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Australian James Nitties made nine successive birdies in the opening round of his home Vic Open in Barwon Heads on Thursday, matching Mark Calcavecchia's 10-year-old record. ATHLETICS-MARATHON-WORLD-CHALLENGE/

Briton Gill battles brutal conditions to claim World Marathon title British runner Susannah Gill has won the women's title at the World Marathon Challenge after completing seven marathons in seven days, battling diverse conditions across seven continents.

ALPINE-WORLD/ Vonn misses downhill training again

ARE, Sweden (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn skipped women's downhill training for the second day running at the Alpine skiing world championships on Thursday, two days after suffering a high-speed crash in the Super-G that left her battered and bruised. UPCOMING

RUGBY RUGBY-UNION-NATIONS-SCO-IRL/

Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - Ireland team announcement Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt announces his team for their second Six Nations match against Scotland.

7 Feb 08:45 ET / 13:45 GMT RUGBY-UNION-NATIONS-ENG-FRA/PREVIEW (PIX)

Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - England training England prepare for their second Six Nations match against France.

7 Feb 11:25 ET / 16:25 GMT RUGBY-UNION-NATIONS-SCO-IRL/ (PIX)

Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - Scotland team announcement Scotland coach Gregor Townsend names his team for Saturday's Six Nations clash against Ireland at Murrayfield

7 Feb 09:00 ET / 14:00 GMT SKIING

ALPINE-WORLD/ (PIX) FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

Are, Sweden hosts the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. Day four is the women's Alpine Combined competition. 8 Feb

CRICKET CRICKET-T20-NZL-IND/

Cricket - New Zealand v India - Second T20 International New Zealand host India in the second of three T20 internationals.

8 Feb SOCCER

SOCCER-SPAIN-ATM-MAD/PREVIEW (TV) Soccer - Spain - La Liga - Real Madrid prepare for Atletico

Real Madrid coach Santiago Solari holds a news conference as his side prepare to face city rivals Atletico Madrid in La Liga. 8 Feb 05:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

SOCCER-SPAIN-BET-VAL/REPORT Soccer - Spain - Copa del Rey - Real Betis v Valencia

Real Betis host Valencia in a Copa del Rey semi-final first leg game. 7 Feb 15:00 ET / 20:00 GMT

TENNIS TENNIS-SOFIA/

Tennis - ATP 250 - Sofia Open The ATP hosts a World Tour 250 event in Sofia, Bulgaria.

8 Feb RUGBY

RUGBY-UNION-NATIONS-ENG-FRA/ (TV) Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - France team announcement

France head coach Jacques Brunel names his team to face England at Twickenham in the Six Nations. 8 Feb 04:00 ET / 09:00 GMT

RUGBY-UNION-NATIONS-ENG/ Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - England v France

8 Feb 04:30 ET / 09:30 GMT GOLF

GOLF-PROAM/ Golf - PGA Tour - AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Round two of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. 8 Feb

GOLF-EUROPEAN/ Golf - European Tour - Vic Open

Round two of the Vic Open at the 13th Beach Golf Links in Barwon Heads, Australia 8 Feb 02:00 ET / 07:00 GMT

PARALYMPICS PARALYMPICS-IPC/RUSSIA

International Paralympic Committee to make announcement on Russia's suspension The International Paralympic Committee will provide an update on the suspension of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) at a news conference in Bonn. The RPC has been banned from all IPC competitions since the 2016 Rio Paralympics after the WADA Independent Commission report led by Richard McLaren.

8 Feb 03:30 ET / 08:30 GMT

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