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Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Saturday, May 13

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Saturday: SOCCER Premier League Manchester City v Leicester City (1130) Bournemouth v Burnley (1400) Middlesbrough v Southampton (1400) Sunderland v Swansea City (1400) Stoke City v Arsenal (1630) Man City, Arsenal continue top-four chase LONDON - Manchester City host Leicester City and Arsenal travel to Stoke in the battle to finish in the top four after Chelsea clinched the title on Friday. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), expect by 1630 GMT/12 30 PM ET, by Martyn Herman, 500 words) Bundesliga Mainz v Eintracht Frankfurt (1330) Bayer Leverkusen v Cologne (1330) FC Augsburg v Borussia Dortmund (1330) RB Leipzig v Bayern Munich (1330) Freiburg v FC Ingolstadt 04 (1330) Schalke 04 v Hamburg SV (1330) SV Darmstadt 98 v Hertha Berlin (1330) VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Moenchengladbach (1330) Werder Bremen v Hoffenheim (1330) BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund and Hoffenheim face away trips as they battle for third place and an automatic Champions League group stage spot as Hamburg SV, the longest-serving Bundesliga club with an unbroken 54-year record, travel to Schalke 04 in their fight to avoid relegation. (SOCCER-GERMANY/ (PIX), expect by 1530 GMT/11:30 AM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 500 words) La Liga Espanyol v Valencia (1400) Osasuna v Granada CF (1630) Results only Serie A Fiorentina v Lazio (1600) Atalanta Bergamo v AC Milan (1845) Results only OLYMPICS Los Angeles throws down gauntlet to Paris in 2024 hosting battle LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles 2024 made a final pitch to the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission on Friday and now will wait and see if they hit a home run to win the right to host the Summer Games for a third time. (OLYMPICS-2024/LA, moved, by Steve Keating and Rory Carroll, 400 words) GOLF PGA Tour: Players Championship, Ponte Vedra, Florida (to 14) Oosthuizen and Stanley lead as big names languish South African Louis Oosthuizen and American Kyle Stanley lead the PGA Tour's flagship event at nine-under 135 heading into the third round at TPC Sawgrass, with most of the big names some distance behind, including Masters champion Sergio Garcia and world number one Dustin Johnson both trailing by nine strokes. (GOLF-PLAYERS/, expect by 0100 GMT/9 PM ET, 400 words) RUGBY UNION European Champions Cup Final Clermont Auvergne v Saracens Clermont bid to halt Saracens juggernaut EDINBURGH - French side Clermont seek their first European Cup title against English defending champions Saracens. (RUGBY UNION-CHAMPIONS/FINAL (PIX), expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Mitch Phillips, 400 words) Super Rugby Crusaders v Hurricanes (0735) Rebels v Reds (0945) Bulls v Highlanders (1305) Southern Kings v Sharks (1515) Jaguares v Western Force (2140) Crusaders battle Hurricanes in New Zealand blockbuster The Canterbury Crusaders will meet the champion Wellington Hurricanes at home in Christchurch in a match which will go some way to deciding the true contenders in the dominant New Zealand conference (RUGBY-UNION-SUPER/CRUSADERS, expect by 0930 GMT/ 5:30 AM ET, 300 words) Bulls seek redemption against in-form Highlanders PRETORIA – South Africa's ailing Bulls, after conceding over 60 points at home to the Canterbury Crusaders last weekend, get a chance for redemption when they host another in-form New Zealand side, the Otago Highlanders, at Loftus Versfeld. (RUGBY-UNION-SUPER/BULLS, expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, 300 words) TENNIS Madrid Open Djokovic and Nadal resume rivalry in semi-finals MADRID - Great rivals Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal meet for the first time in almost a year as they clash for the 50th time, with a place in the final as the prize. (TENNIS-MADRID/MEN, expect by 1600 GMT/12 00 ET, by Richard Martin, 400 words) MOTOR RACING Spanish Formula One Grand Prix Hamilton aiming to get back on pole in Spain BARCELONA - Lewis Hamilton aims to repeat his 2016 pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix after dominating Friday practice for champions Mercedes (MOTOR-F1-SPAIN/ (PIX, TV), expect by 1300GMT/9 A.M. ET, by Alan Baldwin, 500 words) We will also have stories from around the paddock. CYCLING Giro d'Italia (to 28) Luxembourg's Jungels leads Luxembourg's Bob Jungels (Quick-Step) is the overall leader heading into the eighth stage. (CYCLING-GIRO/ (TV), expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, 250 words) ATHLETICS Diamond League - Shanghai Rudisha, McLeod and Clement on show in Diamond League SHANGHAI - A host of Olympic and world champions compete in the second Diamond League meeting of the season, including David Rudisha in the 800 metres, Omar McLeod in the 110 hurdles and Kerron Clement in the 400 hurdles, while Jamaica's Elaine Thompson in the 100 and Shaunae Miller in the 400 headline the women's events. (ATHLETICS-DIAMOND/SHANGHAI (TV), 500 words) CRICKET West Indies v Pakistan Third test finely balanced starting fourth day West Indies resume at 218 for five in their first innings, still 158 behind Pakistan's first-innings total in Dominica in the deciding test of the three-test series, which is tied at 1-1. (CRICKET-WIN-PAK/, expect by 2300 GMT/7PM ET, 300 words) BASEBALL NL West-leading Rockies host Dodgers The National League West-leading Colorado Rockies try to pad their division lead when they host the second place Los Angeles Dodgers while the Boston Red Sox host the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park 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) NHL Penguins hosts Senators in East final opener Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins host the Ottawa Senators in the opening game of the NHL’s best-of-seven Eastern Conference final. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0530 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 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: Ian Ransom)