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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday, September 24

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday: - - - - SOCCER La Liga Barca host Sociedad and Atletico entertain Osasuna MADRID - Champions Barcelona and second-placed Atletico Madrid seek to maintain winning starts to the season at home to Real Sociedad and Osasuna respectively. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Iain Rogers, 500 words) - - German Cup Lower-ranked opposition for Dortmund and Leverkusen BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund, the 2012 winners, face second tier 1860 Munich in the second round as they look to bounce back from two games without a win and Bayer Leverkusen also face a lower-ranked team in Arminia Bielefeld. (SOCCER-GERMANY/CUP (PIX), expect by 1900 GMT/3 PM ET, 400 words) - - English League Cup Manchester City plot Wigan revenge mission LONDON - England's top clubs get going in the League Cup third round with Manchester City looking to avenge last season's shock FA Cup final defeat by Wigan Athletic. Chelsea visit League One Swindon Town while Aston Villa host Tottenham Hotspur in one of three all-Premier League clashes. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/CUP, expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, 400 words) - - Serie A Udinese v Genoa (1845) Copy on merit - - Ligue 1 Lille v Evian Thonon Gaillard (1700) Olympique Marseille v St Etienne (1900) Copy on merit - - Dutch Cup second round Capelle (III) v Almere City FC (II) (1500) Harkemase Boys (IV) v NEC Nijmegen (1645) TEC (V) v MVV Maastricht (II) (1700) Katwijk (III) v SC Cambuur (1730) Achilles '29 (II) v HSC'21 (III) (1800) Barendrecht (III) v JVC Cuyk (III) (1800) Graafschap Doetinchem (II) v Excelsior (II) (1800) Deurne (IV) v FC Emmen (II) (1800) DVS'33 Ermelo (IV) v Go Ahead Eagles Deventer (1800) EHC (IV) v FC Eindhoven (II) (1800) Excelsior '31 (III) v Willem II Tilburg (II) (1800) FC Oss (II) v VVV-Venlo (II) (1800) GVVV (III) v ADO Den Haag (1800) IJsselmeervogels (III) v Helmond Sport (II) (1800) Kozakken Boys (III) v Scheveningen (III) (1800) RKC Waalwijk v Heracles Almelo (1845) Copy on merit - - - - ATHLETICS Ben Johnson 25-year anniversary package We look back at Ben Johnson's downfall at the Seoul Olympics in 1988 with the second of a two-part multi-media package: Back in Seoul, Johnson hopes for 'new chance' SEOUL - Twenty-five years to the day since he blasted down lane six of Seoul's Olympic Stadium, leaving arch-enemy Carl Lewis wide-eyed in his wake, an "older and wiser" Ben Johnson returned to the South Korean capital with a warning for the next generation of athletes: stay clear of performance-enhancing drugs. (ATHLETICS-JOHNSON/ (INTERVIEW), (PIX, TV), moved, 980 words, by Peter Rutherford) - - Disgraced Johnson no longer running from doping past TORONTO - Photographs of Ben Johnson's 100 metres triumph in Seoul bear witness to the pure joy attached to an athletic achievement that pushed the boundaries of human limitations to new frontiers. A quarter of a century later, however, the grim image that lingers is not one of amazement but of crushing, drug-fuelled betrayal, with Johnson a fallen hero. (ATHLETICS-JOHNSON/AFTERMATH, (PIX, TV), moved, 900 words, by Steve Keating) - - Johnson scandal stunted commercial growth of athletics LONDON - Marketing experts fondly recall Seoul 1988 as the Games when the Olympic movement put behind it political boycotts and started to develop its true commercial potential but the Ben Johnson case, and subsequent failure to stamp out doping, has meant that athletics has been left behind by other sports in the wider battle for sponsor dollars. (ATHLETICS-JOHNSON/MARKETING, moved, 540 words, by Keith Weir) - - We have also moved a factbox on doping cases involving sprinters. Graphics are available. - - - - GOLF Kuchar reflects on career-best season and Tiger Woods LOS ANGELES - World number eight Matt Kuchar discusses the best PGA Tour campaign of his career, a year that included two big wins and not one missed cut, and also talks about how Tiger Woods suffered from fatigue during a hectic late-season schedule. (GOLF-PGA/KUCHAR (INTERVIEW), expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, by Mark Lamport-Stokes, 550 words) - - - - BASEBALL Postseason race ramps up With all but two of the six division crowns already clinched, nine teams will jockey for position in the race to secure one of four wildcard playoff berths with six days left in the regular season. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0430 GMT/12:30 AM ET, 300 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: Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur (to 29) Thailand Open, Bangkok (to 29) WTA: Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo (to 28) Copy on merit - - - - (Duty editor: Tony Jimenez)