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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday, Feb 7

(Adds rugby, tennis) Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday: - - - - SOCCER Premier League (1500 unless stated) Bournemouth v Arsenal (1330) Chelsea v Manchester United (1600) Arsenal look to narrow deficit on leaders Leicester LONDON - Fourth-placed Arsenal look to close the gap on leaders Leicester City to five points with a win at Bournemouth while champions Chelsea host Manchester United, who are fifth. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), expect by 1530 GMT/10:30 AM ET, by Mike Collett, 650 words) We will also have mini match reports on both games - - La Liga Real Betis v Valencia (1500) Celta Vigo v Sevilla (1715) Granada v Real Madrid (1930) Barca beat Levante 2-0 to regain three-point lead BARCELONA - Barcelona cruised to a 2-0 win at lowly Levante, with Luis Suarez scoring his 36th goal of the season, to regain their three-point lead over Atletico Madrid. (SOCCER-SPAIN/, moved, with updates to follow, 400 words) - - Bundesliga Hamburg SV v Cologne (1430) Hoffenheim v Darmstadt 98 (1630) Hamburg looking for first win since November BERLIN - Hamburg will be desperate for points when they take on Cologne, having lost four of their last five league games to drop dangerously close to the relegation zone. (SOCCER-GERMANY/, expect by 1630 GMT/11:30 AM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 350 words) - - Serie A AC Milan v Udinese (1400) Frosinone v Juventus (1400) Napoli v Carpi (1400) Sassuolo v Palermo (1400) Torino v Chievo Verona (1400) Atalanta Bergamo v Empoli (1700) AS Roma v Sampdoria (1945) Napoli, Juve attempt to extend winning streaks ROME - Leaders Napoli try to extend their eight-game Serie A winning streak at home to relegation-threatened Carpi while second-placed Juventus will expect to make it 14 wins from 14 in the league when they play Frosinone. (SOCCER-ITALY/ (PIX), expect by 1600 GMT/11 AM ET, by Ed Dove, 400 words) - - Ligue 1 Lille v Stade Rennes (1300) Girondins Bordeaux v St Etienne (1600) Olympique Marseille v Paris St Germain (2000) PSG hope to improve record PARIS - Runaway leaders Paris St Germain look to extend their record of 33 league games without defeat when they visit arch rivals Olympique Marseille. (SOCCER-FRANCE/ (PIX), expect by 2200 GMT/5 PM ET, by Julien Pretot, 400 words) - - Dutch championship Ajax Amsterdam v Feyenoord (1130) Graafschap Doetinchem v NEC Nijmegen (1330) Groningen v Cambuur (1330) Utrecht v PSV Eindhoven (1545) Leaders PSV go to Utrecht as Ajax meet Feyenoord AMSTERDAM - Leaders PSV Eindhoven face a difficult game at Utrecht but most eyes will be on the clash between rivals Ajax Amsterdam, who are second, and third-placed Feyenoord. (SOCCER-DUTCH/, expect by 1800 GMT/1 PM ET, 300 words) - - - - NFL Panthers, Broncos set for Super Bowl 50 clash SANTA CLARA, Calif. - After a wild season, only one game now remains with the Vince Lombardi Trophy on the line as Cam Newton and the top-seeded Carolina Panthers battle future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50. (NFL-SUPERBOWL/ (PIX, GRAPHIC), expect by 0400 GMT/11 PM ET, by Steve Keating and Larry Fine, 650 words) - - Taking in the Superbowl in Hayne's hometown SYDNEY - Australia was transfixed when Jarryd Hayne made his audacious move from rugby league to the NFL but will that translate into Super Bowl fever on a Monday morning in the former San Francisco 49ers' home town in the southwestern suburbs of Sydney? (NFL-SUPERBOWL/AUSTRALIA (PIX), expect by 0500 GMT/12 PM ET, by Nick Mulvenney, 400 words) - - - - RUGBY UNION Six Nations championship Ireland v Wales (1500) Champions Ireland open their defence against Wales DUBLIN - Ireland open the defence of their Six Nations title at home to Wales, who who were the only team to beat them during last year's tightly fought championship. (RUGBY UNION-IRELAND/, expect by 1700/12 AM ET, by Padraic Halpin, 400 words) - - Vunipola the bedrock of Jones' new England EDINBURGH - Eddie Jones appears to be on a mission to tell every player in his England squad that he can be the best in the world in his position but those global ambitions for Billy Vunipola look less fanciful after his barnstorming display against Scotland. (RUGBY UNION-ENGLAND/, moved, By Mitch Phillips, 350 words) - - - - GOLF European Tour: Dubai Desert Classic Willett wins at the Emirates Club DUBAI - Britain's Danny Willett won his fourth European Tour title when he took the Dubai Desert Classic by a stroke from compatriot Andy Sullivan and Spain's Rafa Cabrero-Bello. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, moved, 400 words) - - PGA Tour: Phoenix Open, Scottsdale, Arizona (to 7) Lee leads by three ahead of final round, Mickelson five back New Zealand's Danny Lee takes a three-shot lead over Japan's Hideki Matsuyama and American Rickie Fowler into the final round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open where three-times winner Phil Mickelson is five shots off the pace. (GOLF-PGA/, expect by 2335 GMT/6:35 PM ET, 350 words) - - - - TENNIS Fed Cup quarter-finals Russia v Netherlands France v Italy Germany v Switzerland Romania v Czech Republic Dutch stun Russia to reach Fed Cup semi-finals The Netherlands' dream run continued as Kiki Bertens crushed Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1 6-4 in Moscow to send the Dutch into the semi-finals of the team competition for the first time since 1997. (TENNIS-FED/, moved, updates to follow. 300 words) - - - - NBA Clippers battle Heat, Knicks host Nuggets The Los Angeles Clippers, in search of their sixth win in seven games, visit the Miami Heat while the New York Knicks host the Denver Nuggets at Madison Square Garden in two of the four games on the National Basketball Association schedule. (NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 2230 GMT/5:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 450 words) - - - - NHL Caps host rival Flyers, Habs eye rare win streak Alex Ovechkin and the first-place Washington Capitals seek their third consecutive win when they host the division rival Philadelphia Flyers while the struggling Montreal Canadiens try for their first winning streak in over two months when they host the Carolina Hurricanes in two of the three games on the NHL schedule. (NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 2245 GMT/5:45 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words) - - - - NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (expect by 0101 GMT/8:01 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) (Europe desk editor: Alan Baldwin)