Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Monday, Jan 23

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Monday (times GMT): TENNIS Australian Open, Melbourne (to 29) Nadal seeks quarter-final berth on day eight MELBOURNE - Former champion Rafa Nadal will battle sixth-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils for a place in the quarter-finals. Serena Williams sealed her spot in the last eight by beating Barbora Strycova. (TENNIS-OPEN/ (PIX), expect throughout, by Nick Mulvenney, Ian Ransom and Melanie Burton, 500 words) SOCCER African Nations Cup finals (to Feb. 5) Tunisia v Zimbabwe, Libreville (1900) Algeria v Senegal, Franceville (1900) Algeria's hopes hanging by a thread With Senegal already qualified and Tunisia needing a single point to advance from Group B, Algeria's fate at the tournament depends on a convincing win in their last group game while Zimbabwe have the same requirement if they are to surprise and go through to the knockout phase. (SOCCER-NATIONS/, expect from 2100 GMT/4 PM ET, by Mark Gleeson, 400 words) NFL Patriots eye another Super Bowl victory FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - As the New England Patriots prepare for their ninth Super Bowl appearance, we examine whether National Football League fans consider the Tom Brady-led franchise to be America's "great team" or America's "great villain". (FOOTBALL-NFL-NEP/, expect by 2300 GMT/6 PM ET, by Larry Fine, 500 words) CRICKET New Zealand v Bangladesh, 2nd test (to 24) Decision time for Williamson after rain washes out third day New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will have to decide whether he wants to continue batting on the fourth day of the second test against Bangladesh after rain washed out the third day. New Zealand have a 29-run deficit with three wickets left and Henry Nicholls and Tim Southee at the crease. (CRICKET-NEWZEALAND/, expect by 0630 GMT/1:30 AM ET, 400 words) NBA Cavs and Pelicans have something to prove After suffering an overtime loss against San Antonio on Saturday, the reigning NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers (30-12) hope to bounce back against the Anthony Davis-led New Orleans Pelicans (17-27), who have something to prove coming off after an embarrassing home thrashing by the lowly Nets. (BASKETBALL-NBA-NOP-CLE/, expect by 0500 GMT/12 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) Jazz seek to continue winning tune The Utah Jazz (29-16) go for a seventh straight win when they meet the Russell Westbrook-led Oklahoma City Thunder (25-19) in one of nine games on the National Basketball Association schedule. (BASKETBALL-NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0600 GMT/1 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 600 words) NHL Streaking Caps meet middling Hurricanes Nicklas Bakstrom and the league-leading Washington Capitals (31-9-6), winners of nine of their past 10 games, host the Carolina Hurricanes (21-18-7) in one of six games on the National Hockey League schedule. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0500 GMT/12 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 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, 500 words) BASEBALL Royals pitcher Ventura killed in car crash Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura has been killed in a car crash in the Dominican Republic, the Major League Baseball team said on Sunday. (BASEBALL-MLB-KC/VENTURA moved, 300 words) GOLF Swafford standing tall with maiden PGA Tour win American journeyman Hudson Swafford, whose focus all week was on "standing tall", birdied three of the last four holes to clinch his first PGA Tour title by one shot on Sunday at the $5.8 million CareerBuilder Challenge in La Quinta, California. (GOLF-PGA/, moved, 300 words) (Asia desk editor: Peter Rutherford)