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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1545 GMT on Sunday, Jan 22

Reuters sports schedule at 1545 GMT on Sunday (times GMT): TENNIS Australian Open, Melbourne (to 29) Melbourne Park carnage as top seeds topple The whiff of sporting upset hung around Melbourne Park on Sunday after top seeds Andy Murray and Angelique Kerber were handed stunning defeats in the Australian Open fourth round. (TENNIS-OPEN/, (WRAPUP 1, PIX), moved, by Nick Mulvenney, Ian Ransom and Melanie Burton, 500 words) Also see TENNIS-OPEN/MURRAY (UPDATE 2, PIX) and TENNIS-OPEN/KERBER (UPDATE 2, PIX) SOCCER Premier League Arsenal v Burnley (1415) Chelsea v Hull City (1630) Chelsea bid to extend lead after Southampton beat Leicester LONDON - Leaders Chelsea bid to stretch their six-point lead at the top of the table with victory over struggling Hull City, while fourth-placed Arsenal host Burnley after Southampton beat Leicester City 3-0 in the early kickoff. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), expect from 1400 GMT/9 AM ET, by Neil Robinson, 600 words) La Liga Athletic Club v Atletico Madrid (1515) Real Betis v Sporting Gijon (1730) Real Sociedad v Celta Vigo (1730) Eibar v Barcelona (1945) Sevilla recover to bet Osasuna before Barca visit Eibar BARCELONA - In-form Sevilla recovered to beat bottom side Osasuna 4-3 and narrow the gap on Real Madrid to a point before champions Barcelona, who are third, travel to Eibar and fourth-placed Atletico Madrid visit Athletic Bilbao. (SOCCER-SPAIN/, expect by 1300 GMT/9 AM ET, 400 words) Bundesliga Bayer Leverkusen v Hertha Berlin (1430) Mainz v Cologne (1630) Hertha Berlin look to reclaim third place BERLIN - Hertha Berlin aim to recapture third place when they visit Bayer Leverkusen, who are having a lacklustre season. (SOCCER-GERMANY/, expect by 1630 GMT/11:30 AM ET, 300 words) Italian Serie A Bologna v Torino (1400) Empoli v Udinese (1400) Genoa v Crotone (1400) Palermo v Inter Milan (1400) Pescara v Sassuolo (1400) Atalanta Bergamo v Sampdoria (1700) AS Roma v Cagliari (1945) Juventus beat Lazio 2-0 before Roma take on Cagliari MILAN - Juventus moved four points clear at the top of Serie A with a 2-0 home win over Lazio before second-placed AS Roma host Cagliari later after Inter Milan visit troubled Palermo. (SOCCER-ITALY/, expect from 1330 GMT/8:30 AM ET, 400 words) Ligue 1 Monaco v Lorient (1400) St Etienne v Angers (1600) Olympique Lyon v Olympique Marseille (2000) Monaco eye top spot at home to lowly Lorient PARIS - Monaco will move top of the standings if they avoid defeat at home to second-bottom bottom Lorient. (SOCCER-FRANCE/ (PIX), expect by 1600 GMT/11 AM ET, 300 words) African Nations Cup Cameroon v Gabon (1900) Guinea-Bissau v Burkina Faso (1900) Hosts Gabon must avoid defeat to stay alive LIBREVILLE - Hosts Gabon will be eliminated if they lose to Cameroon but otherwise could still go through to the quarter-finals, depending on the result in the other Group A clash between Burkina Faso and Guinea Bissau. (SOCCER-NATIONS/, expect from 2100 GMT/4 PM ET, by Mark Gleeson, 400 words) NFL Patriots, Steelers clash for Super Bowl berth FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts - Quarterback Tom Brady leads the New England Patriots into battle against Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League's AFC Championship game, with the winner earning a record ninth trip to the Super Bowl. (FOOTBALL-NFL-NEP-PIT/, expect by 0330 GMT/10:30 PM ET, by Larry Fine, 500 words) Packers, Falcons vie for Super Bowl berth The Georgia Dome's final game could be a classic when the NFL's most potent offenses clash as Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons host Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship game. (FOOTBALL-NFL-ATL-GB/, expect by 0000 GMT/7 PM ET, by Steve Keating, 500 words) CRICKET India v England, 3rd ODI, Kolkata England continue search for a victory on India tour KOLKATA - England failed to win a match in the five-test rubber and the subsequent two one-day internationals against hosts India and will be playing for pride in the third and final match of the ODI series at the Eden Gardens. (CRICKET-INDIA/ (PIX), expect by 1600 GMT/11 AM ET, 400 words) Australia v Pakistan, 4th ODI, Sydney Fiery Warner helps Australia seal series win over Pakistan David Warner's 12th one-day international hundred and brisk fifties from Glenn Maxwell and Travis Head set up Australia for an 86-run win over Pakistan in the fourth match on Sunday as the hosts secured an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series. (CRICKET-AUSTRALIA/, moved, 400 words) New Zealand v Bangladesh, 2nd test (to 24) Decision time for Williamson after third-day washout 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 0600 GMT/1 AM ET, 400 words) South Africa v Sri Lanka, 2nd T20, Johannesburg South Africa seek to clinch Twenty20 International series JOHANNESBURG - New-look South Africa host Sri Lanka on Sunday in the second of three Twenty20 Internationals having claimed a 19-run victory in a rain-shortened 10-over shoot-out in Pretoria on Friday. (CRICKET-SAFRICA/, expect from 1600 GMT/ 11 AM ET, 300 words) GOLF PGA Tour: CareerBuilder Challenge, La Quinta, California Hadwin leads by one at La Quinta, Mickelson eight back Canadian Adam Hadwin, hunting his first PGA Tour victory, takes a one-stroke lead into the final round after firing a sizzling 13-under 59 at La Quinta Country Club, one of three venues hosting the pro-am event, for a 17-under total of 199. Five-times major champion Phil Mickelson, the biggest name in the field, trails by eight shots. (GOLF-PGA/, expect by 0100 GMT/8 PM ET, 300 words) European Tour Britain's Fleetwood wins Abu Dhabi Championship Britain's Tommy Fleetwood kept his composure to come from behind and win his first European Tour title in more than three years at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on Sunday. (GOLF-EUROPEAN/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 300 words) NBA Warriors try to avoid Magic trick Kevin Durant and the star-laden, league-leading Golden State Warriors (37-6) seek to extend their winning streak to seven games when they visit the Orlando Magic (18-27). (BASKETBALL-NBA-ORL-GSW/, expect by 2100 GMT/4 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) Raptors try to bounce back from surprise loss The Toronto Raptors (28-15), their grip on second place in the Eastern Conference slipping after a 35-point shellacking by middling Charlotte on Friday, seek to bounce back when they host the struggling Phoenix Suns in one of four games on the National Basketball Association schedule. (BASKETBALL-NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0300 GMT/10 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 300 words) NHL Free-scoring Penguins meet slumping Bruins The reigning Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins, having scored 11 goals in their past two games, seek to inflict further misery on a Boston Bruins team trying to end a three-game losing streak, 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) (Europe desk editor: Ken Ferris)