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AFP Sports Agenda for Friday, May 21 (all times GMT): + US PGA Championship second round + Tokyo Olympics organisers' press conference + FIFA to discuss World Cup every two years + Giro d'Italia rolls north + European swimming championships as Olympics near GOLF -- Second round of the US PGA Championship at windswept Kiaweh Island, South Carolina. Picture. Coverage by Jim Slater (GOLF-USPGA) -- LPGA at Williamsburg, Virginia (GOLF-USLPGA) OLYMPICS -- Joint press conference of Tokyo Olympics organisers and the International Olympic Committee. (From 0930) (OLY-2020-2021) FOOTBALL -- FIFA Congress in Zurich with a World Cup every two years on agenda (1300) (FBL-FIFA) -- Spanish Liga: Levante v Cadiz (1900) (FBL-ESP-LIGA) -- French promotion playoffs: Toulouse v Grenoble (1845) (FBL-FRA) CYCLING -- Giro d'Italia 13th stage is over a flat 198km route from Ravenna to Verona with former Tour de France winner Egan Bernal still in the overall lead. Picture (CYCLING-GIRO-ITA) SWIMMING -- European Championships in Budapest, a key indicator of form before the Tokyo Olympics. Picture (SWIM-EURO-OLY-2020-2021) FORMULA ONE -- Build-up to Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix Picture as teams prepare for Saturday's crucial qualifying. Picture (AUTO-PRIX-MON) RUGBY UNION -- European Challenge Cup final: Leicester v Montpellier at Twickenham (1900). Julian Guyer covering. Picture (RUGBYU-EUR-CHALLENGE) -- Super Rugby Trans Tasman: Hurricanes v Rebels (0705), Western Force v Highlanders (0945) (RUGBY-SUPER) TENNIS -- ATP at Geneva (TENNIS-ATP-SUI) and Lyon (TENNIS-ATP-FRA) -- WTA in Parma (TENNIS-WTA-ITA) and at Belgrade (TENNIS-WTA-SRB) RALLYING -- World championship leader Sebastien Ogier is first off at the Rally of Portugal while football manager Andre Villas-Boas makes his debut in the race as a private entry. (AUTO-RALLY-POR) BASKETBALL -- NBA Western conference play-in: Memphis at Golden State (0100 Saturday) (BASKET-NBA) ICE HOCKEY -- NHL play-offs: Washington at Boston, Carolina at Nashville, Winnipeg at Edmonton, Colorado at St. Louis (IHOCKEY-NHL) -- World championships in Latvia (IHOCKEY-WORLD) afp
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2021-05-20
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