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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday, April 18

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday: - - - - SOCCER Premier League (1400) Crystal Palace v West Bromwich Albion Everton v Burnley Leicester City v Swansea City Stoke City v Southampton Chelsea v Manchester United (1630) Big incentive for runaway leaders Chelsea LONDON - Chelsea will open a 10-point advantage over Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table if they beat third-placed Manchester United in a mouth-watering clash at Stamford Bridge. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), expect first lead by 1615 GMT/12:15 PM ET, by Tom Hayward, 600 words) - - FA Cup semi-final Reading(II) v Arsenal (1620) Arsenal face second-tier strugglers Reading in Cup semi LONDON - Championship strugglers Reading will need a perfect performance to produce one of the great FA Cup shocks by beating holders Arsenal at Wembley to reach the final for the first time. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/CUP (PIX), expect by 1820 GMT/2:20 PM ET, by Toby Davis, 400 words plus sidebars on merit) - - La Liga Barcelona v Valencia (1400) Deportivo Coruna v Atletico Madrid (1600) Real Madrid v Malaga (1800) Athletic Club v Getafe (2000) Leaders Barca host Valencia, Real at home to Malaga BARCELONA - Barcelona can pull five points clear at the top of La Liga with a win at home to Valencia before second-placed Real Madrid host Malaga and champions Atletico Madrid, in third, play at Deportivo La Coruna. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX), expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, by Tim Hanlon, 500 words) - - Bundesliga (1330) Bayer Leverkusen v Hanover 96 Borussia Dortmund v SC Paderborn Hertha Berlin v Cologne Hoffenheim v Bayern Munich Freiburg v Mainz FC Augsburg v VfB Stuttgart (1630) Bayern look to beat Hoffenheim as they close in on title BERLIN - Bayern Munich bid for a victory at seventh-placed Hoffenheim to bounce back from their Champions League defeat at Porto and get the first of three wins in the last six games to retain the title. (SOCCER-GERMANY/ (PIX), expect by 1530 GMT/11:30 AM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words) - - Serie A Sampdoria v Cesena (1600) Juventus v Lazio (1845) Lazio aim to turn up the heat on leaders Juventus Second-placed Lazio visit Juventus for a top-of-the-table clash knowing a ninth straight Serie A win would move them within nine points of the leaders with seven games left. (SOCCER-ITALY/ (PIX), expect by 2045 GMT/4:45 PM ET, 400 words) - - Ligue 1 (1800) Nice v Paris St Germain (1500) Monaco v Stade Rennes En Avant Guingamp v Evian Thonon Gaillard FC FC Lorient v Toulouse Metz v Racing Lens Bastia v Stade de Reims PSG look to regain top spot at Nice PARIS - Paris St Germain can reclaim top spot from Olympique Lyonnais by a point if they win at Nice, while third-placed Monaco can move within three points of the current pacesetters, albeit having played a game more, with a home win over Stade Rennes. (SOCCER-FRANCE/ (PIX), by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Julien Pretot, 300 words) - - Dutch championship (1745) AZ Alkmaar v ADO Den Haag (1630) PSV Eindhoven v Heerenveen Vitesse Arnhem v FC Dordrecht Willem II Tilburg v Groningen (1845) Home win will ensure PSV claim title AMSTERDAM - Victory for PSV Eindhoven at home to Heerenveen will deliver them the Dutch league title for the first time in six seasons. (SOCCER-DUTCH/, expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, 300 words) - - - - RUGBY UNION Super Rugby round 10 (to 18) Sharks v Bulls (1505) Cheetahs v Reds (1710) Sharks and Bulls tussle for top spot DURBAN - Only four points separate the Sharks and Bulls in the battle for leadership of the South African conference. (RUGBY-SUPER/SHARKS, expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, 200 words) - - Cheetahs looking for rare home success BLOEMFONTEIN - The Cheetahs will seek only their second home win of the season when they face Australia's Reds, who lost in Pretoria last week. (RUGBY-SUPER/CHEETAHS, expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, 200 words) - - Champions Cup semi-final ASM Clermont Auvergne v Saracens (1415) Clermont face Saracens in first Champions Cup semi-final PARIS - Clermont Auvergne meet old foes Saracens in the first semi-final of the Champions Cup in St Etienne. (RUGBY UNION-CHAMPIONS/CLERMONT, expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, 400 words) - - - - MOTOR RACING Formula One: Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir (to 19) Rosberg seeks to end Hamilton's pole run MANAMA - Nico Rosberg will bid to take his first pole position of the season and deny Mercedes team mate and double world champion Lewis Hamilton a fourth in a row. (MOTOR RACING-PRIX/ (PIX), by Alan Baldwin, expect by 1615 GMT/12:15 PM ET) - - - - TENNIS ATP: Monte Carlo Masters, Monaco (to 19) Nadal faces Djokovic in mouth-watering Monte Carlo clash MONTE CARLO - Eight-times champion Rafa Nadal takes on world number one Novak Djokovic in a much-awaited semi-final clash at the Monte Carlo Masters in their 43rd meeting. (TENNIS-MEN/MONTE CARLO (PIX), expect from 1330 GMT/9:30 AM ET, 400 words) - - Fed Cup semi-finals Czech Republic v France Russia v Germany (TENNIS-FED/, expect throughout) WTA: Bogota Cup, Colombia (to 19) Copy on merit - - - - NHL Rangers seek 2-0 playoff lead The New York Rangers, Anaheim Ducks, Minnesota Wild and Detroit Red Wings go for 2-0 leads in their respective best-of-seven first round playoff series. (NHL- PLAYOFFS/HIGHLIGHTS, expect by 0230 GMT/10:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 450 words) - - Draft lottery determines first shot at McDavid The National Hockey League conducts its most highly-anticipated draft lottery in years, one that will give the winning team rights to the first overall selection in the 2015 NHL Draft, widely expected to be 18-year-old phenomenon Connor McDavid. (NHL-LOTTERY/, expect by 0030 GMT/8:30 PM ET, 400 words) - - - - NBA Warriors open bid for NBA title The Golden State Warriors begin their quest for an NBA championship against the New Orleans Pelicans in the opening game of the Western Conference playoffs. Other first round games find the Washington Wizards at the Toronto Raptors and the Milwaukee Bucks at the Chicago Bulls in the East and the Dallas Mavericks at the Houston Rockets in the West. (NBA-PLAYOFFS/HIGHLIGHTS, expect by 0415 GMT/12:15 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 450 words) - - - - BASEBALL Tanaka seeks to help turn around Yankees Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka goes for his second win of the season as the struggling New York Yankees face the Tampa Bay Rays and unbeaten Jake Odorizzi and the surging New York Mets take on the visiting Miami Marlins in two of the 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0330 GMT/11:30 PM ET, 800 words) - - - - SWIMMING Phelps back in pool for 100 free, 200 IM Michael Phelps continues his return from a ban for a drink driving conviction by entering the 100 metres freestyle and 200 individual medley at the Arena Pro Swim Series in Mesa, Arizona. (SWIMMING-PHELPS/, expect by 0430 GMT/12:30 AM ET, 350 words) - - - - GOLF PGA Tour: RBC Heritage, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina (to 19) Merritt carries four-shot lead at Hilton Head American Troy Merritt takes a four-