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| - AFP Sports Agenda for Sunday, October 18 (all times GMT): Twitter: @AFP_Sport Instagram: @afpsport + Tottenham eye Bale boost against West Ham + All Blacks face Wallabies + Rodgers v Brady in NFL + Almeida leads Giro heading into stage 15 + Quartararo on pole at Aragon MotoGP FOOTBALL -- English Premier League: Sheffield United v Fulham (1100), Crystal Palace v Brighton & Hove Albion (1300), Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United (1530) Picture (FBL-ENG-PR-TOTTENHAM-WESTHAM), Leicester City v Aston Villa (1815) (FBL-ENG-PR) -- Previews filed ahead of new Champions League season (FBL-EUR-C1) -- Italian Serie A: Bologna v Sassuolo (1030), Spezia v Fiorentina (1300), Torino v Cagliari (1300), Udinese v Parma (1600), Roma v Benevento (1845). Coverage by Emmeline Moore. Picture (FBL-ITA-SERIEA) -- Spanish La Liga: Eibar v Osasuna (1000), Athletic Bilbao v Levante (1200), Villarreal v Valencia (1400), Alaves v Elche (1630), Huesca v Real Valladolid (1630), Real Betis v Real Sociedad (1900). Picture (FBL-ESP-LIGA) -- German Bundesliga: Cologne v Eintracht Frankfurt (1330), Schalke v Union Berlin (1600). Picture (FBL-GER-BUNDESLIGA) -- French Ligue 1 (1300 unless stated): Strasbourg v Lyon (1100), Angers v Metz, Monaco v Montpellier, Nantes v Brest, Saint-Etienne v Nice (1500), Lille v Lens (1900). Picture (FBL-FRA-LIGUE1) -- English Championship: Preston v Cardiff (1100)(FBL-ENG) CRICKET -- IPL: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kolkata Knight Riders (in Abu Dhabi)(1000), Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab (in Dubai) (1400) (CRICKET-IPL-UAE) CYCLING -- Joao Almeida still leads the Giro d'Italia ahead of stage 15, a 185km ride from Rivolto Air Base to Piancavallo. Picture (CYCLING-GIRO-ITA) RUGBY UNION -- New Zealand play Australia in 2nd Bledisloe Cup Test in Auckland after the fierce rivals battled to a thrilling 16-16 draw in Wellington a week ago (0300)(RUGBYU-NZL-AUS) -- French Top 14: Lyon v Bayonne (1500), Clermont v Stade Francais (1905) (RUGBYU-FRA-TOP14) ALPINE SKIING -- Men's World Cup season begins with giant slalom at Soelden in Austria. Picture (SKI-WORLD) MOTORCYCLING -- Fabio Quartararo starts on pole for the Aragon MotoGP. (1300) Picture (MOTO-PRIX-ESP-ARAGON) AMERICAN FOOTBALL -- Green Bay Packers (4-0) are at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-2) with star quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady meeting as opponents for only the third time in their NFL careers. The day's other standout clash is the Cleveland Browns (4-1) at Pittsburgh Steelers (4-0). The Steelers lead the AFC North division with "Big Ben" Roethlisberger as QB while the up-and-coming Browns seem ready to make their run at the top this year. TENNIS -- Finals of ATP at Saint Petersburg (TENNIS-ATP-RUS), Cologne TENNIS-ATP-GER) and Sardinia (TENNIS-ATP-ITA) GOLF -- Final round of the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek on the USPGA Tour (GOLF-USPGA) -- Final round of the European Tour's Scottish Championship at St Andrews (GOLF-EPGA-SCO) BASEBALL -- Major League Baseball: National League Championship Series, Game 7 (if necessary); at Arlington, Texas: Atlanta Braves v Los Angeles Dodgers (0015) (BASEBALL-MLB) afp
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