Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Friday
Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Friday:
SOCCER
Champions League quarter-final draw
Holders Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, Man City await draw
NYON, Switzerland - Holders Real Madrid, La Liga leaders Barcelona, German champions Bayern Munich and Premier League leaders Manchester City join Juventus, AS Roma, Liverpool and Sevila in the draw for the last eight of Europe's premier club competition. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/DRAW, expect by 1130 GMT/7:30 ET, (PIX, TV), by Brian Homewood, 400 words)
Europa League quarter-final draw
Atletico Madrid, Arsenal, Lazio, Marseille head draw
NYON, Switzerland - Atletico Madrid, second in La Liga, Arsenal, Lazio and Olympique Marseille join CSKA Moscow, Salzburg, RB Leipzig and Sporting Lisbon in the draw for the last eight in Europe's second-tier club competition. (SOCCER-EUROPA/DRAW, expect by 1230 GMT/8:30 ET, 300 words)
England
We continue the build-up to the weekend's Premier League matches and FA Cup quarter-finals. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ expect throughout)
La Liga
Girona grateful for working relationship with City
GIRONA - Girona president Delfi Geli speaks to Reuters about his side's remarkable performance in their first campaign in La Liga and talks about the club's relationship with Manchester City, who are their joint majority shareholders. (SOCCER-SPAIN-GIR/GELI (PIX) expect by 1300 GMT/9 AM ET, by Richard Martin, 400 words)
Ligue 1
Monaco v Lille (1945)
Monaco aim to consolidate second place
PARIS - Monaco bid to consolidate second place when they take on struggling Lille. (SOCCER-FRANCE-AMO-LIL/, 300 words)
GOLF
Arnold Palmer Invitational, Orlando (to 18)
Stenson leads at Bay Hill with Woods four shots back
Tiger Woods sits four strokes back in a tie for seventh as Sweden's Henrik Stenson thanks to a sizzling eight=under 64 carries a one-shot lead over Americans Aaron Wise and Talor Gooch into the second round at Bay Hill. (GOLF-PALMER/, expect by 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, 400 words)
TENNIS
ATP/WTA: BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells (to 18)
Halep, Williams chase finals berths in Indian Wells World number one Simona Halep goes for a berth in the Indian Wells final when the Romanian faces Japan's Naomi Osaka while 37-year-old Venus Williams faces 20-year-old Daria Kastakina in the other semi-final at the BNP Paribas Open. (TENNIS-INDIANWELLS/WOMEN, expect by 0300 GMT/11 PM ET, 400 words)
Del Potro meets Kohlschreibe in quarter-finals
Argentina's Juan Martín del Potro, the sixth seed who won the Acapulco Open, faces Germany's Philipp Kohlschreibe and American Sam Querrey takes on Canada's Milo Raonic in the quarter-finals at Indian Wells. (TENNIS-INDIANWELLS/MEN, expect by 0300 GMT/11 PM ET, 400 words)
CRICKET
Winds of change mean windfall for women players
NEW DELHI - Parity with the men remains a distant dream for women players but a wind of change is finally blowing through cricket and the confirmation came, fittingly, from the game's economic powerhouse last week. (CRICKET-INDIA/WOMEN, expect by 0800 GMT/4 AM ET, by Amlan Chakraborty, 700 words)
Twenty20 Tri-series
Sri Lanka meet Bangladesh in virtual semi-final
COLOMBO - Hosts Sri Lanka take on Bangladesh in a virtual semi-final, the winner of which will meet India in Sunday's summit clash at Colombo's R Premadasa Stadium.(CRICKET-T20-TRI/, expect by 1730 GMT/1:30 pm ET, 300 words)
RUGBY
Super Rugby (week five)
Waikato Chiefs v Bulls, Hamilton (0635)
Injury-depleted Chiefs face Bulls after week off
The inujury-depleted Waikato Chiefs have been forced to name Damian McKenzie at fullback, despite both the player and coach Colin Cooper wanting him to play flyhalf more this season, for their clash against South Africa's Bulls. (RUGBY-UNION-SUPER/CHIEFS, expect by 1000 GMT/6 AM ET, 400 words)
We will also move rolling HIGHLIGHTS of every match in the round.
MOTOR RACING
Formula One season preview package
We moved the final part of our preview package for the start of the season in Australia on March 25. All stories are accompanied by pictures.
The fourth and final part moved at 0300 GMT/11 PM ET and featured stories on world champion Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas, and Canadian youngster Lance Stroll as well as a preview of the season. (MOTOR-F1-SEASON/HAMILTON, MOTOR-F1-SEASON/BOTTAS, MOTOR-F1-SEASON/STROLL, MOTOR-F1-SEASON/ (PREVIEW)
NBA
Warriors playing without stars
The undermanned Golden State Warriors, with three All-Stars out, take on the visiting Sacramento Kings and the Eastern Conference-leading Toronto Raptors have a home game with the Dallas Mavericks in two of the six games on the National Basketball Association's schedule. (BASKETBALL-NBA/HIGHLIGHTS, expect by 0530 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by Field Level Media, 500 words)
NHL
Capitals face Islanders, try to stay ahead of Penguins
The Washington Capitals, locked in a tight race with the Pittsburgh Penguins for the Metropolitan Division lead, face off with the New York Islanders and the Nashville Predators, one of two teams already with 100 points, travel to the Colorado Avalanche in two of the six games on the National Hockey League schedule. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL/HIGHLIGHTS, expect by 0530 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by Field Level Media, 500 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 Field Level Media, 500 words (Asia Desk Editor: Peter Rutherford)