World sports diary April 23 - May 20

April 23 (Reuters) - World sports diary from April 23 - May 20 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23 SOCCER Champions League semi-finals, first legs SNOOKER World Snooker Championship, Crucible, Sheffield, England (to May 5) TENNIS ATP: Barcelona Open, Spain (to 27) Romania Open, Bucharest (to 27) WTA: Stuttgart Grand Prix, Germany (to 27) Morocco Grand Prix, Marrakech (to 27) CYCLING La Fleche Wallonne, Belgium - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 24 SOCCER Europa League semi-final first legs GOLF European Tour: China Open, Shenzen (to 27) PGA Tour: New Orleans Classic, New Orleans, Louisiana (to 27) ATHLETICS Penn Relays, Philadelphia (to 26) Drake Relays, Des Moines, Iowa (to 26) - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 25 SOCCER Serie A, Bundesliga MOTORCYCLING MotoGP: Argentina (to 27) RUGBY Super rugby round 11 (to 26) - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 26 SOCCER Premier league, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Bundesliga RUGBY Heineken Cup semi-finals (to 27) - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 27 SOCCER Premier league, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Dutch Championship CYCLING Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Belgium - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 28 SOCCER Premier League, Serie A TENNIS ATP/WTA: Oeiras Open, Portugal (to May 4) ATP: Munich Open (to May 4) - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 29 SOCCER Champions League semi-finals second legs (to 30) CYCLING Tour of Romandie, Switzerland (to May 4) - - - - WEDNESDAY APRIL 30 SOCCER Champions League semi-finals second legs - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 1 TENNIS ATP/WTA: Oeiras Open, Portugal (to 4) ATP: Munich Open (to 4) CYCLING Tour of Romandie, Switzerland (to 4) SOCCER Europa League semi-final second legs GOLF European Tour: The Championship, Seoul, South Korea (to 4) PGA Tour: Wells Fargo Championship, Charlotte, North Carolina (to 4) - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 2 SOCCER Ligue 1 MOTORCYCLING MotoGP: Spain, Jerez (to 4) RUGBY Super rugby round 12 (to 3) - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 3 SOCCER Premier League, Bundesliga Italian Cup final, French Cup final Dutch championship season ends English Championship (second tier) final weekend HORSE RACING Kentucky Derby, Louisville, Kentucky Newmarket Guineas, England (to 4) ATHLETICS Jamaica international invitational, Kingston 26th IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Taican, China (to 4) - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 4 SOCCER Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 English Championship (second tier) final weekend TENNIS ATP/WTA: Madrid Open (to 11) - - - - MONDAY, MAY 5 SOCCER Premier League, Serie A, La Liga - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 6 SOCCER Premier League, Serie A CRICKET Ireland v Sri Lanka, Dublin, first ODI - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 SOCCER Premier League, La Liga, Ligue 1 - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 8 GOLF PGA Tour: Players Championship, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (to 11) European Tour: Madeira Islands Open, Portugal (to 11) CRICKET Ireland v Sri Lanka, Dublin, second ODI RALLYING Rally of Argentina (to 11) NFL NFL Draft, New York (to 10) - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 9 SOCCER Serie A MOTOR RACING Formula One: Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona (to 11) RUGBY Super rugby round 13 (to 11) ATHLETICS Doha Diamond League CYCLING Giro d'Italia (to June 1) CRICKET England v Scotland, Aberdeen, only ODI - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 10 Serie A, Ligue 1, Bundesliga season ends - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 11 SOCCER Premier League season ends, La Liga, Serie A ATHLETICS IAAF World Challenge meeting, Tokyo - - - - MONDAY, MAY 12 TENNIS ATP/WTA: Italian Open, Rome (to 18) - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 13 No new entries - - - - WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 SOCCER Europa League final, Italy - - - - THURSDAY, MAY 15 GOLF European Tour: Spain Open, TBC (to 18) PGA Tour: Byron Nelson Championship, Irving, Texas (to 18) - - - - FRIDAY, MAY 16 MOTORCYCLING MotoGP: France, Le Mans (to 18) RUGBY Super rugby round 14 (to 18) - - - - SATURDAY, MAY 17 SOCCER English FA Cup final, Wembley Stadium German Cup final, Berlin Ligue 1 season ends International friendly: Netherlands v Ecuador ATHLETICS IAAF Ponce World Challenge meeting, Puerto Rico HORSE RACING Preakness Stakes, Maryland, United States - - - - SUNDAY, MAY 18 SOCCER Serie A season ends La Liga season ends ATHLETICS Diamond League meeting, Shanghai BADMINTON Thomas & Uber Cups, Delhi (to 25) - - - - MONDAY, MAY 19 TENNIS ATP: Nice Open, France (to 24) World Team Cup, Duesseldorf, Germany (to 24) WTA: Brussels Open, Belgium (to 24) Strasbourg International, France (to 24) - - - - TUESDAY, MAY 20 ATHLETICS Beijing Grand Prix, China CRICKET England v Sri Lanka, The Oval, only T20I - - - - (Edited by Caroline Helly)