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Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Saturday, Feb 13

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Saturday: OLYMPICS Athletes concerned about Zika before Rio Olympic test event RIO DE JANEIRO - International athletes set to compete in an Olympic diving test event in Rio de Janeiro next week have asked about risks linked to the Zika virus, but have not cancelled participation because of the outbreak, one of the organisers said on Friday. (HEALTH-ZIKA/OLYMPICS (UPDATE 2), moved, by Pedro Fonseca, 450 words) FIFA Ethics committee bans Valcke for 12 years ZURICH - Former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke became the latest high-profile soccer official to be kicked out of the sport when he was banned for 12 years after causing "considerable financial damage" to its scandal-plagued governing body. (SOCCER-FIFA/VALCKE, moved, by Brian Homewood, 555 words) ATHLETICS Amid WADA concerns, Kenya says stepping up anti-doping fight NAIROBI - Kenya has increased efforts to root out doping ahead of the Rio Olympics, the Kenyan athletics federation chief said on Friday, rejecting concerns by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that it is failing to tackle drugs cheats. (ATHLETICS-CORRUPTION/KENYA (UPDATE 1), moved, 700 words) SOCCER Premier League Sunderland v Manchester United (1245) Bournemouth v Stoke City (1500) Crystal Palace v Watford (1500) Everton v West Bromwich Albion (1500) Norwich City v West Ham United (1500) Swansea City v Southampton (1500) Chelsea v Newcastle United (1730) United look to reinvigorate top four chase at Sunderland LONDON - Manchester United have the chance to close the gap on the top four, and ease some of the pressure on manager Louis van Gaal, with victory at relegation-threatened Sunderland while Chelsea host Newcastle. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), expect by 1500 GMT/10 PM ET, by Martyn Herman, 650 words) We will also file mini match reports on every game La Liga Real Madrid v Athletic Bilbao (1500) Villarreal v Malaga (1715) Valencia v Espanyol (1930) Deportivo Coruna v Real Betis (2105) Big incentive for Real Madrid MADRID - Third-placed Real Madrid can close within a point of leaders Barcelona with a win at home to Athletic Bilbao who are sixth in the table. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX), expect by 1715 GMT/1:15 PM ET, by Rex Gowar, 500 words) Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund v Hanover 96 (1430) Darmstadt 98 v Bayer Leverkusen (1430) VfB Stuttgart v Hertha Berlin (1430) VfL Wolfsburg v Ingolstadt 04 (1430) Werder Bremen v Hoffenheim (1430) Cologne v Eintracht Frankfurt (1730) Dortmund out to close gap on Bayern BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund, in second place, can close the gap on leaders Bayern Munich to five points with victory over struggling Hanover. (SOCCER-GERMANY/ (PIX), expect by 1630 GMT/11:30 AM ET, by Brian Homewood, 400 words) Serie A Empoli v Frosinone (1400) Chievo Verona v Sassuolo (1700) Juventus v Napoli (1945) Juve-Napoli could be game of season MILAN - Leaders Napoli, who have won their last eight league matches, visit second-placed Juventus, winners of their last 14, with the leadership at stake in what promises to be Serie A's game of the season. (SOCCER-ITALY/ (PIX), expect by 2245 GMT/5:45 PM ET, 400 words) Ligue 1 Paris St Germain v Lille (1600) Guingamp v Girondins Bordeaux (1900) Nantes v Lorient (1900) Ajaccio v Troyes (1900) Montpellier v Toulouse (1900) Stade de Reims v Bastia (1900) PSG looking for 35th game without defeat PARIS - Paris St Germain, who have a 24-point lead at the top of the table with 13 games to go, look to stretch their unbeaten league run to 35 matches when they take on Lille. (SOCCER-FRANCE/ (PIX), expect by 1800 GMT/1 PM ET, by Julien Pretot, 300 words) RUGBY Six Nations France v Ireland (1425) Les Bleus face stern test against Ireland PARIS - A week after narrowly beating Italy, a new-look France team face a much tougher test against Ireland at the Stade de France. (RUGBY UNION-FRANCE/ (PIX), expect by 1630 GMT/11:30 AM ET, by Julien Pretot, 500 words) Wales v Scotland (1650) Welsh target ninth consecutive win over Scotland CARDIFF - Wales, who drew their opening Six Nations match with Ireland, look to make it nine successive wins over a Scotland side they walloped 51-3 two years ago. (RUGBY-WALES/, expect by 1835 GMT/1:35 PM ET, by Justin Palmer and John Geddie, 400 words) GOLF PGA Tour: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, California (to 14) Korean Kang flirts with a 59 to share Pebble Beach lead South Korea's Kang Sung-hoon fell one stroke shy of becoming only the seventh player to shoot a 59 on the PGA Tour as he surged into a tie for the lead after the second round of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Friday. (GOLF-PGA/ (PIX), moved, 400 words) European Tour: Tshwane Open, Pretoria (to 14) Schwartzel lurks ominously behind leader Michael PRETORIA - South African Anthony Michael leads by two shots going into the third round. Lurking two behind is 2011 U.S. Masters winner Charl Schwartzel whose 64 on Friday was the pick of the scores. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, expect by 1600 GMT/11 AM ET, 200 words) CRICKET New Zealand v Australia, first test (to 16) Voges cashes in as Australia forge huge lead WELLINGTON - Adam Voges continued to capitalise on an early reprieve by scoring his fifth test century as Australia eased to 463 for six by the close of the second day's play of the first match against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve on Saturday. (CRICKET-NEWZEALAND/, moved, by Greg Stutchbury, 440 words) NBA Icy blast before Canada warms up for All-Star Game TORONTO - The NBA got a frosty welcome as it brought its All-Star Game north to Canada for the first time where fans and players were greeted by an Arctic blast on Friday but a forecast for plenty of heat over a party packed weekend. (NBA-ALLSTAR/ (PIX), moved, by Steve Keating, 500 words) NHL Kopitar hat-trick helps Kings castle Rangers Anze Kopitar's third goal of the night with 29.7 seconds remaining forced overtime, then Tanner Pearson won it with 1:50 remaining in the extra period as the Los Angeles Kings rallied for a 5-4 victory against the New York Rangers on Friday. (NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, moved, by the Sports Xchange, 500 words) BASEBALL Mets reliever Mejia banned for life for doping NEW YORK - Major League Baseball (MLB) on Friday issued a lifetime ban to former New York Mets closer Jenrry Mejia after he tested positive a third time for a performance-enhancing substance. (BASEBALL-DOPING/MEJIA, moved, 315 words) NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (moved, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) (Asia desk editor: John O'Brien +65 6870 3971)