Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Wednesday, Aug 16

Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Wednesday:

SOCCER

Champions League playoffs (1845)

Celtic v FC Astana

Hapoel Beer Sheva v Maribor

Istanbul Basaksehir v Sevilla

Olympiakos Piraeus v Rijeka

Napoli v Nice

Napoli, Sevilla bid to reach group stage again

BERN - Napoli will be looking to reach the group stage for the fourth time when they take on Nice, while Sevilla are aiming to qualify for the third year in a row as they visit Champions League newcomers Istanbul Basaksehir. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/ (PIX), expect by 2045 GMT/4:45 PM ET, by Brian Homewood, 400 words)

Spanish Super Cup

Real Madrid v Barcelona (2100)

Real hold advantage over Barca in return leg

MADRID - Real Madrid take a 3-1 lead into the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup at the Bernabeu after an incident-packed first match in which Ronaldo was sent off at the Nou Camp and then banned for five games after pushing the referee. (SOCCER-SPAIN-REA-FCB/SUPERCUP, expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, by Rik Sharma, 400 words)

English Premier League

We will have all the latest news ahead of this weekend's second round of fixtures including a mouth-watering clash between last season's runners-up Tottenham Hotspur and champions Chelsea as Wembley Stadium hosts its first ever Premier League match. (SOCCER-ENGLAND-TEAM/, expect throughout, 300 words)

CRICKET

Sri Lankan cricket fans to stage protest

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka fans are due to stage a protest against cricket officials in the capital Colombo after the national team suffered a humiliating 3-0 whitewash by India in the test series that ended on Monday in Pallekele. (CRICKET-TEST-LKA-IND/ (TV))

RUGBY

Rugby Championship

Rebuilding Wallabies seek lost confidence

MELBOURNE - Michael Cheika's rebuilding Wallabies suffered a hit to their confidence during the June internationals and may battle to replenish it when they start the Rugby Championship with back-to-back tests against the world champion All Blacks (RUGBY-UNION-CHAMPIONSHIP-AUS-PREVIEW/, moving at 0800 GMT/4 AM ET, by Ian Ransom, 400 words)

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa - South Africa will seek to continue their recent revival in this year's Rugby Championship, a tournament that will reveal much about whether their shortcomings of 2016 can be consigned to history. (RUGBY-UNION-CHAMPIONSHIP-ZAF-PREVIEW/, expect by 0800 GMT/4 AM ET, by Nick Said, 400 words)

WELLINGTON - The All Blacks have warned they took so many lessons out of a drawn series against the British and Irish Lions they will be looking to playing even better than last year when they romped through the Championship unbeaten. (RUGBY-UNION-CHAMPIONSHIP-NZL-PREVIEW/), expect by 0800 GMT/4 AM ET, by Greg Stutchbury, 400 words)

The Argentina Rugby Union's decision to not include loose forward Facundo Isa for the Rugby Championship could force a rethink in their selection policy, but coach Daniel Hourcade believes he has enough depth for this year's tournament. (RUGBY-UNION-CHAMPIONSHIP-ARG-PREVIEW/, expect by 0800 GMT/4 AM ET, by Rex Gowar, 400 words)

Australia v New Zealand, Sydney (19)

Wallabies, All Blacks build for Rugby Championship opener

SYDNEY - We continue the build-up to Saturday's Rugby Championship opener between Australia and world champions New Zealand at Sydney's Olympic Stadium. (RUGBY-UNION-CHAMPIONSHIP-AUS-NZL/

TENNIS

ATP/WTA: Cincinnati Open, (to 20)

Del Potro, Kyrgios advance, Raonic withdraws in Cincinnati

Juan Martin del Potro and Nick Kyrgios took positive steps in their U.S. Open preparation by ousting seeded opponents to reach the second round of the Cincinnati Open on Tuesday. (TENNIS-CINCINNATI/MEN, moved with updates to follow, 350 words)

Venus overpowers Riske at Cincinnati Masters

Venus Williams used her powerful serve and pinpoint shot making to defeat fellow American Alison Riske 6-2 6-0 in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters on Tuesday. (TENNIS-CINCINNATI/WOMEN, moved with updates to follow, 350 words)

BASEBALL

Red Sox hosts Cardinals, Dodgers. Wood eyes 15th win

American League Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello gets the call for the Boston Red Sox against visiting St. Louis Cardinals while Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Alex Wood seeks a 15th win that would move him into a share of the NL lead when he faces the visiting Chicago White Sox in two of the 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-MLB-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0530 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words)

NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS

Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (expect by 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 500 words) (Asia desk editor: Peter Rutherford)

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