Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Friday, March 3
Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Friday:
SOCCER
IFAB to discuss experiments with laws of the game
LONDON - Soccer's rule-making body, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), meets at Wembley Stadium to consider allowing the use of sin bins at lower level matches, while reviewing a number of other experiments with the laws of the game (SOCCER-FIFA/LAWS, expect by 1900 GMT/3pm ET, 400 words, by Martyn Herman)
Bundesliga
FC Augsburg v RB Leipzig (1930)
Leipzig bid to close gap on Bayern with win at Augbsurg
BERLIN - Second-placed Leipzig visit lowly Augsburg looking to move within two points of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich who travel to Cologne on Saturday. (SOCCER-GERMANY/, expect by 2130 GMT/4:30 PM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 300 words)
La Liga
Real Betis v Real Sociedad (1945)
Torres neck injury
Monitoring updates on Fernando Torres after the Atletico Madrid striker spent Thursday night in hospital with a neck injury sustained in a 1-1 draw at Deportivo La Coruna. (SOCCER-SPAIN-ATM-TORRES/, expect by 1100 GMT/4pm ET, by Richard Martin, 400 words)
Luis Enrique speaks after deciding future
BARCELONA-Luis Enrique addresses the media to preview Barcelona's La Liga game with Celta Vigo in his first media appearance since announcing on Wednesday that he will leave the club after three trophy laden years at the end of the season. (SOCCER-SPAIN-FCB-LUISENRIQUE/, expect by 1400 GMT/9pm ET, by Richard Martin, 400 words)
Ligue 1
Girondins Bordeaux v Olympique Lyon (1945)
Premier League
We bring you the managers' press conferences and all the latest news ahead of the weekend fixtures which include Liverpool against Arsenal at Anfield on Saturday.
TENNIS
Djokovic, Nadal eye semi-final berths in Mexico
Top seed Novak Djokovic faces Nick Kyrgios in quarter-final action at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel ATP event in Acapulco, Mexico, while Rafa Nadal, Marin Cilic and Dominic Thiem also try to secure semi-final berths. (TENNIS-MEN/ACAPULCO, expect by 0640 GMT/1:40 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)
ATP: Dubai Tennis Championships
Murray survives 38-point tiebreak to reach Dubai semis
Andy Murray saved seven match-points in a 31-minute tiebreak that stretched to 38 points before he finally subdued Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-7(4) 7-6(18) 6-1 to reach the Dubai Championships semi-finals on Thursday. (TENNIS-MEN/DUBAI, moved)
Brasil Open (TENNIS-MEN/BRAZIL, copy on merit)
WTA: Malaysian Open (TENNIS-WOMEN/KUALALUMPUR, copy on merit)
GOLF
European Tour: Tshwane Open, Pretoria (to 5)
Three-way tie at top of the leaderboard
PRETORIA - Alexander Bjork, Gregory Havret and Haydn Porteous share the lead after the first round at the Pretoria County Club but only three shots separate the top 33 players at the European Tour event. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, expect by 1600 GMT/ 11 AM ET, 250 words)
LPGA: HSBC Women's Champions, Singapore (to 5)
(GOLF-LPGA, copy on merit)
NHL
Canadiens try to extend win streak versus Nashville
The Eastern Conference-leading Montreal Canadiens put their four-game win streak on the line versus the visiting Nashville Predators while the New York Rangers visit the Boston Bruins in a clash of Original Six franchises in two of the 10 games on the National Hockey League schedule. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0630 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words)
CRICKET
India v Australia, second test (from 4)
Kohli and Smith preview second test
BENGALURU - India captain Virat Kohli and Australia counterpart Steve Smith preview the second match of the four-test series starting on Saturday at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium with the touriats leading 1-0. (CRICKET-INDIA/ (PIX), expect by 1100 GMT/6 AM ET, by Sudipto Ganguly, 400 words)
West Indies v England, 1st ODI
West Indies and England prepare for Champions Trophy
NORTH SHORE, Antigua - West Indies and England begin a three-match one day international series to prepare for the Champions Trophy in June with the first of two matches in three days at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. (CRICKET-WINDIES, expect by 2330 GMT/6:30 PM ET, 300 words)
RUGBY UNION
Super Rugby - week two
Waikato Chiefs v Auckland Blues, Hamilton (0635)
The Chiefs pulled off an ugly victory over the Otago Highlanders in the first week of the Super Rugby season though they will prove a far tougher test for Tana Umaga's Auckland side than the Melbourne Rebels, who the Blues hammered 56-18 in the championship opener. (RUGBY UNION-SUPER/CHIEFS, expect by 0900 GMT/4 AM ET, 350 words)
We will also run highlights (RUGBY UNION-SUPER/HIGHLIGHTS) with brief updates on each match of the round. (Asia desk editor: Amlan Chakraborty)
