AFP Sports Agenda for Friday, August 29 (all times GMT): Twitter: @AFP_Sport Instagram: @afpsport + Tour de France begins in Nice under virus cloud + Liverpool face Arsenal in curtain-raiser to English season + Djokovic v Raonic for ATP title at Cincinnati + Osaka v Azarenka for WTA title + Belgian F1 Grand Prix qualifying + NBA play-offs resume FOOTBALL -- FA Community Shield: Liverpool v Arsenal (1400). Steve Griffiths covering (FBL-ENG-COMMUNITY) -- Scottish Premiership (1400 unless stated): Kilmarnock v Dundee Utd, Livingston v Ross County, St Johnstone v St Mirren, Hamilton v Rangers (1630). (FBL-SCO-PR) -- French Ligue 1: Rennes v Montpellier (1500), Strasbourg v Nice (1900) Picture (FBL-FRA-LIGUE1) CYCLING -- Two months later than planned, the Tour de France opens with a flat 156km stage that starts and ends in Nice but with the shadow of the coronavirus still lurking. (1215) Coverage by Damian McCall (CYCLING-FRA-TOUR) TENNIS -- Cincinnati ATP final between Novak Djokovic and Milos Raonic (not before 1700) and WTA final between Naomi Osaka and Victoria Azarenka (1500) inside a bio-secure bubble at the US Open site in New York. Picture (TENNIS-ATP-WTA-USA) -- Media day ahead of the US Open which gets underway on Monday (TENNIS-USA-OPEN) FORMULA ONE -- Qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps. (1300) Picture. (AUTO-PRIX-BEL) BASKETBALL -- NBA playoffs first round in Orlando, Florida resume after a three-day boycott: Orlando v Milwaukee (1930), Oklahoma City v Houston (2230) and Portland v LA Lakers (0100 Sunday). Picture (BASKET-NBA) GOLF -- Third round of the UK Championship at The Belfry as the European Tour returns to the course for the first time since 2008 (GOLF-EPGA-ENG) -- Third round of PGA Tour's BMW Championship at Olympia Fields, Illinois (GOLF-USPGA) -- LPGA NW Arkansas Championship at Rogers, Arkansas (GOLF-USLPGA) RUGBY UNION -- English Premiership. Sale v Bristol (1400). (RUGBYU-ENG-PR) -- PRO14: Dragons v Scarlets (1615), Ulster v Leinster (1835). (RUGBYU-PRO14) -- Super Rugby AU: Melbourne Rebels v Waratahs (0915) (RUGBYU-SUPER-AUS) afp