Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday, May 27
Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday: - - - - TENNIS French Open Li out in first round, Murray starts campaign PARIS - Australian Open champion Li Na of China lost in the first round to local favourite Kristina Mladenovic. Andy Murray begins his campaign against Kazakh Andrey Golubev. (TENNIS-OPEN/ (PIX), moved, by Julien Pretot and Robert Woodward, 800 words) - - - - SOCCER World Cup We continue the build-up to next month's World Cup in Brazil with news of warmup matches involving France, Japan and the United States. (SOCCER-WORLD/, expect stories throughout) - - Three cut from Australia squad for World Cup SYDNEY - Australia coach Ange Postecoglou cuts three players from his 30-man preliminary World Cup squad and picks over Tuesday's underwhelming 1-1 draw with South Africa. (SOCCER-WORLD/AUSTRALIA (PIX, TV), moved, by Nick Mulvenney, 400 words) - - - - CYCLING Giro d'Italia (to June 1) Uran seeks to maintain lead on tough 16th stage After Monday's rest day Colombia's Rigoberto Uran aims to protect his lead on stage 16 featuring the daunting Passo Gavia and Stelvio climbs. (CYCLING-GIRO/ (PIX), expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, 350 words) - - - - GOLF Scott, defending champion Kuchar head Memorial field Fresh from victory at the Crowne Plaza Invitational on Sunday, Australian Adam Scott returns to action at this week's Memorial tournament in Dublin, Ohio where he makes his second consecutive appearance on the PGA Tour since replacing Tiger Woods as world number one. We preview the high-profile event hosted by Jack Nicklaus at Muirfield Village Golf Club where fourth-ranked American Matt Kuchar defends the title he won by two shots last year. (GOLF-PGA/PREVIEW (PIX), expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, 450 words) - - - - NBA Thunder set out to square up series with Spurs The Oklahoma City Thunder, sparked by the return of Serge Ibaka to their lineup in the previous game, look to pull even in the best-of-seven Western Conference finals when they host the San Antonio Spurs for Game Four. (NBA-PLAYOFFS/THUNDER (PIX), expect by 0345 GMT/11:45 PM ET, 500 words) - - - - NHL Rangers look to advance to Stanley Cup finals The New York Rangers can advance to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since claiming the title 20 years ago when they visit the Montreal Canadiens leading the best-of-seven East final 3-1. (NHL-PLAYOFFS/CANADIENS (PIX), expect by 0300 GMT/11:00 PM ET, 500 words) - - - - BASEBALL Blue Jays' Buehrle seeks MLB-leading ninth win Toronto Blue Jays left-hander Mark Buehrle seeks his major league-leading ninth win of the season when he faces the Tampa Bay Rays while the Texas Rangers send Japan's Yu Darvish to the mound versus the Minnesota Twins in two of the 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/ (PIX), expect by 0330 GMT/11:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 975 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, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) (London Duty editor: Ed Osmond)
