Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday, May 26

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Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday: - - - - TENNIS French Open, Paris (to June 7) Djokovic and Nadal enter the fray in Paris PARIS - World number one Novak Djokovic starts his campaign against Finn Jarkko Nieminen on centre court after nine-times champion Rafa Nadal beat French teenager Quentin Halys in straight sets. (TENNIS-OPEN/ (PIX), moved with updates to follow, by Martyn Herman, Julien Pretot and Andrew Callus, 600 words) - - - - SOCCER Now the hard work begins for promoted Norwich LONDON - Norwich City may be celebrating promotion back to the Premier League via the playoffs but their ambitious young manager Alex Neil is already thinking about strengthening his squad. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/NORWICH, expect at 0800 GMT/4 AM ET, by Ken Ferris, 400 words) - - Sevilla and Dnipro discuss Europa League final plans WARSAW - Sevilla coach Unai Emery and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk counterpart Myron Markevych hold news conferences ahead of Wednesday's Europa League final at the National Stadium in Warsaw. (SOCCER-EUROPA/, expect by 1615 GMT/12:15 PM ET, by Toby Davis, 400 words) - - AFC Champions League last 16 second leg Jeonbuk are Kashiwa advance to last eight South Korea's Jeonbuk Motors reached the quarter-finals along with Japan J-League strugglers Kashiwa Reysol on Tuesday. (SOCCER-ASIA/CHAMPIONS, expect by 1400 GMT/10 AM ET, 400 words) - - Lekhwiya (2) v Al Sadd (1) Al-Hilal (0) v Persepolis (1) Lekhwiya favourites to advance from all-Qatari encounter Qatari champions Lekhwiya expect to make the quarter-finals after a 2-1 away victory last week but Al Sadd will be keen to show new signing Xavi they have what it takes to win more continental titles. (SOCCER-ASIA/CHAMPIONS-LEKHWIYA, expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, 400 words) - - - - SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES Reuters will run a series of daily features in the countdown to the Southeast Asian Games taking place in Singapore from June 5-16. - - Lee happy to be team player in quest for individual goals SINGAPORE - Former world number one Lee Chong Wei is by far the biggest name competing in the Southeast Asian Games badminton tournament but the Malaysian shuttler is happy to keep his return from a doping ban low key as he eyes bigger goals. (GAMES-SEA/BADMINTON-LEE, moved, by John O'Brien, 480 words) - - - - CYCLING Giro d'Italia (to 31) Contador has sizeable advantage Twice Tour de France champion Alberto Contador takes a lead of two minutes 35 seconds into the 16th stage of the Giro d'Italia. (CYCLING-GIRO/, expect by 1630 GMT/12:30 PM ET, 300 words) - - - - ATHLETICS Ostrava Golden Spike, Czech Republic Copy on merit - - - - CRICKET England make perfect start to the summer LONDON - England's 124-run win over New Zealand in the first test was the perfect start to the summer for a beleaguered team weighed down by weeks of controversy. Captain Alastair Cook's return to form and the excellence of Joe Root and Ben Stokes have given the team hope ahead of the series against Australia. (CRICKET-ENGLAND/ (ANALYSIS, PIX), moved, by Ed Osmond, 400 words) - - Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Lahore, first ODI (day/night) Copy on merit - - - - NHL Rangers visit Lightning with season on the line The top-seeded New York Rangers will try to force a decisive seventh game in their Eastern Conference final series when they visit a Tampa Bay Lightning team that is one win away from a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals. (NHL-LIGHTNING/ (PIX), expect by 0315 GMT/1115 PM ET, 350 words) - - - - NBA LeBron's Cavs eyeing berth in Finals LeBron James looks to advance to his fifth consecutive NBA Finals, the last four coming with the Miami Heat, when his Cleveland Cavaliers take a commanding 3-0 series lead into Game Four of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final versus the visiting Atlanta Hawks. (NBA-CAVALIERS/ (PIX), expect by 0315 GMT/11:15 PM ET, 350 words) - - - - BASEBALL Giants' Bumgarner in action versus Brewers Reigning World Series Most Valuable Player Madison Bumgarner takes the mound for the defending champion San Francisco Giants versus the host Milwaukee Brewers in one of the 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0330 GMT/11:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words) - - - - NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (expect by 0000 GMT/8:00 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - (Europe desk editor: Ken Ferris)