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AFP Sports Agenda for Thursday, February 20 (all times GMT): Twitter: @AFP_Sport + Man Utd, Arsenal in Europa League last 32 action + McIlroy eyes WGC Mexico title + F1 testing in Barcelona + France, Wales, Italy Six Nations team announcements FOOTBALL -- Sixteen UEFA Europa League last 32 ties including: Club Brugge v Manchester United (1755). Coverage by Martyn Wood. Picture. (FBL-EUR-C3-BEL-ENG-BRUGGE-MANUTD) -- Also Eintracht Frankfurt v Salzburg (1755), FC Copenhagen v Celtic (1755), Getafe (ESP) v Ajax (NED) (1755), Olympiakos v Arsenal (2000). Picture (FBL-EUR-C3) GOLF -- WGC at Mexico Championship with Rory McIlroy and defending champion Dustin Johnson in the field. Picture (GOLF-WGC-MEX) -- USPGA at Puerto Rico Open, first day. (GOLF-USPGA-PUR) -- USLPGA Thailand, first day. (GOLF-USLPGA-THA) FORMULA 1 -- Day two of testing for the 2020 season in Barcelona after world champion Lewis Hamilton doiminated the opening day. Picture. (AUTO-PRIX-TESTING) RUGBY UNION -- Build-up to this weekend's Six Nations action continues with Wales (1200), France (1230) and Italy (1400) team announcements and press conferences. Picture (RUGBYU-6NATIONS) CRICKET -- First game of the Pakistan Super League season as Islamabad United host Quetta Gladiators (1400). Picture (CRICKET-PAK-PSL) TENNIS -- WTA quarter-finals in Dubai where top seed Simona Halep takes on Aryna Sabalenka and second-seeded Karolina Pliskova faces in-form Elena Rybakina. Coverage by Bill Scott. Picture (TENNIS-WTA-UAE) -- ATP in Rio where top seed Dominic Tiem plays Jaume Munar. (TENNIS-ATP-BRA) -- ATP also in Delray Beach (TENNIS-ATP-USA) and Marseille where Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas lead the seeds (TENNIS-ATP-FRA) CYCLING -- Jakob Fuglsang leads the Vuelta a Andalucia ahead of the second stage, a 198.1km run from Seville to Iznajar (CYCLING-ESP-ANDALUCIA) BASKETBALL -- NBA (six games): Milwaukee at Detroit (0000 Friday), Miami at Atlanta (0030), Charlotte at Chicago, Brooklyn at Philadelphia (0100), Memphis at Sacramento (0300), Houston at Golden State (0330). Picture (BASKET-NBA) afp
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Sacramento KingsChicago BullsDaniil MedvedevAssociation of Tennis ProfessionalsPakistan Super LeagueArsenal F.C.Elena RybakinaItaly national football teamMilwaukee BucksFormula OneMemphis GrizzliesBrooklyn NetsSevilleGolden State WarriorsFrance national football teamCharlotte HornetsAndalusiaManchester United F.C.Lewis Hamilton2010 FIFA World Cup knockout stageAgence France-PresseFC BarcelonaNational Basketball AssociationSpainTwitterQuetta GladiatorsIslamabad UnitedMexico ChampionshipDelray Beach OpenPuerto Rico OpenJaume MunarMartyn WoodJakob FuglsangThailand national football teamProfessional Golfers' Association of AmericaDubai Tennis ChampionshipsWorld Golf ChampionshipsClub Brugge KVRory GilmoreDetroit PistonsF.C. CopenhagenFC Red Bull SalzburgOlympiacos F.C.Mexico national football teamAryna SabalenkaKarolína PlíškováAtlanta HawksDustin JohnsonHouston RocketsRory McIlroyAFC AjaxMiami HeatPhiladelphia 76ersSimona HalepCeltic F.C.Stefanos TsitsipasEintracht FrankfurtGetafe CFOlympique de MarseilleWales national rugby union teamWomen's Tennis AssociationSix Nations ChampionshipUEFA Europa LeagueGreenwich Mean Time

