Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Thursday:
TENNIS
French Open
Pliskova and Halep target top ranking and French Open glory
PARIS - All four women's semi-finalists at the French Open will go into Thursday's matches believing they can claim a first grand slam title with third seed Simona Halep taking on Czech Karolina Pliskova after birthday girls Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia and Timea Bacsinszky battle it out in the day's opening singles.
Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Thursday:
TENNIS
French Open
Pliskova and Halep target top ranking and French Open glory
PARIS - All four women's semi-finalists at the French Open will go into Thursday's matches believing they can claim a first grand slam title with third seed Simona Halep taking on Czech Karolina Pliskova after birthday girls Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia and Timea Bacsinszky battle it out in the day's opening singles. Pliskova has the added incentive of sealing the number one ranking if she reaches the final. (TENNIS-FRENCHOPEN/ (PIX), expect by 1000 GMT/ 6 AM ET, by Martyn Herman and Julien Pretot)
CRICKET
Champions Trophy
India v Sri Lanka, The Oval, London - Group B
Champions India will be eyeing a second successive win in Group B when they take on Sri Lanka, who are looking to bounce back after losing their opening game against South Africa. CRICKET-CHAMPIONSTROPHY-IND-LKA/(PIX), expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, 400 words)
SOCCER
World Cup qualifier
Australia v Saudi Arabia, Adelaide (1000)
MELBOURNE - Australia's hopes of securing an automatic berth to Russia are on the line against Saudi Arabia but the hosts may find goals hard to come by against the stingy defence of Bert van Marwijk's well-drilled side. (SOCCER-WORLDCUP-AUS-SAU, expect by 1200 GMT/8 AM ET, 300 words)
European club news
We will bring all the latest transfer news from around Europe as teams begin improving their squads for next season. (SOCCER-COUNTRY-TEAM/ expect throughout)
GOLF
PGA Tour: St. Jude Clasic (to 11) Memphis, Tennessee
Berger defends as players tune up for U.S. Open
Rickie Fowler, Adam Scott, Phil Mickelson and defending champion Daniel Berger head a field at TPC Southwind that includes 32 U.S. Open-bound players keen to get in a final tune-up before next week contesting the second major championship of the year. (GOLF-STJUDE/, expect by 0100 GMT/9 PM ET, 350 words)
CYCLING
Criterium du Dauphine
Belgian Thomas De Gendt wears the overall leader's yellow jersey heading into Stage Five, a flat 175.5 km race from La Tour-de-Salvagny to Macon. (CYCLING-DAUPHINE/(TV), expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Julien Pretot, 250 words)
RUGBY
British & Irish Lions tour of New Zealand
Hansen to name All Blacks squad
AUCKLAND - All Blacks coach Steve Hansen will name his 33-man squad for the three-test series against the British and Irish Lions with several frontline players -- including captain Kieran Read -- facing returns from long-term injuries. (RUGBY-UNION-LIONS/NEWZEALAND, expect by 0030 GMT/8:30 PM ET, 400 words)
The Maori All Blacks side, which is expected to include a number of players to be on standby for the All Blacks as cover for injuries will also be named. (RUGBY-UNION-LIONS/MAORI, expect by 0100 GMT/9 PM ET, 400 words)
Full-strength Crusaders expected to keep pressure on Lions
Scott Robertson is expected to name a full-strength side to face the British and Irish Lions on Saturday to keep the pressure on the visitors after they were beaten by the Auckland Blues in the second game of their 10-match tour. (RUGBY-UNION-LIONS/CRUSADERS, expect by 0230 GMT/10.30 PM ET, 400 words)
The British and Irish Lions head south to Christchurch for the third game of their 10-match tour of New Zealand to face the Canterbury Crusaders after having lost to the Auckland Blues. (RUGBY-UNION-LIONS/, expect throughout, 400 words)
France tour of South Africa
PRETORIA - Springbok coach Allister Coetzee named his team for Saturday's first test against the French at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. (RUGBY UNION-SAFRICA/TEAM, expect by 1200 GMT/8 AM ET, by Mark Gleeson, 300 words)
ATHLETICS
Diamond League meeting, Rome
ROME - German javelin thrower Thomas Rohler, who produced the second-longest throw ever in Doha last month, and Canadian Olympic 200 metres silver medallist Andre De Grasse lead the field at the Diamond League athletics meeting in Rome. (ATHLETICS-DIAMOND/ROME, expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, 300 words)
NBA
Warriors battle Cavs in pivotal Game Three
CLEVELAND – The top-seeded Golden State Warriors seek a commanding 3-0 series lead when they visit the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers ina pivotal Game Three to the best-of-seven NBA Finals. (BASKETBALL-NBA/FINALS, expect by 0345 GMT/11:45 PM ET, by Frank Pingue, 400 words)
BASEBALL
Rex Sox battle rival Yankees, Darvish starts for Rangers
Reigning Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello and the Boston Red Sox visit the rival New York Yankees while Japanese right-hander Yu Darvish and the Texas Rangers host the New York Mets in two of the 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)
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) (Editor: Nick Mulvenney)
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