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Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Sunday

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Sunday:

SOCCER

Premier League

Everton v Arsenal (1230)

Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool (1500)

Tottenham aim for successive Wembley wins

LONDON - Liverpool travel to third-place Tottenham Hotspur off the back of a 7-0 thrashing of Maribor in the Champions League in midweek. However, they face a Spurs side high on confidence after gaining their first Premier League win at Wembley over Bournemouth last week, followed by an impressive draw at Real Madrid. (SOCCER-ENGLAND-TOT-LIV/(PIX), expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Martyn Herman, 400 words)

Everton and Arsenal aim to bounce back from losses

LIVERPOOL - After Thursday's home defeat to Lyon in the Europa League, Everton are without a win in four games and in the Premier League they are down in 16th place. Arsenal are looking to bounce back from last week's defeat at Watford. (SOCCER-ENGLAND-EVE-ARS/ (PIX) expect by 1430 GMT/10:30 AM ET, by Simon Evans, 400 words)

We will also run a separate mini-report on each game.

La Liga

Villarreal v Las Palmas (1000)

Celta Vigo v Atletico Madrid (1415)

Leganes v Athletic Club (1630)

Real Madrid v Eibar (1845)

Real seek to get back to winning ways

La Liga champions Real Madrid, held by Tottenham Hotspur in their midweek Champions League fixture, will be seeking to close the eight-point gap with leaders Barcelona when they host Eibar in the late game. By the time Real take to the pitch, they could have been leapfrogged by fourth placed Atletico Madrid, who travel to Celta Vigo. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX), expect by 1615 GMT/12:15 PM ET, 400 words)

Serie A

Chievo Verona v Verona (1030)

AC Milan v Genoa (1300)

Atalanta Bergamo v Bologna (1300)

Benevento v Fiorentina (1300)

SPAL v Sassuolo (1300)

Torino v AS Roma (1300)

Udinese v Juventus (1600)

Lazio v Cagliari (1845)

Milan seek to emerge from slump

MILAN - After losing their last three league games and being held at home to AEK Athens on Thursday, big-spending AC Milan need a win at home to Genoa to lift the pressure on coach Vincenzo Montella. (SOCCER-ITALY/, expect by 1300 GMT/9 AM ET, 500 words)

Ligue 1

Nice v Racing Strasbourg (1300)

ESTAC Troyes v Olympique Lyon (1500)

Olympique Marseille v Paris St Germain (1900)

Leaders Paris St Germain will move six points clear in Ligue 1 if they beat bitter rivals Olympique de Marseille at the Stade Velodrome. (SOCCER-FRANCE/ expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, 400 words)

Guangzhou look to secure seventh straight China title

HONG KONG - Guangzhou Evergrande can secure a record seventh successive Chinese Super League title with two games to spare if they beat Guizhou Hengfeng at Tianhe Stadium. (SOCCER-CHINA-TIQ-HEB/, expect by 1330 GMT/9.30 AM ET, by Michael Church, 400 words)

African Champions League

ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT - Ahly of Egypt must come from 2-1 behind in the second leg of their semi-final tie against Etoile Sahel of Tunisia if they are to stay in contention for a record ninth African Champions League title. (SOCCER-CAFCHAMPIONS-ALY-SAH/expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, 300 words)

MOTOR RACING

U.S. Formula One Grand Prix

Mercedes on brink of constructors' title, Hamilton on pole

AUSTIN - Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday's U.S. Grand Prix on pole position, with Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel alongside, and could end it with a fourth title. Mercedes are on the brink of a fourth constructors' crown. (MOTOR-F1-USA/ (PIX, TV), expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, by Alan Baldwin, 500 words)

We will also have stories from around the paddock.

Australian MotoGP

Marquez wins Australian MotoGP

Reigning champion Marc Marquez took a step closer to retaining his title by winning the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island. (MOTOR-MOTOGP-AUSTRALIA/(TV), moved with update to follow, by Nick Mulvenney, 300 words)

NFL

Packers clash with Saints, Patriots battle Falcons

Brett Hundley will make his first start at quarterback to replace the injured Aaron Rogers when the Green Bay Packers host the New Orleans Saints while the AFC East leading New England Patriots clash with the Atlanta Falcons in two of 13 games on the schedule. (FOOTBALL-NFL/HIGHLIGHTS, expect by 0430 GMT/12: 30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words)

TENNIS

WTA Finals, Singapore Indoor Stadium (to 29)

Venus opens WTA Finals with Pliskova clash

SINGAPORE - Venus Williams makes her first appearance at the WTA Finals since 2009 when the American opens round-robin play with a White Group encounter against Karolina Pliskova. They are followed on court by Garbine Muguruza and Jelena Ostapenko in a clash between the last two French Open champions. (TENNIS-WTAFINALS/ (PIX, TV), play starts at 0900 GMT/5 AM ET, by John O'Brien, 450 words)

Stockholm Open

Dimitrov to face Del Potro in final

Grigor Dimitrov took a step closer to qualifying for the ATP Finals in London on Saturday after setting up a Stockholm Open final showdown with Juan Martin del Potro. (TENNIS-MEN-STOCKHOLM/ 300 words)

CRICKET

India v New Zealand, 1st ODI, Mumbai

India's top order will be challenged by New Zealand's pace

MUMBAI - India will bank on their formidable top order as they hope to tame New Zealand's potent pace attack in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Wankhede Stadium. (CRICKET-ODI-IND-NZL/ (PIX), expect by 1730 GMT/1:30 PM ET, 350 words)

Zimbabwe vs West Indies, first test, Bulawayo

Zimbabwe will resume on 19 for no loss in their first innings in reply to West Indies' 219 all out in the first test. (CRICKET-TEST-ZWE-WIN/ expect by 1530 GMT/11:30 AM ET, 300 words)

South Africa v Bangladesh - 3rd ODI

EAST LONDON - South Africa will seek a clean-sweep of the ODI series at home to Bangladesh after two big wins, with the third and final match to be played at Buffalo Park. CRICKET-ODI-ZAF-BGD/ expect by 1730 GMT/1:30 PM ET, 350 words)

GOLF

Thomas, Leishman in playoff for PGA's maiden event in Korea

FedExCup champion Justin Thomas is in a playoff against Marc Leishman for the CJ Cup, the PGA's Tour's first official event in South Korea, after both players finished on nine-under-par. (GOLF-KOREA/ (TV) expect by 0900 GMT/5 AM ET, 400 words)

NBA

Thunder battle Timberwolves in OKC

Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder will look to remain undefeated in the young season when they host the Minnesota Timberwolves in one of the three games on the National Basketball Association schedule. (BASKETBALL-NBA/HIGHLIGHTS, expect by 0600 GMT/2 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words)

NHL

Canucks face Red Wings in Detroit

The Vancouver Canucks will battle the Detroit Red Wings in the lone game on the National Hockey League schedule. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL/HIGHLIGHTS, expect by 0600 GMT/2 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 300 words)

NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS

Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues.

FIGURE SKATING

ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Rostelecom Cup

MOSCOW - The world's leading skaters compete in Moscow at the first of six qualifying events for the Grand Prix Final in Japan in December. (FIGURESKATING-ISU/MOSCOW (PIX) by Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber, 300 words)

SAILING

Volvo Ocean Race

ALICANTE, Spain - The first leg of the 2017/18 Volvo Ocean Race begins in Alicante. (SAILING-VOLVO/ (TV) 200 words)

(Asia desk editor: Peter Rutherford)