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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1430 GMT on Saturday, May 27

Reuters sports schedule at 1430 GMT on Saturday: SOCCER FA Cup final Arsenal v Chelsea, Wembley Stadium (1630) Chelsea bid for double against Arsenal at Wembley LONDON - Antonio Conte's Premier League champions Chelsea are favourites to secure the club's second domestic double in his first season by beating Arsenal, who came fifth as they struggled for form with the future of manager Arsene Wenger still in doubt. (SOCCER-ENGLAND-ARS-CHE/FINAL (PIX), expect by 1830 GMT/2:30 PM ET, by Martyn Herman, Clare Lovell and Bill Schomberg, 500 words, plus sidebars) King's Cup final Barcelona v Alaves, Vicente Calderon Stadium (1930) Barca want Copa trophy to end difficult season MADRID - Barcelona will bid to salvage some silverware from a disappointing season by winning the King's Cup final against Alaves in coach Luis Enrique's final game in charge of the Catalan club. (SOCCER-SPAIN-FCB-ALV/FINAL (PIX, TV), expect by 2130 GMT/5:30 PM ET, by Richard Martin, 500 words) German Cup final Eintracht Frankfurt v Borussia Dortmund (1800) Dortmund hope to make it fourth time lucky in German Cup BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund will hope it is fourth time lucky when they face Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Cup final, having lost the last three finals in a row. (SOCCER-GERMANY-CUP-FINAL/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words) French Cup Final Angers v Paris St Germain, Stade de France (1900) SAINT-DENIS - Paris Saint Germain face Angers aiming to win the French Cup for the third season in a row after their four-year reign as Ligue 1 champions was ended by Monaco, who they beat in the semi-finals and in the final of the League Cup, which they won for the fourth straight year. (SOCCER-FRANCE-CUP/ (PIX), expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, by Julien Pretot, 400 words) Scottish Cup Final Celtic v Aberdeen, Hampden Park (1400) Unbeaten Celtic face Aberdeen aiming for domestic treble GLASGOW - Celtic bid for the domestic treble when they face Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup final after claiming a sixth straight league title with an unbeaten season. (SOCCER-SCOTLAND-ABE-CLG/FINAL (PIX), expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, 300 words) Serie A (1600) Atalanta Bergamo v Chievo Verona Bologna v Juventus MILAN - Champions Juventus visit Bologna for their final match of the season and their last game before facing Real Madrid in the Champions League final. (SOCCER-ITALY/, expect by 1800 GMT/4 PM ET, by Phil O'Connor, 400 words) MOTOR RACING Monaco Grand Prix qualifying Raikkonen takes Monaco pole on Ferrari front row MONACO - Ferrari veteran Kimi Raikkonen rolled back the years and upstaged his championship-leading team mate Sebastian Vettel to take pole position at the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday. (MOTOR-F1-MONACO/ (PIX), moved, by Alan Baldwin, 500 words) We will also have stories from around the paddock Calm before the Indy 500 storm INDIANAPOLIS – It is the calm before the Indianapolis 500 storm with the cars parked in the garage while the Brickyard prepares for the 101st running of the 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing' with a parade and concerts at the famed speedway. (MOTOR-INDY-INDY500/ (PIX), expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, by Steve Keating, 400 words) GOLF BMW PGA Championship Pieters, Molinari, Jamieson setting pace at Wentworth VIRGINIA WATER, England - Belgian Thomas Pieters, Francesco Molinari of Italy and Scott Jamieson of Scotland share the lead on seven-under-par heading into the third round of the European Tour's flagship event at Wentworth. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, (PIX), expect by 1400 GMT/10 AM ET, by Tony Jimenez, 500 words) PGA Tour: Dean & DeLuca Invitational, Fort Worth (to 28) Garcia one behind at crowded Colonial Masters champion Sergio Garcia is one stroke behind leaders Webb Simpson, Danny Lee, Kevin Kisner and Scott Piercy heading into the third round at Colonial Country Club, scene of the Spaniard’s first PGA Tour victory back in 2001. (GOLF-FTWORTH/, expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, 400 words) LPGA Tour: Volvik Championship, Michigan (to 28) Park leads Lee and Pettersen at halfway South Korean Park Sung-hyun, at 12-under 132, takes a two-stroke lead over Australian Minjee Lee and Norway’s Suzann Pettersen into the third round at Travis Pointe Country Club in Ann Arbor. (GOLF-WOMEN/, expect by 0030 GMT/8:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 300 words) TENNIS French Open Players gear up for the French Open, which starts on Sunday, in a series of warm-up events. ATP Tour: Lyon Open Tsonga makes claycourt final debut against Berdych France's second-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will play in his first claycourt final when he takes on Czech third seed Tomas Berdych at the Lyon Open. (TENNIS-MEN/LYON, expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Julien Pretot, 300 words) Geneva Open Local favourite Wawrinka faces Mischa Zverev in final Top-seeded Swiss Stan Wawrinka faces Mischa Zverev, ranked 33, in the Geneva Open showpiece. (TENNIS-MEN/GENEVA, 300 words) WTA Tour: Nueremberg Cup Bertens cruises to second consecutive Nuremberg title Title holder Kiki Bertens swept aside Czech qualifier Barbora Krejcikova 6-2 6-1 on Saturday to win her second consecutive Nuremberg Cup in a successful dress rehearsal for the French Open starting on Sunday. (TENNIS-WOMEN/NUEREMBERG, moved, by Karolos Grohmann, 300 words) Strasbourg International Australian number one ranking on the line in Strasbourg Seventh seed Daria Gavrilova faces number six seed Sam Stosur in an all-Australian Strasbourg International final with the winner set to secure the country's number one ranking, which Stosur has owned for 450 straight weeks since October 2008. (TENNIS-STRASBOURG/, 300 words) RUGBY Super Rugby - Week 14 Bulls v Hurricanes (1305) Sharks v Stormers (1515) Sharks, Stormers primed for physical battle DURBAN – The Sharks host South African rivals the Stormers in what is expected to be an intensely physical encounter at King's Park as both teams seek to book a quarter-final place in this year's competition. (RUGBY-UNION-SUPER/SHARKS, expect by 1715 GMT/1115 PM ET, 300 words) Highlanders win ninth straight as indiscipline costs 'Tahs The Otago Highlanders overcame a halftime deficit to thrash the New South Wales Waratahs 44-28 in Dunedin on Saturday and register a ninth straight Super Rugby victory which kept them in touch with the New Zealand conference leaders. (RUGBY-UNION-SUPER/HIGHLANDERS, moved, 300 words) We will also run highlights (RUGBY UNION-SUPER/HIGHLIGHTS) with brief updates on each match of the round. Premiership Final Wasps v Exeter Chiefs, Twickenham (1330) Premiership title on the line as Wasps face Chiefs LONDON - The top two in the Premiership - Wasps and Chiefs - meet in the final at Twickenham after coming through dramatic semi-finals with late tries. (RUGBY-UNION-ENGLAND/FINAL (PIX), expect by 1520 GMT/1120 AM ET, by Mitch Phillips, 500 words) ATHLETICS Farah headlines star-studded Oregon meeting EUGENE, Oregon - British double Olympic champion Mo Farah faces a loaded 5,000 metres field while the top three Rio medallists clash in the women's 200, men's pole vault and triple jump and Justin Gatlin races Andre De Grasse in an early season 100m at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting. (ATHLETICS-DIAMOND/EUGENE (PIX, TV), expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, by Gene Cherry, 400 words) BASEBALL Greinke takes mound for charging Diamondbacks Former Cy Young winner Zack Greinke (6-2) takes the hill for the surging, NL West-contending Arizona Diamondbacks against the Milwaukee Brewers, while the World Series champion Chicago Cubs face the Los Angeles Dodgers in two of 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-MLB-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0545 GMT/1:45 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words) NHL Stanley Cup of contrasts as Predators face Penguins A stellar attack collides with a spectacular defence as the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins take on the upstart Nashville Predators in a Stanley Cup Finals full of contrasts starting on Monday. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL/STANLEYCUP (PREVIEW), expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, by Larry Fine, 450 words) CRICKET England v South Africa, 2nd one-day international England set South Africa 331 target in 2nd one-dayer England set South Africa a target of 331 to win as the teams resumed battle on the south coast in the second encounter of the three-match series before the Champions Trophy begins next month after the hosts enjoyed a convincing win in the first ODI. (CRICKET-ODI-ENG-ZAF/ (PIX, GRAPHIC), by Nick Said, 400 words) CYCLING Giro d'Italia (to 28) Quinatan leads Dumoulin as race goes to the wire Colombia's Nairo Quintana leads Dutchman Tom Dumoulin by 38 seconds, Italian defending champion Vincenzo Nibali by 43 and Frenchman Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) by 53 ahead of Saturday's penultimate stage featuring two big climbs that could favour Quintana, Nibali and Pinot. (CYCLING-GIRO/ (TV), expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, 400 words) (Europe desk editor: Ken Ferris)