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AFP Sports Agenda for Saturday, June 12 (all times GMT): + Belgium open Euro 2020 campaign in Russia + Also Wales v Switzerland, Denmark v Finland + French Open women's final + England v New Zealand at Edgbaston + Tour de Suisse seventh stage FOOTBALL -- Euro 2020: Group A - Gareth Bale's Wales open their campaign against Switzerland in Baku in Group A (1300). Coverage by Illtud Dafydd; Group B - Denmark host Finland in Copenhagen (1600). Coverage by Terry Daley; Belgium, who head FIFA's world rankings, face Russia (1900) in Saint Petersburg. Picture. Video (FBL-EURO-2020-2021) TENNIS -- French Open women's final: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Barbora Krejcikova (1300). Coverage by Dave James. Picture. Graphic (TENNIS-FRA-OPEN) -- ATP at Stuttgart Open (TENNIS-GER-ATP); WTA at Nottingham (TENNIS-GBR-WTA) CRICKET -- New Zealand are 74 runs behind with seven first-innings wickets in hand at the start of third day of the second Test against England at Edgbaston (1000). Picture (CRICKET-ENG-NZL) -- South Africa look to wrap up an innings victory over the West Indies on the third day of the first Test in Gros Islet (1400). Picture (CRICKET-WIS-RSA) CYCLING -- Tour de Suisse seventh stage is a hilly 23.2km time-trial through the Oberalp pass with Richard Carapaz leading. (CYCLING-SUI) GOLF -- Swede Caroline Hedwall holds a one-shot lead going into the third round as men and women play together at the European Tour's Scandinavian Mixed in Gothenburg (GOLF-EPGA-LET-SWE) -- Third round of the PGA Tour's Palmetto Championship at Congaree, South Carolina (GOLF-USPGA) -- Third round the LPGA Tour event at Daly City, California (GOLF-USLPGA) RUGBY UNION -- English Premiership (1400): Bath v Northampton, Bristol v London Irish, Exeter v Sale, Harlequins v Newcastle, Wasps v Leicester. (RUGBYU-ENG-PR) -- French Top 14 playoffs: Bordeaux-Begles v Clermont (1845). Picture (RUGBYU-FRA-TOP14) BASKETBALL -- NBA conference semi-finals: Utah at Los Angeles Clippers (Utah leads series 2-0) (0030 Sunday) (BASKET-NBA) afp
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