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AFP Sports Agenda for Sunday, May 30 (all times GMT): + Women's number two Naomi Osaka starts her campaign at French Open + Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dominic Thiem in action in Roland Garros men's draw + Champions League follow-ups after Chelsea win + Giro ends with a time trial + Italian MotoGP FOOTBALL -- Follow-ups after Chelsea stunned Pep Guardiola's Manchester City to win the Champions League. Picture. Video (FBL-EUR-C1-CHELSEA-MANCITY) -- French Ligue 1 promotion/relegation playoff: Nantes v Toulouse (1600) (FBL-FRA-LIGUE1) -- World Cup qualifying, Asia: Guam v China (1130) (FBL-WC-2022-GUM-CHN) -- International friendlies including: Malta v Northern Ireland (1600), Switzerland v USA (1815) (FBL-FRIENDLY) TENNIS --First day of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros where world number two Naomi Osaka faces Patricia Maria Tig of Romania while highly-rated Stefanos Tsitsipas and two-time runner-up Dominic Thiem also start their campaigns. (0900) Coverage by Dave James and Jed Court. Picture. Graphic (TENNIS-FRA-OPEN) CYCLING -- Giro d'Italia 21st and final stage, a 30.3km individual time-trial from Senago to Milan with Egan Bernal in position to take the overall victory. Picture (CYCLING-GIRO-ITA) -- Former team-mates and Tour de France winners Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas are rivals as the traditional warm up for the Tour, the Criterium du Dauphine, starts with a 182km circuit, starting and ending in Issoire (CYCLING-FRA-CRITERIUM) MOTORCYCLING -- Italian Grand Prix at Mugello (1200). Picture (MOTO-PRIX-ITA) MOTOR RACING -- 105th Indianapolis 500 with New Zealander Scott Dixon in pole position (1645) (AUTO-INDY) GOLF -- Final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge at Fort Worth, Texas (GOLF-USPGA) -- Final round of the European Tour event at Farso, Denmark (GOLF-EPGA-DEN) -- Semi-finals and final of LPGA Tour Matchplay event at Shadow Creek (GOLF-USLPGA) RUGBY UNION -- Super Rugby: Highlanders v Melbourne Rebels (0500) Picture (RUGBYU-SUPER) -- English Premiership: Exeter v Newcastle (1230). (RUGBYU-ENG-PR) BASKETBALL -- NBA playoffs first round: New York at Atlanta (1700) (Hawks lead series 2-1), Phoenix at L.A. Lakers (1930), (Lakers lead 2-1), Brooklyn at Boston (2300) (nets lead 2-1), L.A. Clippers at Dallas (0130 Monday) (Mavericks lead 2-1) (BASKET-NBA) ICE HOCKEY -- NHL playoffs first round: Montreal at Toronto (Game 7, if necessary, time TBD). Second round, opening games: Tampa Bay at Carolina (2100), Vegas at Colorado (0000) (IHOCKEY-NHL) -- World championships in Latvia. Picture (IHOCKEY-WORLD) afp
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2021-05-30
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