Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Thursday, May 12
Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Thursday: DOPING WADA meets as new Russian doping scandal swirls MONTREAL - Anti-doping crusaders have warned that the World Anti-Doping Agency's foundation board meeting will be an explosive one as they deal with an escalating drugs scandal in Russian sport. (SPORT-DOPING/WADA (PIX, TV), expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, by Steve Keating, 450 words) MOTOR RACING Spanish Formula One Grand Prix Verstappen and Kvyat meet the media after Red Bull switch BARCELONA - Dutch teenager Max Verstappen and the man he has replaced at Red Bull, Russian Daniil Kvyat, appear together in what could be a lively news conference at the Circuit de Catalunya. (MOTOR-F1-SPAIN/, (PIX), expect by 1400 GMT/10 AM ET, by Alan Baldwin, 400 words) We will also have stories from around the paddock. SOCCER Baffled Kuwaiti clubs plea with FIFA to end ban MEXICO CITY - Kuwait's soccer clubs are baffled by their country's exclusion from international soccer and have urged FIFA to end a dispute they say they have nothing to do with. (SOCCER-FIFA/KUWAIT, expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, by Brian Homewood, 400 words) CONCACAF elects new president MEXICO CITY - CONCACAF, battered after years of scandal which has seen three former presidents indicted in the United States, will choose between Bermuda's Larry Mussenden and Canada's Victor Montagliani for the new president. (SOCCER-CONCACAF/ expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM, by Brian Homewood, 400 words) FIFA opens Congress MEXICO CITY - FIFA open its first Congress under the leadership of new president Gianni Infantino, elected in February to bring credibility back to soccer's scandal-plagued global body. (SOCCER-FIFA/ expect by 2330 GMT/7:30 PM ET, by Brian Homewood, 400 words) European Championship Belgium to name squad BRUSSELS - Belgium coach Marc Wilmots announces his squad for the European Championship at a news conference. (SOCCER-BELGIUM/, expect by 1030 GMT/6:30 AM ET, 300 words) Premier League Man City bid to secure top-four finish LONDON - Manchester City will guarantee fourth place and spot in the Champions League qualifying round if they win their final game of the season at Swansea City on Sunday. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), expect by 1300 GMT/9:00 AM ET, 400 words) Dutch league Europa spot up for grabs AMSTERDAM - The teams that finished from fifth to eighth at the end of the regular season in the Netherlands begin a play-off competition for a single spot in next season's Europa League. (SOCCER-NETHERLANDS/, expect by 1500 GMT/ 11 AM ET, 300 words) Oceania World Cup qualifiers WELLINGTON - New Zealand start as heavy favourites to win the Oceania conference but their job has been made harder with the news that their captain Winston Reid will not be available for the second round of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup finals. (SOCCER-WORLD/NEWZEALAND expect by 0700 GMT/3 AM ET, by Greg Stutchbury, 400 words) GOLF Players Championship, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (to 15) Spieth and Day in tasty grouping at TPC Sawgrass U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth returns to PGA Tour competition for the first time since his shocking final-round meltdown at last month's Masters when he tees off in the opening round at the TPC Sawgrass alongside Australian world number one Jason Day and South African Branden Grace. (GOLF-PGA/, expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, 400 words) NHL Sharks, Preds set for Game Seven showdown The Nashville Predators, seeking their first trip to a conference finals, visit the San Jose Sharks for a decisive seventh game to conclude their Western Conference semi-final series. (NHL-PLAYOFFS/SHARKS, expect by 0315 GMT/11:15 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) NBA Spurs visit Thunder with season on the line The second-seeded San Antonio Spurs try to keep their season alive when they visit the Oklahoma City Thunder needing a win to force a decisive seventh game in their Western Conference semi-final. (NBA-PLAYOFFS/THUNDER, expect by 0330 GMT/11:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) BASEBALL Yankees battle Royals, Dodgers host Mets Defending World Series champions Kansas City visit the New York Yankees in one of eight games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0245 GMT/10:45 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words) NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (expect by 0001 GMT/8:01 PM ET, 500 words) ICE HOCKEY World Championship MOSCOW - Defending champions Canada will be looking to make it four wins from four against a Germany side who shocked Slovakia 5-1 to record their first win in Group B. The United States have lost two games and are in action in the same group against France. In Group A hosts Russia play Denmark and the Czech Republic face Norway. (ICE HOCKEY-WORLD/, expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, by Dmitriy Rogovitskiy, 250 words) (Asia duty editor: Peter Rutherford)
