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AFP Sports Agenda for Wednesday, February 24 (all times GMT): + Real face Atalanta in Champions League + Budapest hosts Man City v Gladbach + India v England 3rd Test gets underway + Olympic chief Bach press conference + Six Nations decision on France v Scotland + Pogacar leads Yates in UAE Tour FOOTBALL -- UEFA Champions League last 16, first leg: Atalanta v Real Madrid (2000). Coverage by Emmeline Moore. Picture (FBL-EUR-C1-ITA-ESP-ATALANTA-REALMADRID) -- Also, Borussia Moenchengladbach v Manchester City in Budapest (2000). Coverage by Peter Murphy. Picture (FBL-EUR-C1-GER-ENG-GLADBACH-MANCITY) -- Spanish La Liga: Barcelona v Elche (1800). Picture (FBL-ESP-LIGA) -- Europa League round-of-32 second leg: Tottenham v Wolfsberg (1700). Picture (FBL-EUR-C3) -- English Championship (1900 unless stated): Barnsley v Stoke, Brentford v Sheff Wednesday. Swansea v Coventry, Blackburn v Watford (1945), Bournemouth v Cardiff (1945), Preston v QPR (1945) (FBL-ENG) -- CAF Champions League group stage matchday two (FBL-AFR-C1) -- French Ligue 1: Nimes v Lorient (1800). Picture (FBL-FRA-LIGUE1) -- Scottish Premiership: St Mirren v Motherwell (1800) (FBL-SCO-PR) TOKYO OLYMPICS -- International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach holds a press conference (1730) following an executive board meeting. (OLY-TOKYO-2020-2021) CRICKET -- India v England third Test opens in the first day-night encounter between the two countries at Ahmedabad with the series all square at 1-1. (0900). Coverage by Faisal Kamal. Picture (CRICKET-IND-ENG) -- Pakistan Super League continues (CRICKET-PSL-PAK) RUGBY UNION -- Six Nations: Decision on fate of coronavirus-hit France's game with Scotland in Paris on Sunday. (RUGBYU-6NATIONS-FRA-SCOT-HEALTH-VIRUS) -- England media day ahead of playing Wales in Cardiff (1045) (RUGBYU-6NATIONS-ENG-WAL) CYCLING -- UAE Tour's sprinter-friendly fourth stage starts and finishes at the Al Marjan Island tourist resort, with Tadej Pogacar leading overall. Picture. (CYCLING-UAE-TOUR) -- Giro d'Italia 2021 route presentation (1500) (CYCLING-TOUR-ITA) TENNIS -- ATP at Cordoba, Singapore and Montpellier where former world number one Andy Murray is playing on a wild card (TENNIS-ATP) -- WTA at Adelaide with world number one Ashleigh Barty and Roland Garros champion Iga Swiatek the top seeds (TENNIS-AUS-WTA) BASKETBALL -- NBA (nine games): Boston at Atlanta, Houston at Cleveland, Golden State at Indiana (all 0030 Thursday), Minnesota at Chicago, Toronto at Miami, Detroit at New Orleans, San Antonio at Oklahoma (all 0100), Charlotte at Phoenix (0200), Los Angeles Lakers at Utah (0300). Picture (BASKET-NBA) afp
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2021-02-24
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