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Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Thursday, April 14

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Thursday: MOTOR RACING Chinese Formula One Grand Prix Alonso faces fitness test, Vandoorne on standby SHANGHAI - McLaren's Fernando Alonso, who fractured his ribs in an Australian Grand Prix crash, faces a fitness test to determine whether he can race on Sunday after being ruled out in Bahrain. Belgian reserve Stoffel Vandoorne is on standby. (MOTOR-F1-CHINA/ (PIX), expect by 0700 GMT/3 AM ET, by Abhishek Takle, 400 words) We will also have stories from around the paddock. NBA Warriors take NBA record OAKLAND, California - The Golden State Warriors earned a National Basketball Association record-setting 73rd regular season victory with a 125-104 blowout win over the Memphis Grizzlies. (NBA-WARRIORS/, moved with updates and sidebars to follow, by Dan Levine, 400 words) Lakers great Bryant makes league farewell LOS ANGELES - Moments before starting the final game of his stellar 20-year career in the NBA, Kobe Bryant was described as "the greatest" ever to wear the purple and gold by fellow Los Angeles Lakers great Magic Johnson. (NBA-LAKERS/BRYANT, moved with updates and sidebars to follow, by Mark Lamport-Stokes, 400 words) SOCCER Europa League quarter-final, second legs (1905 GMT kickoffs) Sevilla v Athletic Club Liverpool v Borussia Dortmund Shakhtar Donetsk v Braga Sparta Prague v Villarreal Klopp's Liverpool host Dortmund in Europa League showdown LONDON - Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp faces former club Borussia Dortmund at Anfield with the tie all square after the sides drew 1-1 in Germany, while holders Sevilla continue their bid for a third straight title at home to Athletic Bilbao. (SOCCER-EUROPA/, expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, by Toby Davis, 650 words) Premier League Leicester's fairytale being watched all over the world LONDON - Leicester City's unlikely assault on the Premier League title has captured the imagination of football fans the world over. SOCCER-ENGLAND-LEI/WORLD (FEATURE, PIX), expect by 0800 GMT/4 AM ET, by Mitch Phillips, 800 words). LONDON - We will bring the latest news from the Premier League ahead of the weekend's matches. (SOCCER-ENGLAND-TEAM/, expect throughout, 300 words) SWIMMING Australian National Swimming Championships, Adelaide (14) Australia confident of Rio redemption Australia's powerful swim team flopped in London but can look to Rio with hope of a better showing after encouraging Olympic trials. (OLYMPICS-RIO/SWIMMING-AUSTRALIA, expect by 1200 GMT/8 AM ET, by Ian Ransom, 500 words) BASKETBALL Real, Red Star aim to bounce back from playoff defeats BELGRADE - Euroleague holders Real Madrid and underdogs Red Star Belgrade face uphill tasks of evening their quarter-final playoff series against Fenerbahce Istanbul and CSKA Moscow, respectively (BASKETBALL-EUROLEAGUE/, expect by 2030 GMT/4:30 PM ET, by Zoran Milosavljevic, 300 words) (Asia desk editor: Greg Stutchbury)