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High stakes, high heat, high turn-out and high expectations — the U.S. women’s soccer team have declared themselves ready for a high-profile women’s World Cup quarter-final against hosts France in Paris on Friday.

TENNIS-WIMBLEDON-RIVALRIES/ New rivalries ready to ignite men's tennis

LONDON (Reuters) - For more than a decade, tennis fans have been over-indulging in the greatest box-set rivalries the sport has known as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic battled for supremacy. BASKETBALL-NBA-CHA-BOS-WALKER-FREEAGE/

Celtics likely to sign guard Walker The Boston Celtics are expected to make All-Star guard Kemba Walker a four-year, $141 million contract offer when free agency opens Sunday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported.

UPCOMING SOCCER

SOCCER-NATIONS-KEN-TZA/REPORT Soccer - Africa Cup of Nations - Kenya v Tanzania

Kenya play Tanzania in their Africa Cup of Nations Group C match at Cairo's 30 June Stadium. 27 Jun 16:00 ET / 20:00 GMT

SOCCER-NATIONS-TUN-MLI/REPORT Soccer - Africa Cup of Nations - Tunisia v Mali

Tunisia play Mali in their Africa Cup of Nations Group E match in Suez. 28 Jun 10:30 ET / 14:30 GMT

SOCCER-COPA-BRA-PRY/REPORT Soccer - Copa America - Quarter-Final - Brazil v Paraguay

Copa America hosts Brazil play against Paraguay in the quarter-finals in Porto Alegre. 28 Jun 20:30 ET / 00:30 GMT

SOCCER-NATIONS-MAR-CIV/REPORT Soccer - Africa Cup of Nations - Morocco v Ivory Coast

Morocco play Ivory Coast in their Africa Cup of Nations Group D match at Cairo's Al Salam Stadium. 28 Jun 13:00 ET / 17:00 GMT

Field Level Media- SOCCER-USWNIT-RAPINOE-TRUMP USWNT coach: Rapinoe-Trump spat no distraction

United States women’s soccer team coach Jill Ellis said Megan Rapinoe’s comments about not attending the White House and President Donald Trump’s reaction have no adverse impact on the team. 27 Jun expect by 3 p.m. ET

Field Level Media- SOCCER-WORLDCUP Women’s World Cup

Coverage of the Women’s World Cup quarterfinal match between Norway and England. 27 Jun expect ASAP after 3 p.m. match ends

TENNIS TENNIS-WIMBLEDON/PENPIX-WOMEN

Tennis-Penpix of top women's contenders at Wimbledon Penpix of the top women's contenders at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships

28 Jun 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT TENNIS-WIMBLEDON/WOMEN (PIX)

Tennis-Wimbledon women's preview A preview of the women's singles at Wimbledon

28 Jun 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT TENNIS-EASTBOURNE/ (PIX)

Tennis - WTA Premier - Eastbourne International Action from the semi-finals of the Eastbourne International - a WTA Premier event.

28 Jun 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT TENNIS-EASTBOURNE/ (PIX)

Tennis - ATP 250 - Eastbourne International Action from the semi-finals of the Eastbourne International - an ATP 250 tournament.

28 Jun 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT TENNIS-WIMBLEDON/MEN

Tennis-Wimbledon-Men's preview A preview of the men's singles at Wimbledon

28 Jun 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT TENNIS-WIMBLEDON/DRAW

Tennis - Wimbledon - The draw The draw takes place for the Wimbledon Championships

Jun 28 TENNIS-WIMBLEDON/PENPIX-MEN

Tennis-Penpix of top men's contenders at Wimbledon Penpix of the top men's contenders at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships

28 Jun 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT CRICKET

CRICKET-WORLDCUP-NZL-AUS/PREVIEW (PIX) (TV) Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup - New Zealand & Australia nets & news conferences

New Zealand and Australia prepare for their ICC Cricket World Cup match at Lord's in London. 28 Jun 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

CRICKET-WORLDCUP-LKA-ZAF/ (PIX) Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup - Sri Lanka v South Africa

Sri Lanka play South Africa in Chester-le-Street in the ICC Cricket World Cup. 28 Jun 05:30 ET / 09:30 GMT

CRICKET-WORLDCUP-ENG-IND/PREVIEW (PIX) Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup - England & India nets & news conferences.

28 Jun 04:30 ET / 08:30 GMT GOLF

GOLF-DETROIT/ Golf - PGA Tour - Rocket Mortgage Classic second round

Coverage of second round of new PGA Tour event at Detroit Golf Club. Jun 28

MOTOR RACING MOTOR-F1-AUSTRIA/ (PIX) (TV)

Motor racing - Formula One - Austrian Grand Prix - Practice Action from the first two practice sessions ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix.

28 Jun 05:00 ET / 09:00 GMT SPORT CLIMBING

SPORT-CLIMBING/ (PIX) Sport-Climbing refugees scaling their way to new hope

Refugees resettled in Seattle have for three years now been taking part in a climbing programme that gives them renewed hope in life, one year ahead of the sport's debut at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. 28 Jun 13:00 ET / 17:00 GMT

NFL Field Level Media- FOOTBALL-NFL-NOTEBOOK

NFL notebook News and notes from around the NFL.

27 Jun expect by 8 p.m. ET