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| - AFP Sports Agenda for Thursday, March 11 (all times GMT): + Man Utd v AC Milan in Europa League + Spurs, Roma, Arsenal also in last-16 action + Federer eyes Qatar semi-final spot + Six Nations team announcements + Players Championship gets underway + Primoz Roglic leads Paris-Nice FOOTBALL -- UEFA Europa League last 16, first legs headlined by Manchester United v AC Milan (1755). Other notable ties include Tottenham v Dinamo Zagreb, Olympiakos v Arsenal, Roma v Shakhtar Donetsk (all 2000), and freshly-minted Scottish champions Rangers at Slavia Prague (1755). Picture. (FBL-EUR-C3) -- UEFA Women's Champions League last 16 second leg; Fiorentina v Manchester City (1300) (FBL-EUR-C1-WOMEN) TENNIS -- Fourth day of the Qatar Open with Roger Federer, back after 13 months out of action, taking on Nikoloz Basilashvili in the quarter-finals. Coverage by Greg Walton. Picture (TENNIS-ATP-QAT) -- ATP also at Marseille (TENNIS-ATP-FRA) and Santiago (TENNIS-ATP-CHI) -- WTA in Dubai where Garbine Muguruza faces Aryna Sabalenka in the pick of the quarter-finals. Coverage by Reem Abulleil (TENNIS-WTA-UAE) -- WTA also at Guadalajara (TENNIS-WTA-MEX) RUGBY UNION -- Six Nations: Team announcements for England (1100) v France (1115); Wales (1100) v Italy (1400). (RUGBYU-6NATIONS) GOLF -- First round of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, Florida, with Rory McIlroy defending the title he won in 2019, with last year's so-called 'fifth major' cancelled due to Covid-19 (GOLF-USPGA) -- First round of European Tour event in Qatar. (GOLF-EPGA-QAT) CRICKET -- Afghanistan are 307-3 in their first innings on the second day of the second Test against Zimbabwe at Abu Dhabi (0530) (CRICKET-AFG-ZIM) CYCLING -- Stage five of Paris-Nice is 200km from Vienne to Bollene with Primoz Roglic in the lead. Picture (CYCLING-FRA-PARISNICE) -- Second stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico, a 156km run around Lido Di Camaiore with Wout van Aert in the lead (CYCLING-ITA) afp
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