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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1600 GMT Sunday, June 14

Reuters sports schedule at 1600 GMT on Sunday: - - - - SOCCER FIFA Blatter may try to stay on as FIFA boss: Swiss paper GENEVA - Sepp Blatter may seek to stay on as the president of FIFA, a Swiss newspaper quoted an anonymous source close to Blatter as saying. The report comes less than two weeks after Blatter resigned as head of the world soccer organisation. (SOCCER FIFA/BLATTER, moved, by Tom Miles, 350 words) - - Copa America Brazil open Copa America campaign against Peru SANTIAGO - Brazil open their Copa America campaign against Peru while highly-fancied Colombia take on Venezuela. (SOCCER-COPA/ (PIX), expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, by Gideon Long, 400 words) - - Women's World Cup (to July 5) No matches scheduled. Spot stories on merit - - Euro 2016 qualifiers Group C Ukraine v Luxembourg (1600) Belarus v Spain (1845) Slovakia v Macedonia (1845) - - Group E Estonia v San Marino (1600) Slovenia v England (1600) Lithuania v Switzerland (1845) - - Group G Liechtenstein v Moldova (1600) Russia v Austria (1600) Sweden v Montenegro (1845) - - We will bring you reports on the main qualifiers including a top of the table clash between Slovenia and England. - - 2017 African Nations Cup qualifiers Nations Cup qualifiers continue with 12 matches scheduled JOHANNESBURG - There are 12 matches scheduled to complete a busy total of 26 on the opening weekend of qualification for the 2017 African Nations Cup finals in Gabon. (SOCCER-AFRICA/NATIONS, expect 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, by Mark Gleeson, 400 words) - - - - GOLF Women's PGA Championship (to 14) Park looks to win the major for third time in a row HARRISON, New York - Park In-bee carries a two-stroke lead into the final round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Westchester Country Club looking to win the major title for a third year in a row and reclaim the world number one ranking. (GOLF-LPGA/, expect by 2330 GMT/7:30 PM ET, by Larry Fine, 400 words) - - PGA Tour: FedEx St. Jude Classic (to 14) Memphis Owen, Gomez lead in Memphis Englishman Greg Owen and Fabian Gomez of Argentina lead into the final round at the TPC Southwind, where 14 golfers are within four shots of the lead. (GOLF-PGA/, lead by 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, 400 words) - - Champions Tour: Senior Players Championship (to 14) Belmont, Massachusetts Langer surges eight ahead at Belmont Country Club Defending champion Bernhard Langer of Germany has an almost unbeatable eight-shot lead going into the final round at Belmont Country Club in the third of the season's five major championships for senior golfers. (GOLF-SENIOR/, expect lead by 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, 300 words) - - - - CRICKET West Indies v Australia, Kingston, second test (to 15) Australia have Windies on ropes in second test West Indies face likely defeat against Australia as they resume their second innings with two wickets down, still needing 376 runs for victory. (CRICKET-WINDIES/, expect first lead by 1730 GMT/1:30 PM ET, 400 words) - - England v New Zealand, Southampton, third ODI Run-filled series level at 1-1 LONDON - England and New Zealand are locked at 1-1 after two high-scoring and hugely entertaining matches going into the third game of the series in Southampton. (CRICKET-ENGLAND/, expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, 300 words) - - - - EUROPEAN GAMES European Games in full swing BAKU - The inaugural European Games are in full swing with a second day of medals competitions in the Azeri capital. (GAMES-EUROPE/ (PIX, TV), by Tom Hayward, 400 words) - - - - NBA Warriors and Cavs tied at two games a piece Golden State return home for pivotal Game Five of the National Basketball League championship series as the Warriors try to wear down the injury-depleted Cleveland Cavaliers. (NBA-FINALS/(PIX), expect by 0400 GMT/12 AM ET, 400 words) - - - - BASEBALL Blue Jays go for 11th consecutive win Marco Estrada is scheduled to be the starting pitcher for Toronto as the surging Blue Jays seek to extend their winning streak to 10 games when they meet the struggling Boston Red Sox in the final encounter of a three-game series in one of 15 games on the major league schedule. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 700 words) - - - - TENNIS ATP/WTA: Topshelf Open, Netherlands WTA: Nottingham Open (to 15) ATP: Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart (to 14) Copy on merit - - - - CYCLING Tour of Switzerland (to 21) Copy on merit - - - - ATHLETICS Rabat IAAF World Challenge meeting, Morocco Copy on merit (Europe desk editor: Pritha Sarkar)