AFP Sports Agenda for Thursday, October 8 (all times GMT): Twitter: @AFP_Sport Instagram: @afpsport + Women's semi-finals at Roland Garros + Playoffs involving 16 sides for delayed Euro 2020 + Messi and Argentina kick off their World Cup qualifying + International friendlies including England v Wales + Giro stage six with Joao Almeida leading TENNIS -- French Open women's semi-finals: Qualifier Nadia Podoroska is up against Iga Swiatek, and Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin faces Petra Kvitova at Roland Garros (start 1300). Coverage by Dave James and Martyn Wood. Picture (TENNIS-FRA-OPEN) FOOTBALL -- Euro 2020 qualifying play-off semi-finals (1845 unless stated: Georgia v Belarus (1600), Bulgaria v Hungary, Iceland v Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina v Northern Ireland, Slovakia v Ireland, Norway v Serbia, Scotland v Israel, North Macedonia v Kosovo (FBL-EUR-2020-PLAYOFFS) -- South American World Cup qualifying: Uruguay v Chile (2245), Paraguay v Peru (2330), Argentina v Ecuador (0010 Friday) (FBL-WC-2020) -- International friendlies: including England v Wales (1900). Picture (FBL-ENG-WAL), Uzbekistan v Iran (1300), Russia v Sweden (1615), South Africa v Namibia (1700), Belgium v Ivory Coast (1845) (FBL-FRIENDLY) CYCLING -- Giro d'Italia, stage six, a hilly 188km from Castrovillari to Matera. Picture (CYCLING-GIRO-ITA) CRICKET -- Indian Premier League: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kings XI Punjab (in Dubai) 1400 (Cricket-IPL-UAE) GOLF -- PGA Championship.(GOLF-EPGA-GBR); US PGA Tour at TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas GOLF-PGA-USA); Women's PGA Championship at Aronimink, Pennsylvania (GOLF-LPGA-USA) FORMULA ONE -- Lewis Hamilton has a second crack at equalling Michael Schumacher's record 91 wins as F1 returns to the Nurburgring for this weekend's Eifel Grand Prix. Preview and drivers' media day. (AUTO-PRIX-GER) RALLYING -- First day of the penultimate round of the world rally championship in Sardinia, with Elfyn Evans and Sebastien Ogier battling for the title. (AUTO-RALLY-ITA) DOPING HEARINGS -- Trial of German doctor accused of masterminding an international blood-doping network continues. (CYCLING-SKI-AUT-GER-DOPING-TRIAL) -- Hearing of Richard Freeman, former British Cycling and Sky team doctor, continues in Manchester.(CYCLING-UK-DOPING) AMERICAN FOOTBALL -- NFL: Tampa Bay v Chicago (0020 Friday)(AMFOOT-NFL) BASEBALL -- MLB Playoffs: National League Division Series, Game 3s - Atlanta v Miami in Houston (1808), L.A. Dodgers v San Diego in Arlington Texas (0108 Friday); American League Division Series Game 4s- Oakland v Houston (if needed) in Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles (1935), Tampa Bay v N.Y. Yankees in San Diego (2310) (BASEBALL-MLB) afp