Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Saturday, Jan 28

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

TENNIS

Australian Open (to 29)

MELBOURNE - Belarussian Victoria Azarenka, through to her first grand slam final, takes on Russian Maria Sharapova in an intriguing women's singles final. (TENNIS-OPEN/, lead and sidebars, pix, by Ian Ransom, Greg Stutchbury and Peter Rutherford)

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MELBOURNE - All the top three's charitable talk of new challengers ready to end their grand slam hegemony at the Australian Open has come to nothing and the top two seeds Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal will contest their third consecutive major final at Melbourne Park on Sunday. (TENNIS-OPEN/ (PREVIEW), expect by 0800, pix, by Ian Ransom, 600 words). We will also move a factbox on the men's finalists.

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NBA

MIAMI - All Star guard Dwyane Wade returned from a six-game injury absence with 28 points to lead the Miami Heat to a 99-89 win over the New Nork Knicks. (NBA-HEAT/, pix, by Simon Evans, 350 words, moved)

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CRICKET

Australia v India, fourth test (to 28)

ADELAIDE - Australia took India's last four wickets on Saturday morning to crush the tourists by 298 runs for a 4-0 series whitewash (CRICKET-INDIA/, pix, by Nick Mulvenney, 500 words, moved)

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Pakistan v England, second test, Abu Dhabi (to 29)

ABU DHABI - Pakistan will resume their second innings on 125 for four, 55 runs ahead of England's first innings total. (CRICKET-ENGLAND/, pix, by Matt Smith, 500 words)

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New Zealand v Zimbabwe, only test, Napier (to 30, 2130)

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GOLF

Abu Dhabi Championship

ABU DHABI - Little-known Dane Thorbjorn Olesen starts Saturday's third round with a one-stroke lead but most eyes will be on former world number one Tiger Woods, who is two strokes off the pace. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, expect by 1200, pix, 450 words)

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

SAN DIEGO - South Korea's Bae Sang-moon recorded five birdies on his outward nine before grabbing an early two-shot lead in Friday's second round at the Farmers Insurance Open where Phil Mickelson missed the cut. (GOLF-PGA/, moved, expect update, pix, by Mark Lamport-Stokes, 400 words)

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SOCCER

African Nations Cup, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon (to Feb. 12)

Botswana v Guinea, Franceville (1600)

Ghana v Mali, Franceville (1900)

LIBREVILLE - Both Ghana and Mali take a winning start in the African Nations Cup into their second game of the tournament in Franceville on Saturday. Both sides won by a single goal in their opening encounter on Tuesday. Their match in the Gabonese provicial town is preceded by the clash between Botswana and Guinea, both seeking their first points in Group D. (SOCCER-AFRICA/NATIONS, expect by 2100, pix, by Brian Homewood and Mark Gleeson, 400 words)

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Serie A

Catania v Parma (1700)

Juventus v Udinese (1945)

With AC Milan not playing until Sunday, Serie A leaders Juventus can move four points clear at the top with victory at home to third-place Udinese. (SOCCER-ITALY/, expect by 1845, pix, 400 words)

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Bundesliga (1430 unless stated)

Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg

Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen

Hertha Berlin v Hamburg SV

Augsburg v Kaiserslautern

Borussia Dortmund v Hoffenheim

Cologne v Schalke 04 (1730)

BERLIN, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Leaders Bayern Munich host VfL Wolfsburg as Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04, also on 37 points, take on Hoffenheim and Cologne respectively and are hoping for a slip-up of their title rivals to take control of the Bundesliga. (SOCCER-GERMANY/, expect by 1630, pix, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words)

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Ligue 1 (1800 unless stated)

Auxerre v AS Nancy

Stade Brest v Paris St Germain

FC Lorient v Sochaux

Olympique Lyon v Dijon

Nice v Montpellier HSC

Toulouse v Caen

Lille v St Etienne (2000)

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La Liga

Rayo Vallecano v Athletic Bilbao (1700)

Espanyol v Real Mallorca (1700)

Real Madrid v Real Zaragoza (1900)

Villarreal v Barcelona (2100)

MADRID - Real Madrid will seek to get over their King's Cup exit during the week with a victory at home to bottom club Real Zaragoza on Saturday to maintain their lead at the top of La Liga over Barcelona, who visit Villarreal. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ expect by 2100, pix, by Mark Elkington, 450 words)

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Dutch championship

Heerenveen v Utrecht (1745)

NAC Breda v De Graafschaap Doetinchem (1845)

Heracles Almelo v Excelsior (1845)

Roda JC Kerkrade v AZ Alkmaar (1945)

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English FA Cup fourth round (to 29)

Queens Park Rangers v Chelsea (1200)

Liverpool v Manchester United (1245)

Blackpool (II) v Sheffield Wednesday (III) (1500)

Bolton Wanderers v Swansea City (1500)

Derby County (II) v Stoke City (1500)

Hull City (II) v Crawley Town (IV) (1500)

Leicester City (II) v Swindon Town (IV) (1500)

Millwall (II) v Southampton (II) (1500)

Sheffield United (III) v Birmingham City (II) (1500)

Stevenage Football Club (III) v Notts County (III) (1500)

West Bromwich Albion v Norwich City (1500)

Brighton & Hove Albion (II) v Newcastle United (1715)

LONDON - Liverpool v Manchester United and Queens Park Rangers against Chelsea are eagerly-anticipated Cup ties following the racism furore which hit both corresponding league fixtures. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/CUP, expect by 1500, pix, by Mark Meadows, 400 words)

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ATHLETICS

U.S. Open indoor athletics, New York

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ALPINE SKIING

World Cup: Women's downhill, St Moritz, Switzerland (0930)

Men's downhill, Garmisch, Germany (1100)

ST MORITZ, Switzerland - Lindsey Vonn, who won Friday's super-combined on the same piste, is the clear favourite for the women's downhill in St Moritz. (ALPINE SKIING/WOMEN, expect by 1630, pix, by Patrick Lang, 350 words)

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GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Swiss Didier Cuche, boosted by his fifth win in Kitzbuehel a week ago, will try to avenge his loss to Canada's Erik Guay at last year's world championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in a World Cup donwhill in the German resort. (ALPINE SKIING/MEN, expect by 1430, pix, by Manuele Lang, 350 words)

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FIGURE SKATING

European championships

Copy on merit.

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