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| - AFP Sports Agenda for Friday, October 9 (all times GMT): Twitter: @AFP_Sport Instagram: @afpsport + Men's semi-finals at Roland Garros + Brazil kick off their World Cup qualifying + Giro stage seven with Joao Almeida leading + Miami Heat look to wrap up NBA finals v LA Lakers + Mick Schumacher gets F1 practice run TENNIS -- French Open men's semi-finals: World number one Novak Djokovic is up against number five seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, and 12-time champion Rafael Nadal faces 12th seed Diego Schwartzmann at Roland Garros (start 1300). Coverage by Dave James and Martyn Wood. Picture (TENNIS-FRA-OPEN) FOOTBALL -- South American World Cup qualifying: Colombia v Venezuela (2330), Brazil v Bolivia (0030 Saturday) (FBL-WC-2020) -- International friendlies: including Japan v Cameroon (1200), Kenya v Zambia (1300), Tunisia v Sudan (1600), Mali v Ghana (1700), Morocco v Senegal (1800), Nigeria v Algeria (1830) (FBL-FRIENDLY) CYCLING -- Giro d'Italia, stage seven, 143km Matera to Brindisi. Picture (CYCLING-GIRO-ITA) CRICKET -- Indian Premier League: Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Capitals (in Dubai) 1400 (Cricket-IPL-UAE) GOLF -- Second rounds of the PGA Championship(GOLF-EPGA-GBR); US PGA Tour at TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas GOLF-PGA-USA); Women's PGA Championship at Aronimink, Pennsylvania (GOLF-LPGA-USA) FORMULA ONE -- Opening practice, featuring Mick Schumacher's try out for Alfa Romeo, for this weekend's Eifel Grand Prix at the Nurburgring with Lewis Hamilton renewing his bid to equal Michael Schumacher's record 91 wins. (AUTO-PRIX-GER) MOTORCYCLING -- French MotoGP opening practice at Le Mans. Picture. (MOTO-PRIX-FRA) RALLYING -- First full day of the penultimate round of the world rally championship in Sardinia, with Elfyn Evans and Sebastien Ogier battling for the title. (AUTO-RALLY-ITA) DOPING HEARINGS -- Trial of German doctor accused of masterminding an international blood-doping network continues. (CYCLING-SKI-AUT-GER-DOPING-TRIAL) -- Hearing of Richard Freeman, former British Cycling and Sky team doctor, continues in Manchester.(CYCLING-UK-DOPING) RUGBY UNION -- French Top 14: Bayonne v La Rochelle (1845). Picture. (RUGBYU-FRA-TOP14) -- Super Rugby Unlocked: Sharks v Lions (1700). (RUGBYU-RSA-SUPER) -- Pro14: Dragons v Zebre (1915) (RUGBYU-PRO14) BASKETBALL -- NBA Finals: Miami v LA Lakers (LA lead best-of-seven series 3-1) (0100 Saturday) (BASKET-NBA-FINALS) BASEBALL -- MLB Playoffs: National League Division Series, Game 4s - Miami v Atlanta (if needed)in Houston (1800), L.A. Dodgers v San Diego in Arlington Texas (0100 Saturday); American League Division Series Game 5s- Houston v Oakland (if needed) in Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles (1930), Tampa Bay v N.Y. Yankees (if needed) in San Diego (2300) (BASEBALL-MLB) afp
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