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Tao Geoghegan Hart and Wout Poels will be co-leaders for Team Ineos at the Vuelta a Espana which starts on Saturday, with Tour de France winner Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas sitting the three-week race out, the team announced on Tuesday.

SPORTS-DOPING-LAPOINTE/ Canadian 11-time world champion says she is no drug cheat

(Reuters) - Canada’s 11-times canoe world champion Laurence Vincent Lapointe maintained she is not a drug cheat on Tuesday but conceded there will be people who will never believe her. UPCOMING

SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/ Soccer - Champions League playoff round first leg ties

Ajax Amsterdam visit APOEL, LASK Linz host Bruges and Cluj are at home to Slavia Prague in the first leg of the Champions League playoff round. 20 Aug 19:00 ET, 23:00 GMT

SOCCER-GERMANY/DFB-KELLER (PIX) (TV) Soccer - Germany - Freiburg boss Keller, proposed as next DFB president, speaks to reporters

Freiburg chairman Fritz Keller speaks to reporters after the German Football Association last week proposed the 62-year-old as their new president to head the world's biggest single sports association. 21 Aug 09:00 ET, 13:00 GMT

SOCCER-ITALY/PREVIEW Soccer - Italy - Serie A - Serie A preview

Preview of the Serie A 2019-20 season which starts on the weekend Aug 24-25. 21 Aug 10:00 ET, 14:00 GMT

RUGBY-UNION-WORLDCUP-ENG-IRL/ Ireland name team for World Cup warm up versus England.

21 Aug TENNIS-NEWYORK/

Tennis - WTA International - NYJTL Bronx Open The WTA hosts an International tournament in New York.

21 Aug TENNIS-WINSTONSALEM/

Tennis - ATP 250 - Winston-Salem Open The ATP hosts a World Tour 250 event in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

21 Aug GOLF-OLESEN/ (PIX) (TV)

Ryder Cup winner Thorbjorn Olesen appears in court Danish golfer Thorbjorn Olesen is due to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates in London on Wednesday charged with sexual assault, being drunk on an aircraft and common assault. The 29-year-old was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport on July 29 and subsequently released under investigation after returning from a World Golf Championships event in Memphis. Olesen was a member of the European team that won the Ryder Cup in 2018.

21 Aug 13:00 ET, 17:00 GMT GOLF-TOURCHAMP/

Golf - Tour Championship: Players speak on eve of first round Players speak on the eve of the season-ending event on the PGA Tour.

21 Aug BOXING-FURY/ (TV)

Boxing - Tyson Fury interview Former heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury opens up about the state of boxing, his battles with depression and his focus on mental health advocacy.

21 Aug EMIRATES-HORSERACING/CRYOTHERAPY (PIX) (TV)

Dubai stables gives prize racehorses world's first cryotherapy Dubai's prestigious Zabeel Stables is using the world's first cryotherapy cabin for racehorses. It is the same freezing therapy used for athletes to help recovery time.

21 Aug

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