Sports
Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Friday: GOLF British Open (to 23) Americans Spieth, Koepka, Kuchar share lead SOUTHPORT, England - Americans Jordan Spieth, Brooks Koepka and Matt Kuchar lead the tournament on five-under par heading into the second round at Royal Birkdale.
Updated : Jul 21, 2017, 11:27 AM IST
Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Friday:
GOLF
British Open (to 23)
Americans Spieth, Koepka, Kuchar share lead
SOUTHPORT, England - Americans Jordan Spieth, Brooks Koepka and Matt Kuchar lead the tournament on five-under par heading into the second round at Royal Birkdale. (GOLF-OPEN/, expect throughout, by Ed Osmond and Simon Evans)
PGA Tour
Barbasol Championship, Opelika, Alabama (to 23)
Zac Blair is in a three-way tie for the lead heading into the second round at the Robert Trent Jones Trail Grand National course. (GOLF-BARBASOL/, expect by 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, 250 words)
LPGA Tour: Marathon Classic, Sylvania, Ohio (to 23)
U.S. Open champion Park in the hunt again
South Korean Park Sung-hyun, the winner of the U.S. Women's Open last week, starts the second round one stroke behind American leader Gerina Piller at the Highland Meadows course. (GOLF-WOMEN/, expect by 2000 GMT/8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 300 words)
SOCCER
Confederation of African Football Congress
RABAT - The Confederation of African Football holds its third Congress in the space of six months as it looks to pass amendments to its statutes demanded by FIFA. (SOCCER-AFRICA/CONGRESS, by Mark Gleeson)
We will have all the latest transfer news from around Europe as clubs strengthen their squads for the new season. (SOCCER-COUNTRY-TEAM/, expect throughout)
CYCLING
Tour de France: Stage 19
Chris Froome is closing in on a third successive Tour de France title as the peloton takes on a 220-kilometre stage from Embrun to Salon-de-Provence. (CYCLING-FRANCE/ (PIX, TV), expect throughout, by Julien Pretot, 400 words)
RUGBY
Super Rugby quarter-final
ACT Brumbies v Wellington Hurricanes
ACT Brumbies, winners of the Australian conference despite a 6-9 regular season record, take on the reigning champion Hurricanes at Canberra Stadium with a semi-final against South Africa's Lions or Sharks on the line. (RUGBY UNION-SUPER/BRUMBIES (PIX), expect by 1100 GMT/7 AM ET, by Nick Mulvenney)
ATHLETICS
Monaco Diamond League
MONACO - Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt will head the field at the Monaco Diamond League athletics meeting when he runs in the 100 metres on Friday, his last race before the world championships in London. (ATHLETICS-DIAMOND/MONACO (TV), expect by 2000 GMT / 4 PM ET, by Brian Homewood)
SWIMMING
World Swimming Championships (to Aug 30)
BUDAPEST – The world's top swimmers are set to gather in a post-Michael Phelps era with top billing focused on two dominant female athletes in local favourite Katinka Hosszu and Katie Ledecky of the United States (SWIMMING-WORLD/, expect by 1100 GMT/7AM ET, by Rod Gilmour, 400 words)
BASEBALL
Yankees set to battle Mariners
All-star third baseman Todd Frazier will play his second game with the New York Yankees when the team visits the Seattle Mariners for the first of a four-game series while the Baltimore Orioles will send left-hander Wade Miley to the mound against the Texas Rangers in two of the nine games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-MLB-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0615 GMT/2:15 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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