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AFP Sports Agenda for Friday, February 12 (all times GMT): + Kyrgios faces Thiem in Australian Open + Djokovic, Osaka and Serena Williams also in action + Second day of Bangladesh v Windies 2nd Test + Build-up to second weekend of Six Nations TENNIS -- Home favourite Nick Kyrgios faces last year's runner-up Dominic Thiem in the Australian Open third round, with world number one and defending champion Novak Djokovic taking on American Taylor Fritz. -- Serena Williams continues her latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title against Anastasia Potapova in the last 32, with former champion Naomi Osaka playing Ons Jabeur. Coverage by Martin Parry. Picture (TENNIS-ATP-WTA-AUS-OPEN) FOOTBALL -- German Bundesliga: RB Leipzig v Augsburg (1930). Picture (FBL-GER-BUNDESLIGA) -- Spanish La Liga: Celta Vigo v Elche (2000) (FBL-ESP-LIGA) -- Italian Serie A: Bologna v Benevento (1945) (FBL-ITA-SERIEA) -- CAF Champions League group stage: Group A -- AS Vita Club v Simba (1900), Group D -- Zamalek v MC Alger (1900) (FBL-AFR-C1) -- English Championship: Blackburn v Preston (1945) (FBL-ENG) CRICKET -- West Indies resume their first innings on 223-5 on the second day of the second and final Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka, with the tourists leading the series 1-0 (0330). Picture (CRICKET-BAN-WIS) GOLF -- Second round of the PGA Tour's Pebble Beach Pro-Am (GOLF-USPGA) RUGBY UNION -- Build-up to this weekend's second round of Six Nations matches (RUGBYU-6NATIONS) -- France name team to face Ireland on Sunday (1100). (RUGBYU-6NATIONS-IRL-FRA) -- Ireland name team to face France on Sunday (1200). (RUGBYU-6NATIONS-IRL-FRA) ALPINE SKIING -- Men and women's downhill training at the world ski Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo (SKI-WORLD-ITA) BASKETBALL -- NBA (11 games): Minnesota at Charlotte, New York Knicks at Washington (0000 Saturday), San Antonio at Atlanta, New Orleans at Dallas (0030), Detroit at Boston, Los Angeles Clippers at Chicago (0100), Oklahoma at Denver, Milwaukee at Utah (0200), Memphis at Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland at Portland, Orlando at Sacramento (0300). Picture (BASKET-NBA) afp
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2021-02-11
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