Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday, Feb 7

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Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday: - - - - SOCCER Premier League (1500 unless stated) Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal (1245) Aston Villa v Chelsea Leicester City v Crystal Palace Manchester City v Hull City Queens Park Rangers v Southampton Swansea City v Sunderland Everton v Liverpool (1730) Chelsea and City face Premier League strugglers LONDON - Title-chasing Chelsea and Manchester City face relegation-threatened Aston Villa and Hull City respectively while Tottenham Hotspur host Arsenal and Everton welcome Liverpool in Premier League derby games. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), expect from 1445 GMT/9:45 AM ET, by Toby Davis, 650 words) - - La Liga Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid (1500) Villarreal v Granada CF (1700) Levante v Malaga (1900) Real Sociedad v Celta Vigo (2100) Leaders Real face Atletico in crunch Madrid derby MADRID - La Liga leaders Real Madrid could open a 10-point gap over third-placed Atletico Madrid with a win at the Vicente Calderon stadium leaving the home side's hopes of retaining their title in tatters. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX), expect from 1700 GMT/12 AM ET, by Tim Hanlon, 500 words) - - Bundesliga (1430 unless stated) Cologne v SC Paderborn Mainz v Hertha Berlin Freiburg v Borussia Dortmund VfB Stuttgart v Bayern Munich VfL Wolfsburg v Hoffenheim Hamburg SV v Hanover 96 (1730) Bayern seek first win of the year BERLIN - Champions Bayern Munich, eight points clear at the top, aim to bounce back from a loss and a draw in their first two games of the year with victory at struggling VfB Stuttgart. (SOCCER-GERMANY/ (PIX), expect by 1630 GMT/1130 AM ET,, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words) - - Serie A Verona v Torino (1700) Juventus v AC Milan (1945) Juve welcome Milan aiming for 10-point lead at the top Serie A leaders Juventus can move 10 points clear of second-placed draw specialists AS Roma, who visit Cagliari on Sunday, with a win over struggling AC Milan in the late game. (SOCCER-ITALY/(PIX), expect by 2145 GMT/4:45 PM ET, 400 words) - - Ligue 1 (1900 unless stated) Stade Rennes v Olympique Marseille (1500) Bastia v Metz Caen v Toulouse Evian Thonon Gaillard FC v Bordeaux Montpellier HSC v Lille Stade de Reims v FC Lorient Marseille target provisional top spot at Stade Rennes PARIS - Olympique Marseille can top Ligue 1 with a win at mid-table Stade Rennes at least until leaders Olympique Lyonnais host third-placed Paris St Germain in the big game of the weekend on Sunday. (SOCCER-FRANCE/ (PIX), expect from 1700 GMT/ 12 AM ET, by Julien Pretot, 400 words) - - Dutch Championship (1945 unless stated) FC Dordrecht v ADO Den Haag (1730) Twente Enschede v Excelsior (1730) Heerenveen v PEC Zwolle (1845) NAC Breda v Vitesse Arnhem PSV Eindhoven v FC Utrecht PSV host Utrecht aiming for 15-point lead at the top AMSTERDAM - PSV Eindhoven can take an iron grip on the Dutch title race with a win at home to FC Utrecht that would take them 15 points clear of Ajax Amsterdam who play on Sunday. (SOCCER-DUTCH/ (PIX), expect from 2145 GMT/4:45 PM ET, 400 words) - - African Nations Cup Third place playoff Equatorial Guinea v Democratic Republic of Congo (1600) Hosts return to scene of violence for third place playoff MALABO - Hosts Equatorial Guinea face DR Congo for third place at the Nuevo Estadio de Malabo 48 hours after violent scenes in their quarter-final defeat by Ghana. (SOCCER-NATIONS/, expect by 1800 GMT/1 PM ET, by Ed Dove, 300 words) - - Final preview Ghana face Ivory Coast in potentially thrilling final BATA - Neighbours Ghana and Ivory Coast offer the prospect of a thrilling derby in Sunday's final that will shift the focus of attention at the African Nations Cup back to matters on the field after a final week clouded with controversy. (SOCCER-NATIONS/PREVIEW, moved, by Mark Gleeson, 400 words) - - We have also moved profiles of the two coaches (SOCCER-NATIONS/RENARD) and (SOCCER-NATIONS/GRANT) plus a list of past winning coaches (SOCCER-NATIONS/COACHES) and teams (SOCCER-NATIONS/WINNERS) - - FIFA chief Blatter holds news conference MALABO - FIFA president Sepp Blatter talks to the media for the first time since three candidates were confirmed to challenge him in May's election. (SOCCER-BLATTER/ (TV), expect by 1100 GMT/6 AM ET, by Ed Dove, 400 words) - - - - RUGBY Six Nations championship Italy v Ireland, Rome (1430) France v Scotland, Paris (1700) Kockott ready to face Scotland, South African-born scrum-half Rory Kockott makes his first start for France in their opener with Scotland while Ireland fly-half Ian Keatley and number eight Jordi Murphy prepare for their Six Nations debuts away to Italy. (RUGBY-NATIONS/ITALY(PIX), expect from 1630 GMT/1130 AM ET and RUGBY-NATIONS/FRANCE (PIX), expect from 1630 GMT/1130 AM ET, 400 words each) - - - - CRICKET We continue our coverage of the build-up to the World Cup, which begins in Australia and New Zealand next week. (CRICKET-WORLD, expect throughout) - - - - TENNIS ATP: Ecuador Open, Quito (to 9) Zagreb Indoors, Croatia (to 8) Open Sud de France, Montpellier (to 8) Copy on merit - - - - ALPINE SKIING Alpine ski world championships (to 15) Norway's Jansrud a heavy favourite for men's downhill BEAVER CREEK, Colorado - In-form Norwegian Kjetil Jansrud will be the gold medal favourite for the men's blue riband downhill, having won three times in the discipline during this season's World Cup. Other leading contenders include Austria's Olympic champion Matthias Mayer and Frenchman Adrien Theaux. (ALPINESKIING-WORLDS/MEN-DOWNHILL (PIX), expect by 2000 GMT/3 PM ET, by Steve Keating and Mark Lamport-Stokes, 400 words) - - - - PGA Farmers Insurance Open, La Jolla, California (to 8) English leads by two strokes at Torrey Pines LA JOLLA, California - American Harris English takes a two stroke lead into the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines outside San Diego. (GOLF-PGA/, expect by 0230 GMT/9:30 PM ET, by Ben Everill, 400 words) - - - - NBA Curry, Warriors bring show to New York High scoring Stephen Curry and the Western Conference leading Golden State Warriors visit the New York Knicks in one of the seven games on the National Basketball Association schedule. (NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/ (PIX), expect by 0430 GMT/11:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 700 words) - - - - NHL Predators home to Rangers as they chase Blues The Nashville Predators, overtake for first place in the Central Division by the St. Louis Blues, try to get back on track when they are home to the New York Rangers, winners of their last three, in one of the 11 games on the National Hockey League schedule. (NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/ (PIX), expect by 0430 GMT/11:30 PM 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 0101 GMT/8:01 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) (Europe desk editor: Ed Osmond)