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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday, Nov 11

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday: - - - - TENNIS ATP World Tour Finals, London (to 16) Federer faces Nishikori, home favourite Murray meets Raonic LONDON - Group B action resumes at the O2 Arena with Roger Federer facing Kei Nishikori in the afternoon session. Later, home favourite Andy Murray tries to rescue his hopes when he faces Canada's Milos Raonic. (TENNIS-ATP/ (PIX), expect by 1600 GMT/11 AM ET, by Martyn Herman, 500 words) - - - - SOCCER Nations Cup go ahead with tournament in doubt CAIRO - Preparations for potentially vital African Nations Cup qualifiers continued to pick up pace at the start of the week despite the fact the 2015 finals may not even take place, rendering the last two rounds of preliminaries meaningless. (SOCCER-AFRICA/NATIONS, moved, by Mark Gleeson, 300 words) - - Team news for this week's international fixtures We will bring you all the latest key developments and team news ahead of Wednesday's friendly internationals and Friday's Euro 2016 qualifiers. - - - - CRICKET Pakistan v New Zealand, Abu Dhabi, first test (to 13) Latham century but Pakistan in control New Zealand's Tom Latham hit his maiden test century but Pakistan ended the third day a commanding 319 runs ahead with 10 second-innings wickets in hand. (CRICKET-PAKISTAN/, moved, 400 words) - - - - BADMINTON BWF Li Ning China Open Super Series Premier, Shanghai (to 16) Copy on merit - - - - BASEBALL Manager of the Year next in Awards Week Buck Showalter of the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals' Matt Williams are among the candidates for Manager of the Year honors. (BASEBALL-AWARDS/MANAGERS, expect 0000 GMT/7 PM ET, 350 words) - - - - NBA Red-hot Raps host Magic, Lakers visit Grizzlies The Toronto Raptors, who at 6-1 are off to their best start in franchise history, host the Orlando Magic while Kobe Bryant and the struggling Los Angeles Lakers visit the Memphis Grizzlies in two of the six games on the schedule. (NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/ (PIX), expect by 0430 GMT/11:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 650 words) - - - - NHL Pens, Lightning put win streaks on the line Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins visit the New York Rangers in search of an eighth consecutive victory while the Tampa Bay Lightning put their six-game win streak on the line at the Chicago Blackhawks in two of the 11 games on the National Hockey League 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) - - - - (Europe duty editor: Ed Osmond)