Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Saturday, Jan 28

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Saturday (times GMT):

TENNIS

Australian Open, Melbourne (to 29)

Williams sisters battle for women's title

MELBOURNE - Second seed Serena Williams will bid for a professional era record 23rd grand slam title against sister Venus, who will strive for her eighth and first at Melbourne Park. (TENNIS-OPEN/WOMEN (PIX), match starts 0830 GMT/3:30 AM ET, by Nick Mulvenney and Ian Ransom, 600 words)

We also preview Sunday's eagerly awaited men's final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, who own a combined 31 grand slam titles between them. (TENNIS-OPEN/MEN (PREVIEW, PIX), expect by 0700 GMT/2 AM ET, by Nick Mulvenney and Ian Ransom, 600 words)

SOCCER

African Nations Cup finals (to Feb. 5)

Burkina Faso v Tunisia, Libreville (1600)

Cameroon v Senegal, Franceville (1900)

Senegal now favourites as Nations Cup knockout phase begins

LIBREVILLE - The first two quarter-finals take place in Gabon as Senegal seek to justify their status as tournament favourites and Burkina Faso look to surprise again by advancing to the last four, as they did in 2013 when they finished runners-up. (SOCCER-NATIONS/, expect by 1800 GMT/1 PM ET, by Mark Gleeson, 400 words)

FA Cup

Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers(II) (1230)

Blackburn Rovers(II) v Blackpool(IV) (1500)

Burnley v Bristol City(II) (1500)

Chelsea v Brentford(II) (1500)

Crystal Palace v Manchester City (1500)

Lincoln City(V) v Brighton and Hove Albion(II) (1500)

Middlesbrough v Accrington Stanley(IV) (1500)

Oxford United(III) v Newcastle United(II) (1500)

Rochdale(III) v Huddersfield Town(II) (1500)

Tottenham Hotspur v Wycombe Wanderers(IV) (1500)

Southampton v Arsenal (1730)

Slumping Liverpool seek form boost at home to Wolves

LONDON - Manchester City visit Crystal Palace and Arsenal travel to Southampton in two all-Premier League FA Cup fourth round ties while Liverpool, who have won one of their last seven games in all competitions, look to get back on track against Wolverhampton Wanderers. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/CUP, expect first take by 1430 GMT/9:30 AM ET, 600 words)

La Liga

Villarreal v Granada CF (1200)

Alaves v Atletico Madrid (1515)

Eibar v Deportivo Coruna (1730)

Leganes v Celta Vigo (1945)

Atletico look to tighten grip on fourth spot

BARCELONA - Atletico Madrid visit Alaves hoping to tighten their grip on the fourth Champions League spot a day before Real Sociedad, level on points with Diego Simeone's side, visit leaders Real Madrid. (SOCCER-SPAIN/, expect by 1715 GMT/12:15 PM ET, by Richard Martin, 400 words)

Serie A

Lazio v Chievo Verona (1700)

Inter Milan v Pescara (1945)

Inter Milan aim for seventh successive league win

MILAN - Inter Milan will be trying for their seventh successive league win when they host Serie A basement club Pescara while fourth-placed Lazio host Chievo's Flying Donkeys in Saturday's games. (SOCCER-ITALY/ expect by 2200 GMT/5 PM ET, 300 words)

Bundesliga

FC Ingolstadt 04 v Hamburg SV (1430)

RB Leipzig v Hoffenheim (1430)

SV Darmstadt 98 v Cologne (1430)

VfL Wolfsburg v FC Augsburg (1430)

Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich (1430)

Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Moenchengladbach (1730)

Bayern chase league record against Werder

BERLIN - Bayern Munich will set a league record for most consecutive wins over a team if they beat Werder Bremen for the 13th straight time as they look to maintain top spot. (SOCCER-GERMANY/ (PIX), expect by 1630 GMT/11:30 AM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words)

GOLF

PGA Tour: Farmers Insurance Open, San Diego (to 29)

Rose one ahead at Torrey Pines after Tiger makes early exit

Olympic champion Justin Rose takes a one-stroke lead over Canada's Adam Hadwin and American Brandt Snedeker, the reigning champion, into the third round at Torrey Pines after posting an eight-under total of 136 after 36 holes. Tiger Woods was among several big names who missed the cut. (GOLF-PGA/, expect by 0100 GMT/8 PM ET, 400 words)

ATHLETICS

Russian whistleblower back on the track in Boston

BOSTON - Russian whistleblower Yulia Stepanova faces an international field indoors for the first time in two years when she races over 800 metres at the Boston Indoor Grand Prix. (ATHLETICS-STEPANOVA/(PIX), expect by 0100 GMT/8 PM ET, by Ted Siefer, 350 words)

NBA

Warriors back home to face Clippers

The league-leading Golden State Warriors (39-7), back home after a four-game road trip, host a 30-17 Los Angeles Clippers team bolstered by the return of forward Blake Griffin, who has recovered from a knee injury that kept him out for 18 games. (BASKETBALL-NBA-GSW-LAC/, expect by 0500 GMT/12 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)

Jazz host Grizzlies in Western showdown

The 30-18 Utah Jazz host the Memphis Grizzlies in a battle between Western Conference teams seemingly bound for the playoffs, one of seven games on the National Basketball Association schedule. (BASKETBALL-NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0500 GMT/12 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 500 words)

NFL

Super Bowl buildup

Pats' McCourty says team unaffected by Super Bowl hoopla

New England Patriots defensive back Devin McCourty has played on the NFL's biggest stage before and said his team will not get caught up in the hoopla ahead of their Super Bowl clash with the Atlanta Falcons. (NFL-SUPERBOWL-PATRIOTS/MCCOURTY, moved, 350 words)

NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS

Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (Expect by 0100 GMT/8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 500 words)

CRICKET

South Africa v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Port Elizabeth

De Villiers to skipper South Africa v Sri Lanka

PORT ELIZABETH - Fit-again AB de Villiers will captain South Africa in the first of five one-day internationals against Sri Lanka as he sets his sights on the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England and Wales. (CRICKET-SAFRICA/, expect by 1600 GMT/11 AM ET, 300 words)

HORSE RACING

California Chrome and Arrogate tipped for battle royal

California Chrome, in his final race of a storied career, is close to a co-favourite with Arrogate for the richest ever race, the World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park in Florida, where the winner in the 12-horse field will receive $7 million from a total purse of $12 million. (HORSERACING-WORLDCUP/GULFSTREAM, expect by 0000 GMT/7 PM ET, 300 words) (Asia desk editor: John O'Brien +65 6870 3971)

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