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Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Thursday, June 30

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Thursday (times GMT): SOCCER European Championship, France (to July 10) Quarter-final Poland v Portugal Marseille (1900) We will bring you all the latest developments, including news conferences and injury updates aw the quarter-finals get underway with Poland against Portugal. (SOCCER-EURO-COUNTRY/ (PIX), expect throughout) TENNIS Wimbledon championships (to July 10) Murray and Muguruza to star on packed day four After the rain of the first few days a hectic schedule at the All England Club sees home favourite Andy Murray in Centre Court action against Taiwan's Yen-Hsun Lu while French Open champion Garbine Muguruza plays Jana Cepelova. Five-times champion Venus Williams, Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic are also in action as orgamisers try and make up for lost time (TENNIS-WIMBLEDON/, expect throughout, by Martyn Herman, Pritha Sarkar, Alison Williams and John Stonestreet) MOTOR RACING Austrian Formula One Grand Prix Australian Ricciardo prepares for 'home' race in Austria SPIELBERG, Austria - Australian Daniel Ricciardo is one of the drivers facing the media ahead of a home race for his Red Bull team. World champion Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg will also discuss their prospects. (MOTOR-F1-AUSTRIA/, expect from 1400 GMT/10 AM ET, by Alan Baldwin, 400 words) OLYMPICS USOC board meets at U.S. Olympic swimming trials OMAHA, Nebraska - The United States Olympic Committees will hold a board meeting where the Zika threat, doping and security concerns with the upcoming Rio Summer Games are expected to be discussed. (OLYMPICS-USOC/, expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, by Steve Keating, 400 words) U.S. Olympic swimming trials (until July 3) Phelps back in pool looking to add to Rio dance card OMAHA, Nebraska - A day after qualifying for the Rio Summer Games with a victory in the 200 metres butterfly, Michael Phelps is back in the CenturyLink pool at the U.S. Olympic swim trials looking to add to his Rio dance card swimming the preliminaries for the 200 individual medley. (SWIMMING-OLYMPICS/USA, expect by 0100 GMT/9 PM ET, by Steve Keating, 400 words) Jamaica Olympic athletics trials (thru July 3) Usain Bolt looks to secure sprint double ticket to Rio KINGSTON, Jamaica - Six-time Olympic champion and double sprint world record holder Usain Bolt, buoyed by his season best 9.88 on June 11, begins his hunt for spots in the 100m and 200 at the highly competitive Jamaican Olympic trials on Thursday. This as he seeks to win the sprint double for a record third Games in Rio. (ATHLETICS-OLYMPICS/JAMAICA (PREVIEW), expect by 0100 GMT/9 PM ET, by Kayon Raynor, 400 words) GOLF PGA Tour: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Akron, Ohio (to July 3) Top drawcard Day set to hunt a third WGC victory Australian world number one Jason Day launches his bid for a third World Golf Championships title in the opening round at Firestone Country Club where an elite field of 61 players has assembled, including second-ranked Jordan Spieth and U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson. (GOLF-PGA/, expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, 400 words) (Asia desk editor: Greg Stutchbury)