Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday, Jan 28

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday (times GMT):

TENNIS

Australian Open (to 29)

MELBOURNE - Victoria Azarenka became the first Belarusian to win a grand slam singles title when she won the Australian Open with a crushing 6-3 6-0 defeat of Russian Maria Sharapova. (TENNIS-OPEN/, moved, 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 men's top two seeds Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal will contest their third consecutive major final at Melbourne Park on Sunday. (TENNIS-OPEN/ (PREVIEW), moved, pix, by Ian Ransom, 600 words). We have also moved a factbox on the men's finalists.

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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. Both sides won by a single goal in their opening encounter on Tuesday. Their match in the Gabonese provincial 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 by 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 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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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 were 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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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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CRICKET

Australia v India, fourth test (to 28)

ADELAIDE - Australia took India's last four wickets 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 - Spinner Abdur Rehman took six wickets as Pakistan beat England by 72 runs in the second test to clinch the three-match series, bowling out the tourists for 72 in their second innings after another abject batting display. (CRICKET-ENGLAND/, moved, pix, by Matt Smith)

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GOLF

Abu Dhabi Championship

ABU DHABI - A series of accurate strikes and a deadly touch with the putter helped former world number one Tiger Woods to move within sight of his first victory in a full-field event for more than two years. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, moved, updates expected, pix)

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

SAN DIEGO - Big-hitting American Kyle Stanley, a rookie on the PGA Tour last year, will take a one-shot lead into the third round at Torrey Pines after carding a four-under-par 68 on Friday. (GOLF-PGA/, expect first lead by 2300, pix, by Mark Lamport-Stokes, 400 words)

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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, triumphed again in the women's downhill in St Moritz. (ALPINE SKIING-WOMEN/, moved, pix, by Patrick Lang)

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GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Swiss Didier Cuche won the downhill to avenge his loss to Canada's Erik Guay at last year's world championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. (ALPINE SKIING-MEN/, moved, pix, by Manuele Lang)

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FIGURE SKATING

European championships

Copy on merit.

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NHL

OTTAWA - The All-Star Game festivities kick into high gear with the skills competition including hardest shot and fastest skater. (NHL-ALLSTAR/SKILLS expect by 0300, pix, by Steve Keating, 400 words)

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NBA

Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers can move into a tie for top spot in the Pacific division with a road win over a Milwaukee Bucks team that is quickly falling out of contention in the Central division. (NBA-BUCKS/, expect by 0430, pix, 250 words)

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ATHLETICS

NEW YORK - Former 100m world record holders Justin Gatlin and Asafa Powell are among a host of London Olympic hopefuls kicking off their season at an indoor meeting at Madison Square Garden. (ATHLETICS-US/, expect by 0200, pix, by Julian Linden, 400 words)