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| - AFP Sports Agenda for Friday, February 5 (all times GMT): + Bundesliga leaders Bayern visit Hertha + First day of India-England Test series in Chennai + Pakistan look to build big score against South Africa in 2nd Test + Australian Open draw, warm-up tournaments resume + Second round of Saudi International FOOTBALL -- German Bundesliga: Hertha Berlin v Bayern Munich (1900). Picture (FBL-GER-BUNDESLIGA) -- Italian Serie A: Fiorentina v Inter Milan (1945). Picture (FBL-ITA-SERIEA) -- Spanish La Liga: Alaves v Real Valladolid (2000) (FBL-ESP-LIGA) -- English Championship: Swansea v Norwich (2015) (FBL-ENG) CRICKET -- India host England in Chennai on the opening day of the first Test of four, in a series which sees the tourists try and inflict a first defeat on the hosts on Indian soil since 2012 (0400). Picture (CRICKET-IND-ENG) -- Pakistan continue their first innings on the second day of the second Test against South African in Rawalpindi, after finishing a rain-hit first day on 145-3 (0500). Picture (CRICKET-PAK-RSA) -- West Indies resume on 75-2 on the third day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong, trailing the hosts' first-innings total by 355 runs (0400). Picture (CRICKET-WIS-BAN) TENNIS -- The delayed draw for the Australian Open in Melbourne (0700) (TENNIS-AUS-OPEN) -- The ATP Cup resumes after a Covid-19 scare, with Novak Djokovic's Serbia taking on Alexander Zverev's Germany and Dominic Thiem's Austria facing France (2300 Thursday). Picture (TENNIS-AUS-ATPCUP) -- Australian Open men's warm-ups: ATP Great Ocean Road Open and Murray River Open in Melbourne (TENNIS-AUS-ATP) -- Women's Australian Open warm-ups: World number one Ashleigh Barty and Serena Williams in action at Yarra Valley Classic in Melbourne. Simona Halep and Naomi Osaka feature in Gippsland Trophy. Also, Grampians Trophy. Picture (TENNIS-AUS-WTA) GOLF -- England's David Horsey leads heading into the second round of the Saudi International, with world number one Dustin Johnson and big-hitting Bryson DeChambeau also in contention after solid first rounds (GOLF-EPGA-KSA) -- Second round of the PGA Tour's Phoenix Open, with the world's best-attended event in golf played in front of limited crowds due to the Covid-19 pandemic at Scottsdale, Arizona (GOLF-USPGA) ALPINE SKIING -- Men's World Cup super-G race at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Picture (SKI-WORLD-MEN-GER) BASKETBALL -- NBA (nine games): New Orleans at Indiana, Chicago at Orlando (0000 Saturday), Toronto at Brooklyn, Milwaukee at Cleveland (0030), Utah at Charlotte, Washington at Miami, Minnesota at Oklahoma (0100), Detroit at Phoenix (0200), Boston at Los Angeles Clippers (0300) (BASKET-NBA) AMERICAN FOOTBALL -- Build-up to Sunday's Super Bowl LV, which will see Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers host defending champions Kansas City Chiefs at the Raymond James Stadium in Florida (AMFOOT-NFL-SUPERBOWL) RUGBY UNION -- Build-up to this weekend's opening Six Nations matches, with Wales' team announcement (1200) for their game on Sunday against Ireland, who also name their side (1200) (RUGBYU-6NATIONS) CYCLING -- Third stage of the Etoile de Besseges with a field including former Tour de France winners Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal (CYCLING-FRA) afp
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