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Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Sunday: MOTOR RACING Austrian Grand Prix Bottas wins SPIELBERG, Austria - Valtteri Bottas won the Austrian Grand Prix for Mercedes with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel finishing a mere 0.6 of a second behind to increase his lead over Lewis Hamilton to 20 points after nine races.
Updated : Jul 09, 2017, 07:29 PM IST
Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Sunday:
MOTOR RACING
Austrian Grand Prix
Bottas wins
SPIELBERG, Austria - Valtteri Bottas won the Austrian Grand Prix for Mercedes with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel finishing a mere 0.6 of a second behind to increase his lead over Lewis Hamilton to 20 points after nine races. Hamilton, Bottas's team mate, started in eighth place after a grid penalty triggered by an unscheduled gearbox change and finished fourth.. (MOTOR-F1-AUSTRIA/, (PIX, TV,) moved with updates to follow, by Alan Baldwin, 500 words)
We will also have stories from around the paddock
TENNIS
Wimbledon
Players take a breather before last 16 matches
LONDON - Wimbledon has a rest day before the men's and women's last 16 matches take place on Monday but we will bring you all the latest news from the All England Club in the build-up. (TENNIS-WIMBLEDON/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), expect throughout, by Ossian Shine, Mitch Phillips, Martyn Herman, Pritha Sarkar, Toby Davis, Pravin Char, Clare Lovell and Simon Evans)
Tennis heading towards crowning a 40-year-old slam champion
LONDON - When a super-fit, 37-year-old Ken Rosewall hoisted the Australian Open trophy in 1972, chances are he did not spend too much time dwelling on how long he will stay as the oldest ever men's grand slam champion. But according to Bill Norris, the ATP's former Director of Medical Services, the advances in sports science means that it is not inconceivable that a 40-year-old could soon be triumphing at the majors. (TENNIS-WIMBLEDON/AGE (FEATURE, PIX), expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, by Pritha Sarkar, 900 words)
Nadal must beware Luxembourg lefty Muller
LONDON - Rafael Nadal needs no reminder of the dangers posed by left-handers from Luxembourg - after all, his first defeat at Wimbledon came back in 2005 against one such player in the shape of his next opponent Gilles Muller. (TENNIS-WIMBLEDON/MULLER, moved, by Martyn Herman, 400 words)
OLYMPICS
IOC holds two-day executive board meeting
LAUSANNE - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) holds a two-day executive board meeting, with President Thomas Bach expected to give a news conference on Monday before the candidate cities for the 2024 Games -- Paris and Los Angeles -- have two days to present their bids to IOC members. (OLYMPICS-2024/ (PIX, TV), expect throughout, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words)
CRICKET
England v South Africa first test
South Africa need 331 for victory
LONDON - South Africa need 331 to win the first test at Lord's. (CRICKET-TEST-ENG-ZAF/ (PIX), moved with updates to follow, 400 words)
Gayle poised to return in front of home crowd
Jamaican Chris Gayle, the highest-scoring batsman for West Indies in the shortest version of the sport, is poised to return to the Twenty20 team for the first time in more than a year when the Caribbean side meet India in a one-off game at Sabina Park in Kingston. (CRICKET-WIN-IND/, expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, 250 words)
CYCLING
Tour de France: Stage nine
Froome faces tough competiton on punishing ride to Chambery
CHAMBERY, France - Overall leader Chris Froome continues his bid for a third successive Tour de France triumph but the Briton faces stiff competition from Nairo Quintana, Richie Porte and Alberto Contador as an already worn-out peloton embarks on a punishing trek in the Jura mountains as stage nine takes the riders 181-km from Nantua to Chambery. (CYCLING-FRANCE/ (PIX, TV), expect throughout, by Julien Pretot, 400 words)
RUGBY
New Zealand v British & Irish Lions tour
Lions, All Blacks face media after series ends in stalemate
WELLINGTON - The latest British and Irish Lions tour may have ended in a flat stalemate in terms of results, but it reinvigorated rugby in New Zealand, enhanced the reputation of its coach and gave the world champions a timely boost in terms of their World Cup planning. (RUGBY-UNION-LIONS/ (WRAPUP 1, PIX), moved, by Greg Stutchbury, 700 words)
GOLF
PGA Tour: Greenbrier Classic
Munoz two clear as Love tries to make history
Sebastian Munoz enters the final at the Old White TPC with a two-stroke lead in search of his first PGA Tour victory, while 53-year-old Davis Love III is four back seeking to become the oldest winner in tour history. (GOLF-GREENBRIER/, expect by 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, 400 words)
Irish Open
American Im, Spain's Rahm lead in Portstewart
American Daniel Im remains joint leader heading into the final round but Jon Rahm of Spain has joined him on 17-under- par after Benjamin Hebert from France, level with Im overnight, carded a 69 on Saturday to leave him one shot behind. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, 300 words)
LPGA: Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic, Wisconsin
Kirk and Bahai the ones to beat
Australian Katherine Kirk and South African Ashleigh Buhai are the players to beat in the final round at the inaugural Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic. (GOLF-THORNBERRY/, expect by 0200 GMT/10 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)
SOCCER
European club news
We will have the latest transfer news from around Europe including Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku's proposed transfer to Manchester United from Everton after the clubs agreed a fee and Wayne Rooney's move in the opposite direction. (SOCCER-COUNTRY-TEAM/, expect throughout)
Chinese Super League
HONG KONG - Andre Villas-Boas' Shanghai SIPG can move into first place in the Chinese Super League standings on Sunday evening with victory over Changchun Yatai after Guangzhou Evergrande's slipped to a second defeat in a row. (SOCCER-CHINA/ expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, 500 words)
ATHLETICS
Champions galore on the bill at London Anniversary Games
LONDON - Twelve reigning Olympic champions including Mo Farah, 23 Olympic silver and bronze medallists from Rio 2016, and 11 current world champions feature at the Diamond League meeting, which will be the last chance for many athletes to compete ahead of next month's world championships in London. (ATHLETICS-DIAMOND/LONDON (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), expect throughout, by Mitch Phillips, 400 words)
BASEBALL
Royals take a swing at Kershaw
Left-hander Clayton Kershaw (13-2) puts his miserly 2.19 ERA on the line when the National League-leading Los Angeles Dodgers face the Kansas City Royals in one of 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule on the final day before the four-day All-Star break. (BASEBALL-MLB-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0400 GMT/12 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 900 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) (Europe desk editor: Ed Osmond)
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