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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday, Feb 22

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday: - - - - CRICKET World Cup (to March 29) Sri Lanka and India win Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by four wickets in Dunedin and India defeated South Africa by 130 runs in Melbourne. (CRICKET-WORLD/, moved, 400 words) - - - - SOCCER Premier League Everton v Leicester City (1405) Southampton v Liverpool (1615) Liverpool trio return to old stamping ground LONDON - Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert and Dejan Lovren, who left Southampton in the close season, return to the St Mary's Stadium with new club Liverpool. Tottenham Hostpur drew 2-2 with West Ham United in the early game. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), moved with updates to follow, by Toby Davis, 600 words) - - La Liga Athletic Club v Rayo Vallecano (1600) Villarreal v Eibar (1800) Elche v Real Madrid (2000) Real look to extend lead at top of La Liga with Elche win BARCELONA - Real Madrid aim to capitalise on Barcelona's surprise defeat by Malaga and extend their lead at the top of La Liga with victory over Elche. Real Sociedad edged Sevilla 4-3 in the early game. (SOCCER-SPAIN/(PIX), moved with updates to follow, by Tim Hanlon, 400 words) - - Serie A AC Milan v Cesena (1400) Empoli v Chievo Verona (1400) Lazio v Palermo (1400) Parma v Udinese (1400) Verona v AS Roma (1400) Fiorentina v Torino (1945) Roma need win to keep Juventus in their sights MILAN - Second-placed AS Roma, 10 points behind Juventus, need to win away to Verona to keep the Serie A leaders in their sights with a match between the leading pair looming in one week's time. (SOCCER-ITALY/(PIX), expect by 1600 GMT/11 AM ET, 500 words) - - Bundesliga Hamburg SV v Borussia Moenchengladbach (1430) VfL Wolfsburg v Hertha Berlin (1630) Hamburg want win over Gladbach after last week's demolition BERLIN - Struggling Hamburg SV want to make amends for last week's 8-0 demolition by Bayern Munich with a win against Borussia Moenchengladbach as second-placed VfL Wolfsburg take on Hertha Berlin to close the gap to leaders Bayern. (SOCCER-GERMANY/ (PIX), expect by 1630 GMT/11:30 AM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 350 words) - - Ligue 1 En Avant Guingamp v Montpellier HSC (1300) Olympique Lyon v Nantes (1600) Stade de Reims v Metz (1600) St Etienne v Olympique Marseille (2000) Lyon looking to reclaim top spot against Nantes PARIS - Olympique Lyonnais will reclaim the Ligue 1 lead if they at least draw at home against Nantes (SOCCER-FRANCE/(PIX), expect by 1800 GMT/1 PM ET, by Julien Pretot, 300 words) - - Dutch Championship Heerenveen v Groningen (1130) Twente Enschede v Vitesse Arnhem (1330) PSV Eindhoven v FC Dordrecht (1330) Willem II Tilburg v Ajax Amsterdam (1330) Feyenoord v Excelsior (1545) PSV seek to keep up runaway lead AMSTERDAM - Leaders PSV host bottom placed FC Dordrecht as they seek to keep up their runaway lead while second placed Ajax have a tricky tie away at Willem II. (SOCCER-DUTCH/, expect by 1800 GMT/1 PM ET, 300 words) - - - - CYCLING World track championships, France (to 22) Copy on merit - - Tour of Andalucia (to 22) Copy on merit - - - - GOLF PGA Tour: Northern Trust Open, Pacific Palisades, California (to 16) South African Goosen two strokes clear at tricky Riviera PACIFIC PALISADES, California - South African Retief Goosen, seeking a first PGA Tour victory in six years, takes a two-shot lead into Sunday's final round at Riviera Country Club after grinding out a two-under-par 69 in tough scoring conditions on Saturday. Masters champion Bubba Watson, who won last year, was four off the pace. (GOLF-PGA/ (PIX), expect first lead by 2300 GMT/6 PM ET, by Mark Lamport-Stokes, 400 words) - - Ryder Cup Love a dominant theme at Riviera PACIFIC PALISADES, California - Davis Love III may have missed the cut at this week's Northern Trust Open but the PGA Tour veteran's presence has loomed large over the tournament at Riviera Country Club. The U.S. Ryder Cup captain in 2012, Love is widely expected to be given the role on Tuesday for a second time in the 2016 edition at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. (GOLF-PGA/RYDER (FEATURE, PIX), expect by 2100 GMT/4 PM ET, by Mark Lamport-Stokes, 550 words) - - MOTOR RACING Pole sitter Gordon goes for stirring Daytona 500 farewell DAYTONA BEACH, Florida - Three-times Daytona 500 winner Jeff Gordon starts from pole position in his last Great American Race after announcing his retirement from full-time racing on the NASCAR circuit.