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Here are the top sports stories and upcoming coverage plans for Reuters text service as of 7:30 p.m. GMT/2:30 p.m. ET. For a full schedule of news and events, go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect https://www.reutersconnect.com/planning or on Media Express http://mediaexpress.reuters.com/planning-tools/calendar. TOP STORIES

SPORTS TENNIS-DUBAI-NISHIKORI

Nishikori shines on Dubai debut as seeds continue to tumble Kei Nishikori was made to work hard by ailing Frenchman Benoit Paire before winning 6-4 6-3 to reach the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday.

SOCCER-FIFA/MATCHFIXING Referee banned for life for manipulating matches

Referee Oden Charles Mbaga has been banned for life and fined 200,000 Swiss francs ($200,000) for accepting bribes to manipulate football matches, soccer's governing body FIFA said on Tuesday. ALPINE SKIING-WOMEN

Downhill results changed three days later over timing problems A problem with the electronic timing system has forced the result of the women's downhill World Cup race at Crans Montana to be changed three days later, the International Skiing Federation (FIS) said on Tuesday.

UPCOMING SOCCER

SOCCER-ITALY-LAZ-MIL/REPORT Soccer - Italy - Coppa Italia - Lazio v AC Milan

Lazio host AC Milan in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final. 26 Feb 15:00 ET / 20:00 GMT

SOCCER-FRANCE-PSG-DIJ/REPORT Soccer - PSG face Dijon in French Cup

Paris St Germain play Dijon in the Coupe de France quarter-finals at the Parc des Princes. 26 Feb 15:00 ET / 20:00 GMT

SOCCER-ENGLAND-CDF-EVE/ (PIX) Soccer - England - Premier League - Cardiff City v Everton

26 Feb 14:45 ET / 19:45 GMT SOCCER-ENGLAND-HDD-WLV/ (PIX)

Soccer - England - Premier League - Huddersfield Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 Feb 14:45 ET / 19:45 GMT

SOCCER-ENGLAND-NEW-BUR/ (PIX) Soccer - England - Premier League - Newcastle United v Burnley

26 Feb 15:00 ET / 20:00 GMT SOCCER-ENGLAND-LEI-BRH/ (PIX)

Soccer - England - Premier League - Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion 26 Feb 14:45 ET / 19:45 GMT

SOCCER-FIFA/ (TV) Soccer - FIFA President Gianni Infantino media briefing

FIFA President Gianni Infantino addresses the media following the conclusion of the Executive Football Summit, where over 50 member associations discuss strategic soccer matters. 27 Feb 11:30 ET / 16:30 GMT

TENNIS TENNIS-ACAPULCO/ (TV)

Tennis - ATP 500 - Acapulco International World number two Rafael Nadal will open his bid for the Acapulco International title on Tuesday against Mischa Zverev whose brother Alexander Zverev takes on Alexei Popyrin. Third seed John Isner will also begin his campaign against Adrian Mannarino.

26 Feb 17:00 ET / 22:00 GMT TENNIS-DUBAI/ (PIX) (TV)

Tennis - ATP 500 - Dubai Tennis Championships Action from round two of the Dubai Tennis Championships - an ATP World Tour 500 event. Roger Federer, Kei Nishikori and Marin Cilic are the top three seeds in the tournament.

27 Feb 05:00 ET / 10:00 GMT CRICKET

CRICKET-ODI-WIN-ENG/ Cricket - West Indies v England - Fourth ODI

West Indies play England in the fourth of their five ODI matches in St George's, Grenada. 27 Feb 08:30 ET / 13:30 GMT

CRICKET-T20-IND-AUS/ Cricket - India v Australia - Second T20 International

India play Australia in the second of their two T20 internationals in Bengaluru 27 Feb 08:30 ET / 13:30 GMT

CYCLING CYCLING-WORLD/ (PIX)

Cycling - 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships Pruszkow, Poland hosts the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.Wrap up of the day and evening's finals

27 Feb MOTOR RACING

MOTOR-F1-TESTING/ (PIX) (TV) Motor racing - Formula One - Pre Season Testing

The second round of pre-season testing at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya ahead of the first race in Melbourne on March 17. 27 Feb

NFL FOOTBALL-NFL-NOTEBOOK

Field Level Media-NFL notebook News and notes from around the National Football League.

expect by 8 p.m. ET/1 a.m. GMT COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Monday CBK game coverage: No. 3 Duke at Virginia Tech 7 p.m.

Akron at No. 21 Buffalo 7 p.m. No. 22 Iowa at Ohio State 7 p.m.

Miami at Wake Forest 7 p.m. Alabama at South Carolina 7 p.m.

Missouri at Mississippi State 7 p.m. Providence at Butler 7 p.m.

TCU at West Virginia 7 p.m. Arkansas at No. 4 Kentucky 9 p.m.

Syracuse at No. 5 North Carolina 9 p.m. Texas A&M at No. 13 LSU 9 p.m.

No. 19 Wisconsin at Indiana 9 p.m. NBA

NBA GAME COVERAGE: Orlando at New York 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Toronto 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Denver 10:30 p.m.

BASKETBALL-NBA-ROUNDUP Field Level Media-NBA roundup

Capsule recaps of all games on the schedule Tuesday MLB

BASEBALL-MLB-ROUNDUP Field Level Media-MLB Spring notebook

Capsule roundups of spring training action Tuesday. NHL

ICEHOCKEY-NHL-ROUNDUP Field Level Media-NHL roundup

Game-by-game summary of all games played Tuesday NHL GAME COVERAGE

San Jose at Boston 7 p.m. Calgary at N.Y. Islanders 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Philadelphia 7 p.m. Ottawa at Washington 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Carolina 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Columbus 7 p.m.

Montreal at Detroit 7:30 p.m. Nashville at St. Louis 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Winnipeg 8 p.m. Florida at Arizona 9 p.m.

Dallas at Vegas 10 p.m.