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AFP Sports Agenda for Tuesday, February 25 (all times GMT): Twitter: @AFP_Sport + Napoli host Barcelona in Champions League last 16, first leg + Chelsea take on Bayern at Stamford Bridge + Bangladesh bid for Test victory over Zimbabwe + Barty in WTA action in Doha FOOTBALL -- Barcelona visit Napoli in their Champions League last-16 first leg, bidding to reach the quarter-finals for a 13th straight season (2000). Picture (FBL-EUR-C1-ITA-ESP-NAPOLI-BARCELONA) -- Chelsea host Bayern Munich in their Champions League last 16 encounter (2000). Coverage by Steve Griffiths. Picture (FBL-EUR-C1-ENG-GER-CHELSEA-BAYERN) -- English Championship (1945 unless stated): Cardiff v Nottingham Forest, Huddersfield v Bristol City, Luton v Brentford, QPR v Derby, West Brom v Preston (2000) (FBL-ENG) -- Scottish Premiership: Motherwell v St Mirren (FBL-SCO-PR) TENNIS -- Stefanos Tsitsipas is among the players in first-round action at the ATP Dubai Championships. Coverage by Bill Scott. Picture (TENNIS-ATP-UAE) -- Rafael Nadal opens his Acapulco campaign, with Venus Williams on court in the women's draw. Picture (TENNIS-ATP-WTA-MEX) -- World number one Ashleigh Barty faces Laura Siegemund in first round of WTA event in Doha (TENNIS-WTA-QAT) -- ATP also at Santiago (TENNIS-ATP-CHI) CRICKET -- Bangladesh push for victory on the fourth day of their one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Mirpur, with the tourists resuming their second innings on 9-2, still 286 runs behind the hosts' first-innings total (0400). Picture (CRICKET-BAN-ZIM) CYCLING -- Third stage of the UAE Tour is a 184km ride to Jebel Hafeet, as four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome continues his return to competitive action. Picture (CYCLING-UAE) BASKETBALL -- NBA (seven games): Charlotte at Indiana (0000 Wednesday), Milwaukee at Toronto (0030), Oklahoma City at Chicago (0100), Detroit at Denver (0200), New Orleans at Los Angeles Lakers, Boston at Portland (0300), Sacramento at Golden State (0330). Picture (BASKET-NBA) afp
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