words)
TENNIS
Sharapova meets critic Bouchard in Madrid
MADRID - Five-time grand slam winner Maria Sharapova meets Eugenie Bouchard in an eagerly anticipated second round game at the Madrid Open. The Canadian labelled Sharapova, who has just returned from a doping ban, a "cheater" in an interview last month. (TENNIS-MADRID/, expect by 1200 GMT/8 AM ET, by Richard Martin, 200 words)
NBA
Warriors aiming for sweep of Jazz
The Golden State Warriors, undefeated in this season's playoffs and up 3-0 in their Western Conference series with Utah, bid to close out the Jazz in Salt Lake City in the only game on the National Basketball Association schedule. (BASKETBALL-NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0530 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)
NHL
Penguins out to oust Capitals
The Pittsburgh Penguins seek to close out their second-round series with the Washington Capitals in the only game on the National Hockey League playoff schedule. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0530 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)
BASEBALL
Tanaka and Yankees challenge Reds
Japanese standout Masahiro Tanaka (4-1) takes the mound as the New York Yankees visit the red-hot Cincinnati Reds in one of the 10 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-MLB-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0530 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)
NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS
Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (expect by 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 500 words)
CYCLING
Giro d'Italia (to 28)
Rest day (Asia desk editor: Peter Rutherford)
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