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| - AFP Sports Agenda for Tuesday, September 8 (all times GMT): Twitter: @AFP_Sport Instagram: @afpsport + US Open quarter-finals start + England, France and Portugal in Nations League action + Tour de France goes island hopping + England attempt to sweep Australia in T20 series TENNIS -- Pablo Carreno Busta, who advanced after Novak Djokovic's sensational US Open disqualification, faces Denis Shapovalov and Naomi Osaka faces unseeded Shelby Rogers as the US Open reaches the quarter-finals. Coverage by Peter Hutchison. Picture (TENNIS-USA-OPEN) -- European clay season opens with women's event in Istanbul (TENNIS-WTA-TUR) and men's tournament in Kitbuehel (TENNIS-ATP-AUT) FOOTBALL -- UEFA Nations League (1845 unless stated): League A, Group 2: Denmark v England, Belgium v Iceland; Group 3: France v Croatia, Sweden v Portugal; League C, Group 1: Cyprus v Azerbaijan, Luxembourg v Montenegro; Group 2: Armenia v Estonia (1600), Georgia v North Macedonia (1600); League D, Group 2: San Marino v Liechtenstein. Picture (FBL-EUR-NATIONS) CRICKET --Australia seek consolation as they take on England in the final T20 international 2-0 down (1700). Julian Guyer covering. Picture (CRICKET-ENG-AUS) CYCLING -- Before the 10th stage of the Tour de France, organisers will announce the results of rest-day Covid-19 testing. Positives could lead to riders and teams being thrown off the Tour. Coverage by Damian McCall. (CYCLING-TOUR-FRA-HEALTH-VIRUS) -- The stage is a flat 168.5km ride along the potentially windy west coast from Ile d'Oleron to Ile de Re, the first time a stage has started and ended on islands. Coverage by Damian McCall. Picture. Video. Graphic (CYCLING-TOUR-FRA) -- Second stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico is a flat 201km ride from Camaiore to Follonica for a field that features former Tour de France winners Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas. (CYCLING-ITA) RUGBY UNION -- English Premiership. Bristol v Northampton (1845). (RUGBYU-ENG-PR) BASKETBALL -- NBA play-offs in Orlando, Florida: Miami v Milwaukee in game five (Heat lead series 3-2) (2230), LA Lakers v Houston in game three (Series tied 1-1) (0100 Wednesday). Picture (BASKET-NBA) ICE HOCKEY -- NHL Western Conference final, game two in Edmonton, Alberta: Las Vegas Golden Knights v Dallas Stars (Stars lead series 1-0) (0000) (IHOCKEY-NHL) afp
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