Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Sunday, May 21
Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Sunday: SOCCER La Liga (1445 unless stated) Atletico Madrid v Athletic Club Celta Vigo v Real Sociedad Valencia v Villarreal Barcelona v Eibar (1800) Malaga v Real Madrid (1800) Real look to lift first title in five years at Malaga MALAGA - Real Madrid need a point at Malaga to clinch their first La Liga title since 2012, while Barca, three points off the pace, host Eibar needing to win and hoping Real lose to land a third title in three seasons. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Richard Martin, 500 words) Serie A (1300 unless stated) AC Milan v Bologna Empoli v Atalanta Bergamo Genoa v Torino Juventus v Crotone Sassuolo v Cagliari Udinese v Sampdoria Lazio v Inter Milan (1845) ROME - Juventus can clinch the Serie A title if they beat 18th-placed Crotone in their penultimate match after AS Roma put pressure on them with a 5-3 victory at Chievo Verona and moved within one point of the league leaders. (SOCCER-ITALY/, expect by 1750 GMT/1:50 PM ET, 400 words) Premier League (1400) Arsenal v Everton Burnley v West Ham United Chelsea v Sunderland Hull City v Tottenham Hotspur Leicester City v Bournemouth Liverpool v Middlesbrough Manchester United v Crystal Palace Southampton v Stoke City Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion Watford v Manchester City Final Champions League spots up for grabs LONDON - Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal battle for the final two Champions League qualifying places on the final day of the Premier League season with Chelsea having already wrapped up the title. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/, expect by 1600 GMT/10 AM ET, by Martyn Herman and Steve Tongue, 500 words) We will also have individual match reports plus sidebars. SOCCER-ENGLAND-TEAMA-TEAMB/) Scottish Premier League Celtic v Hearts (1130) Champions Celtic look to end season unbeaten Treble-chasing champions Celtic host Hearts on the final day looking to become the first Scottish title-winning side to go a whole season unbeaten since Glasgow Rangers in 1899. (SOCCER-SCOTLAND-CEL-HOM/, expect by 1330 GMT/7:30 AM ET, by Ed Dove, 300 words) Chinese Super League Guizhous Manzano looking for back-to-back wins in CSL HONG KONG - We bring you a wrap of the latest round of fixtures in the Chinese Super League as recently installed Guizhou Zhicheng coach Gregorio Manzano looks to steer his new side to a second straight win when they meet Henan Jianye. (SOCCER-CHINA/ expect by 1500 GMT/1000 AM ET, 500 words) TENNIS ATP/WTA: Italian Open (to 21) Djokovic looks to end title drought in final against Zverev Novak Djokovic will be eager to complete his preparations for his French Open title defence by winning his first title since January when he takes on Alexander Zverev in the Italian Open final. (TENNIS-ROME/MEN, expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, 400 words) Halep targets back-to-back claycourt titles Romania's Simona Halep will be looking to follow up her triumph at last week's Madrid Open by downing Ukrainian eighth seed Elina Svitolina in the Italian Open final. (TENNIS-ROME/WOMEN, expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, 300 words) CRICKET Indian Premier League final, Hyderabad Smith's Pune eye first IPL title against mighty Mumbai Rising Pune Supergiant will be eyeing their first Indian Premier League title when the Steve Smith-led side take on two-time champions Mumbai Indians whom they beat in the first qualifier on Tuesday. (CRICKET-INDIA/IPL, expect by 1930 GMT/3:30 PM ET, 350 words) CYCLING Giro d'Italia (to 28) Tom Dumolin holds the overall lead heading into Stage 15, a 199km ride from Valdengo to Bergamo, after an outstanding summit finish in Oropa. (CYCLING-GIRO/, expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, by Ed Dove, 300 words) MOTOR RACING Indy 500 Pole up for grabs at Indianapolis Two times Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso and eight other drivers, including the fastest qualifier, Ed Carpenter, battle for the coveted pole position in next week's Indy 500. (MOTOR-INDY-INDY500/QUALIFYING, expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, 400 words) MOTORCYCLING French MotoGP Vinales on pole with Yamaha team mate Rossi second Spaniard Maverick Vinales starts on pole position at Le Mans with his Yamaha team mate and MotoGP leader Valentino Rossi alongside on the front row. (MOTOR-MOTOGP-FRANCE/, expect by 1300 GMT/9 AM ET, 400 words) RUGBY Australia woes fan frustration in neighbouring New Zealand MELBOURNE - The crisis enveloping Australia's Super Rugby teams has coaches concerned for their players' mental health and local fans tipping a gloomy international season ahead, but there is precious little sympathy coming out of neighbouring New Zealand. (RUGBY-UNION-SUPER/AUSTRALIA-NEWZEALAND, expect by 0700 GMT/3 AM ET, by Ian Ransom, 500 words) Super Rugby NSW Waratahs v Melbourne Rebels (0605) Waratahs bid to keep season alive SYDNEY - The Waratahs could yet inject a glimmer of hope into a largely woeful season by beating the Melbourne Rebels at home and keeping their hopes of a playoffs berth alive (RUGBY-UNION-SUPER/WARATAHS, expect by 0800 GMT/4 AM ET, 300 words) ICE HOCKEY Ice Hockey world championships Canada chase title hat-trick COLOGNE - Canada will be bidding to complete a third successive triumph when they take on 2013 champions Sweden.(ICEHOCKEY-WORLD/, expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, 300 words) (Asia desk editor: Greg Stutchbury)
