UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones cruised to an easy victory over Anthony Smith and Kamaru Usman became the first African-born champion as he defeated Tyrone Woodley for the welterweight title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. US-TENNIS-ACAPULCO KYRGIOS DROPS ZVEREV TO WIN ACAPULCO TITLE (Reuters) - Nick Kyrgios saved his best performance of a brilliant week for last as the Australian stunned second seed Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-4 to win the Acapulco International in Mexico on Saturday for his fifth career ATP title. UPCOMING SPORTS SOCCER-ENGLAND-FUL-CHE/ (PIX) Soccer - England - Premier League - Fulham v Chelsea Fulham play Chelsea in the Premier League. 3 Mar 09:05 ET / 14:05 GMT SOCCER-SPAIN-SOC-ATM/REPORT Soccer - Spain - La Liga - Real Sociedad v Atletico Madrid Real Sociedad host Atletico Madrid in La Liga. 3 Mar 12:30 ET / 17:30 GMT SOCCER-ITALY-NAP-JUV/REPORT Soccer - Italy - Serie A - Napoli v Juventus Napoli host Juventus in a meeting of last season's Serie A runners-up and champions 3 Mar 14:30 ET / 19:30 GMT SOCCER-FRANCE-LYO-TOU/REPORT Soccer - Ligue 1 wrap Olympique Lyonnais host Toulouse in Ligue 1 and Marseille take on St Etienne 3 Mar 11:00 ET / 16:00 GMT SOCCER-ENGLAND-EVE-LIV/ (PIX) Soccer - England - Premier League - Everton v Liverpool Everton face Liverpool in the Premier League. 3 Mar 11:15 ET / 16:15 GMT ATHLETICS-EUROPEAN/ (PIX) Athletics - 2019 European Indoor Athletics Championships The final day of the European Indoor Athletics championships. 3 Mar 14:00 ET / 19:00 GMT SOCCER-SPAIN/ Soccer- Five talking points from the weekend in La Liga Five talking points from the weekend in La Liga. 4 Mar 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-MAD-AJA/PREVIEW (PIX) (TV) Soccer - Champions League - Real Madrid training ans news conference Real Madrid prepare for the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Ajax Amsterdam. 4 Mar 05:00 ET / 10:00 GMT SOCCER-ITALY/ Soccer - Italy - Five-talking points from the Serie A weekend Five talking-points from the weekend's Serie A matches 4 Mar 05:00 ET / 10:00 GMT SOCCER-ENGLAND/ Talking points from the Premier League weekend Five talking points from the Premier League weekend. 4 Mar 04:30 ET / 09:30 GMT SOCCER-ENGLAND/BANKS (PIX) (TV) Soccer - England - Gordon Banks' funeral The funeral of England's World Cup winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks will be held at Stoke Minster. 4 Mar 08:30 ET / 13:30 GMT Here are the top sports stories and upcoming coverage plans for Reuters text service as of 6 a.m. ET/11 a.m. GMT. For a full schedule of news and events, go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect or on Media Express. TOP STORIES SPORTS US-BASKETBALL-NBA-ROUNDUP NBA ROUNDUP: MITCHELL POURS IN 46 AS JAZZ HALT BUCKS' STREAK Donovan Mitchell scored a career-best 46 points, and the Utah Jazz rallied from a 17-point, fourth-quarter deficit to end the Milwaukee Bucks' seven-game winning streak 115-111 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City. US-MMA-UFC-UFC235 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS: JONES RETAINS TITLE, USMAN FIRST AFRICA-BORN CHAMP (Reuters) - UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones cruised to an easy victory over Anthony Smith and Kamaru Usman became the first African-born champion as he defeated Tyrone Woodley for the welterweight title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. US-TENNIS-ACAPULCO KYRGIOS DROPS ZVEREV TO WIN ACAPULCO TITLE (Reuters) - Nick Kyrgios saved his best performance of a brilliant week for last as the Australian stunned second seed Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-4 to win the Acapulco International in Mexico on Saturday for his fifth career ATP title. UPCOMING SPORTS SOCCER-ENGLAND-FUL-CHE/ (PIX) Soccer - England - Premier League - Fulham v Chelsea Fulham play Chelsea in the Premier League. 3 Mar 09:05 ET / 14:05 GMT SOCCER-SPAIN-SOC-ATM/REPORT Soccer - Spain - La Liga - Real Sociedad v Atletico Madrid Real Sociedad host Atletico Madrid in La Liga. 3 Mar 12:30 ET / 17:30 GMT SOCCER-ITALY-NAP-JUV/REPORT Soccer - Italy - Serie A - Napoli v Juventus Napoli host Juventus in a meeting of last season's Serie A runners-up and champions 3 Mar 14:30 ET / 19:30 GMT SOCCER-FRANCE-LYO-TOU/REPORT Soccer - Ligue 1 wrap Olympique Lyonnais host Toulouse in Ligue 1 and Marseille take on St Etienne 3 Mar 11:00 ET / 16:00 GMT SOCCER-ENGLAND-EVE-LIV/ (PIX) Soccer - England - Premier League - Everton v Liverpool Everton face Liverpool in the Premier League. 3 Mar 11:15 ET / 16:15 GMT ATHLETICS-EUROPEAN/ (PIX) Athletics - 2019 European Indoor Athletics Championships The final day of the European Indoor Athletics championships. 3 Mar 14:00 ET / 19:00 GMT SOCCER-SPAIN/ Soccer- Five talking points from the weekend in La Liga Five talking points from the weekend in La Liga. 4 Mar 06:00 ET / 11:00 GMT SOCCER-CHAMPIONS-MAD-AJA/PREVIEW (PIX) (TV) Soccer - Champions League - Real Madrid training ans news conference Real Madrid prepare for the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Ajax Amsterdam. 4 Mar 05:00 ET / 10:00 GMT SOCCER-ITALY/ Soccer - Italy - Five-talking points from the Serie A weekend Five talking-points from the weekend's Serie A matches 4 Mar 05:00 ET / 10:00 GMT SOCCER-ENGLAND/ Talking points from the Premier League weekend Five talking points from the Premier League weekend. 4 Mar 04:30 ET / 09:30 GMT SOCCER-ENGLAND/BANKS (PIX) (TV) Soccer - England - Gordon Banks' funeral The funeral of England's World Cup winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks will be held at Stoke Minster. 4 Mar 08:30 ET / 13:30 GMT (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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