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AFP Sports Agenda for Friday, March 19 (all times GMT): + Champions League and Europa League draws for last eight and semis + Relegation strugglers Fulham host Leeds in the Premier League + New Zealand take on Bangladesh in the first ODI + Al Boum Photo goes for his third successive Cheltenham Gold Cup FOOTBALL -- Draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Champions League (1100) (FBL-EUR-C1-DRAW) and Europa League (1200) (FBL-EUR-C3-DRAW) take place in Nyon -- English Premier League: Fulham v Leeds United (2000) Picture (FBL-ENG-PR) -- Spanish La Liga: Real Betis v Levante (2000). Coverage by Thomas Allnutt. Picture (FBL-ESP-LIGA) -- German Bundesliga: Arminia Bielefeld v RB Leipzig (1930). Coverage by Ryland James. Picture (FBL-GER-BUNDESLIGA) -- Italian Serie A: Parma v Genoa (1945). Coverage by Emmeline Moore. Picture (FBL-ITA-SERIEA) -- French Ligue 1: Saint-Etienne v Monaco (2000) Picture (FBL-FRA-LIGUE1) CRICKET -- Afghanistan look to take a 2-0 lead in their three-match T20 series against Zimbabwe in Abu Dhabi. Picture (CRICKET-AFG-ZIM) ALPINE SKIING -- Mixed team parallel at Lenzerheide, Switzerland (First run 1100). Picture (SKI-WORLD-SUI) RUGBY UNION -- Build-up ahead of Saturday's three fixtures in the Six Nations (RUGBYU-6NATIONS) -- English Premiership: Newcastle v Wasps (1945) (RUGBYU-ENG-PR) -- PRO 14: Munster v Benetton (1800), Leinster v Ospreys (2015), Ulster v Zebre (2015) (RUGBYU-PRO14) -- Super Rugby: Melbourne Rebels v Waratahs (0845) (RUGBYU-SUPER-AUS) TENNIS -- Denis Shapovalov meets qualifier Lloyd Harris in the semi-finals at the ATP event in Dubai with wild card Aslan Karatsav up against Andrey Rublev in the other. Coverage by Reem Abulleil (TENNIS-ATP-UAE) -- Acapulco tournament also reaches the last four (TENNIS-ATP-MEX) -- WTA at Monterrey (TENNIS-WTA-USA) and St Petersburg (TENNIS-WTA-RUS) HORSE RACING -- Al Boum Photo bids to become the fifth horse to win three successive Gold Cups on the fourth day of action at the Cheltenham Festival. Coverage by Pirate Irwin. Picture (RACING-CHELTENHAM) GOLF -- Second round of the PGA Tour's Honda Classic at Palm Beach, Florida (GOLF-USPGA) -- Benjamin Hebert takes a one-stroke lead into the second round of European Tour's Kenya Open in Nairobi (GOLF-EPGA) BASKETBALL -- Ten games in the NBA including Dallas Mavericks at Portland Trail Blazers (BASKET-NBA) BADMINTON -- All England Open. Picture (BADMINTON-ENG-OPEN) afp
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