Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Friday, Nov 14
Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Friday: - - - - SOCCER FIFA World Cup bid report FIFA ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert told Reuters he was surprised at public criticism from his investigative counterpart Michael Garcia over the report which concluded that the bidding process for the 2018/2022 World Cups did not have to be re-run. (SOCCER-FIFA/ECKERT), moved, by Joern Poltz, 500 words) African Nations Cup CAPE TOWN - Equatorial Guinea agreed to step in as last-minute hosts of next year's African Nations Cup finals to replace Morocco, stripped of the tournament after fears over Ebola. (SOCCER-AFRICA/NATIONS, moved, by Mark Gleeson, 500 words) Euro 2016 qualifiers (1945 unless stated) Group D Georgia v Poland (1700) Germany v Gibraltar Scotland v Ireland Group F Greece v Faroe Islands Hungary v Finland Romania v Northern Ireland Group I Portugal v Armenia Serbia v Denmark World champions Germany take on newcomers Gibraltar and Portugal host Armenia in the highlights of the latest round of qualifiers. (SOCCER-EURO/COUNTRY, expect by 2200 GMT/5 PM ET, 400 words) International friendlies France v Albania (1945) USA v Colombia (1945) Chile v Venezuela (2300) - - Spain coach looks ahead to Belarus qualifier BARCELONA - Spain coach Vicente del Bosque and players hold a news conference to preview Saturday's Euro 2016 Group C qualifier against Belarus in Huelva. (SOCCER-EURO/SPAIN, expect by 1800 GMT/1 PM ET, 400 words) - - African Nations Cup qualifiers, round five Group D Sierra Leone v Ivory Coast (1500) Group G Botswana v Tunisia (1630) Copy on merit - - - - TENNIS ATP World Tour Finals, London (to 16) Djokovic takes on Berdych looking to seal top spot LONDON - Novak Djokovic faces Tomas Berdych looking to seal top spot in Group A while Stan Wawrinka takes on Marin Cilic as he also bids to reach the semi-finals. (TENNIS-ATP/ (PIX), expect first take by 1600 GMT/11 AM ET, By Martyn Herman, 500 words) - - - - GOLF European Tour: Turkish Airlines Open (to 16) Poulter leads before the storm BELEK, Turkey - Britain's Ian Poulter was leading the field by three strokes when a thunderstorm caused play to be abandoned for the day midway through the second round. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, moved, by Tony Jimenez, 500 words) PGA Tour: OHL Classic at Mayakoba, Playa del Carmen, Mexico (to 16) American MacKenzie in six-way tie for lead Will MacKenzie shares the lead with fellow Americans Robert Garrigus, Tony Finau, Steve Wheatcroft, Hudson Swafford and Daniel Berger heading into the second round after opening with a six-under-par 65 on the El Camaleon course at the resort of Playa del Carmen. (GOLF-PGA/ (PIX), expect by 2330 GMT/6.30 PM ET, 350 words) - - - - RUGBY Italy v Argentina, Genoa (1615 GMT) Italy clash with Argentina brought forward to Friday Italy face Argentina a day earlier than scheduled because bad weather is expected in the Liguria region with the visitors having changed half their team for their second tour match after losing to Scotland last weekend. (RUGBY-ITALY/, expect by 1800 GMT/1 PM ET, 400 words) - - South Africa captain speaks ahead of England match LONDON - South Africa captain Jean de Villiers is scheduled to talk to reporters ahead of Saturday's clash with England at Twickenham. (RUGBY-SAFRICA/, expect by 1500 GMT/10 AM ET, 300 words) - - - - CRICKET Bangladesh v Zimbabwe, Chittagong, third test (to 16) Copy on merit - - - - BADMINTON BWF Li Ning China Open Super Series Premier, Shanghai (to 16) Copy on merit - - - - NBA LeBron's Cavs set for clash with Celtics LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers seek their first winning record of the young season when they visit the Boston Celtics in one of the 10 games on the schedule. (NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/ (PIX), expect by 0430 GMT/11:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 450 words) - - - - NHL Crosby's Pens look to rebound from rare loss Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins will try to bounce back from their first loss in eight games when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs in one of six 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 desk editor: Ed Osmond)
