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Rollersoccer World Cup kicked off in Brussels on Monday as nine teams from the United States and Europe compete for the honours during the five-day biennial event.

SPORT-DOPING/RUSSIA-RACEWALKING Doping-Russian race walker Bakulin gets eight-year ban for doping

MOSCOW, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Russian race walker Sergey Bakulin has been suspended for eight years for an anti-doping violation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Wednesday. UPCOMING

SOCCER SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/

Soccer - Champions League playoff round first leg ties Young Boys host Red Star Belgrade, Olympiakos entertain Russian side Krasnodar and Dinamo Zagreb are at home to Rosenborg in the Champions League playoff round first leg ties

21 Aug 15:00 ET / 19:00 GMT SOCCER-TUNISIA/GIRESSE (PIX)

Soccer - Giresse and Tunisia part ways after Cup of Nations Alain Giresse has left his post as coach of Tunisia, just nine months after taking the job and despite a semi-final placing at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in July.

21 Aug 14:30 ET / 18:30 GMT SOCCER-ITALY-FIO/RIBERY (PIX)

Soccer - Italy - Fiorentina present Bayern Munich legend Ribery Fiorentina will present former France and Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery to the club after the 36-year-old signed for the Italian side.

22 Aug 11:30 ET / 15:30 GMT SOCCER-SPAIN/PREVIEW

Soccer - Spain - La Liga preview A preview of the weekend's action in La Liga.

22 Aug 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT TENNIS

TENNIS-USOPEN/RODDICK (TV) Tennis-Andy Roddick attends U.S. Open launch event

Retired American tennis player Andy Roddick is interviewed in New York City ahead of the U.S. Open tournament. 21 Aug 17:00 ET / 21:00 GMT

TENNIS-WINSTONSALEM/ Tennis - ATP 250 - Winston-Salem Open

The ATP hosts a World Tour 250 event in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Aug 22

TENNIS-NEWYORK/ Tennis - WTA International - NYJTL Bronx Open

The WTA hosts an International tournament in New York. Aug 22

TENNIS-USOPEN/OSAKA Tennis-Reigning champ Osaka heads to New York striving for form, fitness and fun

It has been a roller-coaster 12 months for Japan's Naomi Osaka since her dramatic victory over Serena Williams in the U.S. Open final last year. Aug 22

TENNIS-USOPEN/FEDERER Tennis - Federer ready to roll at U.S. Open despite limited tune-up

Roger Federer made a surprisingly early exit in his only U.S. Open tune-up but the Swiss great has been around long enough to know he need not worry about playing just two hardcourt matches in the leadup to the year's final Grand Slam. 22 Aug 09:30 ET / 13:30 GMT

TENNIS-USOPEN/ANDREESCU Tennis-Is Andreescu the next big thing? Not so fast

When Bianca Andreescu became the first homegrown winner in 50 years of the Rogers Cup 11 days ago the tennis world desperate to crown a new queen declared the Canadian the game's next big thing. Aug 22

TENNIS-USOPEN/BARTY Tennis-Comfortable Barty heads to New York to do some damage

"No worries" is one of Australia's more notable contributions to the English language but Ash Barty preferred the phrase "no panic stations" as she hit the American hardcourts for her final tilt a Grand Slam title this season. 22 Aug 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

TENNIS-USOPEN/ (PIX) Tennis - Djokovic still favourite but recent defeat means buzz has died down

Novak Djokovic was all set to cruise into the US Open as hot favourite but a semi-final defeat at the Cincinnati Masters last week has quietened some of the buzz surrounding the world ranked No. 1. Aug 22

GOLF GOLF-TOURCHAMP/ (TV)

Golf - PGA Tour - Tour Championship first round Coverage of the first round of the season-ending PGA Tour event at East Lake in Atlanta.

22 Aug 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT CRICKET

CRICKET-ASHES/ (PIX) Cricket - Ashes 2019 - Third Test - England v Australia

England play Australia in the third Ashes test in Leeds. 22 Aug 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

CRICKET-TEST-LKA-NZL/ Cricket - Sri Lanka v New Zealand second test

Sri Lanka and New Zealand meet in the second and final test in Colombo. 22 Aug 00:30 ET / 04:30 GMT

CYCLING CYCLING-VUELTA/

Cycling - Vuelta a Espana preview A preview of the final Grand Tour of the season, the Vuelta a Espana, which begins on Saturday.

22 Aug 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT RUGBY

RUGBY-UNION-WORLDCUP-ENG-IRL/ (PIX) Rugby Union - England team announcement news conference

Eddie Jones names England team to face Ireland 22 Aug 08:00 ET / 12:00 GMT

PARALYMPICS PARALYMPICS-2020/PARSONS

Paralympics-Interview with IPC President Parsons one year before Tokyo Games International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons speaks to Reuters one year before the start of the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Aug 22 OLYMPICS-2020/TORCHBEARER (PIX)

Japan speculates over identity of final Olympic torchbearer With the Tokyo Olympics less than a year away, speculation is growing in Japan over who will be the final torchbearer to light the cauldron in the new Olympic Stadium, in the traditional ritual that begins every Games.

22 Aug 20:30 ET / 00:30 GMT MOTOR-RALLY

MOTOR-RALLY-GERMANY/ (TV) World Rally Championship - Rally Germany

Action from the Rally Germany shakedown in St Wendeler Land. 22 Aug 04:00 ET / 08:00 GMT

BOXING BOXING-FURY/ (PIX) (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.

Aug 22 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

FOOTBALL-NFL-NOTEBOOK Field Level Media-NFL notebook

Wrapping up the day in NFL news and notes. 21 Aug 20:15 ET / 00:15 GMT

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL BASEBALL-MLB-ROUNDUP

Field Level Media-MLB roundup Capsule recaps of all games Wednesday, combined in a single story.

Aug 21 AUTO RACING

AUTORACING-NASCAR-GLANCE Field Level Media-Auto racing glance

Capsule previews of the week ahead in auto racing Aug 21