Sports
Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Sunday: SOCCER La Liga Real Sociedad v Villarreal (1100) Valencia v Athletic Club (1515) Celta Vigo v Osasuna (1730) Barcelona v Leganes (1945) Barcelona plot response to Paris debacle BARCELONA - La Liga champions Barcelona are still reeling from their resounding 4-0 defeat at Paris St Germain in the Champions League and will look to regain confidence when they host struggling Leganes aiming to keep up with leaders Real Madrid.
Updated : Sep 30, 2017, 01:27 PM IST
Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Sunday:
SOCCER
La Liga
Real Sociedad v Villarreal (1100)
Valencia v Athletic Club (1515)
Celta Vigo v Osasuna (1730)
Barcelona v Leganes (1945)
Barcelona plot response to Paris debacle
BARCELONA - La Liga champions Barcelona are still reeling from their resounding 4-0 defeat at Paris St Germain in the Champions League and will look to regain confidence when they host struggling Leganes aiming to keep up with leaders Real Madrid.(SOCCER-SPAIN, expect by 2145 GMT, by Richard Martin, 400 words)
FA Cup fifth round
Fulham(II) v Tottenham Hotspur (1400)
Blackburn Rovers(II) v Manchester United (1615)
LONDON - Eight-times FA Cup winners Tottenham travel to London rivals Fulham hoping to end a slump in form (SOCCER-ENGLAND-FUL-TOT, expect by 1600 GMT/11 AM ET, 400 words, by Martyn Herman)
BLACKBURN - Holders Manchester United make the short trip to Championship side Blackburn Rovers (SOCCER-ENGLAND-BBR-MUN, expect by 1800 GMT/1PM ET, 400 words)
Bundesliga
Borussia Moenchengladbach v RB Leipzig (1430)
Cologne v Schalke 04 (1630)
Leipzig out to cut Bayern's lead
BERLIN - RB Leipzig will look to cut Bayern Munich's lead at the top to five points with a win over Borussia Moenchengladbach. (SOCCER-GERMANY/, expect by 1630 GMT/11.30 AM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words)
Serie A
Bologna v Inter Milan (1130)
Chievo Verona v Napoli (1400)
Pescara v Genoa (1400)
Sampdoria v Cagliari (1400)
Udinese v Sassuolo (1400)
AS Roma v Torino (1700)
AC Milan v Fiorentina (1945)
Roma and Napoli under pressure to perform
ROME – With Serie A leaders Juventus having gone 10 points clear at the top of the table, second-placed Roma, at home against Torino, and third-placed Napoli, who visit Chievo, know that they cannot afford any slip-ups if they are to keep their title aspirations alive. (SOCCER-ITALY/ (PIX), expect by 1330 GMT/8:30 AM ET, by Ed Dove, 400 words)
Ligue 1
Girondins Bordeaux v En Avant de Guingamp (1400)
Montpellier HSC v St Etienne (1600)
Olympique Lyon v Dijon FCO (1600)
Paris St Germain v Toulouse (2000)
PSG return to domestic duties against Toulouse
PARIS - Paris St Germain return to domestic duties after hammering Barcelona in the Champions League when they take on Toulouse, hoping to move within a point of leaders Monaco (SOCCER-FRANCE/ (PIX), by 2200GMT/5 PM ET, by Julien Pretot, 300 words).
CRICKET
New Zealand v South Africa, 1st ODI (0100)
Taylor, Broom return for red-faced New Zealand
The experienced Neil Broom and Ross Taylor return for the first of five one-day internationals at Seddon Park in Hamilton for a red-faced New Zealand side who were humbled in the only Twenty20 match against South Africa. (CRICKET-NEWZEALAND/, expect by 1000 GMT/5 AM ET, 400 words)
Australia v Sri lanka, 2nd T20 (0820)
MELBOURNE - Geelong is the unlikely setting for the second clash in Australia's Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka, a series somewhat devalied by the fact that the hosts have a full strength squad in India preparing for a test series. Sri Lanka won the first match in Melbourne by five wickets. (CRICKET-AUSTRALIA/, expect by 1000 GMT/5 AM ET, 200 words)
Alpine skiing
Hirscher out to put icing on the cake
ST MORITZ, Switzerland - Austria's Marcel Hirscher heads into the final event of the alpine skiing world championship as a strong favourite to win the men's slalom and complete the double after claiming the giant slalom title. Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen and Frenchman Alexis Pinturault head a strong field aiming to thwart the multiple World Cup winner (ALPINE-WORLD/MEN (PIX TV); expect by 1400 GMT/9.00 AM ET, 350 words)
TENNIS
ABN AMRO Tennis, Rotterdam
Tsonga faces Goffin in final
Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will bid to win his first title since September when he takes on David Goffin in the final. (TENNIS-MEN/ROTTERDAM, expect by 1600GMT/11AM ET, 300 words)
Memphis Open (to 19)
Basilashvili one step away from breaking Georgia's ATP duck
Nikoloz Basilashvili is one win away from becoming the first player from Georgia to win an ATP Tour title after he sailed into the final of the Memphis Open on Saturday.(TENNIS-ATP/MEMPHIS, moved, 300 words)
GOLF
PGA Tour: Genesis Open, Pacific Palisades, California (to 19)
Johnson takes Riviera lead, closes in on top world ranking
Long-hitting Dustin Johnson closed in on the world number one ranking when he took the second-round lead at the weather-plagued Genesis Open. (GOLF-PGA/, moved, 350 words)
World Super 6, Perth
Rumford top seed in final day shoot out
Local favourite Brett Rumford's 17-under-par over the first three rounds earned him the right to be top seed as 24 players compete in match play in six-hole playoffs until only the champion remains. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, pix, expect by 1000 GMT/5 AM ET, 400 words)
NHL
Julien makes debut as Montreal coach
The Montreal Canadiens (31-19-8) will play their first game since firing head coach Michel Therrien and replacing him with Claude Julien when they face the Winnipeg Jets in one of 11 contests on the National Hockey League schedule. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0700 GMT/2 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words)
GAMES
Asian Winter Games, Sapporo (to 26)
The eighth edition of the Asiad for winter sports involves some 1,200 athletes from 32 countries competing in five sports, 11 disciplines and 64 events at 12 competition venues mostly in Sapporo on Japan's northerly Hokkaido island. (GAMES-ASIA, pix, copy on merit) (Asia desk editor: Amlan Chakraborty)
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