Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Friday:
SOCCER
UEFA chief visits Serbia after FIFA World Cup teams proposal
BELGRADE - UEFA President Aleksandar Ceferin meets his Serbian FA host a day after FIFA proposed intercontinenal team allocations for the 2026 World Cup, which will be the first to involve 48 countries.
Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Friday:
SOCCER
UEFA chief visits Serbia after FIFA World Cup teams proposal
BELGRADE - UEFA President Aleksandar Ceferin meets his Serbian FA host a day after FIFA proposed intercontinenal team allocations for the 2026 World Cup, which will be the first to involve 48 countries. (SOCCER-WORLDCUP/CEFERIN, expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, by Zoran Milosavljevic, 500 words)
Premier League
We will have all the latest news ahead of this weekend's Premier League fixtures which include Liverpool against Everton in the Merseyside derby and Arsenal versus Manchester City. (SOCCER-ENGLAND-TEAM/, expect throughout)
European Professional Football Leagues General Assembly
PORTO, Portugal - The EPFL, representing more than 30 of Europe's professional football leagues, holds a news conference after its General Assembly. (SOCCER-LEAGUES/, 400 words)
GOLF
PGA Tour: Shell Houston Open (to 2)
Fowlers leads by one stroke
Rickie Fowler takes a one-shot lead over South Korea's Kang Sung-hoon into the second round at the Golf Club of Houston in Humble, Texas, site of the final tune-up event ahead of next week's Masters. (GOLF-HOUSTON/, expect by 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, 400 words)
LPGA: ANA Inspiration, Rancho Mirage (to 2)
First-round play resumes
Players return to the course to finish their opening rounds after high winds suspended play at the LPGA's first major of the year with about half the field still out of the course at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. (GOLF-WOMEN-INSPIRATION/, expect by 0230 GMT/10:30 PM ET, 400 words)
FIGURE SKATING
Medvedeva targets successive titles, Virtue and Moir return
HELSINKI - Russian Evgenia Medvedeva will be favourite to become the first woman since Michelle Kwan in 2001 to win back-to-back world titles, while 2010 Olympic gold medallists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir return to the championships following a three-year absence as the ice dance competition begins. (FIGURESKATING-WORLD/ (PIX), expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, by Pritha Sarkar, 600 words)
EQUESTRIAN
No bull: Minikus thriving as show jumping rider
Professional show jumper Todd Minikus, who was once a regular on the professional bull-riding circuit, stared down 1,500-pound snarling bulls with the same philosophy he now guides elegant chestnut mares. (EQUESTRIAN-MINIKUS/, expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Jahmal Corner, 495 words)
TENNIS
ATP/WTA: Miami Open (to 2)
Federer, Nadal eye berths in Miami final
Swiss fourth seed Roger Federer and Spanish fifth seed Rafa Nadal, who battles unseeded Italian Fabio Fognini, head into their respective Miami Open semi-finals needing a win each to set up a rematch of their Australian Open final. (TENNIS-MIAMI/MEN (TV), expect by first lede by 2030 GMT/4:30 PM ET, 400 words)
NBA
Warriors battle Rockets, Cavs face Sixers
The Western Conference-leading Golden State Warriors host the Houston Rockets while the Cleveland Cavaliers, in a tight battle with the Boston Celtics for top spot in the East, host the Philadelphia 76ers in two of the 11 games on the National Basketball Association schedule. (BASKETBALL-NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0530 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words)
NHL
Streaking Caps face Coyotes
Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals try to extend the league's longest active win streak to seven games when they visit the Arizona Coyotes while the Los Angeles Kings visit the Vancouver Canucks in two of the seven games on the National Hockey League schedule. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0530 GMT/1:30 AM 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 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 500 words)
(Asia desk editor: Peter Rutherford)
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