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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Wednesday, Jan 7

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Wednesday: - - - - SOCCER FIFA presidency candidate Prince Ali heads to Melbourne MELBOURNE - FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein heads to Melbourne for Friday's AFC Extraordinary Congress aiming to convince Asian members he is the man to clean up world soccer's governing body. (SOCCER-ASIA/ALI moved, 450 words) - - African Nations Cup Kalaba named Captain in Zambia Nations Cup squad JOHANNESBURG - Zambia have retained eight players from their African Nations Cup-winning squad of three years ago in their final 23-man list for this month's tournament in Equatorial Guinea with Rainford Kalaba chosen as captain.(SOCCER-AFRICA/ZAMBIA, moved, by Mark Gleeson, 250 words) - - Spanish King's Cup last 16 (to 8) - - Friendly international Cameroon v Democratic Republic of Congo, Yaounde Copy on merit - - - - CRICKET South Africa to name World Cup squad CAPE TOWN - South Africa will name their 15-man squad for the World Cup. (CRICKET-WORLD/SAFRICA, expect by 1600 GMT/11 AM ET, by Mark Gleeson, 300 words) Also see moved items CRICKET-WORLD/LANKA and CRICKET-WORLD/ZIMBABWE - - Australia v India, Sydney, fourth test Steve Smith completed his fourth century in as many matches on Wednesday as Australia compiled a daunting first innings total in the final test against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground. (CRICKET-AUSTRALIA/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, 450 words) - - - - GOLF McGinley hopes Woods can go head-to-head with McIlroy LONDON - The world of golf is looking for a player to step up to the plate and challenge Rory McIlroy for supremacy this year and that certain someone could be Tiger Woods, said Europe's 2014 Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley. (GOLF-RYDER/MCGINLEY (INTERVIEW, TV), moved, by Tony Jimenez, 550 words) - - - - MOTOR RACING Dakar Rally (to 17) Copy on merit - - - - TENNIS ATP: Qatar Open, Doha (to 11) Chennai Open, India (to 11) ATP/WTA: Brisbane International, Australia (to 11) WTA: Auckland Classic, New Zealand (to 11) Copy on merit on above tournaments (Europe desk editor: Ken Ferris)