Sports
Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Saturday: SOCCER English Premier League (1400 unless states) Swansea City v Manchester United (1130) Bournemouth v Watford Burnley v West Bromwich Albion Leicester City v Brighton and Hove Albion Liverpool v Crystal Palace Southampton v West Ham United Stoke City v Arsenal (1630) United visit Swans, Liverpool host Palace, Arsenal at Stoke LONDON - Manchester United travel to Swansea City in the early match before Liverpool welcome Crystal Palace and Arsenal visit Stoke City in the late game as the three title hopefuls play their second game.
Updated : Aug 19, 2017, 05:26 AM IST
Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Saturday:
SOCCER
English Premier League (1400 unless states)
Swansea City v Manchester United (1130)
Bournemouth v Watford
Burnley v West Bromwich Albion
Leicester City v Brighton and Hove Albion
Liverpool v Crystal Palace
Southampton v West Ham United
Stoke City v Arsenal (1630)
United visit Swans, Liverpool host Palace, Arsenal at Stoke
LONDON - Manchester United travel to Swansea City in the early match before Liverpool welcome Crystal Palace and Arsenal visit Stoke City in the late game as the three title hopefuls play their second game. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), expect from 1330 GMT/9:30 AM ET, by Ian Chadband and Neil Robinson, 500 words)
Bundesliga (1330 unless stated)
Mainz v Hanover 96
Hamburg SV v FC Augsburg
Hertha Berlin v VfB Stuttgart
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim v Werder Bremen
VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund
FC Schalke 04 v RB Leipzig (1630)
Leipzig visit Schalke, Dortmund at Wolfsburg
BERLIN - Last season's Bundesliga runners-up RB Leipzig are in action at Schalke 04 while Borussia Dortmund, who finished third, travel to VfL Wolfsburg. (SOCCER-GERMANY/ (PIX, TV), expect from 1530 GMT/1130 AM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words)
Serie A
Juventus v Cagliari (1600)
Verona v Napoli (1845)
Juve begin bid for seventh straight league title
MILAN - Juventus start their campaign for a seventh straight Serie A title at home to Cagliari, while Napoli, one of their leading challengers, visit promoted Verona. (SOCCER-ITALY/expect from 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, by Brian Homewood, 400 words)
La Liga
Celta Vigo v Real Sociedad (1615)
Girona FC v Atletico Madrid (1815)
Sevilla v Espanyol (2015)
Atletico start at Girona as clubs observe minute's silence
BARCEONA - Last season's third-place finishers Atletico Madrid visit Girona, who are making their La Liga bow, as clubs hold a minute's silence beofre their opening games of the season to remember the victims of Thursday's deadly attacks in Barcelona. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX), expect from 2015 GMT/4:15 PM ET, 400 words)
RUGBY
Rugby Championship
Australia v New Zealand, Sydney (1000)
South Africa v Argentina, Port Elizabeth (1505)
Australia look to lift the gloom against New Zealand
SYDNEY - The Wallabies have a chance to lift some of the gloom hanging over Australian rugby on Saturday but to do so they will have to achieve the considerable feat of upsetting the All Blacks in the Rugby Championship opener. (RUGBY-UNION-CHAMPIONSHIP-AUS-NZL/, expect by 1230 GMT/8:30 AM ET, by Nick Mulvenney, 500 words)
Springboks can take next step in revival
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa - South Africa will take another step in their bid for redemption when they host struggling Argentina in the Rugby Championship, hoping to build on a 3-0 clean-sweep of a home June series against a depleted France. (RUGBY-UNION-CHAMPIONSHIP-ZAF-ARG/, expect by 1730 GMT/1:30 PM ET, 500 words)
CRICKET
England v West Indies first test (to 21)
West Indies resume on 44-1, 470 runs behind England
BIRMINHGHAM, England - West Indies resume on 44-1, 470 runs adrift of the hosts on the third day of the first day-night test in England. (CRICKET-TEST-ENG-WIN/, expect from 1500 GMT/11 PM ET, 400 words)
GOLF
PGA Tour: Wyndham Championship (to 20)
GREENSBORO, North Carolina - Webb Simpson recovered from two consecutive bogeys to join fellow American Ryan Armour in the lead after the second round at the Wyndham Championship.(GOLF-WYNDHAM/, moved, by Andrew Both, 400 words)
LPGA: Solheim Cup (to 20) West Des Moines, Iowa
Underdogs Europe won the last two Solheim Cup matches in the opening foursomes session to take a 2-1/2 to 1-1/2 lead over the United States in the biennial tournament at the Des Moines Golf & Country Club in Iowa. (GOLF-WOMEN-SOLHEIM/, moved, 400 words)
Fiji International, Sigatoka (to 20)
Hend shares four-way lead in Fiji
Big-hitting Australian Scott Hend shares a two-shot halfway lead with compatriot Jason Norris, Malaysia's Gavin Green and New Zealand's first round leader Daniel Pearce after shooting a six-under-par 66 in the second round at the Natadola Bay course. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, expect by 0700 GMT/3 AM ET, 300 words)
TENNIS
ATP/WTA: Cincinnati Open, (to 20)
Nadal and Krygios reach semis, Thiem faces Ferrer
Top-seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal defeated fellow countryman Albert Ramos-Vinolas in straight sets to set up a mouth-watering quarter-final against Australian Nick Kyrgios. (TENNIS-CINCINNATI/MEN, moved with updates to follow on merit, expect by 0330 GMT/11:30 PM ET, 350 words)
Muguruza through to Cincinnati semis
Fourth-seeded Spaniard Garbine Muguruza won a lengthy battle against Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 6-2 5-7 7-5 on a hot and windy day to reach the Cincinnati Open semi-finals. (TENNIS-CINCINNATI/WOMEN, moved with updates to follow on merit, 350 words)
BASEBALL
Ryu leads Dodgers in clash with Tigers
South Korean left-hander Ryu Hyun-jin takes the mound for the National League West-division leading Los Angeles Dodgers against the Detroit Tigers while the New York Yankees renew their rivalry with the Boston Red Sox 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)
CYCLING
Vuelta d'Espana
The opening day team time trial in Nimes, France, will allow favourite Chris Froome to put a few seconds on his rivals including home favourite Alberto Contador who begins the final race of his career. (CYCLING-VUELTA/ (TV), expect from 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, 400 words)
(Asia desk editor: Greg Stutchbury)
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