Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Sunday, Feb 12
Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Sunday: SOCCER Premier League Burnley v Chelsea (1330) Swansea City v Leicester City (1600) Chelsea bid to extend lead LONDON - Chelsea can open up a 12-point lead at the top of the table if they beat Burnley. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), expect from 1530 GMT/10:30 AM ET, by Steve Tongue, 400 words) La Liga Las Palmas v Sevilla Sevilla aim to get ailing title bid back on track BARCELONA - Third-placed Sevilla visit Las Palmas aiming to get their stuttering title bid back on track after failing to win their last two games. Atletico Madrid host Celta Vigo hoping to recover fourth place from Real Sociedad. (SOCCER-SPAIN/, expect by 2030 GMT/3:30 PM ET, by Richard Martin, 400 words) German Bundesliga Hoffenheim eye return to top three BERLIN - Hoffenheim will move back into the top three in the Bundesliga with victory over struggling VfL Wolfsburg as Cologne eye fourth spot with a win at Freiburg. (SOCCER-GERMANY/, expect by 1630 GMT/11:30 ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 350 words) Italian Serie A (1400 unless stated) Crotone v Roma (1130) Torino v Pescara Palermo v Atalanta Sassuolo v Chievo Inter Milan v Empoli Sampdoria v Bologna (1700) Cagliari v Juventus (1945) Relentless Juventus bid to extend winning streak ROME - Leaders Juventus are expected to make it five consecutive Serie A victories when they travel to Cagliari on Sunday, while third-placed Roma can overtake Napoli into second if they avoid defeat at struggling Crotone. (SOCCER-ITALY/, expect by 1330 GMT/8:30 AM ET, by Ed Dove, 400 words) French Ligue 1 Rennes v Nice (1400) St Etienne v Lorient (1600) Nantes v Marseille (2000) Nice keen to keep pace with leaders PARIS - Third-placed Nice are at Rennes looking to keep pace with top two Monaco and Paris St Germain, both of whom romped to convincing victories this weekend. With fourth-placed Lyon losing, Lucien Favre's side can further consolidate the final Champions League qualifying berth with a win. (SOCCER-FRANCE/, expect by 1600 GMT/11 AM ET, by Ed Dove, 250 words) GOLF Swing coach Leadbetter runs the rule over Trump and Abe U.S. President Donald Trump played a round of golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Florida on Saturday and esteemed swing coach David Leadbetter ran the rule over their respective golfing skills. (GOLF-TRUMP-ABE/ (FEATURE), moved, by Mark Lamport-Stokes, 610 words) PGA Tour: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, California Spieth among challengers at Pebble Beach Jordan Spieth putted superbly on Pebble Beach’s bumpy, rain-softened greens to surge six strokes clear after the third round of the weather-hit AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Saturday. (GOLF-PGA/, moved, 400 words) European Tour: Maybank Championship, Kuala Lumpur Willett eyes first win since U.S. Masters title KUALA LUMPUR - Englishman Danny Willett takes a three-stroke lead going into the final round at the Maybank Championship and has a strong chance to claim a first title since his dramatic U.S. Masters win last April. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, expect by 1000 GMT/7 AM ET, 250 words) RUGBY Six Nations France v Scotland (1500) Scotland eye rare victory in Paris PARIS - Scotland, buoyed by their opening victory over Ireland, bid for their first win in Paris since 1999. (RUGBY UNION-NATIONS/ (PIX, TV), expect by 1630 GMT/11:30 AM ET, by Julien Pretot, 400 words) CRICKET India v Bangladesh, first test, Hyderabad (to 13) Mushfiqur key to Bangladesh's hopes of avoiding follow-on Captain Mushfiqur Rahim and Mehedi Hasan are unbeaten after scoring half-centuries and will resume the fourth day on 322-6 with Bangladesh still needing 166 to avoid the follow-on in the one-off test against India. (CRICKET-INDIA/, expect throughout, 400 words) NBA Durant returns to Oklahoma City Kevin Durant scored 34 points in his return to Oklahoma City to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 130-114 victory over the Thunder. (BASKETBALL-NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0700 GMT/2 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 600 words) NHL Rampant Caps get 12th straight win Rookie Zach Sanford scored his first NHL goal with 2:39 left in the third period and Washington defeated Anaheim for their 12th straight home victory. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0630 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 900 words) NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (expect by 0100 GMT/8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 500 words) ALPINE SKIING World championships (to 19) Men's and women's downhills ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - After the men's downhill was postponed by fog on Saturday, both speed events will be run on Sunday with American Lindsey Vonn going for gold in the women's downhill before the men's race sees Eric Guay of Canada trying to do a rare double after winning the Super-G. (ALPINE-WORLD/, PIX, expect from 1200 GMT/7 AM ET, 400 words) (Asia desk editor: Peter Rutherford)
