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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday, May 24

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday: SOCCER Mourinho in United's sights after Van Gaal exit We will bring you all the latest from Old Trafford as Manchester United look to begin a new era after sacking Dutchman Louis van Gaal, with Jose Mourinho expected to be courted to take over the hot seat. (SOCCER-ENGLAND-MNU/, expect throughout) Euro 2016 We will move the second part of our preview package for the 24-team tournament in France starting on June 10. (SOCCER-EURO/, moving at 0200 GMT/10:PM ET) African Champions League/African Confederation Cup African Champions League draw to be held in Cairo CAIRO - The draw for the group phase of the African Champions League and African Confederation Cup was made. (SOCCER-AFRICA/CHAMPIONS, moved, 300 words) ATHLETICS Russia Sports Minister, RUSADA chief discuss doping reform Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko and Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) acting director-general Anna Antseliovich speak to reporters about the steps the country has taken to reform its anti-doping system. (SPORT-DOPING/ATHLETICS-RUSSIA, expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, by Dmitriy Rogovitskiy, 500 words) TENNIS French Open (to June 5) Djokovic and Serena enter the fray in Paris PARIS - World number ones Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams start their Roland Garros campaign after Andy Murray battles back from two sets down to beat Czech Radek Stepanek. (TENNIS-OPEN/ (PIX), expect throughout, by Martyn Herman, Julien Pretot and Pritha Sarkar) MOTOR RACING Monaco Formula One Grand Prix One streak over, Rosberg aims for another MONACO - One winning streak ended with a bang for Nico Rosberg in Spain but Monaco's metal-fenced streets could see the continuation of another on Sunday, with the championship leader going for his fourth successive victory in the principality. (MOTOR-F1-MONACO/ (PREVIEW), expect by 0900 GMT/5 AM ET, by Alan Baldwin, 500 words) We will also a drivers' form sheet and statistics. GOLF Willett, An, Westwood discuss Wentworth plans VIRGINIA WATER, England - U.S. Masters champion Danny Willett, title holder An Byeong-hun and former world number one Lee Westwood host news conferences ahead of this week's BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, expect by 1400 GMT/10 AM ET, by Tony Jimenez, 400 words) OLYMPICS Tokyo spot would be "marvellous", says 75-year-old Japanese BERLIN - Japan's 75-year-old Olympian, Hiroshi Hoketsu, who will miss the Rio Games due to his horse's poor health, says it would be "marvellous" if he could remain fit enough to earn a place at Tokyo 2020, some 56 years since his first Olympics.(OLYMPICS-HOKETSU/ (INTERVIEW), moved, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words) CYCLING Giro d'Italia (to 29) Surprise package Kruijswijk on top before 16th stage Unexpected leader, Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk, is ahead of Colombia's Esteban Chaves by two minutes 12 seconds and Italian Vincenzo Nibali by 2:51 heading into stage 16 which covers 132km from Bressanone/Brixen to Andalo. (CYCLING-GIRO/, 300 words) NHL Bolts on the brink of Stanley Cup finals The Tampa Bay Lightning can book a berth in the Stanley Cup finals with a Game Six win over Pittsburgh. (NHL-PLAYOFFS/LIGHTNING, expect by 0330 GMT/11:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) BASEBALL White Sox Sale goes for a perfect 10 Left-hander Chris Sale aims to improve to 10-0 in a duel of undefeated starters when he takes on Josh Tomlin (6-0) of the Cleveland Indians in one of 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS, expect by 0600 GMT/2 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words) NBA Warriors try to level series against Thunder The visiting Golden State Warriors seek to level the best-of-seven Western Conference finals against Oklahoma City after a Game Three drubbing by the Thunder. (NBA-PLAYOFFS/THUNDER expect by 0015 GMT/12:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (expect by 0000 GMT/8:00 PM ET, 500 words) (Europe duty editor: Ed Osmond)