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AFP Sports Agenda for Friday, September 18 (all times GMT): Twitter: @AFP_Sport Instagram: @afpsport + Second day of rescheduled US Open + Bayern kick off new Bundesliga season + Roglic in yellow for Tour stage 19 + Emilia Romagna MotoGP free practice + Top seeds Djokovic, Halep in Italian Open action GOLF -- Justin Thomas leads ahead of the second round of the rescheduled 120th US Open gets underway at Winged Foot, Mamaroneck, New York. Picture (GOLF-USA-OPEN) -- Also second round of LPGA Portland Classic (GOLF-USLPGA) and Portugal Masters (GOLF-EDPGA-POR) FOOTBALL -- German Bundesliga: Bayern Munich v Schalke 04 in the first match of new Bundesliga season (1830). Coverage by Ryland James. Picture (FBL-GER-BUNDESLIGA) -- French Ligue 1: Lyon v Nimes (1900). Picture (FBL-FRA-LIGUE1) -- AFC Champions League West Zone Match Day 4: Group C; Sharjah (UAE) v Al Duhail (QAT) (1500), Al Taawoun (KSA) v Persepolis (IRI) (1800). Group D; Al Sadd (QAT) v Al Ain (UAE) (1500), Al Nassr (KSA) v Sepahan (IRI) (1800) (FBL-ASIA-C1) CYCLING -- Primoz Roglic on course for first Tour de France ahead of the 166.5km, flat stage 19 between Bourg-en-Bresse and Champagnole. Coverage by Damian McCall. Picture (CYCLING-TOUR-FRA) TENNIS -- ATP and WTA Italian Open Round of 16 in Rome as Novak Djokovic faces fellow Serb Filip Krajinovic and Simona Halep plays Dayana Yastremska. Picture (TENNIS-ATP-WTA-ITA) RUGBY UNION -- European Challenge Cup quarter-final: Bristol Bears v Dragons (1745) (RUGBYU-EUR-CHALLENGE) MOTORCYCLING -- Free practice for the Emilia-Romagna MotoGP at the Misano Marco Simoncelli circuit in Italy (0755 and 1210). Picture (MOTO-PRIX-ITA-EMILIA) RUGBY UNION -- European Challenge Cup quarter-final: Bristol Bears v Dragons (1745) (RUGBYU-EUR-CHALLENGE) RALLYING -- First day of WRC Rally of Turkey. (AUTO-RALLY-TUR) BASKETBALL -- Game one of the NBA Western Conference finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets (0100 Saturday) (BASKET-NBA) afp
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