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| - AFP Sports Agenda for Thursday, July 30 (all times GMT): Twitter: @AFP_Sport Instagram: @afpsport + NBA season restarts at Disney World + World Athletics meet on Russian doping concludes + England host Ireland in 1st ODI + Rahm, McIlroy lead top 10 into WGC Invitational + Jimenez in record 707th European Tour appearance BASKETBALL -- NBA season restarts at Walt Disney World, Florida, more than four months after the league was suspended due to the coronavirus, with New Orleans v Utah (2230) and Los Angeles Lakers v Los Angeles Clippers (0100 Friday). Picture (BASKET-NBA) FOOTBALL -- English Championship play-off semi-final first leg: Fulham v Cardiff (1845) (2-0 agg) (FBL-ENG-FULHAM-CARDIFF) -- Major League Soccer Is Back Tournament quarter-final at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida: Philadelphia Union v Sporting Kansas City (0000 Friday). Picture (FBL-MLS) ATHLETICS/DOPING -- Meeting of the World Athletics Council which is expected to discuss the continued suspension of Russia's track and field federation for breaching anti-doping rules. In March, it fined RUSAF $10 million for the breaches. The two-day meeting, held by videoconference, concludes with a press conference (ATHLETICS-RUS-DOPING-OLY-2020-2021) CRICKET -- England host Ireland in first one-day international of three-match series at Southampton (1200). Picture (CRICKET-ENG-IRL) GOLF -- Opening round of the WGC St Jude Invitational, with Spain's Jon Rahm making his first start as the new world number one in Memphis. Picture (GOLF-USPGA-EPGA-WGC) -- The first English Open since 2002 gets underway at the Forest of Arden as the European Tour's 'UK swing' continues. Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez makes record 707th European Tour appearance. (GOLF-EPGA-ENG) RACING -- Third day of the Glorious Goodwood festival, with Deirdre attempting to win a second straight Nassau Stakes (RACING-ENG-GOODWOOD) CYCLING -- Third stage of the Tour of Burgos as cycling continues its first event since the coronavirus shutdown (CYCLING-ESP-BURGOS) BASEBALL -- Nine games in Major League Baseball (BASEBALL-MLB) afp
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