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AFP Sports Agenda for Thursday, February 4 (all times GMT): + Tuchel's Chelsea at London rivals Spurs + Club World Cup kicks off in Qatar + Pakistan v South Africa in 2nd Test + World number one Johnson in Saudi action + Six Nations team announcements FOOTBALL -- English Premier League: Tottenham v Chelsea (2000). Picture (FBL-ENG-PR-TOTTENHAM-CHELSEA) -- Spain's Copa del Rey quarter-final: Real Betis v Athletic Bilbao (2100). Picture. (FBL-ESP-COPADELREY) -- FIFA Club World Cup begins in Qatar with Tigres UANL v Ulsan (1400) and Al Duhail v Al Ahly (1730). Picture. (FBL-WClub-FIFA-QAT) TENNIS -- Draw for the Australian Open is scheduled to take place (0700) even though build-up events in Melbourne have been shelved for a day after a hotel worker tested positive for Covid-19 (TENNIS-AUS-OPEN) CRICKET -- Bangladesh resume on 242-5 on the second day of the first Test against West Indies in Chittagong (0400). Picture (CRICKET-BAN-WIS) -- Pakistan v South Africa at Rawalpindi, first day of second Test (0500). Pakistan are 1-0 up in the series. Picture. (CRICKET-PAK-RSA) RUGBY UNION -- Build-up to this weekend's opening Six Nations matches with team announcements for England (1100), France (1130) Scotland (1230) and Italy (1300). (RUGBYU-6NATIONS) GOLF -- Last week's winner in Dubai Paul Casey begins his quest to complete back-to-back wins for the first time at the Saudi International which also boasts world number one Dustin Johnson as well as big-hitting Bryson DeChambeau. (GOLF-EPGA-KSA) -- First round of the USPGA Phoenix Open at Scottsdale, Arizona. (GOLF-USPGA) BASKETBALL -- NBA: Four games including the Los Angeles Lakers at the Detroit Pistons (0100 Friday) and the Golden State Warriors at the Phoenix Suns (0300 Friday). Picture. (BASKET-NBA) AMERICAN FOOTBALL -- Build-up to Sunday's Super Bowl LV, which will see Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers host defending champions Kansas City Chiefs at the Raymond James Stadium in Florida (AMFOOT-NFL-SUPERBOWL) CYCLING -- Second stage of the Etoile de Besseges with a field including former Tour de France winners Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal (CYCLING-FRA) afp
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2021-02-04
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