Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Wednesday:
TENNIS
French Open
Top seeds all in action on bumper day
PARIS - The top four seeds in the men's draw, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka and Rafael Nadal, are all in quarter-final action after rain and storms caused cancellations on Tuesday.
Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Wednesday:
TENNIS
French Open
Top seeds all in action on bumper day
PARIS - The top four seeds in the men's draw, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka and Rafael Nadal, are all in quarter-final action after rain and storms caused cancellations on Tuesday. Home hope Caroline Garcia faces Karolina Pliskova for a place in the last four in the women's draw. (TENNIS-FRENCHOPEN/ (PIX), expect throughout, by Ossian Shine, Martyn Herman and Julien Pretot)
RUGBY
Auckland Blues v British & Irish Lions (0735)
Lions face first major test against Super Rugby's Blues
Warren Gatland's British and Irish Lions face the first major challenge of their New Zealand tour against their first Super Rugby opposition - Tana Umaga's Auckland Blues. (RUGBY-UNION-LIONS/, expect by 0930 GMT/5:30 AM ET, 400 words)
CRICKET
Champions Trophy
Pakistan v South Africa, Edgbaston - Group B
Pakistan look to bounce back against South Africa
Pakistan seek to pick up the pieces after defeat by arch-rivals India on Sunday, while South Africa chase a second successive win after a comprehensive victory over Sri Lanka in their opening game on Saturday. (CRICKET-CHAMPIONSTROPHY-PAK-ZAF/ (PIX), expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, 300 words)
SOCCER
International friendlies
Italy v Uruguay (1845)
Italy meet Uruguay for first time since biting incident
NICE - Italy meet Uruguay in a friendly at the Allianz stadium in their first meeting since a notorious match at the 2014 World Cup in which Uruguay striker Luis Suarez bit Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini. (SOCCER-FRIENDLY-ITA-URY/ (PIX), expect by 2045 GMT/4:45 PM ET, 400 words)
Spain v Colombia (1930)
MURCIA, SPAIN - Spain, unbeaten since Julen Lopetegui took over as coach following Euro 2016, host Colombia in a friendly. (SOCCER-FRIENDLY-ESP-COL/ (PIX), expect by 2130 GMT/5:30PM ET, by Brian Homewood, 400 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)
Crunch time for Australia and Saudi Arabia in Adelaide
SYDNEY - Saudi Arabia could put one hand on a ticket to next year's World Cup finals if they can beat Asian champions Australia in their crunch qualifier at Adelaide Oval on Thursday. (SOCCER-WORLDCUP-AUS-SAU/PREVIEW (PREVIEW), by Nick Mulvenney, expect by 0700 GMT/3 AM ET, 363 words)
MOTOR RACING
Interview with McLaren executive director Zak Brown
WOKING, ENGLAND - Interview with McLaren executive director Zak Brown, looking back at Fernando Alonso's Indy 500 adventure and ahead to the weekend's Canadian Formula One Grand Prix in Montreal where the struggling former world champions will renew their quest for a first point of the season. (MOTOR-F1-MCLAREN/BROWN, expect by 1600 GMT/12 AM ET, by Alan Baldwin)
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 Four, a 23.5-km time trial between La Tour du Pin and Bourgoin-Jallieu. (CYCLING-DAUPHINE/(TV), expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Julien Pretot, 250 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) (Asia desk editor: Peter Rutherford)
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