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Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Wednesday, June 29

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Wednesday (times GMT): SOCCER European Championship, France (to July 10) We will bring you all the latest developments, including news conferences and injury updates, ahead of the quarter-finals which start on Friday with Wales against Belgium. (SOCCER-EURO-COUNTRY/ (PIX), expect throughout) TENNIS Wimbledon championships (to July 10) Djokovic faces Mannarino test, Federer v Willis LONDON - Holder Novak Djokovoc takes on Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in the second round and third seed Roger Federer faces world number 772 Marcus Willis of Britain on the third day of the tournament. (TENNIS-WIMBLEDON/, expect throughout, by Martyn Herman, Pritha Sarkar, Alison Williams and John Stonestreet) MOTOR RACING Austrian Formula One Grand Prix Rosberg aiming for hat-trick after Baku boost SPIELBERG, Austria - Mercedes' Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg is the only current driver to have won in Austria, a race that returned to the calendar in 2014, and he intends to keep it that way (MOTOR-F1-AUSTRIA/, expect by 1100GMT/7 AM ET, by Alan Baldwin, 400 words) We will also move a drivers' form sheet and statistics for Sunday's race, the ninth round of the season. OLYMPICS U.S. Olympic swimming trials (until July 3) Phelps aims for butterfly title, Ledecky faces Schmitt OMAHA, Nebraska - Michael Phelps, the star attraction of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, was fastest qualifier for the 200 metres butterfly final, while Katie Ledecky faces London Olympic champion Allison Schmitt in the 200 freestyle as they U.S. Olympic swimming team takes shape for the Rio Games. (SWIMMING-OLYMPICS/USA, expect by 0100 GMT/9 PM ET, by Steve Keating, 400 words) New-look Nehwal primed for Rio success - Padukone MUMBAI - Saina Nehwal is better equipped to win a medal in Rio in August than the Indian shuttler was when she claimed a bronze at the London Olympics four years ago, former All England champion Prakash Padukone told Reuters. (OLYMPICS-RIO/BADMINTON-INDIA (PIX, INTERVIEW), expect by 0700 GMT/3 AM ET, by Sudipto Ganguly, 580 words) CRICKET Coach Kumble speaks ahead of India's tour to West Indies BENGALURU - India's newly appointed coach Anil Kumble will hold a press conference ahead of the team's preparatory camp before the four-test series in West Indies. (CRICKET-INDIA/KUMBLE, expect by 10 GMT/6 AM ET, by Simon Jennigs, 400 words) GOLF Day, Spieth and Johnson head elite field at Firestone World number one Jason Day, second-ranked Jordan Spieth and newly crowned U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson head the field in this week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. We preview the last of the season's four elite World Golf Championships events which bring together the game's leading players. (GOLF-PGA/ (PREVIEW), expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, 400 words) BASEBALL Arizona's Greinke takes mound versus Phillies Former Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke (10-3) seeks his ninth consecutive victory when the right-hander takes the mound for the Arizona Diamondbacks versus the visiting Philadelphia Phillies in one of the 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0600 GMT/2 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words) (Asia desk editor: Greg Stutchbury)