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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1200 GMT on Sunday, Jan 10

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday. - - - - SOCCER FA Cup third round Oxford United (IV) v Swansea City (1200) Chelsea v Scunthorpe United (III) (1400) Carlisle United (IV) v Yeovil Town (IV) (1400) Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City (1600) Cardiff City (II) v Shrewsbury Town (III) (1800) Eight-times winners Spurs entertain Leicester LONDON - Eight-times FA Cup winners Tottenham meet Leicester in an all-Premier League clash while Chelsea attempt to continue their unbeaten run under interim manager Guus Hiddink at home to third tier Scunthorpe. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/CUP (PIX), expect by 1400 GMT/9 AM ET, by Steve Tongue, 650 words) - - La Liga Villarreal v Sporting Gijon (1100) Real Sociedad v Valencia (1500) Eibar v Espanyol (1715) Las Palmas v Malaga (1715) Celta Vigo v Atletico Madrid (1930) Atletico attempt to reclaim top spot from Barcelona MADRID - Atletico Madrid can recapture the lead from Barcelona with a win at fifth-placed Celta Vigo while Villarreal, who are fourth, need a victory at home to Sporting Gijon to keep pace with the leaders. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX), expect by 1300 GMT/8 AM ET, by Iain Rogers, 500 words) - - Serie A Inter Milan v Sassuolo (1130) Atalanta Bergamo v Genoa (1400) Bologna v Chievo Verona (1400) Frosinone v Napoli (1400) Torino v Empoli (1400) Verona v Palermo (1400) Sampdoria v Juventus (1945) Sassuolo next for pacesetting Inter MILAN - Leaders Inter take on seventh-placed Sassuolo at the San Siro while Napoli, who are one point behind in second position, travel to third from bottom Frosinone. (SOCCER-ITALY/, expect by 1330 GMT/8:30 AM ET, 400 words) - - Ligue 1 Nantes v St Etienne (1300) Lille v Nice (1600) Olympique Marseille v En Avant Guingamp (2000) Copy on merit - - - - GOLF PGA Tour: Hyundai Tournament of Champions (to 10) Spieth poised to seal victory in Hawaii World number one Jordan Spieth, seeking his seventh PGA Tour victory, takes a commanding five-shot lead over fellow American Brooks Koepka into the final round at the Kapalua Resort on the Hawaiian island of Maui after firing an eight-under-par 65 on Saturday. (GOLF-PGA/, expect end-of-day lead by 0300 GMT/10 PM ET, 350 words) - - European Tour: South African Open, Johannesburg Rain delays mean extended final day JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Brandon Stone and Englishman David Brooks lead at 10-under but much of the rain-delayed third round, as well as the fourth round, must be completed before the winner of the first European Tour event of the year is known. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/, expect by 1600 GMT/11 AM ET, 300 words) - - - - NFL Seahawks begin drive to Super Bowl with road trip The Seattle Seahawks road to a third straight Super Bowl begins with a trip to Minnesota and Wild Card showdown with the NFC North champion Vikings. (NFL-PLAYOFFS/VIKINGS, expect by 2200 GMT/5 PM ET, 400 words) - - Struggling Packers visit surging Redskins After back-to-back losses to close out the regular season Aaron Rodgers leads the Green Bay Packers into the United States capital to face the red hot Washington Redskins who storm into the NFC Wild Card clash riding a four game winning streak. (NFL-PLAYOFFS/REDSKINS, expect by 0100 GMT/8 PM ET, 400 words) - - - - NBA Cavs ready to take on weary 76ers One day after facing the Atlantic division leading Toronto Raptors, there are no breaks for the cellar dwelling Philadelphia 76ers who host LeBron James and the Eastern Conference leading Cleveland Cavaliers in one of the nine games on the National Basketball Association schedule. (NBA-HIGHLIGHTS, expect by 0500 GMT/12 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 600 words) - - Clippers look to continue climb against Pelicans The surging Los Angeles Clippers look to continue their push up the Western conference standings when they go for their ninth straight win when they host the New Orleans Pelicans. (NBA- CLIPPERS/ expect by 2300 GMT/6 PM ET, by The Sports Exchange, 600 words) - - - - NHL Panthers on prowl for 12th straight win The sizzling Atlantic division leading Florida Panthers go for their 12th straight win when they visit Pacific division tailenders the Edmonton Oilers in one of six games on the National Hockey League schedule. (NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/ , expect by 0600 GMT/1 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 0101 GMT/8:01 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) (Europe desk editor: Pritha Sarkar)