Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Sunday, July 9

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Sunday:

MOTOR RACING

Austrian Grand Prix

Hamilton starts eighth, Bottas and Vettel on front row

SPIELBERG, Austria - Lewis Hamilton, eighth on the grid after a five-place penalty, aims for damage limitation in a race that is likely to see Ferrari's championship leader Sebastian Vettel extend his 14-point lead. Valtteri Bottas is on pole for Mercedes with Vettel alongside. (MOTOR-F1-AUSTRIA/, (PIX, TV,) expect by 1400 GMT/10 AM ET, by Alan Baldwin, 500 words)

We will also have stories from around the paddock

TENNIS

Wimbledon

Players take a breather before last 16 matches

LONDON - Wimbledon has a rest day before the men's and women's last 16 matches take place on Monday but we will bring you all the latest news from the All England Club in the build-up. (TENNIS-WIMBLEDON/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), expect throughout, by Ossian Shine, Mitch Phillips, Martyn Herman, Pritha Sarkar, Toby Davis, Pravin Char, Clare Lovell and Simon Evans)

Nadal must beware Luxembourg lefty Muller

LONDON - Rafael Nadal needs no reminder of the dangers posed by left-handers from Luxembourg -- after all, his first defeat at Wimbledon came back in 2005 against one such player in the shape of his next opponent Gilles Muller. (TENNIS-WIMBLEDON/MULLER, moving at 1000 GMT/6 AM ET, by Marty Hewrman, 400 words)

OLYMPICS

IOC holds two-day executive board meeting

LAUSANNE - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) holds a two-day executive board meeting, with President Thomas Bach expected to give a news conference on Monday before the candidate cities for the 2024 Games -- Paris and Los Angeles -- have two days to present their bids to IOC members. (OLYMPICS-2024/ (PIX, TV), expect throughout, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words)

CRICKET

England v South Africa first test

England in command v South Africa heading into fourth day

LONDON - England resume on 119 for one, with former captain Alastair Cook unbeaten on 59, as they lead South Africa by 216 runs going into the fourth day of the first test at Lord's. (CRICKET-TEST-ENG-ZAF/ (PIX), expect throughout, 400 words)

Gayle poised to return in front of home crowd

Jamaican Chris Gayle, the highest-scoring batsman for West Indies in the shortest version of the sport, is poised to return to the Twenty20 team for the first time in more than a year when the Caribbean side meet India in a one-off game at Sabina Park in Kingston. (CRICKET-WIN-IND/, expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, 250 words)

CYCLING

Tour de France: Stage nine

Froome faces tough competiton on punishing ride to Chambery

CHAMBERY, France - Overall leader Chris Froome continues his bid for a third successive Tour de France triumph but the Briton faces stiff competition from Nairo Quintana, Richie Porte and Alberto Contador as an already worn-out peloton embarks on a punishing trek in the Jura mountains as stage nine takes the riders 181-km from Nantua to Chambery. (CYCLING-FRANCE/ (PIX, TV), expect throughout, by Julien Pretot, 400 words)

RUGBY

New Zealand v British & Irish Lions tour

Lions, All Blacks face media after series ends in stalemate

WELLINGTON - The latest British and Irish Lions tour may have ended in a flat stalemate in terms of results, but it reinvigorated rugby in New Zealand, enhanced the reputation of its coach and gave the world champions a timely boost in terms of their World Cup planning. (RUGBY-UNION-LIONS/ (WRAPUP 1, PIX), expect by 1000 GMT/6 AM ET, by Greg Stutchbury, 700 words)

GOLF

PGA Tour: Greenbrier Classic

Munoz two clear as Love tries to make history

Sebastian Munoz enters the final at the Old White TPC with a two-stroke lead in search of his first PGA Tour victory, while 53-year-old Davis Love III is four back seeking to become the oldest winner in tour history. (GOLF-GREENBRIER/, expect by 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, 400 words)

Irish Open

American Im, Spain's Rahm lead in Portstewart

American Daniel Im remains joint leader heading into the final round but Jon Rahm of Spain has joined him on 17-under- par after Benjamin Hebert from France, level with Im overnight, carded a 69 on Saturday to leave him one shot behind. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, 300 words)

LPGA: Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic, Wisconsin

Kirk and Bahai the ones to beat

Australian Katherine Kirk and South African Ashleigh Buhai are the players to beat in the final round at the inaugural Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic. (GOLF-THORNBERRY/, expect by 0200 GMT/10 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)

SOCCER

European club news

We will have the latest transfer news from around Europe including Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku's proposed transfer to Manchester United from Everton after the clubs agreed a fee and Wayne Rooney's expected move in the opposite direction. (SOCCER-COUNTRY-TEAM/, expect throughout)

Chinese Super League

HONG KONG - Andre Villas-Boas' Shanghai SIPG can move into first place in the Chinese Super League standings on Sunday evening with victory over Changchun Yatai after Guangzhou Evergrande's slipped to a second defeat in a row. (SOCCER-CHINA/ expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, 500 words)

ATHLETICS

Champions galore on the bill at London Anniversary Games

LONDON - Twelve reigning Olympic champions including Mo Farah, 23 Olympic silver and bronze medallists from Rio 2016, and 11 current world champions feature at the Diamond League meeting, which will be the last chance for many athletes to compete ahead of next month's world championships in London. (ATHLETICS-DIAMOND/LONDON (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), expect throughout, by Mitch Phillips, 400 words)

BASEBALL

Royals take a swing at Kershaw

Left-hander Clayton Kershaw (13-2) puts his miserly 2.19 ERA on the line when the National League-leading Los Angeles Dodgers face the Kansas City Royals in one of 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule on the final day before the four-day All-Star break. (BASEBALL-MLB-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0400 GMT/12 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 900 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: Peter Rutherford)

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