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AFP Sports Agenda for Sunday, February 7 (all times GMT): + Tampa Bay meet Kansas in Super Bowl + Premier League leaders Man City face Liverpool at Anfield + Wales host Ireland in Six Nations + India face tough day against England in 1st Test + Australian Open warm-up tournaments + Johnson leads heading into Saudi final round AMERICAN FOOTBALL -- Super Bowl LV, which sees Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the defending champions, Patrick Mahomes' Kansas City Chiefs, at the Raymond James Stadium in Florida (2330). Picture. Graphic. Video (AMFOOT-NFL-SUPERBOWL) FOOTBALL -- English Premier League: Tottenham v West Brom (1200), Wolves v Leicester (1400), Liverpool v Man City (1630), Sheffield United v Chelsea (1915). Coverage by Kieran Canning. Picture (FBL-ENG-PR) -- Spanish La Liga: Real Sociedad v Cadiz (1300), Athletic Bilbao v Valencia (1515), Osasuna v Eibar (1730), Real Betis v Barcelona (2000). Coverage by Tom Allnutt. Picture (FBL-ESP-LIGA) -- German Bundesliga: Hoffenheim v Eintracht Frankfurt (1430), Arminia Bielefeld v Werder Bremen (1700). Picture (FBL-GER-BUNDESLIGA) -- Italian Serie A: Benevento v Sampdoria (1130), AC Milan v Crotone, Udinese v Hellas Verona (both 1400), Parma v Bologna (1700), Lazio v Cagliari (1945). Coverage by Emmeline Moore. Picture (FBL-ITA-SERIEA) -- French Ligue 1 (1400 unless stated): Brest v Bordeaux (1200), Montpellier v Dijon, Nice v Angers, Nimes v Monaco, Saint-Etienne v Metz, Nantes v Lille (1600), Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain (2000). Picture (FBL-FRA-LIGUE1) -- Club World Cup in Qatar: Fifth-place play-off -- Ulsan Hyundai v Al Duhail (1500); Semi-finals -- Palmeiras v Tigres (1800). Picture (FBL-WCLUB-FIFA-QAT) -- Scottish Premiership: Hamilton v Rangers (1200) (FBL-SCO-PR) -- African Nations Championship final in Yaounde: Mali v Morocco (1900) (FBL-CHAN) RUGBY UNION -- Six Nations: Wales v Ireland in Cardiff (1500). Coverage by Pirate Irwin. Picture (RUGBYU-6NATIONS-WAL-IRL) -- English Premiership: Newcastle Falcons V Exeter Chiefs (1300) (RUGBYU-ENG-PR) -- French Top 14: Racing 92 v La Rochelle (1315), Castres v Bayonne (1700). Picture (RUGBYU-FRA-TOP14) CRICKET -- England head into the third day of the first Test against India at Chennai on 555-8 in their first innings after captain Joe Root's double hundred (0400). (CRICKET-IND-ENG) -- Pakistan resume on 129-6 in their second innings hoping to stretch their 200-run lead over South Africa on the fourth day of the second Test in Rawalpindi with the home team leading the two-match series 1-0 (0500). Picture (CRICKET-PAK-RSA) -- Bangladesh go into the fifth day of the first Test at Chittagong needing another seven wickets to beat West Indies who still require a further 285 runs (0400). Picture (CRICKET-WIS-BAN) TENNIS -- ATP Cup final in Melbourne sees Russia taking on Italy. Picture (TENNIS-AUS-ATPCUP) -- Also in Melbourne, ATP Great Ocean Road Open final between Jannik Sinner and fellow Italian Stefano Travaglia and Murray River Open final where Felix Auger-Aliassime meets Dan Evans (TENNIS-AUS-ATP) -- World number one Ashleigh Barty faces Garbine Muguruza in the final of the WTA's Yarra Valley Classic in Melbourne. Kaia Kanepi takes on Elise Mertens in the final of the Gippsland Trophy. Also, WTA at the Grampians Trophy. Picture (TENNIS-AUS-WTA) GOLF -- World number one Dustin Johnson takes a two-shot lead into the final round of the Saudi International (GOLF-EPGA-KSA) -- Final round of the PGA Tour's Phoenix Open at Scottsdale, Arizona, with Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele tied for a three-shot lead (GOLF-USPGA) BASKETBALL -- NBA: Five games, including Miami Heat at New York Knicks (1800) and Sacramento Kings at LA Clippers (2000). Picture (BASKET-NBA) CYCLING -- Final stage of the Etoile de Besseges with a field including former Tour de France winners Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal (CYCLING-FRA) afp
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