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AFP Sports Agenda for Saturday, March 27 (all times GMT): + Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal in World Cup qualifiers + Bahrain F1 Grand Prix qualifying + Hanyu eyes world figure skating title + Qatar MotoGP qualifying + World number one Barty in Miami tennis FOOTBALL -- 2022 World Cup European zone qualifiers including Czech Republic v Belgium (1945), coverage by Jan Flemr. (FBL-WC-2022-EUR-CZE-BEL) -- Other games (1700 GMT unless stated): Montenegro v Gibraltar (1400), Russia v Slovenia (1400), Belarus v Estonia, Netherlands v Latvia, Norway v Turkey, Croatia v Cyprus, Slovakia v Malta (1945), Republic of Ireland v Luxembourg (1945), Serbia v Portugal (1945) Picture (FBL-WC-2022-EUR) -- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying: three matches, including Benin and Nigeria battling for top spot in Group L (1600) (FBL-AFR-2021-QUALIFYING) -- International friendlies, including Wales v Mexico (2000) (FBL-WC-2022-FRIENDLY-WAL-MEX) FORMULA ONE -- Third practice (1200) and qualifying (1500) for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix at Sakhir. Picture. (AUTO-PRIX-BRN) MOTORCYCLING -- Third free practice (1215) and qualifying (1700 and 1725) for Sunday's Qatar MotoGP, the first race of the season at the Losail International circuit. Coverage by Gregory Walton. Picture. (MOTO-PRIX-QAT) TENNIS -- Women's top seed Ashleigh Barty in third round action against Jelena Ostapenko on sixth day of the ATP and WTA Miami Open (from 1400). Picture (TENNIS-ATP-WTA-USA) RUGBY UNION -- English Premiership (1500 unless stated). Bristol v Harlequins (1400). London Irish v Bath. Worcester v Northampton. Wasps v Sale (1630). (RUGBYU-ENG-PR) -- PRO14: Glasgow v Benetton (1345). (RUGBYU-PRO14) -- French Top 14: Stade Francais v Clermont (1345), Bayonne v Racing 92 (1615), Bordeaux Begles v La Rochelle (1615), Brive v Agen (1630), Castres v Pau (1630), Toulouse v Montpellier (1645), Lyon v Toulon (2005). Coverage by Illtud Dafydd. Picture. (RUGBYU-FRA-TOP14) GOLF -- Round of 16 and quarter-finals at the WGC World Match Play in Austin. Picture (GOLF-USPGA-EPGA-USA) -- Third round at Puntacana Championship in Dominica (GOLF-USPGA-DOM) -- Third round of LPGA Tour event at Carlsbad, California (GOLF-USLPGA) FIGURE SKATING -- 2021 world championships in Stockholm end with Japan's two-time Olympic gold medallist Yuzuru Hanyu eyeing a third men's title. Final also of ice dance (from 1000). Picture (FSKATE-WORLD) CYCLING -- Adam Yates leads going into sixth stage of the Tour of Catalonia, a hilly 194km run from Taragona to Mataro. Picture (CYCLING-ESP) BASKETBALL -- NBA: Nine games including New York Knicks at Milwaukee Bucks, Memphis Grizzlies at Utah Jazz and Philadelphia 76ers at L.A. Clippers. Picture (BASKET-NBA) RACING -- The $12m Dubai World Cup (1550) (RACING-UAE-WORLDCUP) BOXING -- Britain's Dillian Whyte looks for revenge in his heavyweight bout against WBC interim belt holder Alexander Povetkin in Gibraltar. (BOX-GBR-RUS-HEAVY-WHYTE-POVETKIN) afp
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2021-03-27
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