World sports diary February 22 - March 1

Reuters

Feb 21 (Reuters) - World sports diary from February 22 - March 1 - - - - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 WINTER OLYMPICS, SOCHI (to 23) SOCCER Premier League (1500 unless stated) Chelsea v Everton (1245) Arsenal v Sunderland Cardiff City v Hull City Manchester City v Stoke City West Bromwich Albion v Fulham West Ham United v Southampton Crystal Palace v Manchester United (1730) La Liga Real Madrid v Elche (1500) Celta Vigo v Getafe (1700) Real Sociedad v Barcelona (1900) Almeria v Malaga (2100) Serie A Bologna v AS Roma (1945) Ligue 1 (1900 unless stated) Olympique Marseille v FC Lorient (1600) Bastia v St Etienne Girondins Bordeaux v Evian Thonon Gaillard En Avant Guingamp v Nice Montpellier HSC v Ajaccio Valenciennes v Sochaux Bundesliga (1430 unless stated) Nuremberg v Eintracht Braunschweig Borussia Moenchengladbach v Hoffenheim Hamburg SV v Borussia Dortmund Freiburg v FC Augsburg VfB Stuttgart v Hertha Berlin VfL Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen (1730) Dutch Championship Heerenveen v NAC Breda (1745) PEC Zwolle v Heracles Almelo (1845) SC Cambuur v Roda JC Kerkrade (1845) NEC Nijmegen v PSV Eindhoven (1945) RUGBY Six Nations Italy v Scotland (1330) England v Ireland (1600) Super Rugby round two (to 23) Otago Highlanders v Auckland Blues, Dunedin (0635) ACT Brumbies v Queensland Reds, Canberra (0840) Sharks v Wellington Hurricanes, Durban (1505) Lions v Stormers, Johannesburg (1710) CRICKET Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, Dhaka, third ODI ATHLETICS U.S. indoor championships/world qualifier, Alberquerque, New Mexico (to 23) TENNIS ATP: Marseille Open, France (to 24) Delray Beach International, U.S. (to 23) ATP/WTA: Brazil Open, Rio De Janeiro (to 23) WTA: Dubai Championships, UAE (to 23) ATHLETICS Gibson Relays, Kingston, Jamaica - - - - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 SOCCER Premier League Liverpool v Swansea City (1330) Newcastle United v Aston Villa (1330) Norwich City v Tottenham Hotspur (1600) La Liga Rayo Vallecano v Sevilla (1100) Real Betis v Athletic Club (1600) Valencia v Granada CF (1800) Osasuna v Atletico Madrid (2000) Serie A Livorno v Verona (1130) Chievo Verona v Catania (1400) Inter Milan v Cagliari (1400) Sampdoria v AC Milan (1400) Udinese v Atalanta Bergamo (1400) Juventus v Torino (1730) Lazio v Sassuolo (1945) Ligue 1 Toulouse v Paris St Germain (1300) Nantes v Stade Rennes (1600) Lille v Olympique Lyon (2000) Bundesliga Eintracht Frankfurt v Werder Bremen (1430) Hanover 96 v Bayern Munich (1630) Dutch Championship Utrecht v Groningen (1130) Ajax Amsterdam v AZ Alkmaar (1330) Vitesse Arnhem v RKC Waalwijk (1330) Twente Enschede v Feyenoord (1530) MOTOR RACING Daytona 500, Florida CRICKET West Indies v Ireland, Kingston, only ODI (1430) ATHLETICS Tokyo marathon HORSE RACING Hong Kong Gold Cup RUGBY Super Rugby round two NSW Waratahs v Western Force, Sydney (0505) - - - - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24 SOCCER English FA Cup fifth round Sheffield Wednesday (II) v Charlton Athletic (II) (1945) Hull City v Brighton (II) (1945) La Liga Espanyol v Villarreal (2100) Serie A Parma v Fiorentina (1800) Napoli v Genoa (2000) TENNIS ATP: Dubai Championships, United Arab Emirates (to March 2) Brazil Open, Sao Paolo (to March 2) ATP/WTA: Acapulco International, Mexico (to March 2) WTA Brazil Tennis Cup, Florianopolis (to March 2) - - - - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 SOCCER Champions League last 16 first legs (to 26) Zenit St Petersburg v Borussia Dortmund (1700) Olympiakos Piraeus v Manchester United (1945) Ligue 1 Girondins Bordeaux v FC Lorient (1730) CRICKET Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Fatullah, Asia Cup (0800) - - - - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 SOCCER Champions League last 16 first legs (both 1945) Galatasaray v Chelsea Schalke 04 v Real Madrid CYCLING World track championships, Cali (to March 2) - - - - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27 SOCCER Europa League last 32 second legs Rubin Kazan v Real Betis (1700) Basel v Maccabi Tel Aviv (1800) Eintracht Frankfurt v Porto (1800) Salzburg v Ajax Amsterdam (1800) Ludogorets v Lazio (1800) Napoli v Swansea City (1800) Sevilla v Maribor (1800) Shakhtar Donetsk v Viktoria Plzen (1800) AZ Alkmaar v Slovan Liberec (2005) Benfica v PAOK Salonika (2005) Fiorentina v Esbjerg (2005) Racing Genk v Anzhi Makhachkala (2005) Olympique Lyon v Chernomorets Odessa (2005) Tottenham Hotspur v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2005) Trabzonspor v Juventus (2005) Valencia v Dynamo Kiev (2005) GOLF PGA Tour: Honda Classic, Florida (to March 2) European Tour: Tshwane Open, Pretoria (to March 2) - - - - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 SOCCER Bundesliga Hertha Berlin v Freiburg (1930) Dutch Championship Heracles Almelo v Heerenveen (1900) Ligue 1 Evian Thonon Gaillard FC v Nantes (1930) La Liga Athletic Club v Granada CF (1930) RUGBY Super rugby round three (to March 1) Auckland Blues v Canterbury Crusaders, Auckland (0635) Melbourne Rebels v Cheetahs, Melbourne (0840) Stormers v Wellington Hurricanes, Cape Town (1710) CRICKET West Indies v England, North Sound, first ODI (1330) - - - - SATURDAY, MARCH 1 SOCCER Premier League (1500 unless stated) Everton v West Ham United Fulham v Chelsea Hull City v Newcastle United Stoke City v Arsenal Southampton v Liverpool (1730) La Liga Malaga v Real Valladolid (1500) Levante v Osasuna (1700) Getafe v Espanyol (1900) Elche v Celta Vigo (2100) Serie A As Roma v Inter Milan (1945) Ligue 1 (1900 unless stated) St Etienne v Monaco (1600) FC Lorient v Bastia Nice v Toulouse Stade de Reims v Valenciennes Stade Rennes v En Avant Guingamp Sochaux v Girondins Bordeaux Bundesliga (1430 unless stated) Bayer Leverkusen v Mainz Borussia Dortmund v Nuremberg Eintracht Braunschweig v Borussia Moenchengladbach FC Augsburg v Hanover 96 Werder Bremen v Hamburg SV Bayern Munich v Schalke 04 (1730) Dutch Championship PEC Zwolle v NEC Nijmegen (1745) ADO Den Haag v NAC Breda (1845) Go Ahead Eagles Deventer v PSV Eindhoven (1845) Vitesse Arnhem v Roda JC Kerkrade (1945) TENNIS ATP: Dubai Championships, United Arab Emirates (to 2) Brazil Open, Sao Paolo (to 2) ATP/WTA: Acapulco International, Mexico (to 2) WTA: Brazil Tennis Cup, Florianopolis (to 2) CYCLING World track championships, Cali (to 2) GOLF PGA Tour: Honda Classic, Florida (to 2) European Tour: Tshwane Open, Pretoria (to 2) RUGBY Super rugby round three Waikato Chiefs v Otago Highlanders, Hamilton (0635) NSW Waratahs v Queensland Reds, Sydney (0840) Western Force v ACT Brumbies, Perth (1100) Bulls v Lions, Pretoria (1505) CRICKET South Africa v Australia, Cape Town, third test(0830)(to 5) ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Women's downhill, Crans Montana, Switzerland Men's downhill, Kvitfjell, Norway - - - - (Edited by Tom Hayward)