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Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Saturday, Dec 10

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday (times GMT): SOCCER Premier League (1500 unless stated) Watford v Everton (1230) Arsenal v Stoke City Burnley v Bournemouth Hull City v Crystal Palace Swansea City v Sunderland Leicester City v Manchester City (1730) City welcome Leicester, Arsenal host Stoke LONDON - Fourth-placed Manchester City will be missing suspended striker Sergio Aguero at home to champions Leicester City, who are on the brink of the relegation zone, while Arsenal, in second, welcome mid-table Stoke City. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), expect from 1430 GMT/9:30 AM ET, 600 words) La Liga Osasuna v Barcelona (1200) Real Sociedad v Valencia (1515) Las Palmas v Leganes (1730) Real Madrid v Deportivo Coruna (1945) Barca chase first win in four at Osasuna BARCELONA - Spanish champions Barcelona visit bottom side Osasuna in search of a first win in four league games as they try to chase down leaders Real Madrid, who are six points clear at the top of the standings before they host Deportivo La Coruna later on Saturday. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX), expect by 1400 GMT/9 AM ET, by Richard Martin, 400 words) Bundesliga (1430 unless stated) Cologne v Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg FC Ingolstadt 04 v RB Leipzig Hamburg SV v FC Augsburg Freiburg v SV Darmstadt 98 Hertha Berlin v Werder Bremen (1730) Leaders Leipzig at Ingolstadt aiming to stretch winning run BERLIN - Bundesliga leaders RB Leipzig will look to make it nine league wins in a row and continue their stellar run when they take on bottom-placed Ingolstadt. (SOCCER-GERMANY/ (PIX), expect by 1630 GMT/11:30 AM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words) Ligue 1 (1900 unless stated) Girondins Bordeaux v Monaco (1600) AS Nancy-Lorraine v Angers SCO Nantes v Caen Lille v Montpellier HSC Bastia v Metz Toulouse v FC Lorient Monaco eye top spot High-scoring Monaco can go top in France with a win at Bordeaux. Nice, currently three points clear at the top, face PSG on Sunday. (SOCCER-FRANCE/ on merit) Major League Soccer Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders clash for MLS Cup TORONTO - Major League Soccer will crown a first-time champion when Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders clash in the MLS CUP final at frosty BMO Field. (SOCCER-USA-MLSCUP/(PIX), expect by 0330 GMT/10:30 PM ET, by Steve Keating, 400 words) DOPING Russian doping conspiracy benefited over 1,000 competitors LONDON - We continue to follow developments after an independent WADA report said on Friday that more than 1,000 Russian competitors across more than 30 sports were involved in an institutional conspiracy to conceal positive drug tests as Moscow 'hijacked international sport' over the course of five years. (SPORT-DOPING/WADA, on merit) CRICKET India v England, fourth test (to 12) Kohli puts India in control MUMBAI - India captain Virat Kohli made a superb unbeaten 147 to move his team 51 runs ahead of England at the close on the third day. (CRICKET-INDIA/ (PIX), moved, by Sudipto Ganguly, 400 words) Australia regain confidence for Pakistan series MELBOURNE - Lacking context, suspense and crowd enthusiasm, the Chappell-Hadlee series between Australia and New Zealand may not have generated the returns projected by its commerce-minded organisers. The home side, however, enjoyed a windfall of confidence from the 3-0 series defeat which captain Steven Smith hopes will be banked for upcoming tests against Pakistan. (CRICKET-AUSTRALIA/, moved, by Ian Ransom, 540 words) NBA Western showdown between streaking Warriors and Grizzlies The NBA-leading Golden State Warriors (20-3) carry a four-game winning streak to Memphis where they take on the roaring Grizzlies (16-8), who are riding a five-game win streak, in one of 10 games on the National Basketball Association schedule. (BASKETBALL-NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0600 GMT/1:00 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words) NHL Soaring Flyers host Stars looking to extend winning ways The Philadelphia Flyers (16-10-3) go for their eighth straight victory, the team's longest streak in 14 years, when they host the Dallas Stars (11-11-6) in one of 10 games on the National Hockey League schedule. (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) (Europe desk editor: Ed Osmond)