World sports diary April 2015

LONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - APRIL 2015 - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 TENNIS ATP/WTA: Miami Open, Miami, U.S. (to 5) - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 2 GOLF PGA Tour: Houston Open, Texas (to 5) - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 3 RUGBY Super rugby round eight (to 4) European Cup quarter-finals (to 5) - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 4 RUGBY Tokyo Rugby Sevens (to 5) - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 5 CYCLING Tour of Flanders, Belgium BASEBALL MLB Opening Night - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 6 BASEBALL MLB opening day TENNIS ATP: Casablanca Grand Prix, Morocco (to 12) Men's Clay Court Championship, Houston, U.S. (to 12) WTA: Katowice Open, Poland (to 12) Family Circle Cup, Charleston, U.S. (to 12) CYCLING Tour of the Basque Country, Spain (to 11) - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 7 SOCCER French Cup semi-finals German Cup quarter-finals (to 8) - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 SOCCER Italian Cup semi-finals Libertadores Cup group stage - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 9 GOLF PGA Tour: U.S. Masters, Augusta, Georgia (to 12) - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 10 MOTOR RACING Formula One: Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai (to 12) MOTORCYCLING MotoGP: Austin, Texas (to 12) RUGBY Super rugby round nine (to 11) - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 11 SOCCER French League Cup final ROWING Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race, London HORSE RACING Grand National, Aintree, England NHL Last day of regular season - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 12 CYCLING Paris-Roubaix race, France - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 13 TENNIS ATP: Monte Carlo Masters, Monaco (to 19) WTA: Bogota Cup, Colombia (to 13) CRICKET West Indies v England, Antigua, first test (to 17) - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 14 SOCCER Champions League quarter-finals, first leg (to 15) - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 NBA Last day of regular season SOCCER Libertadores Cup group stage - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 16 GOLF European Tour: Shenzen International, China (to 19) PGA Tour: Heritage Classic, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina (to 19) SOCCER Europa League quarter-finals, first leg - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 17 MOTOR RACING Formula One: Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir (to 19) RUGBY European Cup semi-finals (to 19) Super rugby round ten (to 18) MOTORCYCLING MotoGP: Argentina (to 19) - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 18 SOCCER FA Cup semi-finals (to 19) TENNIS Fed Cup semi-finals (to 19) SNOOKER World Snooker Championship, Crucible, Sheffield, England (to May 4) - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 19 CYCLING Amstel Gold Race, Limburg, Netherlands - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 20 ATHLETICS Boston marathon TENNIS ATP: Barcelona Open, Spain (to 26) BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy, Bucharest (to 26) WTA: Stuttgart Grand Prix, Germany (to 26) - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 21 SOCCER Champions League quarter-finals second leg (to 22) CRICKET West Indies v England, Grenada, second test (to 25) - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 SOCCER Libertadores Cup group stage CYCLING La Fleche Wallonne, Belgium - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 23 SOCCER Europa League quarter-finals, second legs GOLF European Tour: China Open, Shanghai (to 26) PGA Tour: New Orleans Classic, New Orleans, Louisiana (to 26) RALLYING Rally of Argentina (to 26) - - - - FRIDAY, APRIL 24 RUGBY Super rugby round 11 (to 26) DIVING World Series, Kazanm, Russia (to 26) - - - - SATURDAY, APRIL 25 No new entries - - - - SUNDAY, APRIL 26 ATHLETICS London Marathon CYCLING Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Belgium TENNIS WTA: Morocco Grand Prix, Marrakech (to May 2) - - - - MONDAY, APRIL 27 TENNIS ATP: Munich Open (to May 3) Istanbul Open (to May 3) - - - - TUESDAY, APRIL 28 SOCCER German Cup semi-finals (to 29) CYCLING Tour of Romandie, Switzerland (to May 3) - - - - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 SOCCER Libertadores Cup round of 16, first leg - - - - THURSDAY, APRIL 30 GOLF PGA: WGC-Match Play Championship, San Francisco (to May 3) NFL NFL Draft, New York (to May 2) - - - - (Editing by Caroline Helly)