Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday, Aug 10
Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday: - - - - GOLF PGA Championship, Louisville, Kentucky (to 10) Title favourite McIlroy one ahead going into final round 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 Austrian surprise package Bernd Wiesberger into the final round at Valhalla Golf Club. (GOLF-PGA/ (PIX), expect first story by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Mark Lamport-Stokes, 650 words) - - - - SOCCER English Community Shield Arsenal v Manchester City (1400) City without eight players for Shield clash with Arsenal LONDON - Premier League champions Manchester City will be without eight players for the traditional curtain-raiser to the English season at Wembley while Arsenal will be missing their three German World Cup winners. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/SHIELD (PIX), expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, by Michael Collett, 400 words) - - English Championship Wolverhampton Wanderers v Norwich City (1500) Relegated Norwich face tricky test at promoted Wolves Norwich City, who were relegated from the Premier League last season, face a difficult opening Championship fixture at promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/SECOND, expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, 400 words) - - Ligue 1 Olympique Lyonnais v Stade Rennes (1500) AS Monaco v Lorient (1900) Monaco kick off their season at home to Lorient PARIS - Last season's runners-up AS Monaco welcome Lorient for their first Ligue 1 game of the season without World Cup top scorer James Rodriguez, the Colombian having been sold to Real Madrid, while Olympique Lyonnais start their campaign at home to Stade Rennes. (SOCCER-FRANCE/ (PIX), expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, 500 words) - - Dutch championship Ado Den Haag v Feyenoord (1030) Ajax Amsterdam v Vitesse Arnhem (1230) Go Ahead Eagles v Groningen (1230) Willem II v PSV Eindhoven (1445) Ajax aiming for fifth straight championship success Champions Ajax Amsterdam start their campaign for a record fifth successive Dutch title at home to Vitesse Arnhem while championship hopefuls Feyenoord visit Ado Den Haag and PSV Eindhoven travel to Willem II. (SOCCER-DUTCH/, expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, 300 words) - - - - TENNIS Rogers Cup, ATP: Toronto, WTA: Montreal Federer goes for 80th career title against Tsonga TORONTO - Roger Federer will play for a landmark 80th career title when he takes on Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final of the Rogers Cup. After knocking off world number Novak Djokovic taking out twice champion and eighth seed Andy Murray and seventh seed Grigor Dimitrov, Tsonga will have to hope he has one more surprise in his bag of upsets as he tries to deny Federer a third Canadian title. (TENNIS-TORONTO/ (PIX), expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, by Steve Keating, 500 words) - - - - Williams looks for winning souvenir in Montreal Venus Williams looks to end her first visit to Montreal with a title as she takes on third seeded Agnieszka Radwanska in the final of the Rogers Cup. (TENNIS-MONTREAL/ (PIX), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, 400 words) - - - - CRICKET Sri Lanka v Pakistan, first test Sri Lanka win first test as Pakistan crumble GALLE, Sri Lanka - Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath claimed six wickets as Sri Lanka fashioned an unlikely seven-wicket victory over Pakistan to go one-up in the two-test series. (CRICKET-PAKISTAN/, moved, 400 words) - - Zimbabwe v South Africa, Harare, one-off test (to 13) Elgar half-century edges South Africa closer to lead HARARE - Opener Dean Elgar struck a patient half-century as South Africa went to tea on 146 for two on the second day of the one-off test against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club. (CRICKET-SAFRICA/, moved with updates to follow, by Nick Said, 300 words) - - - - SWIMMING Phelps and Lochte meet in 200 IM at U.S. nationals Olympic champion Michael Phelps challenges world record holder Ryan Lochte in the 200 metres individual medley on the concluding 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, by Jahmal Corner, 400 words) - - - - BASEBALL Kershaw out to keep streak going in showdown with Brewers Clayton Kershaw goes for his 11th consecutive victory and 14th of the season when the Los Angeles Dodgers visit the Milwaukee Brewers in a clash of National League division leaders in one 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) - - - - MOTORCYCLING Marquez goes for 10th consecutive win Spain's Marc Marquez will start from pole at the Indianapolis Grand Prix as he chases a 10th consecutive MotoGP victory. (MOTORCYCLING-US/ (PIX), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, 300 words) (London duty editor: Pritha Sarkar/Ken Ferris)
