Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Friday:
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.
Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Friday:
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)
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.
GOLF
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)
PGA TOUR: WGC Mexico Championship (to 5)
Mickelson in six-way share of Mexico lead
Phil Mickelson has a six-way share of the lead going into the second round at Club de Golf Chapultepec where Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia are among a group of seven players sitting one shot back. (GOLF-PGA/, expect by 0030 GMT/7:30 PM ET, 400 words) (to 5)
TENNIS
ATP Tour: Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Mexico City
Semi-final action from the Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament in Acapulco, Mexico. (TENNIS-ACAPULCO/, expect by 0600 GMT/1 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)
BASEBALL
Sport's premier international event opens Monday
Team USA, after three swings and misses at the World Baseball Classic, are determined not to strike out again in the game's top international competition, which gets underway on March 6 in Seoul, South Korea. (BASEBALL-WORLD/, expect by 1900 GMT/2 PM ET, by Larry Fine, 450 words)
NBA
Mavs' Nowitzki closing in on exclusive scoring club
Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki, who is closing in on the 30,000-point plateau, was labeled a "soft Euro" by critics early in his career but the grossly misguided perception ultimately fueled the towering German to become one of the NBA's greatest scorers. (BASKETBALL-NBA-DAL/NOWITZKI, expect by 1500 GMT/10 AM ET, by Frank Pingue, 590 words)
Streaking Spurs visit Pelicans, Celtics face Lakers
The San Antonio Spurs try to extend the league's longest active win streak to six games when visit the New Orleans Pelicans while the Boston Celtics try to close in one the Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers when they visit the Los Angeles Lakers in two of the 10 games on the National Basketball Association schedule. (NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 2230 GMT/5:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)
NHL
Chicago put win streak on the line, Pens host Lightning
The Red-hot Chicago Blackhawks seek their sixth consecutive victory when they host the New York Islanders while Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins host the Tampa Bay Lightning in two of the six games on the National Hockey League schedule. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0630 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words)
CRICKET
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) (London desk editor: Mitch Phillips)
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