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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Wednesday, Aug 31

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Wednesday (times GMT): SOCCER We will have all the latest news on the last day of the European transfer window. (SOCCER-COUNTRY-HOME TEAM/, expect throughout) We will also have the latest news ahead of the midweek World Cup qualifiers. (SOCCER-WORLD/HOME TEAM, expect throughout) TENNIS U.S. Open, New York (to Sept. 11) Djokovic headlines Day Three action at Flushing Meadows NEW YORK - Top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic headlines Day Three action at the year's final grand slam when he faces Czech Jiri Vesely in second round action while Rafa Nadal opens the night session with a match against Italy's Andreas Seppi. In the women's draw, 2015 runner-up Roberta Vinci faces American Christina McHale while third seed Garbine Muguruza plays Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova. (TENNIS-OPEN/ (PIX, TV), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Steve Keating, Larry Fine and Simon Cambers, 400 words) CYCLING Tour of Spain (to Sept. 11) Quintana looks to hold off Valverde and Froome MADRID - Colombian Nairo Quintana takes a 57-second lead over Movistar team mate Alejandro Valverde of Spain into Stage 11. Briton Chris Froome is third, 58 seconds off the pace. (CYCLING-SPAIN/, expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, 300 words) CRICKET Sri Lanka v Australia, fourth ODI, Dambulla Australia need win to bag ODI series Top-ranked Australia, depleted by injury problems and led by stand-in skipper David Warner, have a chance to wrap up the one-day international series against Sri Lanka with a victory in the fourth match in Dambulla. (CRICKET-SRI LANKA/, expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, 300 words) BASEBALL Royals host Yankees with eye on postseason The reigning World Series champion Kansas City Royals host the New York Yankees in a clash of two teams battling to secure a postseason berth in one of the 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0600 GMT/2 AM 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 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, 500 words) (Asia Desk Editor: Greg Stutchbury)