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| - AFP Sports Agenda for Saturday, March 13 (all times GMT): + Premier League leaders Man City eye 17-point lead + England host France in Six Nations, unbeaten Wales face Italy + F1 testing in Bahrain + Shiffrin targets new ski record + Westwood leads Players Championship FOOTBALL -- English Premier League: Leeds United v Chelsea (1230), Crystal Palace v West Bromwich Albion (1500), Everton v Burnley (1730), Fulham v Manchester City (2000). Coverage by Kieran Canning Picture (FBL-ENG-PR) -- Spanish La Liga: Alaves v Cadiz (1300), Real Madrid v Elche (1515), Osasuna v Real Valladolid (1730), Getafe v Atletico Madrid (2000). Coverage by Thomas Allnutt. Picture (FBL-ESP-LIGA) -- German Bundesliga (1430 unless stated): Union Berlin v Cologne, Mainz v Freiburg, Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich, Wolfsburg v Schalke, Borussia Dortmund v Hertha Berlin (1730). Coverage by Ryland James. Picture (FBL-GER-BUNDESLIGA) -- Italian Serie A: Sassuolo v Hellas Verona (1400), Benevento v Fiorentina (1700), Genoa v Udinese (1945). Coverage by Emmeline Moore. Picture (FBL-ITA-SERIEA) -- French Ligue 1: Angers v Saint-Etienne (1200), Marseille v Brest (1600). Picture (FBL-FRA-LIGUE1) -- Scottish Premiership: Livingston v Hamilton Academical, Ross County v Hibernian (1500) (FBL-SCO-PR) -- English Championship (1500 unless stated): Luton Town v Swansea City (1215), Birmingham City v Bristol City, AFC Bournemouth v Barnsley, Cardiff City v Watford, Derby County v Millwall, Middlesbrough v Stoke City, Nottingham Forest v Reading Queens Park Rangers, Huddersfield Town, Wycombe Wanderers v Preston North End (FBL-ENG) RUGBY UNION -- Six Nations: Unbeaten Wales face Italy in Rome (1415) Coverage by Emmeline Moore. Picture (RUGBYU-6NATIONS-ITA-WAL) -- Six Nations: England take on France in 'Le Crunch' at Twickenham (1645). Picture. Video Coverage by Julian Guyer and Pirate Irwin (RUGBYU-6NATIONS-ENG-FRA) -- Scotland and Ireland prepare for their Six Nations meeting in Edinburgh on Sunday (RUGBYU-6NATIONS-SCO-IRL) -- English Premiership (1230 unless stated): Exeter v Harlequins, Newcastle v Bath, Northampton v Sale (1445), Gloucester v Leicester (1500) (RUGBYU-ENG-PR) -- Pro 14 (both 1935): Connacht v Edinburgh, Dragons v Ulster (RUGBYU-PRO14) -- French Top 14: Bayonne v Agen (1345) (RUGBYU-FRA-TOP14) CYCLING -- Stage seven of Paris-Nice is a rearranged route from Le Broc and will end as planned in Valdeblore La Colmiane with Primoz Roglic in the lead. Picture. Video (CYCLING-FRA-PARISNICE) -- Fourth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico, a 148km peddle from Terni to Prati di Tivo with Wout van Aert in the overall lead (CYCLING-ITA) ALPINE SKIING -- Men's World Cup giant slalom at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia where Alexis Pintauralt will attempt to increase his lead at the top of the discipline and overall standings (0830) (SKI-WORLD-SLO-MEN) -- Women's World Cup slalom at Are, Sweden with Mikaela Shiffrin looking for an all-time record-equalling 46th win in the discipline. (0930 and 1245) Picture (SKI-WORLD-SWE-WOMEN) TENNIS -- Final of the WTA in Dubai where two-time major winner Garbine Muguruza faces Barbora Krejcikova. (1500) Coverage by Reem Abulleil (TENNIS-WTA-UAE) -- WTA also at Guadalajara (TENNIS-WTA-MEX) -- Roberto Bautista Agut meets Nikoloz Basilashvili in the Qatar Open final (1500). Coverage by Greg Walton. (TENNIS-ATP-QAT) -- Semi-finals of ATP event at Marseille with world number three Daniil Medvedev facing Australian qualifier Matthew Ebden and Pierre-Hugues Herbert facing French compatriot Ugo Humbert. (TENNIS-ATP-FRA) -- ATP also at Santiago (TENNIS-ATP-CHI) FORMULA ONE -- Second day of pre-season testing in Bahrain after Red Bull's Max Verstappen went fastest on the first day. Picture (AUTO-PRIX-BRN) CRICKET -- Zimbabwe go into the fourth day of the second Test against Afghanistan at Abu Dhabi on 24-0 in their second innings, still 234 runs away from avoiding an innings defeat (0530) (CRICKET-AFG-ZIM) YACHTING -- America's Cup continues in Auckland with Emirates New Zealand and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli locked at 2-2. Video (YACHTING-AMCUP) GOLF -- Third round of the Players Championship, the so-called 'fifth major', at TPC Sawgrass, Florida with Lee Westwood holding the lead at the halfway point (GOLF-USPGA) -- Third round of European Tour event in Qatar (GOLF-EPGA-QAT) BASKETBALL -- Eight matches in the NBA (BASKET-NBA) afp
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