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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday, June 1

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday: - - - - TENNIS Djokovic faces French test in Paris PARIS - Second seed Novak Djokovic takes on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, like him a losing semi-finalist at Roland Garros last year, in the pick of the men's last 16 matches at the French Open on Sunday. (TENNIS-OPEN/ (PIX), expect throughout, by Julien Pretot and Robert Woodward, 800 words) - - - - SOCCER World Cup warm-up and international friendly matches USA v Turkey 1800 Sweden v Belgium 1830 Germany v Cameroon 1830 France v Paraguay 1900 Honduras v Israel 0000 Costa Rica v Japan 0100 We continue the build-up to next month's World Cup in Brazil with reports on all the warm-up matches and the latest injury and squad news. (SOCCER-WORLD/, expect stories throughout) - - - - NBA Spurs edge Thunder, set up Finals rematch with Heat The San Antonio Spurs dug deep to score a thrilling 112-107 overtime victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder to advance to the NBA Finals and a championship rematch against the Miami Heat. (NBA-PLAYOFFS/ (PIX), moved, 600 words) - - - BASEBALL Yankees' Tanaka improves to 8-1 with win over Twins Masahiro Tanaka improved to 8-1 and Brian McCann hit a go-ahead RBI single with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the New York Yankees to victory over the Minnesota Twins. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/ (PIX), moved, 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) - - - - GOLF PGA Tour: Memorial Tournament (to 1) Dublin, Ohio American Bubba Watson surged to the lead as Englishman Paul Casey plunged four strokes behind after the third round of the Memorial tournament in Dublin, Ohio on Saturday. (GOLF-PGA/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 450 words) - - European Tour: Scandinavian Masters, Stockholm (to June 1) Expect end of tournament lead - - - - CYCLING Giro d'Italia (to June 1) Quintana on verge of Giro triumph at first attempt Tour de France runner-up Nairo Quintana of Colombia is poised to win the Giro at the first attempt heading into the final stage, a flat ride over 172km from Gemona del Friuli to Trieste, with a 3:07 lead over compatriot Rigoberto Uran. (CYCLING-GIRO/ (PIX), expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, 350 words) - - - - MOTORCYCLING MotoGP: Mugello, Italy (June 1) Marquez on pole again ahead of Iannone and Lorenzo in Italy World champion Marc Marquez, winner of this season's first five races, is on pole for the sixth time in a row this term for the Italian MotoGP at Mugello ahead of Italian Andrea Iannone and Jorge Lorenzo of Spain. (MOTORCYCLING-PRIX/, 400 words) - - - - RUGBY All Blacks squad for England tests named WELLINGTON - New Zealand coach Steve Hansen will name his squad for the three-test series against England in June with livewire uncapped Wellington Hurricanes centre centre Malakai Fekitoa likely to get a call-up. (RUGBY-ZEALAND/SQUAD, expect by 0300 GMT, 400 words) (Asia duty editor: Martyn Herman)