Reuters Sports Schedule at 1415 GMT on Saturday, Oct 18

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Reuters sports schedule at 1415 GMT on Saturday: - - - - SOCCER Premier League (1400 unless stated) Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur (1145) Arsenal v Hull City Burnley v West Ham United Crystal Palace v Chelsea Everton v Aston Villa Newcastle United v Leicester City Southampton v Sunderland Aguero torments Tottenham as City win 4-1 LONDON - A virtuoso performance from Sergio Aguero earned Manchester City a 4-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday, the Argentine scoring all his side's goals in an incident-packed clash at The Etihad. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), moved with updates to follow, by Martyn Herman, 600 words) - - La Liga Athletic Bilbao v Celta Vigo (1600) Levante v Real Madrid (1400) Barcelona v Eibar (1800) Cordoba v Malaga (2000) Real, Barca warm up for El Clasico against Levante and Eibar BARCELONA - Real look to continue the form which has brought 20 goals in four league games against Levante and put the pressure on leaders Barcelona, who face Eibar, ahead of the El Clasico next weekend. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX), expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, by Tim Hanlon, 400 words) - - Serie A AS Roma v Chievo Verona (1600) Sassuolo v Juventus (1845) Juve look to continue perfect start MILAN - Serie A leaders and champions Juventus, who have a 100 percent record from six games, visit bottom club Sassuolo, one of two teams who have yet to win a game this season. (SOCCER-ITALY/ (PIX), expect by 1830 GMT/2:30 PM ET, 400 words) - - Ligue 1 (1800 unless stated) FC Lorient v St Etienne (1500) Lille v En Avant Guingamp Metz v Stade Rennes Monaco v Evian Thon Gaillard FC Nantes v Stade de Reims Nice v Bastia Monaco hope to climb back the ladder with Evian game PARIS - Monaco look to revive their title hopes when they host Evian Thonon Gaillard at the Stade Louis II (SOCCER-FRANCE/ (PIX), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Julien Pretot, 250 words) - - Bundesliga (1330 unless stated) Cologne v Borussia Dortmund Mainz v FC Augsburg Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen Hanover 96 v Borussia Moenchengladbach Freiburg v VfL Wolfsburg VfB Stuttgart v Bayer Leverkusen Schalke 04 v Herha Berlin (1630) Leaders Bayern Munich take on last-placed Werder Bremen BERLIN - The Bundesliga resumes after a two-week break with leaders Bayern Munich set to defend their four-point lead when they take on bottom-placed former champions Weder Bremen. (SOCCER-GERMANY/ (PIX), expect by 1530 GMT/11:30 AM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words) - - Dutch Championship PSV Eindhoven v AZ Alkmaar (1630) Willem II v Vitesse Arnhem (1630) Feyenoord v Heracles Almelo (1745) Twente Enschede v Ajax Amsterdam (1845) NAC Breda v ADO Den Haag (1845) Copy on merit - - - - CRICKET West Indies tour of India descends into chaos The West Indies tour of India descended into total chaos on Friday as the hosts said the visitors had abandoned the one-day series owing to an internal row and the Caribbean board denied withdrawing its team. (CRICKET-WINDIES/WITHDRAWAL, moved, 400 words) - - - - RUGBY All Blacks edge Australia before McKenzie quits Australia coach Ewen McKenzie announced his resignation after New Zealand scored a converted try in the last few seconds to claim a dramatic 29-28 victory over the Wallabies in the third Bledisloe Cup test in Brisbane on Saturday. (RUGBY-AUSTRALIA/, moved, 500 words) - - - - BASEBALL Wild post-season produces magical World Series matchup We look ahead to the World Series, which starts on Tuesday between the Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants, with a five-part package consisting of an overall preview, extended profiles of both teams, a schedule of games and a list of previous World Series champions. (BASEBALL-WORLDSERIES/ (PREVIEW), expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, by Larry Fine, 600 words) SEE ALSO: (BASEBALL-WORLDSERIES/ISHIKAWA, expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, by Larry Fine, 460 words) (BASEBALL-WORLDSERIES/PENPIX, expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, 570 words) (BASEBALL-WORLDSERIES/SCHEDULE, expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, 50 words) (BASEBALL-WORLDSERIES/RESULTS, expect by 1600 GMT/12 PM ET, 899 words) - - - - BASKETBALL NBA's big-money TV deal could be vanishing breed, analysts say WASHINGTON - National Basketball Association executives should be popping the champagne over their jaw-dropping $24 billion television contracts because such big-money deals are likely to vanish, analysts say. (NBA-TV/, expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, by Steve Ginsburg, 700 words) - - - - GOLF Volvo World Match Play Championship (to 19) Stenson faces Blixt in all Swedish quarter-final ASH, England - World number five Henrik Stenson, the highest-ranked player in the field, takes on fellow Swede Jonas Blixt in the quarter-finals at the London Club. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, expect by 1630 GMT/12:30 PM ET, by Tony Jimenez, 500 words) PGA Tour: Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (to 19) Las Vegas Knox, Laird among leaders in Las Vegas Scottish duo Russell Knox and Martin Laird are among the frontrunners starting the third round at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas, the second event of the PGA Tour's 2014-15 season. (GOLF-PGA/, expect by 0100 GMT/9 PM ET, 400 words) - - - - NHL Islanders visit Penguins, try for fifth win in a row The surprising New York Islanders go for their fifth straight win when they visit Sydney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins in a Metropolitan Division showdown, one of 11 games on the National Hockey League schedule. (NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/ (PIX), expect by 0330 GMT/11:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 600 words) - - - - NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (expect by 0001 GMT/8:01 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - TENNIS ATP/WTA: Kremlin Cup, Moscow (to 19) ATP: Stockholm Open, Sweden (to 19) Vienna Open, Austria (to 19) WTA: Luxembourg Open (to 19) Copy on merit (London duty editor: Ed Osmond)