Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Monday, May 25

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Monday: - - - - TENNIS French Open, Paris (to June 7) Murray and Sharapova in first-round action PARIS - Briton Andy Murray starts his French Open campaign against Argentina's Facundo Arguello while defending champion Maria Sharapova takes on Estonian Kaia Kanepi on the second day of the claycourt grand slam (TENNIS-OPEN/ (PIX), play starts at 0900 GMT/5 AM ET, by Julien Pretot, Martyn Herman and Andrew Callus, 600 words) - - - - SOCCER Serie A Lazio v AS Roma (1600) Champions League places at stake in Rome derby ROME - Bitter rivals Lazio and AS Roma, third and second in Serie A respectively, clash at the Stadio Olimpico with the battle for a Champions League group stage place adding extra spice to an already volatile fixture. (SOCCER-ITALY/ (PIX), expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, 400 words) - - England Norwich City and Middlesbrough meet in soccer's richest game LONDON - Norwich City and Middlesbrough meet in the Championship playoff final at Wembley, the game dubbed the richest in soccer because at least 120 million pounds ($185.78 million) in prize money and sponsorship awaits the club that wins promotion to next season's Premier League. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/PLAYOFF), expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Ken Ferris, 400 words) - - - - CRICKET England v New Zealand, first test (to 25) Anderson, Broad put England on course for famous win LONDON - James Anderson and Stuart Broad ripped out the New Zealand top order to give England the scent of victory in the first test at Lord's. (CRICKET-ENGLAND/ (PIX), moved with updates to follow, by Ed Osmond, 400 words) - - - - NBA Warriors bid for Finals spot with sweep of Rockets High scoring Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors look to clinch a spot in the NBA Finals when they meet the Houston Rockets in Game Four of the best-of-seven Western Conference finals which the Warriors lead 3-0. (NBA-PLAYOFFS/ROCKETS (PIX), expect by 0345 GMT/11:45 PM ET, 400 words) - - - - NHL Ducks go for lead over Blackhawks The Anaheim Ducks, back home in California for Game Five, seek to take the lead over the Chicago Blackhawks in their best-of-seven Western Conference finals, which are deadlocked at two games each. (NHL-PLAYOFFS/DUCKS (PIX), expect by 0330 GMT/11:30 PM ET, 350 words) - - - - BASEBALL Unbeaten Keuchel seeks to keep streak going Dallas Keuchel goes for his seventh win without a loss as the surprising Houston Astros visit the Baltimore Orioles in one of 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0330 GMT/11:30 PM ET, 800 words) - - - - NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (expect by 0000 GMT/8:00 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES Reuters will run a series of daily features in the countdown to the Southeast Asian Games, taking place in Singapore from June 5-16. Singapore braces to host region's top athletes SINGAPORE - The 28th Southeast Asian Games begins in Singapore next week, marking the start of the region's most important multi-sports event, bringing together around 7,000 competitors from 11 countries. (GAMES-SEA/PREVIEW, expect by 0900 GMT/5 AM ET, by Julian Linden, 600 words) - - - - CYCLING Giro d'Italia, (to 31) Rest day. Copy on merit - - - - (Europe desk editor: Pritha Sarkar)