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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday, Sept 5

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday: - - - - TENNIS U.S. Open (to 13) Federer back in U.S. Open spotlight for third round NEW YORK - World number two Roger Federer continues his bid for a sixth U.S. Open title while third-seeded Scot Andy Murray and fifth seed Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland are also in action in the third round. In the women's championship, fifth-seeded Czech Petra Kvitova takes on Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova. (TENNIS-OPEN/ (PIX), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Steve Keating and Larry Fine, 600 words) - - - - SOCCER Euro 2016 qualifiers (1845 unless stated, to 8) Group C Luxembourg v Macedonia (1600) Ukraine v Belarus (1600) Spain v Slovakia (1845) Group E Estonia v Lithuania (1600) San Marino v England (1600) Switzerland v Slovenia (1845) Group G Russia v Sweden (1600) Austria v Moldova (1845) Montenegro v Liechtenstein (1845) Holders Spain face Slovakia in top-of-the-table clash European champions Spain host group leaders Slovakia while Switzerland take on Slovenia and Russia welcome Sweden in two other standout matches as Euro 2016 qualifying continues with matches in Groups C, E and G. We will have reports on all the major fixtures. (SOCCER-EURO/) - - Holders Spain can draw level with Group C leaders Slovakia OVIEDO, Spain - European champions Spain can draw level on 18 points with Slovakia at the top of Group C if they beat the Eastern Europeans in Oviedo. (SOCCER-EURO/SPAIN (PIX), expect by 2030 GMT/4:30 PM ET, 400 words) - - - - MOTOR RACING Italian Formula One Grand Prix Hamilton clinches 11th pole in 12 races MONZA, Italy - Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton put Mercedes on pole position for the Italian Grand Prix on Saturday with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen joining him on the front row. (MOTOR RACING-PRIX/ (PIX), first moved at 1312 GMT/9.12 AM ET, by Alan Baldwin, 500 words) - - - - Rugby World Cup warm-ups LONDON/CARDIFF/PARIS - All the Six Nations countries and several other tournament hopefuls are in action in the last big wave of Rugby World Cup warm-ups with England against Ireland, France versus Scotland and Wales taking on Italy in the pick of the matches. We will have reports and updates from all the major games and short reports from the tier-two countries in action. (RUGBY UNION-COUNTRY/, expect from 1600 GMT/11 AM ET) - - Eagles match no World Cup audition for Wallabies hopefuls Michael Cheika has declared his starting 15 for Australia's World Cup bid nailed down but the Wallabies coach is likely to keep everyone guessing until days before their tournament opener against Fiji. (RUGBY UNION-USA/AUSTRALIA, moved, by Ian Ransom, 450 words) - - - - CYCLING Tour of Spain (to Sept 13) Aru still in control heading into tough mountainous ride Overall leader Fabio Aru of Italy leads Spain's Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) and Dutchman Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) by 27 and 30 seconds respectively with a big battle between the top guns looming on the 14th stage which is a tough moutainous ride between Vitoria and Fuente del Chivo. (CYCLING-VUELTA/, expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, 400 words) - - - - GOLF PGA Tour: Deutsche Bank Championship (to 7) De Jonge leads by two shots, red-hot Day trails by three NORTON, Massachusetts - Zimbabwe's Brendon de Jonge, seeking a first victory on the PGA Tour, takes a two-shot lead into the second round after opening with a six-under-par 65 at the TPC Boston. PGA Championship winner Jason Day, the game's hottest player, trails by three strokes in the second of the four lucrative FedExCup playoff events. (GOLF-PGA/FEDEXCUP (PIX), expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, 400 words) - - - - NFL Dreaming Haynes waits on 49ers' decision for roster limit Australian rugby league international Jarryd Hayne, who has produced several electrifying displays for the San Francisco 49ers at running back during the preseason, will find out if he has realised his NFL dream as teams reduce their rosters to the mandatory 53-man limit by Saturday's 4 p.m. ET deadline. (NFL-ROSTERS/, expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, 350 words) - - - - (Europe Sports Desk: Martyn Herman)