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AFP Sports Agenda for Thursday, September 17 (all times GMT): Twitter: @AFP_Sport Instagram: @afpsport + US Open golf at Mamaroneck + Roglic in yellow at Tour de France + Kenin v Azarenka at Italian Open + Diamond League athletics in Rome GOLF -- The rescheduled 120th US Open gets underway at Winged Foot, Mamaroneck, New York with a Covid-19 spectator ban. Tiger Woods returns to the course he rates among the three toughest in the world with a score to settle, while Dustin Johnson is favourite to cash in on his return to form with a second career major (first group tee off at 1050). Picture (GOLF-USA-OPEN) -- Also opening round of LPGA Portland Classic (GOLF-USLPGA) and Portugal Masters (GOLF-EDPGA-POR) FOOTBALL -- AFC Champions League West Zone Match Day 4 (all matches in Qatar) Group A: Al Shorta (IRQ) v Al Ahli (KSA) 1500, Esteghlal (IRI) v Al Wahda (UAE) 1800. Group B: Shahr Khodro (IRI) v Al Ahli (UAE) 1500, Pakhtakor (UZB) v Al Hilal (KSA) (FBL-ASIA-C1) -- UEFA Europa League second qualifying round. (FBL-EUR-C3) -- French Ligue 1: Marseille v Saint-Etienne (1900). Picture (FBL-FRA-LIGUE1) -- English League Cup second round (FBL-ENG-LCUP) TENNIS -- Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin plays US Open runner-up Victoria Azarenka at the Italian Open in Rome. Picture (TENNIS-ATP-WTA-ITA) ATHLETICS -- Rome Diamond League meet. Picture (ATHLETICS-DIAMOND-ITA-ROME) AMERICAN FOOTBALL -- NFL week two: Cincinnati Bengals v Cleveland Browns (0020 Friday) (AMFOOT-NFL) BASKETBALL -- Game two of the NBA Eastern Conference finals between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics (Heat lead series 1-0) (1900). Picture (BASKET-NBA) ICE HOCKEY -- Game six of the NHL Eastern Conference final between Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders (Tampa lead series 3-2) (0000 Friday) (IHOCKEY-NHL) MOTORCYCLING -- Riders media day ahead of Sunday's Emilia-Romagna MotoGP at the Misano Marco Simoncelli circuit in Italy. (Moto-PRIX-ITA-EMILIA) afp
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