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Agence France-PresseMarch 5, 2013 21:15
AFP sports schedule for Wednesday, March 6
AFP sports schedule for Wednesday, March 6:
FOOTBALL
European Champions League Last 16 second leg matches with Juventus looking well set as they host Celtic holding a 3-0 lead - coverage by Justin Davis - and Paris Saint Germain are at home to Valencia after winning the first leg 2-1 - coverage by Andy Scott.
Previews moved for Thursday's Europa League matches.
Master slugs: Fbl-Eur-C1, Fbl-Eur-C3
TENNIS
ATP and WTA at Indian Wells gets underway with the women singles setting things in motion.
Slug: Tennis-ATP-WTA-USA
RUGBY UNION
Build-up continues to this weekend's penultimate round of Six Nations matches when England aim to continue their quest for a Grand Slam, 10 years after the last, at home to Italy and France seek to beat Ireland in Dublin and ease fears of a first wooden spoon since 1957.
Master slug: RugbyU-6Nations
CRICKET
First day of first Test between hosts New Zealand and England at Dunedin.
Slug: Cricket-NZL-ENG
BADMINTON
Start of All England Open in Birmingham with Malaysian Lee Chong Wei, twice the former champion, aiming to regain the men's title currently held by the legendary Lin Dan, who has not competed since winning the Olympic title last year - coverage by Richard Eaton.
Slug: Badminton-GBR
CYCLING
Third stage of the Paris-Nice is a 170.5km ride from Chatel-Guyon to Brioude with Italian Elia Viviani in the overall lead.
Slug: Cycling-FRA
BASEBALL
World Baseball Classic in Japan
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Jaume Plensa's "Tel Aviv Man" at Art Basel, the world’s premier trade fair for leading galleries and collectors focused on modern and contemporary art.
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The front of the Art Basel building. This year’s show attracted 303 of the world’s top galleries from 36 countries, showing the works of more than 2,500 artists. It drew more than 62,000 visitors, a new record.
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Platform Gallery's Chen Wei and one of his "Recovery Room" series at Liste Young Artist's show. By the time the week was over he had sold more than 10 works, with prices ranging from $1,800 to nearly $3,000.
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A performance spectator admires some of the pieces at Basel Art.
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A performance piece at Basel Scope, done by an unidentified nearly naked man who moved in slow motion up and down the aisles dressed like a Greek version of Mars, the god of war.
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A performance piece at Scope. The man clutched a staff, on which a plastic container for motor oil with the BP logo was impaled.
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An installation piece at Basel Art.
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An installation piece with paper tubes at Basel Art.
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A gallery scene at the Scope Basel show.
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A sculpture of Sperone Westwater Gallery's employee, Michael Short, by Evan Penny.
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Evan Penny's sculpture of Michael Short.
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A woman views Jaume Plensa's "Tel Aviv Man," (Study) 2010, Galerie Lelong, Paris.
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"Medusa marinara," 1997 — a photographic representation of the Medusa in spaghetti and tomato sauce by New York-based Brazilian artist, Vic Muniz.
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Children play around Ai Weiwei's piece, "Field," 2010.
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Heimo Sobernig's "Black Cube" sits on display outside outside.
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A piece by Yayoi Kusama titled "Pumkin."
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