Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday, May 17

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday: SOCCER La Liga (1700) Atletico Madrid v Barcelona Cordoba v Rayo Vallecano Deportivo Coruna v Levante Elche v Athletic Bilbao Getafe v Eibar Espanyol v Real Madrid Real Sociedad v Granada Sevilla v Almeria Valencia v Celta Vigo Villarreal v Malaga Barca on brink of title triumph MADRID - Leaders Barcelona will clinch the title with a game to spare by winning at third-placed Atletico Madrid. Real Madrid, in second, visit Espanyol. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX), expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, 650 words) Premier League Swansea City v Manchester City (1230) Manchester United v Arsenal (1500) Arsenal take on United, City look to tighten grip on 2nd LONDON - Manchester City look to consolidate second place behind champions Chelsea when they travel to Swansea while third takes on fourth when Arsenal visit Manchester United. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), expect by 1430 GMT/10:30 AM ET, 650 words) - - Serie A Atalanta Bergamo v Genoa (1300) Cagliari v Palermo (1300) Torino v Chievo Verona (1300) Verona v Empoli (1300) AS Roma v Udinese (1845) Roma desperate for points at home to Udinese ROME - AS Roma must beat lowly Udinese to move back into second place above Lazio who took an important step towards taking the second automatic Champions League berth by beating Sampdoria on Saturday. (SOCCER-ITALY/ (PIX), expect by 1800 GMT/2 PM ET, 500 words) - - Dutch championship ADO Den Haag v PSV Eindhoven Excelsior v AZ Alkmaar Dordrecht v Ajax Amsterdam Heracles Almelo v Go Ahead Eagles Deventer NAC Breda v Groningen PEC Zwolle v Feyenoord SC Cambuur v Willem II Tilburg Heerenveen v Twente Enschede Vitesse Arnhem v Utrecht Final day focus is on battle for Europa League spot AMSTERDAM - AZ Alkmaar, Feyenoord and Vitesse Arnhem battle for third place, which brings a Europa League spot, on the final day of the season. (SOCCER-DUTCH/, expect by 1430 GMT/10:30 AM ET, 250 words) - - GOLF European Tour Spanish Open, Barcelona Morrison and Howell lead way BARCELONA - British pair James Morrison and David Howell share the lead on seven-under-par going into the final round at El Prat. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Tim Hanlon, 300 words) - - - - TENNIS ATP/WTA: Italian Open, Rome Djokovic faces Federer in final ROME - Top seed Novak Djokovic takes on Roger Federer in the men's final while third seed Maria Sharapova meets Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain in the women's showpiece match. (TENNIS-ROME/, expect by 1630 GMT/12:30 PM ET, 400 words) - - - - CYCLING Giro d'Italia (to 31) Contador leads going into ninth stage Spain's Alberto Contador wears the leader's pink jersey as the Giro enters the ninth day, a hilly 215km ride from Benevento to San Giorgio del Sannio in southern Italy. (CYCLING-GIRO/, expect by 1530 GMT/11:30 AM ET, 300 words) - - - - MOTORCYCLING MotoGP: France, Le Mans World champion Marquez starts on pole LE MANS, France - Honda's world champion Marc Marquez is on pole with Yamaha's championship leader Valentino Rossi starting back in seventh place. (MOTORCYCLING-FRANCE/ (PIX), expect by 1300 GMT/9 AM ET, 300 words) - - - - ATHLETICS Diamond League meeting, Shanghai All eyes on high jump at second Diamond meeting SHANGHAI - After an explosive triple jump lit up the opening Diamond League meeting of the season in Doha, field events could be to the fore again as Mutaz Essa Barshim and Bogdan Bondarenko go into the high jump eyeing Javier Sotomayor's long-standing world record of 2.45 metres. (ATHLETICS-SHANGHAI/, expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, by Ian Chadband, 400 words) - - - - BASKETBALL Real take on Olympiakos for Euroleague title MADRID - Real Madrid are favourites to clinch a record-extending ninth Euroleague title when they lock horns with triple former winners Olympiakos Piraeus in the final. (BASKETBALL-EUROLEAGUE/, expect by 2030 GMT/4:30 PM ET, by Zoran Milosavljevic, 400 words) - - - - GOLF PGA Tour: Wells Fargo Championship, Charlotte (to 17) McIlroy leads by four at Quail Hollow CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - After firing a course record 61 in the third round to establish a four-shot lead, Rory McIlory will try to hold off second-placed Webb Simpson in the final round of the PGA Tour event. (GOLF-PGA/ (PIX), expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, by Andrew Both, 400 words) - - LPGA Tour: Kingsmill Championship, Williamsburg, Virginia (to 17) Delacour surges to one-stroke lead over Lee France's Perrine Delacour heads into the final round of the Kingsmill Championship with a one-stroke lead over American Alison Lee (GOLF-LPGA/ (PIX), expect end-of-day lead by 2330 GMT/7:30 PM ET, 300 words) - - - - SWIMMING Phelps set to face Lochte in 200 IM Michael Phelps is expected to duel world record holder Ryan Lochte in the 200 metres individual medley and also swim the 100m freestyle at the Arena Pro Swim Series meet in Charlotte, North Carolina, as he continues his preparations for a return to the Olympics in 2016. (SWIMMING-USA/, expect by 0330 GMT/11:30 PM ET, 300 words) - - - - NBA Clippers, Rockets clash in Game Seven The visiting Los Angeles Clippers try again to close out the Houston Rockets as they meet in Game Seven of the Western Conference semi-final playoffs after the Rockets came back from a 3-1 deficit to tie the series at three games each. (NBA-PLAYOFFS/ROCKETS (PIX), expect by 2230 GMT/6:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 250 words) - - - - NHL Blackhawks start Western final at Ducks The Chicago Blackhawks visit the top-seeded Anaheim Ducks for the opening game of their best-of-seven Western Conference playoff series that will send the winner to the Stanley Cup Final. (NHL-PLAYOFFS/DUCKS (PIX), expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, 300 words) - - - - BASEBALL Strasburg bids to boost Nationals, own record Stephen Strasburg (2-4) tries to get his season back on track when the Washington Nationals, who are locked in a battle with the New York Mets for first place in the National League East, visit the San Diego Padres in one of the 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) (Europe desk editor: Ed Osmond)