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Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Tuesday, Nov 24

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Tuesday: - - - - SOCCER Champions League (1945 unless stated) Group E BATE Borisov v Bayer Leverkusen (1700) Barcelona v AS Roma - - Group F Arsenal v Dinamo Zagreb Bayern Munich v Olympiakos Piraeus - - Group G Porto v Dynamo Kiev Maccabi Tel Aviv v Chelsea - - Group H Zenit St Petersburg v Valencia (1700) Olympique Lyonnais v Ghent - - Barca can clinch last 16 spot by avoiding defeat to Roma BARCELONA - Holders Barcelona can secure a place in the last 16 and top spot in the group with a game to spare if they avoid defeat at home to AS Roma. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-BAR-ROM/ (PIX, TV) expect by 2130 GMT/4:30 PM ET, by Tim Hanlon, 400 words) - - Benitez previews Real's Champions League game at Shakhtar LVIV, Ukraine - Real Madrid coach Rafa Benitez holds a news conference looking ahead to Wednesday's Champions League Group A game at Shakhtar Donetsk, his first public appearance since Saturday's 4-0 La Liga thrashing at home to Barcelona. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-SHA-MAD/BENITEZ, expect by 1900 GMT/2 PM ET, 400 words) - - Mata recalls 'genius' Best as United eye PSV win MANCHESTER - Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata hailed George Best "a genius forever" as their injury-hit side aim to mark the 10th anniversary of the Northern Irishman's death with a Champions League victory against PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/UNITED, moved, by Rob Hodgetts, 400 words) - - Morata-Dybala partnership could give Juve edge over City TURIN - Juventus need to beat Manchester City to reach the Champions League knockout stages and many of their fans believe the best way to achieve that is by playing Alvaro Morata and Paulo Dybala together in attack. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/JUVENTUS, moved, by Brian Homewood, 400 words) - - - - Crimean soccer chief talks about first domestic season MOSCOW - The President of the Crimean Football Union, Yuri Vetokha, talks to Reuters in an interview about the first season of the domestic championship. (SOCCER-CRIMEA/, expect by 1300 GMT/9 AM ET, by Dmitriy Rogovitskiy, 600 words) - - - - NFL Patriots beat Bills to extend unbeaten start to 10-0 The undefeated New England Patriots survived a physical war and topped the Buffalo Bills 20-13 on Monday night. (NFL-PATRIOTS/, moved, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - NBA Heat clamp down on defense, destroy Knicks The Miami Heat's sputtering offence continued but they used an improving defense to defeat the New York Knicks 95-78. (NBA-MIAMI/, moved, by The Sports Xchange, 350 words) - - Spurs beat Suns, stay perfect at home Christmas might still be a month away but the San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Suns are already in a giving mood, or so it seems from the two teams' combined 49 turnovers in the Spurs' 98-84 win versus the Suns. (NBA-SPURS/, moved, by The Sports Xchange, 350 words) - - - - NHL Lundqvist stands tall as Rangers tame Predators Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist continued his brilliant season by stopping 31 shots in the New York Rangers' 3-0 victory over the Nashville Predators. (NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, moved, by The Sports Xchange, 500 words) - - - - NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (expect by 0100 GMT/8:00 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - (Asia desk editor: Greg Stutchbury)