Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Sunday, August 17
Aug 17 (Reuters) - Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Sunday (all times GMT):
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OLYMPICS
BEIJING - Keep up to date on all Olympic news and breaking stories from our team of reporters in Beijing. Double-click on the code in brackets to visit our dedicated Olympic Schedule: [nSP207906]
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BASEBALL
Tampa Bay Rays v Texas Rangers
HOUSTON - Edwin Jackson goes for his 10th win this year when the Tampa Bay Rays, pacesetters in the American League East, visit the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark on Saturday. The right-hander is 9-7 with a 4.07 earned run average this season. Texas, who have lost their last three games, will counter with lefty Matt Harrison (4-2, 7.07).
(BASEBALL/RAYS), expect by 0300, 300 words.
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GOLF
Wyndham Championship
GREENSBORO, North Carolina - Sweden's Carl Pettersson will take a two-shot advantage into the final round of the Wyndham Championship after a solid four-under 66 kept the overnight leader clear of the field.
(GOLF-PGA/), pix, Andrew Both reports, 450 words, expect first lead at around 2000.
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Scandinavian Masters
ARLANDASTAD, Sweden - Local favourite Peter Hanson, who has thrown his hat in the ring for an unlikely Ryder Cup place, takes a two-shot lead into the final round on 10-under. Five players share second -- Nick Dougherty and Gary Orr of Britain, Dane Soren Kjeldsen and Swedes Daniel Chopra and Pelle Edberg.
(GOLF-EUROPEAN/), expect first copy at 1500, Norman Dabell reports
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TENNIS
ATP: Washington Classic (to 17)
WASHINGTON - Serbian Viktor Troicki takes on Russian Igor Kunitsyn in a bid to face Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro in Sunday's final. Del Potro destroyed German Tommy Haas 6-2 6-1 in the first semi-final earlier on Saturday.
(TENNIS-MEN/WASHINGTON) Simon Cambers reports.
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WTA: Cincinnati Open (to 17)
CINCINNATI - Fifth seed Amelie Mauresmo, playing her first tournament since picking up a thigh injury at Wimbledon, faces fellow Frenchwoman Nathalie Dechy for a place in Sunday's final. Second seed Nadia Petrova meets number three seed Maria Kirilenko in an all-Russian clash in the second semi-final.
(TENNIS-WOMEN/CINCINNATI) 250 words. Expect around 0300.
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SOCCER
PREMIER LEAGUE
Chelsea v Portsmouth (1230)
Aston Villa v Manchester City (1400)
Manchester United v Newcastle United (1500)
LONDON - Manchester United begin their title defence without Cristiano Ronaldo, recovering from ankle surgery, against a Newcastle side aiming to improve on a dismal season. Runners-up Chelsea under new boss Luiz Felipe Scolari host FA Cup winners Portsmouth having tied Frank Lampard to a new contract.
(SOCCER-ENGLAND/) pix. Expect first story at 1400, Mike Collett reports.
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BUNDESLIGA
Borussia Moenchengladbach v VfB Stuttgart
Eintracht Frankfurt v Hertha Berlin
BERLIN - Second division champions Borussia Moenchengladbach will aim to emulate fellow promoted club Hoffenheim, who celebrated their top flight debut with a 3-0 win over Energie Cottbus on Saturday. They face Stuttgart whose former Arsenal and Germany keeper Jens Lehmann will help the 2007 champions try to avoid any such embarrassment on his return to the Bundesliga.
(SOCCER-GERMANY/) pix. Expect first story at about 1645, 400 words.
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LIGUE 1 (1700 unless stated)
FC Lorient v Olympique Lyon
Grenoble v Stade Rennes
Olympique Marseille v Auxerre (1900)
PARIS - Seven-times champions Lyon have defensive worries for the trip to Lorient, who beat them 2-1 in the corresponding fixture last season. Marseille host Auxerre after a 4-4 draw at Stade Rennes last weekend.
(SOCCER-FRANCE, 300 words, by James Mackenzie, expect first lead at around 1600)
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Spanish Super Cup (2000)
VALENCIA - Spanish champions Real Madrid visit King's Cup winners Valencia in the first leg of the curtain-raiser to the Primera Liga season. Simon Baskett reports
(SOCCER-SPAIN/SUPERCUP) pix, expect about 300 words
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African Champions League group stage matches
African Confederation Cup group matches
(SOCCER-AFRICA/CHAMPIONS) and (SOCCER-AFRICA/CONFEDERATIONS)
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RALLYING:
Rally of Germany
BERLIN - Four times world champion Sebastien Loeb of France should have little difficulty wrapping up a seventh straight Rally of Germany title after building a lead of more than 40 seconds over team mate Daniel Sodo on Saturday. Loeb's main rival for the championship, Finland's Mikko Hirvonen, trails in fourth place nearly two minutes behind the Frenchman.
(RALLYING-WORLD/), pix, expect first stories from around 1200, 350 words.
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MOTORCYCLING
MotoGP: Czech Grand Prix, Brno
BRNO, Czech Republic - Australia's world champion Casey Stoner is on pole -- the 16th of his career and sixth in a row -- with Valentino Rossi of Italy, this season's points leader, and American John Hopkins completing the front row.
(MOTORCYCLING-PRIX/) (Duty editor John O'Brien, Asia Sports Desk +65 6870 3971, from 1030 Clare Fallon, London Sports Desk +44 207 542 7933)
