Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Friday, Feb 17

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Friday: SOCCER Serie A Juventus v Palermo (1945) Juventus aiming to open up 10-point lead ROME - Serie A leaders Juventus will move 10 points clear of second-placed AS Roma if they can beat struggling Palermo and extend their winning run to six matches. (SOCCER-ITALY-JUV-PAL/ (PIX), expect by 2145 GMT/4:45 PM ET, by Ed Dove, 300 words) Ligue 1 Bastia v Monaco (1945) Monaco visit Bastia looking to extend lead at the top PARIS - Leaders Monaco can move six points clear in Ligue 1 with a win at second-bottom Bastia before closest challengers Paris St Germain, fresh from their 4-0 thrashing of Barcelona in the Champions League in midweek, play on Sunday. (SOCCER-FRANCE/, expect by 2145 GMT/4:45 PM ET, 300 words) Bundesliga FC Augsburg v Bayer Leverkusen (1930) Leverkusen warm up for Champions League at Augsburg BERLIN - Champions League club Bayer Leverkusen, who face Atletico Madrid in the competition next week, look for a good dress rehearsal when they face Augsburg and will look to make it two league wins in a row. (SOCCER-GERMANY/, expect by 2130 GMT/4:30 PM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 300 words) FA Cup We continue the build-up to all the weekend fifth-round matches, including Blackburn Rovers v holders Manchester United and Premier League leaders Chelsea's trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/CUP, expect throughout) GOLF PGA Tour: Genesis Open, Pacific Palisades (to 19) Johnson makes strong start at Riviera Big-hitting Dustin Johnson made a strong start in his bid to claim the world number one ranking this week by firing a five-under 66 that left him two shots off the early first-round lead at the Genesis Open at Riviera. (GOLF-PGA/, moved, 400 words) European Tour - World Super 6 Perth Rumford, Foster take one-stroke lead into second round PERTH - Australian Brett Rumford and England's Mark Foster lead by one-stroke heading into the second round at the inaugural World Super 6 tournament, tri-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia, Asian Tour and European Tour. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/ expect by 0800 GMT/3 AM ET, 300 words) CRICKET New Zealand v South Africa, Only T20 Young New Zealand side face Proteas in Auckland AUCKLAND - New Zealand continue to build a young Twenty20 side with 20-year-old South African-born debutant Glenn Phillips brought in to replace the injured Martin Guptill as they face the Proteas in the opening match of the tour after their warm-up game was washed out. (CRICKET-NEWZEALAND/, expect by 1000 GMT/5 AM ET, 400 words) ALPINE SKIING Ski World Championships Hirscher seeks maiden giant slalom title ST MORITZ, SWITZERLAND - Overall World Cup leader Marcel Hirscher of Austria bids for his first world championship giant slalom title after taking the silver medal in 2013 and 2015. Hirscher is likely to face strong competition from Frenchman Alexis Pinturault and Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen. (ALPINE-WORLD/MEN (PIX, TV), expect by 1400 GMT/9 AM ET, 300 words) BIATHLON Norway look to defend title at Biathlon World Championships Norway will face stiff competition from Germany and France as they attempt to defend their world title in the women's 4x6km relay at the Biathlon World Championships. (BIATHLON-WORLD/ expect by 1800 GMT/1 PM ET, 300 words) NBA Bulls sharp from free-throw line, beat Celtics The Chicago Bulls hit all 22 of their free throws, including a pair by Jimmy Butler with 0.9 seconds left after a touch foul call, to edge the Boston Celtics 104-103 on Thursday night at the United Center. (BASKETBALL-NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0630 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 300 words) NHL Isles halts Rangers' streak John Tavares set up Nikolay Kulemin for the winning short-handed goal 3:03 into the third period as the Islanders continued their recent success over the Rangers. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0630 GMT/1:30 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 0100 GMT/8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 500 words) (Asia editor: Peter Rutherford)