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| - AFP Sports Agenda for Wednesday, March 24 (all times GMT): + World Cup holders France face Ukraine in first 2022 qualifier + Portugal play Azerbaijan, Belgium host Wales + Women's Champions League quarter-finals, first legs + Miami Open gets underway after big-name withdrawals + Opening day of WGC World Match Play in Texas + Start of figure skating world championships FOOTBALL -- World champions France start their title defence, with Didier Deschamps' men facing Ukraine at the Stade de France in their first 2022 World Cup qualifier (1945). Picture (FBL-WC-2022-EUR-FRA-UKR) -- Other qualifiers in Europe include European champions Portugal facing Azerbaijan in Turin (1945), Belgium hosting Wales (1945) and the Netherlands taking on Turkey in Istanbul (1700). Picture (FBL-WC-2022-EUR) -- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying, with Madagascar hoping to book a place at the finals when they visit Ethiopia (1300) (FBL-AFR-2021-QUALIFYING) -- North and Central American 2022 World Cup qualifying (FBL-WC-2022-CONCACAF) -- Women's Champions League quarter-finals, first legs: Barcelona v Manchester City (1130), Chelsea v Wolfsburg (1600), Paris Saint-Germain v Lyon (1700), Bayern Munich v Rosengard (1800). Picture (FBL-EUR-C1-WOMEN) - Opening day of 2021 Under-21 European Championship in Hungary and Slovenia (FBL-EURO-U21) TENNIS -- Second day of the ATP and WTA Miami Open, with Daniil Medvedev and Ashleigh Barty the top seeds (from 1400). Picture (TENNIS-ATP-WTA-USA) GOLF -- First day of the WGC World Match Play in Austin, including Rory McIlroy v Ian Poulter (1430) and Lee Westwood v Sergio Garcia (1927). Picture (GOLF-USPGA-EPGA-USA) -- Second round of the European Tour's Kenya Savannah Classic (GOLF-EPGA-KEN-SAVANNAH) CRICKET -- Fourth day of the opening Test between the West Indies and Sri Lanka in Antigua, with the tourists 255-4 in their second innings, leading by 153 with six wickets in hand (1400). Picture (CRICKET-WIS-SRI) RUGBY UNION -- Scotland announce their team to play France in Friday's Six Nations championship (1230). (RUGBYU-6NATIONS-SCO-FRA-TEAM) FIGURE SKATING -- Opening day of the 2021 world championships in Stockholm, with the women's and pairs short programmes (from 0900). Picture (FSKATE-WORLD-SWE) CYCLING -- Joao Almeida is in the overall lead heading into the third stage of the Tour of Catalonia, a 203.1km ride from Canal Olimpic de Catalunya to Vallter 2000. Picture (CYCLING-ESP) BASKETBALL -- NBA (11 games): Detroit at Indiana (2300), Boston at Milwaukee, Denver at Toronto (both 2330), Cleveland at Chicago, Charlotte at Houston, Dallas at Minnesota, Memphis at Oklahoma, Phoenix at Orlando (all 0000 Thursday), Los Angeles Clippers at San Antonio (0030), Atlanta at Sacramento, Brooklyn at Utah (both 0200). Picture (BASKET-NBA) afp
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