Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Friday, Aug 18

Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Friday:

SOCCER

English Premier League

We will have all the latest news ahead of this weekend's second round of fixtures with coverage of the managers' news conferences including Tottenham Hotspur's Mauricio Pochettino ahead of the London derby against Chelsea at Wembley on Sunday. (SOCCER-ENGLAND-TEAM/, expect throughout, 300 words)

Bundesliga

Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen (1830)

MUNICH - Champions Bayern Munich, missing several key players through injury, kick off their Bundesliga title defence against Bayer Leverkusen in the opening match of the season. (SOCCER-GERMANY-BAY-B04/ (PIX, TV), expect by 2015 GMT/4.15 PM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words)

RUGBY

Rugby Championship

Australia and New Zealand prepare for Sydney clash

SYDNEY - Australia's Michael Hooper and Kieran Read hold their Captain's Run media conferences ahead of the Rugby Championship opener at Sydney's Olympic Stadium on Saturday. (RUGBY-UNION-CHAMPIONSHIP-AUS-NZL/, expect throughout, by Nick Mulvenney, 400 words)

CRICKET

England v West Indies first test (to 21)

England resume on 348-3 versus West Indies

BIRMINGHAM, England - England opener Alastair Cook resumes on 153 not out against West Indies with the hosts in a dominant position at 348-3 on the second day of the first test at Edgbaston. (CRICKET-TEST-ENG-WIN/), expect first lead by 1530 GMT/11 30 ET, by Ed Osmond, 400 words)

GOLF

Fiji International, Sigatoka (to 20)

New Zealand's Pearce leads, local hero Singh battles

Former world number one and home favourite Vijay Singh, five behind overnight leader Daniel Pearce of New Zealand, will try to make up ground at Natadola Bay despite carrying a troubling elbow injury. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, expect by 0700 GMT / 3 AM ET, 200 words)

Matches set for first morning at Solheim Cup

Captains Juli Inkster (United States) and Annika Sorenstam (Europe) will name their respective lineups for Friday morning's foursomes matches that kick of the biennial team event between the U.S. and Europe at Des Moines Country Club in Iowa. (GOLF-WOMEN-SOLHEIM (PREVIEW)/, expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, 400 words)

BOXING

Mayweather discusses McGregor fight

Undefeated Floyd Mayweather, one of the best ring tacticians of all time, discusses his highly-anticipated Aug. 26 boxing match against mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor in an international media conference call. (BOXING-MAYWEATHER-MCGREGOR/, expect by 0100 GMT/9 PM ET, by Frank Pingue, 400 words)

TENNIS

ATP/WTA: Cincinnati Open, (to 20)

Kyrgios faces Karlovic, Zverev downs Del Potro

Australian Nick Kyrgios takes on Croatian Ivo Karlovic at the Lindner Family Tennis Center for a place in the quarter-finals after Bulgarian seventh seed Grigor Dimitrov beat Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro for the first time. (TENNIS-CINCINNATI/MEN, moved with updates to follow, 350 words)

Muguruza eyes quarter-final berth, Halep through

Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza of Spain faces American 16th seed Madison Keys at the Lindner Family Tennis Center after Romanian second seed Simona Halep beat Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova to book her place in the quarter-finals. (TENNIS-CINCINNATI/WOMEN, expect by 0230 GMT/10:30 PM ET, 350 words)

BASEBALL

Yankees, Mets renew crosstown rivalry

The New York Yankees visit the cross-town rival Mets, while the World Series champion Chicago Cubs try to pad their slim lead atop the National League Central when they host the Cincinnati Reds in two 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, 800 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) (Asia desk editor: Ian Ransom)

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