Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Saturday, Aug 12

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Saturday:

SOCCER

Premier League (1400 unless stated)

Watford v Liverpool (1130)

Chelsea v Burnley

Crystal Palace v Huddersfield Town

Everton v Stoke City

Southampton v Swansea City

West Bromwich Albion v Bournemouth

Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City (1630)

Chelsea start defence v Burnley, City at promoted Brighton

LONDON - Chelsea begin their title defence against Burnley while big-spending Manchester City play promoted Brighton & Hove Albion as the season moves into full swing after Arsenal got the new campaign underway with a thrilling 4-3 win over Leicester City on Friday. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), expect by 1330 GMT/9:30 AM ET, by Steve Tongue and Neil Robinson, 500 words)

We will also have individual reports on each match (SOCCER-ENGLAND-TEAMA-TEAMB/) plus quotes and sidebars on merit.

Spanish Super Cup

Barca, Real coaches speak to the media ahead of Super Cup

BARCELONA - Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde and his Real Madrid counterpart Zinedine Zidane hold news conferences on the eve of the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup at the Nou Camp. (SOCCER-SPAIN-FCB-REA/SUPERCUP, expect throughout, by Rik Sharma, 400 words)

Ligue 1 (1800 unless stated)

Nantes v Olympique Marseille (1500)

Amiens SC v Angers SCO

Girondins Bordeaux v Metz

Caen v St Etienne

Toulouse v Montpellier HSC

Ranieri makes Nantes home debut against Marseille

FRANCE - Italian Claudio Ranieri takes charge of his first home game with Nantes when they face Olympique de Marseille at La Beaujoire. (SOCCER-FRANCE/ (TV), expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Julien Pretot, 400 words)

German Cup

Bayern, Dortmund in German Cup first-round action

BERLIN - Champions Bayern Munich kick off their German Cup campaign with a first-round tie against Chemnitz while holders Borussia Dortmund visit another lower league side Rielasingen-Arlen with the start of the Bundesliga less than a week away. (SOCCER-GERMANY-CUP/ (PIX), expect by 1530 GMT/11:30 AM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words)

We will also have all the latest transfer news from around Europe as clubs strengthen their squads for the new season. (SOCCER-COUNTRY-TEAM/, expect throughout)

ATHLETICS

World Championships (to 13)

Bolt primed for final farewell in relay

LONDON - It will be the end of an era for athletics when Usain Bolt races for the last time in the men's 4x100 metres relay. Briton Mo Farah bids for the 5,000m title in his final track race. (ATHLETICS-WORLD/, expect throughout, by Mitch Phillips, Brian Homewood, Ian Chadband and Christian Radnedge)

GOLF

PGA Championship: (to 13) Charlotte, North Carolina

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Japan's Hideki Matsuyama and American Kevin Kisner share a two-stroke lead over Australian Jason Day at the weather-interrupted PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina. (GOLF-PGACHAMP/, expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, by Andrew Both and Larry Fine, 500 words)

TENNIS

ATP/WTA Rogers Cup

Federer faces Haase in Montreal

World number three Roger Federer faces Dutchman Robin Haase in the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup, an ATP 1000 event in Montreal. (TENNIS-MONTREAL/, expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, 400 words)

Resurgent Stephens battles Wozniacki in Toronto

Playing in just her second tournament since missing 11 months with a foot injury, American Sloane Stephens will battle Caroline Wozniacki at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, Premier 5 WTA event. (TENNIS-TORONTO/, expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, 300 words)

CRICKET

Sri Lanka v India - first day, third test

Indi bid for series whitewash against Sri Lanka

PALLEKELE - India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bat in the third and final test against Sri Lanka on Saturday as the tourists bid to complete a series whitewash over the hosts. (CRICKET-TEST-LKA-IND/ (PIX), expect throughout, 400 words)

BASEBALL

Astros take on Rangers

Righty Mike Fiers gets the call for the AL-west leading Houston Astros when they face the Texas Rangers and pitcher Tyson Ross while in the NL-west leading Los Angeles Dodgers host the San Diego Padres in two of the 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-MLB-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0600 GMT/2 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 600 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) (Europe esk editor: Peter Rutherford)

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