RPT-Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Thursday Nov 15

(Fixes date)

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 on Thursday (times GMT):

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SOCCER

World Cup qualifiers/friendly internationals

LONDON

Zlatan Ibrahimovic christened Sweden's new stadium with a

sprinkling of gold on Wednesday with three classy goals and one

great one in a 4-2 friendly win over England while Lionel Messi

drew a blank for Argentina in Riyadh. (SOCCER FRIENDLIES/

(WRAPUP 1), moved, by Martyn Herman, 500 words)

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SINGAPORE - Three moments of late magic helped Uzbekistan,

Iraq and Qatar grab key 1-0 wins in World Cup qualifying on

Wednesday while Asian champions Japan rode their luck before

edging to the brink of a place in Brazil. (SOCCER-WORLD/ASIA

(WRAPUP 1), moved, by Patrick Johnston, 500 words)

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EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey - Neymar conjured up a superb

equaliser and a dreadful penalty miss in a pulsating 1-1 draw

between 2014 World Cup hosts Brazil and Colombia in their

friendly on Wednesday.(SOCCER-FRIENDLY/BRAZIL, pix, 500 words)

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Weekend European league previews

LONDON - An incendiary mix of bitter local rivalry and two

teams searching for consistency amid fan disquiet see Arsenal

and Tottenham Hotspur throw themselves into the bearpit of a

North London derby at the Emirates on Saturday (SOCCER-ENGLAND/

(PREVIEW), moving at 0200, by Justin Palmer, 400 words)

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PARIS - Second-placed Olympique Marseille will have to rely

on team work to overcome the absence of a genuine striker when

they visit Girondins Bordeaux in Ligue 1 on Sunday, coach Elie

Baup said (SOCCER-FRANCE/ (PREVIEW), moving at 0200, 300 word)

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MADRID - Leaders Barcelona host Real Zaragoza and

third-placed Real Madrid are at home to Athletic Bilbao on

Saturday, before second-placed Atletico Madrid play at Granada

on Sunday. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PREVIEW), expect by 1200, by Mark

Elkington, 400 words)

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NBA

LOS ANGELES - Chris Paul and the Los Angeles Clippers (5-2)

face a daunting task in their bid for a fourth straight win when

they host LeBron James and the NBA champion Miami Heat (6-2) at

the Staples Center. (NBA-HEAT/, expect by 0630, pix, by Mark

Lamport-Stokes, 450 words)

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BASEBALL

R.A. Dickey of the New York Mets became the first

knuckleball pitcher to win a Cy Young Award, while Tampa Bay

Rays' left-hander David Price won the American League's top

pitching award after the closest vote in 43 years.

(BASEBALL-AWARDS/PITCHERS, moved, by Larry Fine, 400 words)

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MOTOR RACING

Formula One, U.S. Grand Prix

AUSTIN, Texas - Americans have had a long-standing love

affair with the car but the romance of Formula One, that sets

hearts of motor sports fans around the world a flutter, has

never managed to get pulses racing in the United States. (MOTOR

RACING-PRIX/U.S., moved, by Steve Keating)

We have also moved a drivers' form sheet and statistics.

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CRICKET

Bangladesh v West Indies, first test, Dhaka (to 17)

DHAKA - Bangladesh resume on 164-3 needing another 164 to

avoid the follow-on against a West indies side that declared on

527-4 after Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit his second ever double

century. (CRICKET-WINDIES/, moved, by Azad Majumder, 400 words)

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CRICKET

India v England, first test, Ahmedabad (to 19)

Reuters coverage of the India-England series is suspended as

a direct result of a policy decision by the Board of Control for

Cricket in India (BCCI) to exclude news agencies working only in

the photographic medium from covering its events.

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GOLF

Australian Masters, Melbourne (to 18)

MELBOURNE - Briton Ian Poulter will hope to bring his

sparkling Ryder Cup form Down Under as he defends his title

against the likes of Adam Scott and Graeme McDowell at Kingston

Heath in Melbourne's famed sandbelt (GOLF-AUSTRALIA/, expect by

0800, by Ian Ransom, 400 words)

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Hong Kong Open, Fanling (to 18)

FANLING, Hong Kong - World number one Rory McIlroy, who

clinched the European Tour money-list title on Sunday, goes in

search of his fifth tournament victory of the season.

(GOLF-EUROPEAN/, expect by 1100, pix, 500 words)

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South African Open, Ekurhuleni (to 18)

Copy on merit

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RUGBY

We will have all the latest team news ahead of this

weekend's November internationals

(Duty editor: Alastair Himmer)

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