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AFP Sports Agenda for Sunday, August 9 (all times GMT): Twitter: @AFP_Sport Instagram: @afpsport + Bottas on pole for 70th Anniversary Grand Prix + Final round of PGA Champioship in San Francisco + Zarco on pole for Czech MotoGP FORMULA ONE -- Pole-sitter Valtteri Bottas has Lewis Hamilton for company in an all-Mercedes front-row for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone. (1310). Coverage by Tim Collings. Picture (AUTO-PRIX-GBR-70THANNIVERSARY) FOOTBALL -- Preview filed for the Europa League quarter-finals in Germany which start Monday (FBL-EUR-C3) -- Scottish Premiership: Kilmarnock v Celtic (1530), Rangers v St Mirren (1400). (FBL-SCO-PR) GOLF -- PGA Championship final round in San Francisco. Coverage by Greg Heakes. Picture (GOLF-USPGA) -- Final round of LPGA Marathon Classic in Sylvania, Ohio (GOLF-USLPGA) -- Final round of the EPGA's English Championship at Ware (GOLF-EPGA-ENG) MOTORCYCLING -- Czech MotoGP at Brno with Fabio Quartararo eyeing a third straight win but behind compatriot Johann Zarco on the front row. (1200) Picture (MOTO-PRIX-CZE) CYCLING -- Fifth and final stage of the Tour of Poland, a race overshadowed by the horrific crash suffered by Fabio Jakobsen (CYCLING-POL) -- Primoz Roglic leads the Tour de l'Ain ahead of the final stage and looks to put down a Tour de France marker. Piture (CYCLING-FRA) TENNIS -- Anett Kontaveit of Estonia takes on Fiona Ferro of France in the final of the Palermo Open, the first WTA event after a five-month suspension due to the coronavirus (1530) (TENNIS-WTA-ITA) RUGBY UNION -- Super Rugby Aotearoa: Canterbury Crusaders v Otago Highlanders (0335) (RUGBYU-SUPER-NZL) SNOOKER -- World Championship in Sheffield, England (SNOOKER-WORLD) BASKETBALL -- NBA in Orlando: Washington Wizards v Oklahoma City Thunder, Memphis Grizzlies v Toronto Raptors, San Antonio Spurs v New Orleans Pelicans, Orlando Magic v Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers v Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets v Sacramento Kings, Brooklyn Nets v LA Clippers. Picture (BASKET-NBA) afp
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