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AFP Sports Agenda for Wednesday, March 17 (all times GMT): + Chelsea v Atletico Madrid in Champions League + Holders Bayern look to book their passage to the last eight + Season-closing World Cup downhill races + First T20I between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe + Team NZ need one win to claim 36th America's Cup FOOTBALL -- Chelsea take a slender 1-0 lead into the second leg of their Champions League last 16 tie against Atletico Madrid at Stamford Bridge (2000). Picture (FBL-EUR-C1-ENG-ESP-CHELSEA-ATLETICOMADRID) -- Holders Bayern Munich host Lazio in Germany with a 4-1 lead from the first leg. Coverage by Ryland James. Picture (FBL-EUR-C1-GER-ITA-BAYERN-LAZIO) -- Press conferences ahead of Thursday's Europa League last 16, second-leg ties featuring AC Milan v Manchester United, Dinamo Zagreb v Tottenham, Arsenal v Olympiakos, Shakhtar Donetsk v Roma (FBL-EUR-C3) -- Spanish La Liga: Sevilla v Elche (1800). Picture (FBL-ESP-LIGA) -- Italian Serie A: Torino v Sassuolo (1400) (FBL-ITA-SERIEA) -- French Cup last 16: Paris Saint-Germain v Lille (1645). Picture (FBL-FRA-CUP) -- English Championship: Nottingham Forest v Norwich, QPR v Millwall, Wycombe v Barnsley (all 1900), Birmingham v Reading (1945), Blackburn v Bristol City, Sheffield Wednesday v Huddersfield (all 1945) (FBL-ENG) -- CAF Confederation Cup matchday 2 including Orlando Pirates v Enyimba (1600) (FBL-AFR-C2) ALPINE SKIING -- Men's World Cup downhill season finale at Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Picture. (SKI-WORLD-MEN-SUI) -- Final Women's World Cup downhill race of season at Lenzerheide. Picture (SKI-WORLD-WOMEN-SUI) CRICKET -- Afghanistan host Zimbabwe in the first of three T20 internationals in Abu Dhabi (1000) (CRICKET-AFG-ZIM) YACHTING -- America's Cup: Team New Zealand lead Italy's Luna Rossa 6-3 in the best-of-13 series in Auckland and need just one more win to secure the 36th America's Cup. Picture. Video (YACHTING-AMCUP) TENNIS -- Andrey Rublev is the top remaining seed at the ATP event in Dubai (TENNIS-ATP-UAE) while Stefanos Tsitsipas is the leading player at Acapulco (TENNIS-ATP-MEX) -- WTA at Monterrey (TENNIS-WTA-USA) and St Petersburg (TENNIS-WTA-RUS) HORSE RACING -- Day two of the Cheltenham Festival, including the Champion Chase. Pirate Irwin covering (RACING-CHELTENHAM) BADMINTON -- All England Open. Picture (BADMINTON-ENG-OPEN) BASKETBALL -- Seven games in the NBA (BASKET-NBA) afp
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