Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday, Dec 21

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Saturday: - - - - SOCCER Club World Cup final, Morocco Bayern Munich v Raja Casablanca (1930) Outsiders Casablanca face Herculean task against Bayern MARRAKECH - Rank outsiders Raja Casablanca face a Herculean task when they take on Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League winners Bayern Munich in the Club World Cup final. (SOCCER-CLUB/ (PIX), expect by 2130 GMT/4:30 PM ET, by Brian Homewood, 400 words) - - Premier League (1500 unless stated) Liverpool v Cardiff City (1245) Crystal Palace v Newcastle United Fulham v Manchester City Manchester United v West Ham United Stoke City v Aston Villa Sunderland v Norwich City West Bromwich Albion v Hull City Big incentive for Liverpool against crisis club Cardiff LONDON - Liverpool can go top by beating crisis club Cardiff who are embroiled in a bitter internal row, with media reports saying that owner Vincent Tan has ordered manager Malky Mackay to resign or be sacked. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), expect by 1445 GMT/9:45 AM ET, by Mark Meadows, 600 words) - - La Liga Atletico Madrid v Levante (1900) Villarreal v Sevilla (1500) Granada v Real Sociedad (2100) Real Betis v Almeria (1700) Atletico can move three clear at the top by beating Levante BARCELONA - Atletico Madrid can pull three points clear at the top of La Liga ahead of Barcelona, who play at Getafe on Sunday, with a win at home to mid-table Levante. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX), expect by 2100 GMT/4 PM ET, by Tim Hanlon, 500 words) - - Serie A Livorno v Udinese (1700) Cagliari v Napoli (1945) Napoli visit Cagliari MILAN - Third-placed Napoli visit mid-table Cagliari knowing a win would bring them level on points with AS Roma in second spot and within five of leaders Juventus before the top two play their matches on Sunday. (SOCCER-ITALY/ (PIX), expect by 2145 GMT/4:45 PM ET, by Terry Daley, 400 words) - - Bundesliga (1430 unless stated) Borussia Dortmund v Hertha Berlin Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen Freiburg v Hanover 96 Hamburg SV v Mainz Eintracht Braunschweig v Hoffenheim Nuremberg v Schalke 04 Leverkusen visit Bremen looking to close gap on Bayern BERLIN - Bayer Leverkusen can move within four points of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich by winning at lowly Werder Bremen with the German champions playing in the World Club Cup final in Morocco. (SOCCER-GERMANY/ (PIX), expect by 1630 GMT/11:30 AM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 500 words) - - Ligue 1 (1900 unless stated) St Etienne v Nantes (1600) Bastia v Montpellier HSC Nice v Evian Thonon Gaillard FC Stade de Reims v Ajaccio Sochaux v Stade Rennes Toulouse v En Avant Guingamp Copy on merit - - Dutch Championship (1745 unless stated) AZ Alkmaar v Heerenveen (1645) Heracles Almelo v Vitesse Arnhem NAC Breda v SC Cambuur Feyenoord v PEC Zwolle (1845) Vitesse host Heerenveen aiming to go five clear at the top AMSTERDAM - Vitesse Arnhem can pull five points clear at the top of the Dutch league by beating fifth-placed Heerenveen before second-placed Ajax Amsterdam, who are two points off the pace, visit Roda JC Kerkrade on Sunday. (SOCCER-DUTCH/ (PIX), expect by 2045 GMT/3:45 PM ET, 400 words) - - - - CRICKET South Africa v India, first test, Johannesburg (to 22) Dominant India leave South Africa chasing 458 for victory JOHANNESBURG - Openers Graeme Smith and Alviro Petersen weathered a difficult 45 minutes to take South Africa to tea at 38 without loss chasing an unlikely victory target of 458 on the fourth day of the first test against India at the Wanderers. (CRICKET-INDIA/ (PIX), moved with further updates to follow, by Nick Said, 400 words) - - New Zealand v West Indies, third test (till 23) NZ within sight of rare series victory New Zealand need 116 more runs, with two days to score them, to secure a rare series victory against a major cricketing nation when they resume on the fourth day of the third test against West Indies at Seddon Park in Hamilton. (CRICKET-WINDIES/, expect from 2330 GMT/6:30 PM ET, 500 words) - - - - ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Men's Downhill, Val Gardena/Groeden Women's Downhill, Val d'Isere Copy on merit - - - - NBA Thunder clash with Spurs in marquee matchup The Oklahoma City Thunder visit the San Antonio Spurs for what could be a preview of this season's Western Conference Final in one of 12 games on the NBA schedule. (NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/ (PIX), expect by 0430 GMT/11:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 350 words) - - - - NHL Leafs host Red Wings in Winter Classic preview TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs host the Detroit Red Wings in what will be a preview of the outdoor Winter Classic on New Year's day when the two Original Six teams will clash at Michigan stadium in front of an expected record crowd of 110,000. (NHL-LEAFS/,(PIX), expect by 0400 GMT/11 PM ET, by Steve Keating, 400 words) - - Streaking Penguins look to douse Flames The Pittsburgh Penguins put the Eastern Conference's longest win streak on the line when they host the Calgary Flames seeking a seventh consecutive victory in of on 12 games on the NHL schedule. (NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/ (PIX), expect by 0430 GMT/11:30 PM 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 0101 GMT/8:01 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) (London Duty Editor: Pritha Sarkar)