Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday:
SOCCER
La Liga
Sporting Gijon v Atletico Madrid (1200)
Real Madrid v Espanyol (1515)
Deportivo Coruna v Alaves (1730)
Sevilla v Eibar (1945)
Real bid to stretch lead at the top to four points
BARCELONA - Real Madrid look to open a four-point lead over Barcelona at the top of La Liga with a home win over Espanyol, while third-placed Sevilla host Eibar and Atletico Madrid, who are fourth, visit Sporting Gijon.
Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday:
SOCCER
La Liga
Sporting Gijon v Atletico Madrid (1200)
Real Madrid v Espanyol (1515)
Deportivo Coruna v Alaves (1730)
Sevilla v Eibar (1945)
Real bid to stretch lead at the top to four points
BARCELONA - Real Madrid look to open a four-point lead over Barcelona at the top of La Liga with a home win over Espanyol, while third-placed Sevilla host Eibar and Atletico Madrid, who are fourth, visit Sporting Gijon. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX), expect by 1715 GMT/12:15 PM ET, by Richard Martin, 400 words)
Bundesliga (1430 unless stated)
Mainz v Werder Bremen
Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg
Eintracht Frankfurt v FC Ingolstadt 04
Hertha Berlin v Bayern Munich
Hoffenheim v SV Darmstadt 98
Hamburg SV v Freiburg (1730)
Bayern hope European form will carry them past Hertha
BERLIN - Leaders Bayern Munich hope their midweek Champions League demolition of Arsenal will spill over to their Bundesliga form when they face European qualifying hopefuls Hertha Berlin. (SOCCER-GERMANY/ (PIX), expect by 1630 GMT/11:30 AM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words)
Serie A
Atalanta Bergamo v Crotone (1700)
Empoli v Lazio (1945)
Atalanta and Lazio look to pin down European places
ROME – Surprise package Atalanta can leapfrog Inter Milan and move three points off the Champions League places with a win over Crotone, while sixth-placed Lazio will bid to consolidate their grip on a European spot at Empoli. (SOCCER-ITALY/ (PIX), expect from 1900 GMT/2 PM ET, by Ed Dove, 300 words)
Ligue 1 (1900 unless stated)
Olympique Marseille v Stade Rennes (1600)
Angers SCO v AS Nancy-Lorraine
FC Lorient v Nice
Metz v Nantes
Caen v Lille
Nice gunning for second place
PARIS - Third-placed Nice hope to go second in Ligue 1 when they travel to Lorient needing a win to move a point above Paris St Germain who play on Sunday. (SOCCER-FRANCE/ (PIX), by 2100GMT/4 PM ET, by Julien Pretot. 250 words)
FA Cup fifth round
Burnley v Lincoln City(V) (1230)
Huddersfield Town(II) v Manchester City (1500)
Middlesbrough v Oxford United(III) (1500)
Millwall(III) v Leicester City (1500)
Wolverhampton Wanderers(II) v Chelsea (1730)
Chelsea, Man City and Leicester bid to avoid Cup upsets
LONDON - Chelsea visit Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester City must overcome a testing trip to another second-tier club Huddersfield Town, Leicester City are at third-tier Millwall and Burnley host non-league Lincoln City. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/CUP, expect from 1700 GMT/1200 PM ET, by Martyn Herman, 500 words)
African Super Cup
Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) v TP Mazembe Englebert (DR Congo) (1700)
African champions Sundowns face Mazembe in Super Cup
PRETORIA – South Africa's Sundowns, who won last year's African Champions League, host Mazembe, who lifted the continent's Confederation Cup, in a one-off match at Loftus Versfeld to decide the African Super Cup winners. (SOCCER-AFRICA/, expect by 1900 GMT/2 PM ET, by Mark Gleeson, 300 words)
CYCLING
Boardman hits out at use of TUEs
Cycling chiefs must do more to erase suspicion over Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs), according to Britain's former Olympic champion and Tour de France yellow jersey wearer Chris Boardman (CYCLING-BRITAIN/BOARDMAN, moved, by Martyn Herman, 550 words)
ALPINE SKIING
World Championships
Schiffrin claims third successive slalom gold
ST MORITZ, SWITZERLAND - American Mikaela Schiffrin won a third successive world slalom title. (ALPINE-WORLD/WOMEN (PIX, TV), moved, 300 words
NHL
Crosby's Penguins try to close in on Caps
Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins try to gain some ground on the idle division-leading Washington Capitals when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets while the Florida Panthers seek a third consecutive victory when they visit the Anaheim Ducks in two of the eight games on the National Hockey League schedule. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0630 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words)
GOLF
PGA Tour: Genesis Open, Pacific Palisades, California (to 19)
Spieth ready to make a move at rainy Riviera
The weather-plagued tournament at Riviera tries to get back on track after only 24 players completed the second round on Friday, with American Jordan Spieth only two strokes off the pace with two holes of his round left. The third round might start mid-afternoon local time, weather permitting. (GOLF-PGA/, expect by 0300 GMT/10 PM ET, 350 words)
) (Europe desk editor: Ed Osmond)
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