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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday April 26

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday: SOCCER Champions League Manchester City v Real Madrid (2000) Experienced campaigners Real visit City hopefuls Ten-times winners Real Madrid appear in their 27th European Cup semi-final against a Manchester City side playing in their first continental semi-final for 45 years. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/, expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, by Martyn Herman, 400 words) TENNIS Wimbledon to beef up anti-doping measures LONDON - The Wimbledon championships will protect its squeaky clean image with enhanced anti-doping and anti-corruption measures for this year's 130th tournament. (TENNIS-WIMBLEDON/, moved, by Martyn Herman, 400 words) BASKETBALL Barcelona and Lokomotiv clash in Euroleagie tiebreaker KRASNODAR, RUSSIA - Twice former Euroleague winners Barcelona face a crunch quarter-final tiebreaker at Russians Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar, with the winners advancing to the May 13-15 Final Four in Berlin. (BASKETBALL-EUROLEAGUE/expext story by 1930 GMT/3.30 PM ET; By Zoran Milosavljevic, 300 words) NBA Raptors host Pacers for Game Five The Toronto Raptors host the Indiana Pacers in Game Five with their first-round best-of-seven Eastern Conference playoff series tied at two games apiece. (NBA-PLAYOFFS/RAPTORS, expect by 0100 GMT/9 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) Hawks seek upper hand versus Celtics The Atlanta Hawks host the Boston Celtics in Game Five with each team looking to move ahead in the first-round best-of-seven Eastern Conference playoff series. (NBA-PLAYOFFS/HAWKS, expect by 0330 GMT/11:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) BASEBALL White Sox's Sale eyes MLB-leading fifth victory Undefeated Chicago White Sox left-hander Chris Sale seeks his Major League Baseball-leading fifth win of the season when he takes the mound versus the host Toronto Blue Jays in one of the 15 games on the 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) (Asia desk editor: Peter Rutherford)