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Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Thursday, Dec 3

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Thursday: - - - - FIFA Swiss make more arrests in FIFA investigation ZURICH/NEW YORK - Swiss law enforcement officials made more arrests in the ongoing investigation of soccer's world governing body FIFA, some of them in a pre-dawn raid on a hotel in Zurich, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing law enforcement officials. (SOCCER-FIFA/PROBE moved with updates to follow) - - FIFA decides which reforms will be proposed to Congress ZURICH - FIFA's executive committee will decide on which proposals for reform, possibly including term limits for its own members, should be put before next February's Congress. (SOCCER-FIFA/ (PIX, TV), expect by 1530 GMT/10:30 AM ET, by Brian Homewood, 400 words) - - - - SOCCER Spanish King's Cup last 32, first leg Linense v Athletic Bilbao 1900 Mirandes v Malaga 2000 Ponferradina v Eibar 2000 Levante v Espanyol 2000 Huesca v Villarreal 2000 Las Palmas v Real Sociedad 2100 Sociedad face Las Palmas and Levante take on Espanyol BARCELONA - Real Sociedad are away to Las Palmas and Levante take on Espanyol in the two top flight clashes in the first leg of the King's Cup last 32 on Thursday while last season's beaten finalists Athletic Bilbao are away to Linense. (SOCCER-SPAIN/CUP (PIX), expect by 2200 GMT/5 PM ET, by Tim Hanlon, 500 words) - - La Liga Neville outlines Valencia plans VALENCIA, Spain - Former England defender Gary Neville holds his first news conference after being named as Valencia coach until the end of the season. (SOCCER-SPAIN/VALENCIA-NEVILLE, expect by 1800 GMT/1 PM ET, by Michael Church, 400 words) - - Premier League Mourinho proven right in title dog-fight LONDON - Jose Mourinho predicted a close Premier League title race and although the Chelsea manager could not have envisaged last season's champions languishing in the bottom half of the table, he has so far been proved right. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PREVIEW), moved, by Justin Palmer, 400 words) - - Bundesliga Unbeaten Bayern up against in-form Gladbach BERLIN - Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich face their toughest domestic test yet when they travel to in-form Borussia Moenchengladbach, unbeaten in nine league games under coach Andre Schubert. (SOCCER-GERMANY/ (PREVIEW), expect by 1100 GMT/6 AM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words) - - Serie A Soccer-Former banker Sarri takes Napoli to the top MILAN - Fifteen years after abandoning his career in international banking to try his luck as a soccer coach, Maurizio Sarri has finally reached the top of the profession he said he would by happy do for free. (SOCCER-ITALY/ (PREVIEW), expect by 1300 GMT/8 AM ET, 400 words) - - - - Argentine FA presidential election AFA votes to maintain old order or for renewal BUENOS AIRES - TV celebrity Marcelo Tinelli, vowing to shake up the old order, stands against incumbent Luis Segura in the Argentine FA's first presidential election since July 2014 when former strongman Julio Grondona died after 35 years in power and was automatically succeeded by his right hand man Segura. (SOCCER-ARGENTINA/AFA, expect by 2330 GMT/6:30 PM ET, 400 words) - - - - CRICKET India v South Africa, 4th test (to 7) India win toss, bat in final test v South Africa NEW DELHI - India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bat in the fourth and final test against South Africa at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium. (CRICKET-INDIA/, expect throughout, by Amlan Chakraborty, 400 words) - - - - GOLF Australian PGA Championship (to 6) Snedeker crashes on Gold Coast MELBOURNE - Tournament favourite and headline act Brandt Snedeker endured a nightmare start to the Australian PGA Championship on Thursday after crashing to a 12-over-par 83 at the RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast. (GOLF-AUSTRALIA/, expect throughout, 400 words) - - - - NBA Curry scores 40 in three quarters as Warriors stay perfect Stephen Curry delivered one of the best shooting displays of his career as the Golden State Warriors maintained their perfect start to the season with a 116-99 victory over the Hornets. (NBA-HORNETS/, moved, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - Streaking Pacers visit Clippers Paul George and the red-hot Indiana Pacers, in a battle for top spot in the Eastern Conference, try to close the gap on the Cleveland Cavaliers when they put their five-game winning streak on the line versus the host Los Angeles Clippers. (NBA-CLIPPERS/, expect by 0630 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - (Asia desk editor: Peter Rutherford)