Reuters sports schedule at 1600 GMT on Tuesday May 13

May 13 (Reuters) - Reuters sports schedule at 1600 GMT on Tuesday (all times GMT):

ICE HOCKEY

World Championships

HALIFAX - Canada has written the perfect script by taking an unbeaten record into the quarter-finals. But the hockey-mad country knows three more wins are required starting against Norway on Wednesday if it is to pen a happy ending to the first world championships held on Canadian ice.

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NBA

NEW YORK - The New Orleans Hornets look to get the upper hand on the San Antonio Spurs at the New Orleans Arena. The best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final series is tied at two games apiece with each team having won at home. The Detroit Pistons hope to close out their Eastern Conference series with the visiting Orlando Magic. Detroit leads three-games-to-one.