Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday, Aug 9
Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday: - - - - GOLF PGA Championship (to 10) McIlroy one ahead going into third round at Valhalla LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - British Open champion Rory McIlroy, the pre-tournament favourite who is bidding for a third consecutive victory on the PGA Tour, takes a one-shot lead over American Jim Furyk and Australian Jason Day into Saturday's third round at Valhalla Golf Club after firing a four-under-par 67 on a wet, ultra-long layout on Friday. (GOLF-PGA/ (PIX), expect first story by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Mark Lamport-Stokes, 650 words) - - - - SOCCER Build-up to new European season continues LONDON - We bring you the latest transfer news as the build- up to the new European soccer season continues. (SOCCER-COUNTRY/, expect throughout) - - English Championship Fulham at Ipswich, Brentford host Charlton in Championship We will bring you a round-up of the action from the opening day of the English second tier campaign with relegated Fulham visiting Ipswich Town, while League One runners-up Brentford open their account at home to Charlton Athletic. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/SECOND, expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, 400 words) - - Ligue 1 (1900) En Avant Guingamp v St Etienne Evian Thonon Gaillard FC v Caen Nantes v Racing Lens Lille v Metz Montpellier HSC v Bordeaux Nice v Toulouse Bastia v Olympique de Marseille Bielsa opens Marseille campaign at new boy Makelele's Bastia PARIS - Olympique de Marseille's new coach Marcelo Bielsa's first fixture takes him to Corsica and a visit to Bastia, who also have a new manager in former France midfielder Claude Makelele. (SOCCER-FRANCE/ (PIX), expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, 500 words) - - Dutch championship (1745 unless stated) Heerenveen v FC Dordrecht (1630) NAC Breda v Excelsior SC Cambuur v Twente Enschede Heracles Almelo v AZ Alkmaar (1845) Copy on merit - - - - TENNIS Rogers Cup, ATP: Toronto, WTA: Montreal (to 10) Federer closes in on 80th career title TORONTO - Roger Federer takes on Spain's Feliciano Lopez for place in the Rogers Cup final and a shot at an 80th career title. The other semi-final will see seventh seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov against Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who knocked out world number one Novak Djokovic. (TENNIS-TORONTO/ (PIX), expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, by Steve Keating, 500 words) - - - - Williams sisters meet for the 25th time World number one Serena Williams and older sister Venus renew one of the sporting world's greatest sibling rivalries when they clash for the 25th time for a spot in the Rogers Cup final in Montreal. The other semi-final will see third seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland face off against Russian Elaterina Makarova. (TENNIS-MONTREAL/ (PIX), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, 400 words) - - - - CRICKET England v India fourth test, Manchester (to 11) Singh strikes twice, England stretch lead MANCHESTER, England - Indian paceman Pankaj Singh claimed his long-awaited first wicket in test cricket on Saturday as England extended their first innings lead to 173 runs at lunch on the third day of the fourth test at Old Trafford. (CRICKET-INDIA/, moved with updates to follow, 500 words) - - Sri Lanka v Pakistan, first test (to 10) Sangakkara's 10th double ton puts Sri Lanka ahead GALLE, Sri Lanka - Kumar Sangakkara struck a sparkling 221 to move to the second spot in the all-time list of test double centurions as Sri Lanka grabbed lead before declaring their first innings on day four of the first test against Pakistan. (CRICKET-PAKISTAN/, moved, 400 words) - - Zimbabwe v South Africa, Harare, one-off test (to 13) Taylor guides Zimbabwe to 165-5 against South Africa. HARARE - Brendan Taylor guided Zimbabwe to 165-5 against top-ranked South Africa on the opening day of a one-off test at Harare Sports Club, the first time these sides have met over five days in nine years. (CRICKET-SAFRICA/, moved with updates to follow, by Nick Said, 300 words) - - - - SWIMMING Phelps faces Plummer and Lochte in 100 back at U.S. nationals Michael Phelps faces defending national champion David Plummer and rival Ryan Lochte in the 100 metres backstroke during the fourth day of the U.S. National Championships in Irvine, California, which will serve as a qualifier for the Pan Pac Championships in Australia later this month. (SWIMMING-USA/ (PIX), expect by 0415 GMT/12:15 AM ET, 400 words) - - - - BASEBALL Lackey on mound as Cardinals chase Orioles The St. Louis Cardinals, with 12-game winner John Lackey on the mound, take on the American League East-leading Baltimore Orioles and Detroit's Max Scherzer goes for his 14th win as the Tigers visit Toronto in two of 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/ (PIX), expect by 0330 GMT/11:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 975 words) - - - - NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (expect by 0001 GMT/8:01 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) (London duty editor: Pritha Sarkar/Ken Ferris)
