Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Thursday, Jan 26
Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Thursday (times GMT): TENNIS Tennis-Serena storms, Venus rises to set up retro final MELBOURNE - Serena and Venus Williams swept through their last-four matches at the Australian Open on Thursday, setting up a retro family final that will be their ninth meeting in a grand slam title decider. (TENNIS-OPEN/WOMEN (WRAPUP 1, PIX), moved, by Nick Mulvenney, 684 words) Roger Federer became the oldest man to reach a grand slam final when he beat fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka in the Australian Open semi-final to set up a possible clash with Rafael Nadal. (TENNIS-OPEN/MEN UPDATE 1, (PIX), moved by Ian Ransom, 611 words) SOCCER English League Cup, semi-final, second leg Hull City v Manchester United (2000) United eye first final under Mourinho LONDON - Manchester United hold a 2-0 lead from the first leg as they bid to reach the final against Southampton in Jose Mourinho's first season in charge. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/LEAGUE (PIX), expect by 2200 GMT/5 PM ET, 400 words) FA Cup We will bring you the latest team and injury news ahead of the weekend's FA Cup fixtures. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/CUP) The Good Samaritan behind Sutton's FA Cup giantkilling run LONDON - Minor League Sutton United are gearing up to host once mighty Leeds United in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday, having already knocked Wimbledon. We talk to manager Paul Doswell who works for free and who has pumped hundreds of thousands of pounds into transforming the non-league club (SOCCER-ENGLAND-CUP/SUTTON (PIX, TV), expect by 1600 GMT/11 AM ET, by Martyn Herman, 700 words) King's Cup Barcelona v Real Sociedad (2015) Barcelona eye seventh straight Cup semi berth BARCELONA - King's Cup holders Barcelona host Real Sociedad in the second leg of their quarter-final tie after winning the first leg 1-0, looking to reach the semi-finals for the seventh year in a row. (SOCCER-SPAIN/CUP expect by 2215 GMT/5:15 PM ET, by Richard Martin, 400 words) CRICKET India v England, 1st T20, Kanpur England have lost the test and one-day international series in their tour of India and will hope the shortest Twenty20 format will bring a change in their fortunes as the two sides kick off a three-match series with the first T20 in Kanpur. (CRICKET-INDIA/, expect by 1500 GMT/10 AM ET, 300 words) NFL Blowout or no blowout, Super Bowl rolls on A Super Bowl blowout will not help the National Football League but it will not hurt it either. No matter what manner the result in Houston on Feb. 5, industry experts say the American sporting juggernaut will roll on. (NFL-SUPERBOWL/RATINGS, expect by 1900 GMT/2 PM ET, by Steve Keating, 500 words) GOLF PGA Tour: Farmers Insurance Open, San Diego, (to 29) Woods back in action at Torrey Pines Tiger Woods makes a much-anticipated return to his first full field PGA Tour event in 17 months when he tees off with world number one Jason Day and number three Dustin Johnson at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, where the 41-year-old American, who has been sidelined by back injuries, has won the event seven times in addition to winning the 2008 U.S. Open, the last of his 14 major victories. (GOLF-PGA/, expect by 0100 GMT/8 PM ET, 400 words) NBA Jazz try to snap skid versus Lakers The Utah Jazz, in a tight battle for fourth place in the Western Conference, will try to snap a two-game losing streak when they host a Los Angeles Lakers team sitting near the bottom of the NBA standings. (BASKETBALL-NBA-UTA-LAL /, expect by 0640 GMT/1:40 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) Westbrook's Thunder host Mavericks Russell Westbrook, a leading candidate for Most Valuable Player honors, leads his Oklahoma City Thunder into a clash with the visiting Dallas Mavericks while the Indiana Pacers try to snap a three-game skid when they visit the Minnesota Timberwolves in two of the four games on the National Basketball Association schedule. (BASKETBALL-NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0630 GMT/1:30 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) NHL Streaking Sharks host McDavid's Oilers The San Jose Sharks put the league's longest active winning streak on the line when they seek a seventh consecutive victory versus NHL scoring leader Connor McDavid and the visiting Edmonton Oilers while Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins visit the Boston Bruins in two of the 13 games on the National Hockey League schedule. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0630 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 0100 GMT/8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 500 words) (Asia desk editor: Peter Rutherford)
