AFP Sports Agenda for Friday, March 12 (all times GMT): + Motsepe to be named new African football chief + Bach closes IOC session as Tokyo Games near + F1 testing in Bahrain + India take on England in first T20 + Shiffrin goes for 70th World Cup win in Are + Second round of Players Championship FOOTBALL -- South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe is set to be confirmed as the new president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Rabat (starts 1200) (FBL-AFR-CAF) -- English Premier League: Newcastle United v Aston Villa (2000). Picture (FBL-ENG-PR) -- Spanish La Liga: Levante v Valencia (2000). Picture (FBL-ESP-LIGA) -- German Bundesliga: Augsburg v Borussia Moenchengladbach (1930). Coverage by Ryland James. Picture (FBL-GER-BUNDESLIGA) -- Italian Serie A: Lazio v Crotone (1400), Atalanta v Spezia (1945). Picture (FBL-ITA-SERIEA) -- French Ligue 1: Reims v Lyon (2000). Picture (FBL-FRA-LIGUE1) -- English Championship: Blackburn Rovers v Brentford (1945) (FBL-ENG) -- Draw for Women's Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals (1100) (FBL-EUR-C1-WOMEN) OLYMPICS -- IOC President Thomas Bach gives press conference to bring the curtain down on 137th IOC Session in Lausanne (1630) (OLY-IOC-BACH) TENNIS -- After Roger Federer's Qatar Open exit, Andrey Rublev plays Roberto Bautista Agut in the semi-finals while Nikoloz Basilashvili meets Taylor Fritz. Coverage by Greg Walton. Picture (TENNIS-ATP-QAT) -- ATP also at Marseille with world number three Daniil Medvedev facing Jannik Sinner for a semi-final spot (TENNIS-ATP-FRA) and Santiago (TENNIS-ATP-CHI) -- Semi-finals of the WTA in Dubai where two-time major winner Garbine Muguruza faces Elise Mertens and Barbora Krejcikova takes on Jil Teichmann. Coverage by Reem Abulleil (TENNIS-WTA-UAE) -- WTA also at Guadalajara (TENNIS-WTA-MEX) CRICKET -- Zimbabwe go into the third day of the second Test at Abu Dhabi on 50-0, still 495 runs behind Afghanistan's imposing first innings of 545-4 declared (0530) (CRICKET-AFG-ZIM) -- West Indies host Sri Lanka in the second ODI in Antigua (1330) (CRICKET-WIS-SRI) -- India and England meet in the first of five T20 internationals in Ahmedabad (1330) (CRICKET-IND-ENG) YACHTING -- America's Cup continues in Auckland (YACHTING-AMCUP) ALPINE SKIING -- Women's World Cup slalom at Are, Sweden with Mikaela Shiffrin looking for her 70th career win. (1230 and 1530) Picture (SKI-WORLD-SWE-WOMEN) RUGBY UNION -- Ireland and Scotland name their teams for Sunday's Six Nations meeting while build-up continues ahead of Saturday's fixtures which see England host France and Wales travel to Italy. (RUGBYU-6NATIONS) -- English Premiership: Bristol v Wasps (1945) (RUGBYU-ENG-PR) -- Pro 14: Zebre v Leinster (1745), Glasgow Warriors v Ospreys, Munster v Scarlets (both 2000) (RUGBYU-PRO14) FORMULA ONE -- New cars and driver line-ups begin their pre-season testing in Bahrain. Picture (AUTO-PRIX-BRN) GOLF -- Second round of the Players Championship, the so-called 'fifth major' at TPC Sawgrass, Florida (GOLF-USPGA) -- Second round of European Tour event in Qatar (GOLF-EPGA-QAT) CYCLING -- Stage six of Paris-Nice is a hilly 202.5km from Brignoles to Briot with Primoz Roglic in the lead. Picture (CYCLING-FRA-PARISNICE) -- Third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico, a 219km run from Monticiano to Gualdo Tadino with Wout van Aert in the overall lead (CYCLING-ITA) BASKETBALL -- Seven matches in the NBA (BASKET-NBA) afp