Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Tuesday, Sept 30
Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Tuesday: - - - - SOCCER Champions League group stage (1845 unless stated) CSKA Moscow v Bayern Munich (1700) Schalke 04 v Maribor BATE Borisov v Athletic Bilbao Manchester City v AS Roma APOEL v Ajax Amsterdam Sporting Lisbon v Chelsea Shakhtar Donetsk v FC Porto Paris St Germain v Barcelona - - City face Roma test at Etihad MANCHESTER - English champions Manchester City look to bounce back from their opening Group E defeat at Bayern Munich when they take on AS Roma who thumped five goals past CSKA Moscow last time out. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/MANCITY (PIX), expect by 2040 GMT/4:40 PM, 500 words) - - Costa set to start for Chelsea against Sporting LISBON - In-form striker Diego Costa is set to start for Chelsea, despite a troublesome hamstring, in the Champions League Group G clash against Sporting Lisbon (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/SPORTING, expect by 2040 GMT/4:40 PM ET, 500 words) - - PSG face tough challenge against Barcelona PARIS - Paris St Germain face a daunting task in their second Group F game in the Champions League as they are deprived of the injured Zlatan Ibrahimovic against Barcelona at the Parc des Princes (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/PSG (PIX, TV), by Julien Pretot, expect by 2040 GMT/4:40 PM ET, 500 words) - - CSKA play Bayern behind closed doors MOSCOW - Russian champions CSKA Moscow play five-times winners Bayern Munich behind closed doors in Group E as punishment for the poor behaviour of their fans. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/CSKA, (PIX), expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, by Dmitriy Rogovitskiy, 500 words) - - Improving Schalke looking for first win against Maribor BERLIN - Schalke 04 hope their improving form in the league will spill over into the Champions League when they face Maribor as they look to notch their first win in Group G. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/SCHALKE (PIX), expect by 2045 GMT/4:45 PM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words) - - Struggling Bilbao looking to find form at BATE Borisov MADRID - A convincing win at BATE Borisov would help Athletic Bilbao put a poor start to La Liga behind them and propel the Basque club into a solid position in Group H after a 0-0 draw at home to Shakhtar Donetsk on matchday one. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/BATE (PIX) expect by 2030 GMT/4:30 PM ET, 400 words) - - Previews of Wednesday's games moved at 0200 GMT/10 PM ET Ludogorets bid to follow in CSKA's footsteps SOFIA - Bulgarian underdogs Ludogorets will look to match the stunning giant-killing exploits of compatriots CSKA Sofia when they make their Champions League home debut against holders Real Madrid. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/LUDOGORETS, by Angel Krasimirov, 650 words) - - Atletico out to prove they have teeth in attack MADRID - Atletico Madrid's Champions League game at home to Juventus will be a chance for the Spanish champions to prove they have the firepower to challenge in Europe again this season. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/ATLETICO), by Iain Rogers, 500 words) - - Arsenal must now beat Galatasaray, says Cazorla LONDON - It is almost a given that Arsenal reach the Champions League knockout stages but their path to the last 16 could become "problematic" if they fail to beat Galatasaray. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/ARSENAL, by Martyn Herman, 500 words) - - Basel fans baffled by new coach Sousa's switches BERNE - Paulo Sousa was an enigma to FC Basel fans when he was appointed as coach at the end of last season and, four months later, they are still fathoming what to make of the Portuguese and his endless tactical switches. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/BASEL, by Brian Homewood, 650 words) - - - - ASIAN GAMES Asian Games, Incheon, South Korea (to Oct. 4) We continue our coverage of the quadrennial sporting extravaganza where world records have tumbled and controversy has reigned. (GAMES-ASIA/, expect throughout, by Julian Linden and Peter Rutherford) - - Wushu gold medallist Tai tests positive at Asiad INCHEON - Tai Cheau Xuen, who won a gold medal in wushu for Malaysia at the Asian Games, has been expelled from the event and stripped of her medal because of a failed drugs test. (GAMES-ASIAN/DOPING, (UPDATE 1), moved, by Julian Linden, 350 words) - - - - TENNIS ATP/WTA: China Open, Beijing (to Oct. 5) Nadal makes singles return against Gasquet BEIJING - Fourteen times grand slam winner Rafa Nadal makes a return to singles action after a three month injury absence when he takes on France's Richard Gasquet after world number one Novak Djokovic faces Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. In women's action, French Open winner Maria Sharapova faces Elina Svitolina, while Simona Halep takes on local hope Zhu Lin. (TENNIS-MEN/BEIJING and TENNIS-WOMEN/BEIJING, (PIX, TV) expect by 0900 GMT/5 AM ET, 500 words) - - ATP: Japan Open, Tokyo (to Oct. 5) Wawrinka begins Japan Open title bid TOKYO - Top seed and Australian Open champions Stan Wawrinka begins his bid for another hard court title when he takes on local wildcard Tatsuma Ito. (TENNIS-MEN/JAPAN, expect by 1100 GMT/7 AM ET, 400 words) (Asia duty editor: John O'Brien)
