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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1530 GMT on Saturday, July 2

Reuters sports schedule at 1530 GMT on Saturday (times GMT): SOCCER European Championship, France (to 10) Quarter-final Germany v Italy (1900) We will bring you all the latest developments, including news conferences and injury updates as well as coverage of the third quarter-final between world champions Germany and Italy. (SOCCER-EURO-COUNTRY/ (PIX), expect throughout) TENNIS Wimbledon championships (to 10) Djokovic on the brink of shock defeat, Murray plays Millman LONDON - Top seed Novak Djokovic resumes his third-round match against American Sam Querrey, while second seed Andy Murray of Britain plays Australian John Millman. (TENNIS-WIMBLEDON/, expect throughout, by Martyn Herman, Pritha Sarkar and John Stonestreet) MOTOR RACING Austrian Formula One Grand Prix Rosberg favourite for pole in Austria SPIELBERG, Austria - Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday with Mercedes team mate and overall leader Nico Rosberg set to start seventh after a grid penalty. (MOTOR-F1-AUSTRIA/, moved, 500 words) We will also have stories from around the paddock. CYCLING Tour de France Cavendish wins first stage UTAH BEACH, France - Britain's Mark Cavendish completed cycling's prestigious set of distinctive jerseys when he won the crash-marred first stage of the Tour de France on Saturday to take the overall leader's yellow jersey. (CYCLING-TOUR/ (PIX), moved, by Julien Pretot, 500 words) OLYMPICS U.S. Olympic swim trials (to 3) Ledecky ready to go the distance at Olympic trials OMAHA, Nebraska - Distance queen Katie Ledecky takes the spotlight has she lineups for the final in her signature event the 800 metres freestyle. The world record will be on the line when the Olympic and world champion steps onto the starting blocks poised to add the 800 free to her growing Rio Olympic dance card that already includes the 200 and 400 free.(SWIMMING-OLYMPICS/USA, expect by 0100 GMT/9 PM ET, by Steve Keating, 400 words) U.S. Olympic athletics trials (to 10) Sprinters begin chase for Rio at U.S. Olympic trials EUGENE, Oregon - Top sprinters Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Tori Bowie and English Gardner begin competition in the men's and women's 100 metres with world champion Allyson Felix pacing the semi-finals of the women's 400 metres and world record holder Ashton Eaton starting the decathlon at the U.S. Olympic trials at the University of Oregon. (ATHLETICS-OLYMPICS-USA/, expect by 2345 GMT/7:45 PM ET, by Gene Cherry, 400 words) GOLF PGA Tour: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Akron, Ohio (to 3) Day one ahead at Firestone, Spieth three back Australian world number one Jason Day takes a one-stroke lead over Swede David Lingmerth into the third round at Firestone Country Club after posting a four-under total of 136. Second-ranked American Jordan Spieth is three shots off the pace. (GOLF-PGA/, expect end-of-day lead by 2230 GMT/6 PM ET, 400 words) LPGA: Cambia Portland Classic, Portland, Oregon Henderson, Pettersen lead at halfway mark Defending champion Brooke Henderson of Canada, and Suzann Pettersen of Norway, at 11-under 133, share the lead heading into the third round of the LPGA event at Columbia Edgewater Country Club. (GOLF-LPGA/, expect by 0300 GMT/11 PM ET, 250 words) BASEBALL Indians seek to bounce back After extending their winning streak to a franchise record 14 games with a marathon victory in 19 innings over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday, the teams meet again in the third encounter of a four-game series, in one of 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0600 GMT/2 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 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, 500 words) RUGBY Kings v Otago Highlanders, Port Elizabeth (1700) Jaguares v Bulls, Buenos Aires (2140) We will also move brief reports of all matches over the round. (RUGBY UNION-SUPER/HIGHLIGHTS) CRICKET England v Sri Lanka fifth one-day international Hosts bid to seal 3-0 series win England, who clinched the ODI series with their six-wicket victory in the fourth match, bid to extend their dominance of Sri Lanka in the final game in Cardiff. (CRICKET-ENGLAND/, expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, 300 words) (Europe desk editor: Ed Osmond)