Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Monday:
SOCCER
Confederations Cup
Australia vs Germany (1500)
Second-string Germany face Australia in Group B
MOSCOW - World Cup holders Germany, who have sent a second-string squad to Russia, take on Asian champions Australia, who were thrashed 4-0 by an understrength Brazil side last week, in the Confederations Cup group stage.
Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Monday:
SOCCER
Confederations Cup
Australia vs Germany (1500)
Second-string Germany face Australia in Group B
MOSCOW - World Cup holders Germany, who have sent a second-string squad to Russia, take on Asian champions Australia, who were thrashed 4-0 by an understrength Brazil side last week, in the Confederations Cup group stage. (SOCCER-CONFEDERATIONS-AUS-GER/ (PIX, TV), expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, 300 words)
Draw for Champions League qualifying rounds
NYON - Barely two weeks after Real Madrid won the Champions League for the 12th time, the draw for the first two qualifying rounds of next season's competition takes place at UEFA headquarters. Partizan Belgrade and former European champions Celtic are among the teams in the hat. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/DRAW, expect by 1100 GMT/7 AM ET, by Brian Homewood, 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)
RUGBY
British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand
Lions build toward first All Blacks test
WELLINGTON - We continue our buildup to the series-opener against the All Blacks, with the Lions hopefuls bidding for test places in the warmup against the Waikato Chiefs on Tuesday. (RUGBY-UNION-LIONS/)
Springboks hold news conference before next France test
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa hold a news conference as they begin the build-up to the final test against France at Ellis Park on Saturday. (RUGBY-UNION-SAFRICA/, expect by 1130 GMT/7:30 AM ET, by Mark Gleeson, 400 words)
CRICKET
Flamboyant Pakistan discover core of 50-over future
Pakistan's fairytale Champions Trophy win suggests the mercurial side have found the nucleus of their one-day side which will return to England in two years' time gunning for a second 50-over World Cup title. (CRICKET-CHAMPIONSTROPHY-PAK/, expect by 0900 GMT/5 AM ET, by Sudipto Ganguly, 500 words)
GOLF
Parity evident as Koepka wins U.S. Open
Golf continued its return to parity on Sunday as Brooks Koepka won the U.S. Open, a reminder of how things used to be in the sport before Tiger Woods came along and blew away all pre-conceived notions of what sort of dominance was possible. (GOLF-USOPEN/ANALYSIS (PIX), expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Andrew Both, 600 words)
BASEBALL
Kershaw faces Mets, aims for 10th win
Three-times Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw bids for his 10th win of the season as the Los Angeles Dodgers face the visiting New York Mets in one of 11 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)
TENNIS
Aegon Championships
Murray leads field in Wimbledon warm-up event
LONDON - Holder Andy Murray leads a high quality field this week at the Wimbledon warm-up event, including Stan Wawrinka and Milos Raonic, the man the Scot beat in last year's final before beating him again in the Wimbledon showpiece. (TENNIS-LONDON/ (PIX, TV), expect throughout, 400 words)
Gerry Weber Open
Federer hoping for better grasscourt form in Halle
BERLIN - Roger Federer will hope this week to improve on Stuttgart where he lost to Tommy Haas in the second round after missing the claycourt season to better prepare for Wimbledon. The Swiss has won the Halle warmup event eight times. (TENNIS-HALLE/ (TV), expect throughout, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words)
Mallorca Open
New mum Azarenka to make comeback in Mallorca
PALMA DE MALLORCA - Former world number one Victoria Azarenka makes her return this week after having a baby when she plays as a wildcard at Santa Ponsa, the second year of the grasscourt event. (TENNIS-MALLORCA/, expect throughout, by Martyn Herman, 400 words)
Aegon Classic
Kvitova returns to grass at Edgbaston
BIRMINGHAM, England - Twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova returns to grasscourt tennis this week at the Aegon Classic just over six months after suffering a serious hand injury when an intruder broke into her home. (TENNIS-BIRMINGHAM/ (PIX), expect throughout, by Simon Evans, 400 words)
ROWING
Rowing at Henley is not all about the men
HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England - There is more to rowing at Henley than the storied men's Royal Regatta. More than 1,800 women have just competed in the 30th annual Henley Women's Regatta, a once esoteric affair that now has claims to be one of the premier women's rowing meets in the world. (BRITAIN-ROWING/WOMEN (PIX), expect by 1300 GMT/9 AM ET, by Jeremy Gaunt, 500 words)
NFL
New England's Brady holds China training event to push NFL
BEIJING - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady holds a training event in Beijing to promote the NFL. (NFL-TOMBRADY/CHINA, 400 words)
(Asia Desk Editor: Peter Rutherford)
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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