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Football: Chinese Super League, Premier League Preview (update)
First, let's take a look at the Chinese Super League,
Three games are on the schedule tonight,
Second-place Guangzhou Evergrande are playing third-place Shanghai Shenhua.
No.4 Guangzhou R&F are taking on Liaoning;
Beijing Guoan play Shijiashuang;
Over in the English Premiere League this weekend:
Manchester United will look to bounce back to form when they face West Bromich Albion.
Newcastle will take on Leicester;
Aston Villa battle Everton;
Liverpool meet Queens Park Rangers;
Sunderland will meet Southampton;
It's Swansea versus Stoke;
And West Ham will face Burnley;
Then on Sunday;
First-place Chelsea are one win away from the league title as they face Crystal Palace.
And second-place Manchester City will face Tottenham.
Australian Football Coach Breaks 66-year Record with His 715th Game in Charge
In other football news,
Australian football coach Mick Malthouse was due to coach his 715th match on Friday, breaking the all-time record for games coached in the Australian Football League.
The previous record has been unbroken for 66 years, and was set by legendary coach Jock McHale who coached teams for 714 matches.
Friday's match was expected to be enjoyed by more than 80-thousand people at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
61-year-old Malthouse began his coaching career in 1984.
He has since coached three premiership-winning sides and made eight Grand Final appearances.
A former footballer himself, Malthouse started his league journey in 1972.
He played 174 games with Richmond and St Kilda.
Chicago Hammer Milwaukee 120-66 to Win Series
Now the latest hoop action from the National Basketball Association playoffs,
The Chicago Bulls clinched their first-round series on Thursday night with a victory over the Milwaukee Bucks 120-66 in game six.
The Bulls are only four points away from the NBA play-off record for the largest margin of victory.
The record was set by Minnesota following a 133-75 win over St. Louis on March 19, 1956.
Mike Dunleavy scored 20 points and Paul Gasol added 19 points for the Bulls.
Chicago Bulls forward Gasol says they set the tone from the beginning of this game.
"We finally got off (to) a good start and we set a tone really well tonight and that's something we needed to do, that it didn't happen really before throughout the series. So now we've just got to keep the same edge, the same intensity, the same mindset, same approach that we brought tonight to the next series."
But no Bucks starter scored more than ZaZa Pachulia's eight points, marking the biggest play-off loss in team history.
The Bucks lost at New York by 36 points in 1970.
The Bulls move on to face LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round.
China Sweeps 6 Seats in Women's Quarters
In the world table tennis championships at Suzhou,
In the men's singles,
Youth Olympics champion Fan Zhendong handed a five-set loss to his Japanese opponent Koki Niwa who goes on to the men's singles quarter-finals.
The 18-year-old world No. 4 will take on the winner in the clash between German Timo Boll and Hong Kong player Wong Chun Ting on Saturday.
World number 2 Xu Xin lost to compatriot Fang Bo 4-3 in an all-Chinese game.
Xu has been troubled with a muscle strain in his left shoulder.
In the women's singles,
Olympic and defending world champion Li Xiaoxia led China's sweep of six berths in the women's singles quarter-finals.
The Chinese ladies' dominance in the world championships was solid, leaving just two spots to Singapore's Feng Tianwei and Japan's Mima Ito, both of whom didn't meet any Chinese players.
World number 4 Feng Tianwei advanced by winning an all-Singaporean game.
The 29-year-old former Chinese citizen will next face the winner of the game between China's Mu Zi and Sweden's Matilda Ekholm on Friday night.
Olympic champion Chen Ding triumphs at IAAF Race Walking Challenge
Over to race walking,
London Olympic 20km gold medalist Chen Ding clocked a season best time to win at the 2015 IAAF Race Walking Challenge event on Friday.
Chen took almost 1 hour and 20 minutes to claim the title.
It was Chen's second race in 2015.
The 22-year-old finished third at the National Race Walk Grand Prix in Beijing in March.
In the women's competition,
China's Duan Dandan claimed the title in the women's 20km event.
Defending champion Sun Huanhuan finished third.
Rio 2016 Extends Ticketing Deadline
Organizers of the 2016 Rio Olympics have said the deadline for Brazilian residents to apply for the first batch of tickets has been extended to May 6.
The original deadline was set for Thursday.
The extension comes after the announcement that the city of Sao Paulo will be one of the six cities set to host next year's Olympic football matches.
Brazilian residents will be able to enter two draws for Olympic tickets, but only those who apply for the first draw will be eligible for the second.
Overseas fans have to buy tickets via authorized resellers within their own country.
Jameis Winston Goes to Tampa Bay as First Pick in NFL Draft
In NFL action,
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Florida State University quarterback Jameis Winston in the first overall pick of the 2015 NFL draft in Chicago, Illinois on Thursday.
The 21-year-old says he is happy to be a member of the 'football community'.
"I think its just a family town. Great men like (former Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker) Derrick Brooks, coach Lovie Smith, people like (former Buccaneers running back) Mike Alstott make that town the way it is and that's part of the football community and I look forward to getting involved in the football community, even the Tampa Bay community itself. So I was blessed to have those men in my life before this process started."
Jameis Winston was the youngest player to win the Heisman Trophy and helped lead Florida State to a victory in the 2014 BCS National Championship Game.
The 2013 Heisman Trophy winner was not in Chicago for the NFL draft, choosing to remain in his hometown of Bessemer with his family and friends.
The Buccaneers have missed the play-offs for the past seven seasons and haven't won a post-season game since the club's Super Bowl run in 2002.
