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| - AFP Sports Agenda for Thursday, May 27 (all times GMT): + Preparations continue for Champions League final + French Open draw + US PGA champion Mickelson back in action + Bernal still leads Giro d'Italia + Djokovic eyes Belgrade last-four FOOTBALL -- Build-up continues ahead of Saturday's Champions League final between Chelsea and Manchester City in Porto (FBL-EUR-C1-ENG-MANCITY-CHELSEA) -- French Ligue 1 play-off, first leg: Toulouse v Nantes (1845). Picture (FBL-FRA-LIGUE1) TENNIS -- Draw takes place for the French Open at Roland Garros (1600) (TENNIS-FRA-OPEN) -- Novak Djokovic is the top seed at the ATP event in Belgrade and faces Federico Coria for a place in the semi-finals (TENNIS-ATP-SRB) -- Also, ATP tournament at Parma (TENNIS-ATP-ITA) -- WTA at Strasbourg (TENNIS-WTA-FRA) CYCLING -- Egan Bernal still leads the Giro d'Italia ahead of the 18th stage, a flat 231km ride from Rovereto to Stradella. Picture (CYCLING-ITA-TOUR) GOLF -- USPGA winner Phil Mickelson tees off in the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge at Fort Worth, Texas (GOLF-USPGA) -- Opening round of the EPGA event at Farso, Denmark (GOLF-EPGA-DEN) -- Second day of LPGA Tour Matchplay event at Shadow Creek (GOLF-USLPGA) BASKETBALL -- NBA play-offs, first round, third games: Milwaukee at Miami (2330) (Milwaukee leads series 2-0), Phoenix at LA Lakers (0200 Friday) (1-1), Denver at Portland (0230 Friday) (1-1) (BASKET-NBA) ICE HOCKEY -- NHL play-offs, first round: Carolina at Nashville (0130 Friday) (Carolina leads series 3-2), Montreal at Toronto (2300) (Toronto leads 3-1) (IHOCKEY-NHL) -- World championships in Latvia. Picture (IHOCKEY-WORLD) afp
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