SPORTS
Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Saturday: SOCCER FA Cup final Arsenal v Chelsea, Wembley Stadium (1630) Chelsea bid for double against Arsenal at Wembley LONDON - Antonio Conte's Premier League champions Chelsea are favourites to secure the club's second domestic double in his first season by beating Arsenal, who came fifth as they struggled for form with the future of manager Arsene Wenger still in doubt.
Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Saturday:
SOCCER
FA Cup final
Arsenal v Chelsea, Wembley Stadium (1630)
Chelsea bid for double against Arsenal at Wembley
LONDON - Antonio Conte's Premier League champions Chelsea are favourites to secure the club's second domestic double in his first season by beating Arsenal, who came fifth as they struggled for form with the future of manager Arsene Wenger still in doubt. (SOCCER-ENGLAND-ARS-CHE/FINAL (PIX), expect by 1830 GMT/2:30 PM ET, by Martyn Herman, Clare Lovell and Bill Schomberg, 500 words, plus sidebars)
King's Cup final
Barcelona v Alaves, Vicente Calderon Stadium (1930)
Barca want Copa trophy to end difficult season
MADRID - Barcelona will bid to salvage some silverware from a disappointing season by winning the King's Cup final against Alaves in coach Luis Enrique's final game in charge of the Catalan club. (SOCCER-SPAIN-FCB-ALV/FINAL (PIX, TV), expect by 2130 GMT/5:30 PM ET, by Richard Martin, 500 words)
German Cup final
Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Dortmund (1800)
Dortmund hope to make it fourth time lucky in German Cup
BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund will hope it is fourth time lucky when they face Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Cup final, having lost the last three finals in a row. (SOCCER-GERMANY-CUP-FINAL/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words)
French Cup Final
Angers v Paris St Germain, Stade de France (1900)
SAINT-DENIS - Paris Saint Germain face Angers aiming to win the French Cup for the third season in a row after their four-year reign as Ligue 1 champions was ended by Monaco, who they beat in the semi-finals and in the final of the League Cup, which they won for the fourth straight year. (SOCCER-FRANCE-CUP/ (PIX), expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, by Julien Pretot, 400 words)
Scottish Cup Final
Celtic v Aberdeen, Hampden Park (1400)
Unbeaten Celtic face Aberdeen aiming for domestic treble
GLASGOW - Celtic bid for the domestic treble when they face Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup final after claiming a sixth straight league title with an unbeaten season. (SOCCER-SCOTLAND-ABE-CLG/FINAL (PIX), expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, 300 words)
Serie A (1600)
Atalanta Bergamo v Chievo Verona
Bologna v Juventus
MILAN - Champions Juventus visit Bologna for their final match of the season and their last game before facing Real Madrid in the Champions League final. (SOCCER-ITALY/, expect by 1800 GMT/4 PM ET, by Phil O'Connor, 400 words)
Chinese Super League
Shanghai SIPG v Beijing Guoan
GUANGZHOU - Shanghai SIPG face Beijing Guoan in the Chinese Super League. (SOCCER-CHINA/ (TV), 300 words)
MOTOR RACING
Calm before the Indy 500 storm
INDIANAPOLIS – It is the calm before the Indianapolis 500 storm with the cars parked in the garage while the Brickyard prepares for the 101st running of the 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing' with a parade and concerts at the famed speedway. (MOTOR-INDY-INDY500/ (PIX), expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, by Steve Keating, 400 words)
Monaco Grand Prix qualifying
Hamilton can equal Senna's 65 poles but Vettel looks quick
MONACO - Lewis Hamilton can equal the late Ayrton Senna's 65 pole positions but the Mercedes driver faces a big challenge from Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo. (MOTOR-F1-MONACO/ (PIX), expect by 1300 GMT/9 AM ET, by Alan Baldwin, 500 words)
We will also have stories from around the paddock
GOLF
PGA Tour: Dean & DeLuca Invitational, Fort Worth (to 28)
Garcia one behind at crowded Colonial
Masters champion Sergio Garcia is one stroke behind leaders Webb Simpson, Danny Lee, Kevin Kisner and Scott Piercy heading into the third round at Colonial Country Club, scene of the Spaniard's first PGA Tour victory back in 2001. (GOLF-FTWORTH/, expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, 400 words)
LPGA Tour: Volvik Championship, Michigan (to 28)
Park leads Lee and Pettersen at halfway
South Korean Park Sung-hyun, at 12-under 132, takes a two-stroke lead over Australian Minjee Lee and Norway's Suzann Pettersen into the third round at Travis Pointe Country Club in Ann Arbor. (GOLF-WOMEN/, expect by 0030 GMT/8:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 300 words)
BMW PGA Championship
Pieters, Molinari, Jamieson setting pace at Wentworth
VIRGINIA WATER, England - Belgian Thomas Pieters, Francesco Molinari of Italy and Scott Jamieson of Scotland share the lead on seven-under-par heading into the third round of the European Tour's flagship event at Wentworth. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, (PIX), expect by 1400 GMT/10 AM ET, by Tony Jimenez, 500 words)
TENNIS
French Open
Players gear up for the French Open, which starts on Sunday, in a series of warm-up events.
ATP Tour: Lyon Open
Tsonga makes claycourt final debut against Berdych
France's second-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will play in his first claycourt final when he takes on Czech third seed Tomas Berdych at the Lyon Open. (TENNIS-MEN/LYON, expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Julien Pretot, 300 words)
Geneva Open
Local favourite Wawrinka faces Mischa Zverev in final
Top-seeded Swiss Stan Wawrinka faces Mischa Zverev, ranked 33, in the Geneva Open showpiece. (TENNIS-MEN/GENEVA, 300 words)
WTA Tour: Nueremberg Cup
Dutchwoman Bertens meets Krejcikova in final
Top seed and defending champion Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands plays 254th-ranked Czech qualifier Barbora Krejcikova in the Nueremberg Cup final. (TENNIS-WOMEN/NUEREMBERG, by Karolos Grohmann, 300 words)
Strasbourg International
Australian number one ranking on the line in Strasbourg
Seventh seed Daria Gavrilova faces number six seed Sam Stosur in an all-Australian Strasbourg International final with the winner set to secure the country's number one ranking, which Stosur has owned for 450 straight weeks since October 2008. (TENNIS-STRASBOURG/, 300 words)
RUGBY
Super Rugby - Week 14
Sunwolves v Cheetahs (0515)
Highlanders v Waratahs (0735)
Rebels v Crusaders (0935)
Bulls v Hurricanes (1305)
Sharks v Stormers (1515)
Highlanders look to extend streak against Waratahs
The Highlanders bid to extend their winning streak to nine matches when they take on the struggling 2014 champion New South Wales Waratahs in Dunedin. The Waratahs have won on just two of their last 12 trips across the Tasman Sea. (RUGBY-UNION-SUPER/HIGHLANDERS, expect by 0900 GMT/5 AM ET, 300 words)
Sharks, Stormers primed for physical battle
DURBAN – The Sharks host South African rivals the Stormers in what is expected to be an intensely physical encounter at King's Park as both teams seek to book a quarter-final place in this year's competition. (RUGBY-UNION-SUPER/SHARKS, expect by 1715 GMT/1115 PM ET, 300 words)
We will also run highlights (RUGBY UNION-SUPER/HIGHLIGHTS) with brief updates on each match of the round.
Premiership Final
Wasps v Exeter Chiefs, Twickenham (1330)
Premiership title on the line as Wasps face Chiefs
LONDON - The top two in the Premiership - Wasps and Chiefs - meet in the final at Twickenham after coming through dramatic semi-finals with late tries. (RUGBY-UNION-ENGLAND/FINAL (PIX), expect by 1520 GMT/1120 AM ET, by Mitch Phillips, 500 words)
ATHLETICS
Farah headlines star-studded Oregon meeting
EUGENE, Oregon - British double Olympic champion Mo Farah faces a loaded 5,000 metres field while the top three Rio medallists clash in the women's 200, men's pole vault and triple jump and Justin Gatlin races Andre De Grasse in an early season 100m at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting. (ATHLETICS-DIAMOND/EUGENE (PIX, TV), expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, by Gene Cherry, 400 words)
BASEBALL
Greinke takes mound for charging Diamondbacks
Former Cy Young winner Zack Greinke (6-2) takes the hill for the surging, NL West-contending Arizona Diamondbacks against the Milwaukee Brewers, while the World Series champion Chicago Cubs face the Los Angeles Dodgers in two of 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-MLB-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0545 GMT/1:45 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words)
NHL
Stanley Cup of contrasts as Predators face Penguins
A stellar attack collides with a spectacular defence as the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins take on the upstart Nashville Predators in a Stanley Cup Finals full of contrasts starting on Monday. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL/STANLEYCUP (PREVIEW), expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, by Larry Fine, 450 words)
CRICKET
England v South Africa, 2nd one-day international
England look to take 2-0 ODI series lead over South Africa
England and South Africa resume battle on the south coast in the second encounter of the three-match series before the Champions Trophy begins next month after the hosts enjoyed a convincing win in the first ODI on Wednesday. (CRICKET-ODI-ENG-ZAF/ (PIX, GRAPHIC), by Nick Said, 400 words)
CYCLING
Giro d'Italia (to 28)
Quinatan leads Dumoulin as race goes to the wire
Colombia's Nairo Quintana leads Dutchman Tom Dumoulin by 38 seconds, Italian defending champion Vincenzo Nibali by 43 and Frenchman Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) by 53 ahead of Saturday's penultimate stage featuring two big climbs that could favour Quintana, Nibali and Pinot, while Sunday's final time trial over 29.3km is expected to go Dumoulin's way. (CYCLING-GIRO/ (TV), expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, 400 words) (Asia desk editor: Peter Rutherford)
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