dimanche 14 août 2011

Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Sunday, Aug 14

Aug 14 (Reuters) - Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Sunday (times GMT)
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GOLF
PGA Championship (to 14)
JOHNS CREEK, Georgia - Little-known American Jason Dufner held the third-round lead at the PGA Championship on Saturday as the final four holes of the course again confounded some of the leading challengers. (GOLF-PGA/, moved with updates to follow, pix, by Mark Lamport-Stokes and Simon Evans, 500 words)
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TENNIS
Toronto Cup (to 14)
TORONTO - Fourth seed Victoria Azarenka faces 13-times grand slam champion Serena Williams in the semi-finals after Australia's Samantha Stosur beat Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska earlier on Saturday. (TENNIS-WOMEN/, expect by 0230, pix, by Frank Pingue, 400 words)
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Montreal Masters (to 14)
MONTREAL - World number one Novak Djokovic takes on Frenchman Jo Wilfried Tsonga for a place in the final against American Mardy Fish who saw off Serb Janko Tipsarevic earlier on Saturday. (TENNIS-MEN/, expect by 0300, by Steve Keating, pix, 400 words)
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BASEBALL
MIAMI - The San Francisco Giants, in a battle with Arizona for first place in the National League West, send former Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum to the mound when they visit the Florida Marlins. (BASEBALL-MARLINS/, expect by 0230, 250 words)
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SOCCER
Premier League
Stoke City v Chelsea (1230)
West Bromwich Albion v Manchester United (1500)
MANCHESTER - Champions Manchester United begin their latest title campaign at West Bromwich after likely challengers Chelsea travel to Stoke City. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/, expect by 1430, pix, by Sonia Oxley, 500 words)
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Bundesliga
Kaiserslautern v FC Augsburg (1330)
Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen (1530)
BERLIN - Last season's runners-up Bayer Leverkusen host Werder Bremen while Kaiserslautern welcome promoted Augsburg. (SOCCER-GERMANY/, expect by 1530, pix, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words)
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Ligue 1
Auxerre v Olympique Marseille (1500)
Evian Thonon Gaillard FC v Nice (1500)
Lille v Montpellier HSC (1900)
PARIS - Title hopefuls Olympique Marseille visit Auxerre before champions Lille host Montpellier. (SOCCER-FRANCE/, expect by 1700, pix, 400 words)
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Dutch championship
Heracles Almelo v NAC Breda (1030)
Ajax Amsterdam v Heerenveen (1230)
Utrecht v Graafschap Doetinchem (1230)
Groningen v ADO Den Haag (1430)
Copy on merit.
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CYCLING
LONDON - Top sprinters Mark Cavendish, Tyler Farrar and Tom Boonen are among the favourites to win the 140-km 2012 Olympics road race test event starting and finishing a stone's throw from Buckingham Palace. (CYCLING-OLYMPICS/TEST, expect by 1130, pix, by Tom Pilcher, 400 words)
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Eneco Tour, Belgium (to 14)
Results only
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CRICKET
Sri Lanka v Australia, second ODI, Hambantota (0900)
HAMBANTOTA - Sri Lanka will be out for revenge against tourists Australia in the second ODI match after defeat in the first. (CRICKET-AUSTRALIA/, expect by 1600, 300 words)
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh, second ODI, Harare (0730)
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BADMINTON
World championships, London (to 14)
LONDON - Top seed and world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia meets old foe Lin Dan of China for the title that Lin has won three times. The women's final is between China's Wang Yihan, seeded two, and Cheng Shao Chieh, the seventh seed from Taiwan. (BADMINTON-WORLD/, by Dave Thompson, 350 words)
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MOTORCYCLING
MotoGP: Czech Republic, Brno (to 14)
PRAGUE - Spain's Dani Pedrosa starts on pole ahead of compatriot Jorge Lorenzo and world championship leader Casey Stoner. (MOTORCYCLING/PRIX, by Jan Lopatka, 300 words)
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(Duty editor, Ian Ransom, Asia Sports Desk +61 466 151 684; from 1030 Mark Meadows, London Sports Desk +44 207 542 7933)

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