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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday, Aug 29

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday: ATHLETICS World championships (to 30) Farah seals triple double, Bolt wins third gold BEIJING - Briton Mo Farah won an unprecedented hat-trick of long-distance doubles at global championships in the 5,000m. Usain Bolt won his third gold of the week in the 4x100m relay. (ATHLETICS-WORLD/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Nick Mulvenney and Gene Cherry, 500 words) - - - - SOCCER Premier League (1400 unless stated) Bournemouth v Leicester City Aston Villa v Sunderland Chelsea v Crystal Palace Liverpool v West Ham United Manchester City v Watford Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion Tottenham Hotspur v Everton (1630) Arsenal win at Newcastle, City look to extend perfect record LONDON - Arsenal beat 10-man Newcastle 1-0 in the early kickoff. Premier League leaders Manchester City seek to preserve a 100 percent record at home to unbeaten Watford while champions Chelsea are without suspended captain John Terry for the visit of Crystal Palace. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), moved with updates to follow, by Tom Hayward, 600 words) - - La Liga Real Sociedad v Sporting Gijon (1630) Barcelona v Malaga (1830) Celta Vigo v Rayo Vallecano (2000) Real Madrid v Real Betis (2030) Champions Barca host Malaga, Real at home to promoted Betis MADRID - Champions Barcelona look to maintain their perfect start to the season at home to Malaga before Real Madrid attempt to bounce back from a draw on the opening weekend when they host second-division champions Real Betis. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX) expect by 2030 GMT/4:30 PM ET, by Iain Rogers, 400 words) - - Bundesliga (1330 unless stated) Cologne v Hamburg SV Mainz v Hanover 96 FC Augsburg v FC Ingolstadt 04 SV Darmstadt 98 v Hoffenheim VfB Stuttgart v Eintracht Frankfurt Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen (1630) Bayern face Leverkusen with perfect records on the line BERLIN - Champions Bayern Munich host Bayer Leverkusen, fresh from their Champions League group stage qualification, with both teams on maximum points from their opening two Bundesliga games. (SOCCER-GERMANY/ (PIX), expect by 1530 GMT/11:30 AM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words) - - Serie A Bologna v Sassuolo (1600) AC Milan v Empoli (1845) Controversial striker Balotelli back on Milan duty MILAN - AC Milan's controversial loan signing Mario Balotelli returns to the club from Liverpool but is expected to start on the bench against Empoli as the Rossoneri look to bounce back from an opening day defeat. (SOCCER-ITALY/ (PIX), expect by 2045 GMT/4:45 PM ET, 400 words) - - Ligue 1 (1800 unless stated) Caen v Olympique Lyon (1500) Angers SCO v Nice ES Troyes AC v Montpellier HSC Lille v GFC Ajaccio Stade Rennes v Toulouse Stade de Reims v FC Lorient Struggling Lyon look to improve with Caen trip PARIS - Olympique Lyonnais hope their form clicks into place at Caen after a disappointing start to the season in which they have picked up four points from three games. (SOCCER-FRANCE/ (PIX), by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Julien Pretot, 250 words) - - Dutch Championship Utrecht v Groningen (1630) Excelsior v Graafschap Doetinchem (1745) Heerenveen v PEC Zwolle (1745) Heracles Almelo v Twente Enschede (1845) Copy on merit - - We will have all the latest transfer news as it happens from the Premier League and European soccer. - - - - CRICKET Sri Lanka v India, third test, Colombo (to Sept. 1) India resume on 50-2 after rain hits opening day COLOMBO - Sri Lanka will look for early wickets when India resume on 50-2 on day two after rain washed out most of the opening day of the third and final test at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground. (CRICKET-LANKA/ (PIX), expect throughout, 400 words) - - - - CYCLING Tour of Spain (to Sept 13) Froome looks for quiet day after nightmare Vuelta stage MADRID - Team Sky's Chris Froome looks to recover on the downhill eighth stage into Murcia after losing ground on some of his main rivals in Friday's summit finish, denting his chances of a rare Tour de France-Vuelta double. (CYCLING-VUELTA/(PIX), expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, 400 words) - - - - TENNIS Djokovic, Federer among seeds to meet the press at Open NEW YORK - Top-seeded world number one Novak Djokovic and second seed Roger Federer are among a group of seeded players giving interviews at the National Tennis Center in advance of Monday's first round of the U.S. Open championships, the final grand slam of the 2015 season. (TENNIS-OPEN/ (PIX), expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, by Larry Fine, 350 words) WTA: Connecticut Open (to 29) New Haven, Connecticut Kvitova and Safarova meet in all-Czech final Second seed and defending champion Petra Kvitova seeks to preserve her perfect career record against her compatriot as she meets fourth seed Lucie Safarova in the final of the tune-up event ahead of the U.S. Open. (TENNIS-US/NEWHAVEN (PIX), expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, 300 words) ATP: Winston-Salem Open (to 29) Winston-Salem, North Carolina Qualifier Herbert meets second seed Anderson Marathon man Pierre-Hugues Herbert, of France, will play his ninth match in eight days when he faces second seed South African Kevin Anderson in the final at Wake Forest University. (TENNIS-US/SALEM (PIX), expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, 250 words) - - - - GOLF PGA Tour: The Barclays (to 30) Edison, New Jersey Bubba Watson looks to extend Barclays lead EDISON, New Jersey - Two-times Masters champion Bubba Watson aims to extend his one-shot lead in the third round of The Barclays, the opening event of the lucrative FedExCup playoffs at Plainfield Country Club. (GOLF-PGA/BARCLAYS (PIX), expect by 2330 GMT/6:30 PM ET, by Larry Fine, 400 words) LPGA: Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic (to 30) Prattville, Alabama Tseng leads in search of first victory since 2012 Yani Tseng, of Taiwan, a 15-times LPGA winner, sets the pace heading into the third at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. (GOLF-LPGA/ (PIX), expect by 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, 350 words) - - - - BASEBALL Jays' red-hot Hutchison looks to tame Tigers The Toronto Blue Jays, looking to pad their lead atop the American League East division, send right-hander Drew Hutchison (12-2) to the mound versus the visiting Detroit Tigers in one of the 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0330 GMT/11:30 PM ET, 800 words) - - - - SOCCER New York City host Columbus New York City FC, just outside the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, meet the free-scoring Columbus Crew for the second time in 10 days in one of seven games on the Major League Soccer schedule. (SOCCER-MLS, expect by 0500 GMT/1 AM, 300 words) - - - - NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (expect by 0000 GMT/8:00 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) (Europe desk editor: Ed Osmond)