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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday, April 18

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday: SOCCER Champions League quarter-final second legs Real Madrid v Bayern Munich (1845) Leicester City v Atletico Madrid (1845) Real aim to hold off Bayern MADRID - The German champions have striker Robert Lewandowski back as they face a well rested Real Madrid.

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Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday:

SOCCER

Champions League quarter-final second legs

Real Madrid v Bayern Munich (1845)

Leicester City v Atletico Madrid (1845)

Real aim to hold off Bayern

MADRID - The German champions have striker Robert Lewandowski back as they face a well rested Real Madrid. Hosts Real hold a 2-1 advantage. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-RMA-BAY/, expect by 2045 GMT/4:45 PM ET, by Rik Sharma, 400 words)

Barcelona need another miracle comeback against Juventus

BARCELONA - After surviving despite losing 4-0 at PSG, Barcelona must pull off the same trick against Juventus in the second leg of their Champions League quarter final tie, following the Italians' 3-0 win in Turin. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-FCB-JUV/, expect by 20.45 GMT/4.45 pm ET, by Richard Martin 400 words)

Atletico bid to end Leicester fairytale

LONDON - Atletico Madrid take a 1-0 lead to Leicester as they bid to end the Premier League champions' dream run to the last eight. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-LEI-ATM/, expect by 2045 GMT/4:45 PM ET, by Martyn Herman, 400 words)

We continue the build-up to Wednesday's games when Barcelona will attempt to overturn a 3-0 deficit against visiting Juventus and Monaco take a 3-2 lead into their home game against Borussia Dortmund.

Red Star and Partizan clash in Belgrade derby

BELGRADE - Serbian champions Red Star Belgrade and bitter city foes Partizan clash in a potentially explosive derby which has a long history of crowd trouble. (SOCCER-SERBIA/, expect story by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, by Zoran Milosavljevic, 300 words)

CONCACAF Champions League first leg takes place in Mexico

MONTERREY, Mexico - The first leg of the 2016/17 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League final takes place on Tuesday when hosts Tigres meet fellow Mexican side Pachuca at the Estadio Universitario. Reigning Mexican champions Tigres have never won an international competition, while Pachuca are after their fifth CONCACAF crown. Expect by 0600 GMT/1 AM ET. 250 words)

RUGBY

Players await Lions squad announcement

LONDON - The players have done all they can and now they have to sit and wait for Wednesday's announcement to discover if they've made Warren Gatland's British and Irish Lions squad for this year's tour of New Zealand. We look at the key issues that will have kept Gatland up at night, not least the captaincy. (RUGBY UNION-LIONS/ (PIX), moved, by Mitch Phillips, 650 words)

TENNIS

Monte Carlo Masters

Copy on merit

(TENNIS-MONTECARLO/ (PIX, TV)

NBA

Desperate home teams seek to level series

The Eastern Conference's top-seeded Boston Celtics, the Toronto Raptors and Western Conference Los Angeles Clippers all strive to level their first-round series at 1-1 after losing opening playoff games at home. The Celtics host the Chicago Bulls, the Raptors entertain the Milwaukee Bucks and the Clippers face the visiting Utah Jazz in the best-of-seven series. (BASKETBALL-NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/ , expect by 0530 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 500 words)

NHL

Penguins look to complete sweep over Blue Jackets

Sidney Crosby and the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins look to complete a 4-0 first-round playoffs sweep of the Columbus Blue Jackets, while the New York Rangers and San Jose Sharks hope to level their series at 2-2 against the Montreal Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers, respectively, in the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup playoffs. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0500 GMT/1:00 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 500 words)

BASEBALL

Triggs, Hughes go for third wins against underachieving rivals

Oakland's Andrew Triggs tries to improve to 3-0 for the season when he takes the mound against the Texas Rangers and Yu Darvish (1-1), while Twins starter Phil Hughes looks to do the same for the surprising Minnesota Twins against defending American League champion Cleveland Indians in two of 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-MLB-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0530 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words) (Asia desk editor: Ian Ransom)

 

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