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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday, Dec 5

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday: SOCCER Euro 2016 draw package Ahead of the Dec. 12 draw for next year's European Championship finals in France, we have moved a preview package comprising an overall preview and factboxes on the 24 teams. The overall preview and factboxes for pots one and two moved on Friday and the remaining factboxes for pots three and four moved at 0200 GMT on Saturday. (SOCCER-EURO/COUNTRY (FACTBOX)) - - Premier League Stoke City v Manchester City (1245) Arsenal v Sunderland Manchester United v West Ham United Southampton v Aston Villa Swansea City v Leicester City Watford v Norwich City West Bromwich Albion v Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea v AFC Bournemouth (1730) Man City face test at Stoke, Vardy targets Swansea LONDON - Leaders Manchester City face a Stoke side who have been hard to score against while second-placed Leicester City will hope Jamie Vardy can extend his record scoring run to 12 straight league games at Swansea and Manchester United host West Ham without injured Wayne Rooney. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), expect from 1445 GMT/1045 PM ET, by Martyn Herman, 400 words) - - La Liga Real Madrid v Getafe (1500) Granada CF v Atletico Madrid (1715) Valencia v Barcelona (1930) Deportivo Coruna v Sevilla (2100) Real Betis v Celta Vigo (2105) Leaders Barcelona play at Valencia, Real Madrid host Getafe MADRID - Third-placed Real Madrid kick off the weekend's action at home to Getafe, before Atletico Madrid, in second, play at Granada, Valencia host leaders Barcelona and Sevilla play at Deportivo La Coruna. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX) expect by 1700 GMT/12 PM ET, 500 words) - - Bundesliga (1430 unless stated) Cologne v FC Augsburg Borussia Moenchengladbach v Bayern Munich FC Ingolstadt 04 v Hoffenheim Hamburg SV v Mainz Hertha Berlin v Bayer Leverkusen VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund (1730) Leaders Bayern face Gladbach test BERLIN - Undefeated Bayern Munich travel to in-form Borussia Moenchengladbach, who have won seven and drawn two of their last nine league games under coach Andre Schubert, while second-placed Borussia Dortmund face VfL Wolfsburg, who are third. (SOCCER-GERMANY/ (PIX), expect by 1630 GMT/1130 AM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words) - - Serie A Torino v AS Roma (1400) Inter Milan v Genoa (1945) Inter eye top spot, Roma aim to return to winning ways MILAN - Inter Milan will replace Napoli as provisional Serie A leaders by beating Genoa at San Siro, while fellow title contenders Roma, must improve on a shock home loss to Atalanta when they visit Torino. Napoli play on Sunday. (SOCCER-ITALY/ (PIX), expect by 2145 GMT/4:45PM ET, by Ed Dove, 400 words) - - Ligue 1 (1900 unless stated) Olympique Lyon v Angers SCO (1600) Caen v Lille GFC Ajaccio v Nantes Bastia v Monaco Stade de Reims v ES Troyes AC Toulouse v FC Lorient Lyon welcome third-placed Angers, Caen host Lille PARIS - Troubled Olympique Lyonnais host promoted Angers, who are a place and a point above them in third, while surprise package Caen aim to hang on to second place behind leaders Paris St Germain, who won on Friday, when they host Lille. (SOCCER-FRANCE/ (PIX), expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, by Julien Pretot, 300 words) - - Dutch league Excelsior v Twente Enschede (1730) Graafschap Doetinchem v Utrecht (1845) Vitesse Arnhem v PSV Eindhoven (1845) Ajax Amsterdam v Heerenveen (1945) Ajax have chance to extend lead AMSTERDAM - Leaders Ajax Amsterdam are at home to struggling Heerenveen and can extend their lead to six points over second-placed Feyenoord with a win. (SOCCER-DUTCH/, expect by 2200 GMT/ 5 PM ET, 300 words) - - Russian Premier League Russian shutdown offers respite for struggling CSKA MOSCOW - As the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL) shuts down for winter several clubs enter hibernation with renewed optimism that, come the resumption in March, CSKA Moscow can be caught. (SOCCER-RUSSIA/, moved, by Dmitriy Rogovitskiy, 500 words) - - - - CRICKET India v South Africa, 4th test, New Delhi (to 7) Kohli puts India in command NEW DELHI - Virat Kohli struck a fluent unbeaten 83 to help India overcome a top order collapse and virtually bat South Africa out of the contest on day three at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium on S. (CRICKET-INDIA/, moved, by Amlan Chakraborty, 400 words) - - - - GOLF European Tour: Sun City Golf Challenge, Sun City (to 6) Stenson top of leaders board with two rounds to go SUN CITY, South Africa - Sweden's Henrik Stenson will take a narrow one shot lead over home golfer Jaco van Zyl into the third round of the Gary Player Country Club. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, expect by 1600 GMT/11AM ET, 300 words) - - - - Hero World Challenge (to 6) New Providence, Bahamas Spieth, Walker and Haas share halfway lead at Albany Americans Jordan Spieth, Jimmy Walker and Bill Haas take a joint one-shot lead into the third round of the elite 18-player event hosted by Tiger Woods after posting 11-under totals of 133 at Albany Golf Club. (GOLF-CHALLENGE/, expect end-of-day lead by 2130 GMT/4.30 PM ET, 350 words) - - - - NBA Champion Warriors look to maintain perfect start The defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors (20-0) will aim to extend the best start in NBA history when they visit the Atlantic Division-leading Toronto Raptors (12-8) at Air Canada Centre. (NBA-RAPTORS/, expect by 0200 GMT/9 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 350 words) - - Struggling Clippers seek to tame the Magic Chris Paul and the Los Angeles Clippers (10-9) try to turn around an erratic start to the season when they host a surprising Orlando Magic (11-8) team riding a five-game win streak. (NBA-CLIPPERS/, expect by 0700 GMT/2 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 350 words) - - - - NHL Capitals aim to extend win streak The Washington Capitals try to make it seven wins in a row when they visit the Winnipeg Jets while the Carolina Panthers look to snap a three-game losing streak when they host the Atlantic Division-leading Montreal Canadiens in two of the 10 games on the National Hockey League schedule. (NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0530 GMT/12:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 500 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, 400 words) (London desk editor: Ed Osmond)