Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Friday, Dec 4

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Friday: SOCCER Euro 2016 draw package Ahead of the Dec. 12 draw for next year's European Championship finals in France, we are moving a preview package comprising an overall preview and factboxes on the 24 teams. The overall preview and factboxes for pots one and two were published at 0200 GMT and the remaining factboxes for pots three and four will run at 0200 on Dec. 5. (SOCCER-EURO/COUNTRY (FACTBOX)) - - Bundesliga Schalke eager to end winless run BERLIN - Schalke 04, without a win in their last five games, desperately need a victory over Hanover 96 to climb back into fourth place. (SOCCER-GERMANY/, expect by 2130 GMT/4:30 ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 350 words) - - Serie A Juventus eyeing fourth straight win at Lazio ROME - Injury-hit Juventus will move level with fourth-placed Roma if they continue their resurgence with a fourth straight win at 10th-placed Lazio on Friday. (SOCCER-ITALY/ (PIX), expect by 2145 GMT/4:45PM ET, by Ed Dove, 300 words) - - Russian Premier League MOSCOW - The Russian Premier League reaches its midway stage before it embarks on a winter break with CSKA Moscow top despite a wobble while Zenit St. Petersburg continue to flatter to deceive. (SOCCER-RUSSIA/, expect by 1900 GMT/2 PM ET, by Dmitriy Rogovitskiy, 500 words) - - Dutch league AZ Alkmaar v ADO Den Haag (1900) Copy on merit - - - - CRICKET India v South Africa, 4th test, New Delhi (to 7) India take charge NEW DELHI - India rode Ajinkya Rahane's cultured century to post a series-high 334 before returning to skittle out South Africa for 121 to take full control of the final test. (CRICKET-INDIA/, moved, by Amlan Chakraborty, 400 words) - - - - BASKETBALL Panathinaikos, Red Star chasing Euroleague Top 16 berths BELGRADE - Six-time Euroleague winners Panathinaikos are at home to Barcelona while Red Star Belgrade entertain Russians Khimki, with the battle for Top 16 berths headed for a dramatic climax (BASKETBALL-EUROLEAGUE/ (WRAPUP 1), expect by 2230 GMT/5:30PM ET, by Zoran Milosavljevic, 450 words) - - - - GOLF Hero World Challenge (to 6) New Providence, Bahamas Walker, Johnson and Casey set pace at Albany Americans Jimmy Walker and Zach Johnson, and England's Paul Casey, take a joint one-shot lead into the second round of the elite 18-player event hosted by Tiger Woods after opening with six-under-par 66s at Albany Golf Club. (GOLF-CHALLENGE/, expect end-of-day lead by 2130 GMT/4.30 PM ET, 350 words) - - - - SOCCER Columbus to host Portland in MLS Cup final The 2015 MLS Cup final may lack the star power of recent championship deciders but the Columbus Crew and Portland Timbers will still bring an attacking mindset to what looks to be a compelling matchup. (SOCCER-MLS/ (PREVIEW), expect by 1900 GMT/2 PM ET, 300 words) - - - - NBA Sky the limit for Knicks rookie Porzingis NEW YORK - Knicks fans booed when New York announced their selection of a 7-foot-3, teenaged foreign import from Latvia with the fourth pick of the NBA Draft last June. Now cheers of "Porzingis, Porzingis" fill Madison Square Garden, along with a fresh burst of optimism for a franchise that had fallen on hard times. (NBA-KNICKS/PORZINGIS (FEATURE, PIX), expect by 1900 GMT/2 PM ET, by Larry Fine, 600 words). - - Kobe continues farewell tour with road game in Atlanta Kobe Bryant, who announced on Sunday this will be his last National Basketball Association season, continues his farewell tour when he and the struggling Los Angeles Lakers (3-15) visit the Atlanta Hawks (12-9). (NBA-HAWKS/, expect by 0500 GMT/12 AM ET/, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - Mavs shoot for 12th win of season in a Texas showdown Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks (11-8) look to make up ground in the highly competitive Southwest Division when they host the Houston Rockets (8-11) in a Texas showdown at American Airlines Center. (NBA-MAVERICKS/, expect by 0530 GMT/12.30 AM ET/, by The Sports Xchange, 350 words) - - - - NHL Bruins aim to rebound from shootout loss The Boston Bruins seek to rebound from a 3-2 shootout loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday when they visit the Calgary Flames in one of seven games on the National Hockey League schedule. (NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0600 GMT/1 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 500 words) - - - - NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (expect by 0100 GMT/8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) (London desk editor: Ed Osmond)