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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday, May 15

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday: SOCCER Premier League Arsenal v Aston Villa (1400) Chelsea v Leicester City (1400) Everton v Norwich City (1400) Manchester United v Bournemouth (1400) Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur (1400) Southampton v Crystal Palace (1400) Stoke City v West Ham United (1400) Swansea City v Manchester City (1400) Watford v Sunderland (1400) West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool (1400) Triumphant Ranieri returns to Stamford Bridge LONDON - Manager Claudio Ranieri makes an emotional return to his former club Chelsea as champions Leicester end their triumphant season with a trip to Stamford Bridge. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), expect by 1615 GMT/12:15 PM ET, 650 words) - - La Liga Malaga v Las Palmas (1000) Espanyol v Eibar (1700) Rayo Vallecano v Levante (1730) Real Betis v Getafe (1730) Sporting Gijon v Villarreal (1730) BARCELONA- Strugglers Getafe, Rayo Vallecano and Sporting Gijon scrap for their lives to avoid the final two relegation spots on the final day of the season in La Liga. (SOCCER-SPAIN/expect by 1930 GMT/3:30 PM ET, by Richard Martin, 400 words) - - Serie A Chievo Verona v Bologna (1600) Empoli v Torino (1600) Genoa v Atalanta Bergamo (1600) Lazio v Fiorentina (1845) Palermo v Verona (1845) Udinese v Carpi (1845) Carpi and Palermo looking to avoid relegation ROME - Eighteenth-placed Carpi need to win at Udinese and hope that rivals Palermo drop points at home to bottom club Hellas Verona in order to avoid relegation from Serie A on the final day of the season. (SOCCER-ITALY/ (PIX), expect by 2045 GMT/4:45 PM ET, by Ed Dove, 300 words) - - Portugal Benfica eyeing record title triumph LISBON - Benfica need to beat Nacional at home to guarantee their record 35th domestic title, while second-place Sporting Lisbon could overhaul their city rivals with a win at Braga if the reigning champions slip up. (SOCCER-PORTUGAL/ (PIX), expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, 300 words) - - Dutch league Heracles Almelo v Groningen (1030) Utrecht v PEC Zwolle (1230) Play-off tussle for Europa League place continues AMSTERDAM - The teams that finished from fifth to eighth place at the end of the regular season in the Netherlands play the second legs of their semi-final ties with the eventual winner of this play-off series earning a place in next season's Europa League. (SOCCER-NETHERLANDS/, expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, 200 words) - - Belgian league Club Bruges v Anderlecht (1230) Zulte Waregem v Gent (1600) Brugge on brink of claiming Belgian Championship BRUSSELS - Club Bruges can win their first title in 11 years if they beat Anderlecht at home but defeat will open the door for Anderlecht to still snatch the championship. (SOCCER-BELGIUM/, expect by 1500 GMT/ 11 AM ET, 300 words) - - - - MOTOR RACING Spanish Formula One Grand Prix Verstappen is youngest winner as Mercedes crash out BARCELONA - Dutch teenager Max Verstappen became Formula One's youngest race winner on Sunday in a sensational Spanish Grand Prix that saw dominant Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg collide on the opening lap. (MOTOR-F1-SPAIN/ (PIX), quick lead moved, updates expected shortly, by Alan Baldwin, 500 words) We will also have stories from around the paddock and a team-by-team analysis of the race. - - - - TENNIS Italian Open ROME - Novak Djokovic plays Andy Murray in a second claycourt final within eight days, after Serena Williams beat fellow American Madison Keys to win the women's singles final. (TENNIS-ROME/, expect after 1600 GMT/12 noon ET, 500 words) - - - - RUGBY World Series Sevens France-Kenya the headline act on Paris Sevens day three PARIS - Hosts France take on Singapore champions Kenya in a hotly anticipated Cup quarter-final, with the winner going on to meet either Fiji or Australia in the semi-finals. New Zealand face Argentina and South Africa are up against Samoa in the other two Cup quarter-finals. (RUGBY/ (PIX), expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, 200 words) - - - - ICE HOCKEY World championship MOSCOW - We will have a wrap of day 10 from the World Ice Hockey Championships in Russia. The Czech Republic's match against Denmark and the United States' clash with Germany will be among the games featured. (ICE HOCKEY-WORLDS/, expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, 200 words, by Dmitriy Rogovitskiy) - - - - BASKETBALL Fenerbahce and CSKA clash in Euroleague final BERLIN - Six-time Euroleague winners CSKA Moscow and noveau riche Fenerbahce Istanbul lock horns in the premier club competition's final, with Turkish fans expected to throng the Mercedes-Benz Arena. (EUROLEAGUE-BASKETBALL/expect story by 2030 GMT/4.30 PM ET; By Zoran Milosavljevic; 400 words). - - - - NBA Raptors and Heat in deciding Game 7 After winning the seventh game in their previous series, the Toronto Raptors face another do-or-die showdown, this time against the Dwyane Wade-led Miami Heat, with the winners advancing to the Eastern Conference final against Cleveland. (NBA-PLAYOFFS/RAPTORS, expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange) NHL Blues, Sharks open Western Conference final in St. Louis The St. Louis Blues and San Jose Sharks open the Western Conference final in St. Louis. The Blues, who are making their first appearance in the conference final since 2001, and Sharks are both bidding for their first Stanley Cup championship. (NHL-PLAYOFFS/BLUES, expect by 0330 GMT/11:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) BASEBALL Japanese right-hander Masahiro Tanaka (1-0) is scheduled to start for the New York Yankees against the Chicago White Sox, who are expected to counter with right-hander Miguel Gonzales, in one of 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0001 GMT/8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words) (Europe duty editor: Clare Fallon)