Reuters Sports Schedule at 1530 GMT on Saturday, Aug 27

08/27/2016 11:28

Reuters sports schedule at 1530 GMT on Saturday (times GMT):

SOCCER

Premier League

Chelsea v Burnley (1400)

Crystal Palace v Bournemouth (1400)

Everton v Stoke City (1400)

Leicester City v Swansea City (1400)

Southampton v Sunderland (1400)

Watford v Arsenal (1400)

Hull City v Manchester United (1630)

United, Chelsea, Hull look to maintain 100 percent starts

LONDON - Tottenham drew 1-1 with Liverpool in the early fixture before Manchester United, Chelsea and Hull look to maintain their 100 percent starts to the season later in the day. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), moved with updates to follow, by Ed Dove, 650 words)

La Liga

Eibar v Valencia (1615)

Osasuna v Real Sociedad (1615)

Real Madrid v Celta Vigo (1815)

Leganes v Atletico Madrid (2015)

First home game of season for Real Madrid

BARCELONA - European champions Real Madrid play their first home La Liga game of the season against Celta Vigo after scoring a 3-0 win at Real Sociedad in last week's opener. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Richard Martin, 400 words)

Bundesliga

Cologne v SV Darmstadt 98 (1330)

Borussia Dortmund v Mainz (1330)

Eintracht Frankfurt v Schalke 04 (1330)

Augsburg v VfL Wolfsburg (1330)

Hamburg SV v Ingolstadt 04 (1330)

Borussia Moenchengladbach v Bayer Leverkusen (1630)

Dortmund coach Tuchel takes on former club Mainz

BERLIN - New-look Borussia Dortmund kick off their Bundesliga campaign at home to coach Thomas Tuchel's former club Mainz. (SOCCER-GERMANY/ (PIX), expect by 1530 GMT/11:30 AM ET, 300 words)

Serie A

Lazio v Juventus (1600)

Napoli v AC Milan (1845)

Milan and Juve look for away victories to stay unbeaten

MILAN - After winning their opening game of the season last week, Milan face a stern test at last season's runners-up Napoli while champions Juventus visit Lazio. (SOCCER-ITALY/ (PIX), expect by 1830 GMT/2:30 PM ET, 500 words)

MOTOR RACING

Belgian Formula One Grand Prix (to 28)

Rosberg earns 28th career pole

SPA FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium - Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg took pole position for Sunday's race. (MOTOR-F1-BELGIUM/, moved, by Abhishek Takle, 400 words)

TENNIS

U.S. Open, New York (from Aug. 29 to Sept. 11)

Exhausted Nadal excited to rev up for Open

NEW YORK - Rafa Nadal shrugged off injury and gave his all in an exhausting but exhilarating ride at the Rio Olympics. Now the 14-times major winning Spaniard is ready to try and do it all over again at the upcoming U.S. Open. (TENNIS-USOPEN/, expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, by Larry Fine, 400 words)

ATP Tour: Winston-Salem Open

Bautista Agut faces Carreno Busta in all-Spanish final

Second seed Roberto Bautista Agut will target a fifth ATP career title, and third of the year, when he takes on Spanish compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta in the final of the Winston-Salem Open in a last tune-up for next week's U.S. Open. (TENNIS-MEN/WINSTONSALEM, expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, 250 words)

WTA Tour: Connecticut Open

Svitolina seeks safe haven in Connecticut

Elina Svitolina shoots for a fifth career WTA title in the final of the Connecticut Open in New Haven but a tough roadblock stands in the 21-year-old Ukrainian's way in the form of top seed Agnieszka Radwanska. (TENNIS-WOMEN/CONNECTICUT, expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, 250 words)

RUGBY UNION

Rugby Championship

Argentina v South Africa Salta (1940)

Argentina look to avenge last weekend's defeat

The Pumas, frustrated for letting a win in South Africa slip from their grasp a week ago, attempt to make amends when they host the Springboks. (RUGBY UNION-CHAMPIONSHIP/ARGENTINA (PIX), expect by 2130 GMT/5:30 PM ET, 400 words)

GOLF

PGA Tour: The Barclays, Farmingdale, New York (to 28)

Reed leads by two at Bethpage, Day four strokes back

Burly American Patrick Reed, seeking his fifth PGA Tour victory and an automatic selection for next month's Ryder Cup, takes a two-shot lead into the third round at Bethpage Black after carding a three-under 68 on Friday. World number one Jason Day trails by four strokes. (GOLF-PGA/, expect by 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, 400 words)

European Tour: Made In Denmark, Farso (to 28)

Leader Dredge bids to end 10-year wait for win

Welshman Bradley Dredge, seeking his first tour victory since the 2006 European Masters, takes a three-shot lead into the third round. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, 300 words)

LPGA Tour: Canadian Open, Calgary, Alberta (to 28)

World number two Jutanugarn surges in Canada

Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand seeks to move closer to her fifth victory of the year after posting a 12-under 132 halfway total heading into the third round at the Canadian Women's Open, while 19-year-old Lydia Ko is well placed in search of her fourth victory in the LPGA event. (GOLF-LPGA/, expect by 0100 GMT/9 PM ET, 300 words)

CRICKET

South Africa v New Zealand, second test (to 31)

Decisive test after first one washed away

PRETORIA - South Africa and New Zealand play a decisive test at Centurion after a wet outfield in Durban caused the abandonment of the first in the two-match series. (CRICKET-SAFRICA/, expect from 0830 GMT/4:30 AM ET, by Mark Gleeson, 300 words)

England v Pakistan, second one-day international, Lord's

England keen to double series lead at 'home of cricket'

Hosts England will be looking to maintain their recent dominance of Pakistan with the white ball to open a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series at Lord's. (CRICKET-ENGLAND/ expect from 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, 300 words)

BASEBALL

Hammel on mound for Cubs against Dodgers

The league-leading Chicago Cubs are scheduled to send right-hander Jason Hammel (13-6) to the mound against a Los Angeles Dodgers team holding a narrow lead in the National League West over the San Francisco Giants, in one of 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS, expect by 0500 GMT/1 AM 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) (Europe Desk Editor: Ed Osmond)

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