Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Thursday, Nov 12

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Thursday: - - - - ATHLETICS We continue to cover the unfolding IAAF scandal after former president Lamine Diack resigned as honorary member of the International Olympic Committee following the launch of a formal investigation against the Senegalese for suspected corruption and money-laundering. (ATHLETICS-CORRUPTION/, expect throughout) - - - - FIFA We continue to follow the FIFA presidential situation following reports on Wednesday that incumbent Sepp Blatter has been in hospital suffering from stress. (SOCCER-FIFA/, expect throughout) - - - - SOCCER 2018 World Cup qualifiers South America Argentina face arch-rivals Brazil looking for first win BUENOS AIRES - Argentina, without the injured Lionel Messi and looking for their first win in the 2018 qualifiers, face a Brazil side bolstered by Neymar's return from suspension at the River Plate stadium. (SOCCER-WORLD/ARGENTINA (PREVIEW, PIX), expect by 1500 GMT/10 AM ET, by Luis Ampuero, 400 words) - - Asia 2018 World Cup and 2019 Asian Cup qualifying. Group A Palestine v Malaysia (1400 GMT) UAE v East Timor (1415) Group B Australia v Kyrgyzstan (0900) Tajikistan v Bangladesh (1200) Group C Maldives v Hong Kong (1050) China v Bhutan (1135) Group D Iran v Turkmenistan (1130) India v Guam (1330) Group E Singapore v Japan (1115) Afghanistan v Cambodia (1130) Group F Thailand v Taiwan (1200) Group G South Korea v Myanmar (1100) Lebanon v Laos (1500) Group H Philippines v Yemen (1200) Uzbekistan v North Korea (1100) South Korea and Australia eye another qualifying win SINGAPORE - Asian champions Australia will look to rack up the goals when they host Kyrgyzstan in Group B, while South Korea will aim to make it five wins from five in Group G when they welcome Myanmar on a busy night of qualifying in Asia. (SOCCER-WORLD/ASIA (PIX), expect by 1600 GMT/11 PM ET, by Patrick Johnston, 500 words) - - Jaded Japan plot Singapore sting SINGAPORE - Japan can go top of Group E in their joint qualifying group with victory away to Singapore but will be wary of underestimating the Southeast Asians having been held to a surprise goalless draw in June. (SOCCER-WORLD/ASIA-JAPAN, expect by 1300 GMT/8 AM ET, by Patrick Johnston, 400 words) - - South Korea look to continue unbeaten run SUWON, South Korea - Hosts South Korea will look to make it a perfect five from five in Asian World Cup qualifying Group G on Thursday when they host Myanmar in Suwon, south of Seoul. The Koreans, riding an 11-match unbeaten streak, won the away fixture 2-0 in June. (SOCCER-WORLD/ASIA-SOUTHKOREA (PIX) expect by 1400 GMT/9 AM ET, by Peter Rutherford, 400 words) - - Africa Burundi v DR Congo (1330) Namibia v Guinea (1400) Benin v Burkina Faso (1500) Togo v Uganda (1530) Morocco v Equatorial Guinea (1900) We will file a wrap-up of the matches - - - International friendlies and Euro 2016 qualifiers We will have all the latest team news ahead of this week's Euro 2016 playoffs, 2018 World Cup qualifiers and friendly internationals. (SOCCER-EURO/, SOCCER-FRIENDLY/, expect throughout) - - Spain, England coaches preview friendly in Alicante ALICANTE, Spain - Spain coach Vicente del Bosque, his England counterpart Roy Hodgson and players hold news conferences previewing Friday's friendly in Alicante. (SOCCER-FRIENDLY/SPAIN expect by 1300 GMT/8 AM ET, 400 words) - - - - NBA Nets ground Rockets to pick up first win of season Reserves Bojan Bogdanovic and Shane Larkin combined for 37 points as the Brooklyn Nets recorded their first victory of the season, shocking the Houston Rockets 106-98 at Toyota Center on Wednesday. (NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/, moved, by The Sports Xchange, 600 words) - - Curry leads Golden State to win over Grizzlies After a quiet first half, Stephen Curry turned up the volume in the second half and finished with a game-high 28 points as the Golden State Warriors remained the league's only unbeaten team with a 100-84 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. (NBA-GRIZZLIES/, moved, by The Sports Xchange, 300 words) - - Faried's late layup lifts Nuggets over Buckss Forward Kenneth Faried's layup with five seconds left gave the Denver Nuggets a 103-102 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday. (NBA-NUGGETS/, moved, by The Sports Exchange, 300 words) - - - - NHL Penguins rally to overcome Habs in shootout Sidney Crosby and David Perron scored on Pittsburgh's only attempts in a shootout, and the Penguins won their 10th in 12 games by rallying to beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 at the Consol Energy Center. (NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, moved, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (moved, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - RUGBY UNION England coach Lancaster resigns after World Cup failure LONDON - Stuart Lancaster paid the price for host nation England's World Cup failure when he resigned on Wednesday following a Rugby Football Union review. (RUGBY UNION ENGLAND/ (UPDATE 3), moved, by Justin Palmer, 500 words) See also RUGBY UNION-ENGLAND/LANCASTER (NEWSMAKER), moved, by Mitch Phillips and RUGBY UNION-ENGLAND/NAMES (FACTBOX), moved by Justin Palmer - - CAPE TOWN - Fresh from a successful Rugby World Cup in charge of Japan, coach Eddie Jones speaks to Reuters about his return to Super Rugby with South African side Stormers and the changing face of Southern Hemisphere rugby. (RUGBY UNION-SAFRICA/JONES (INTERVIEW), expect by 1300 GMT/8 AM ET, by Nick Said, 600 words) - - - - MOTOR RACING Brazilian Grand Prix preview Rosberg aiming to beat Hamilton in Senna's home town SAO PAULO - Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton is a great admirer of the late Ayrton Senna but has never won the Brazilian Grand Prix. Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg, triumphant at Interlagos last year, intends to keep it that way. (MOTOR RACING-PRIX/PREVIEW (PIX), moved, 400 words) We also moved a drivers' form sheet and statistics for Sunday's penultimate race of the season. - - Hamilton owns up to car accident in Monaco Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed he was involved in a car accident in Monaco on Monday and said he wanted to take responsibility for the incident to prevent people from making a "quick buck" out of it. (MOTOR RACING-PRIX/HAMILTON-ACCIDENT, moved, 355 words) - - - - CRICKET Smith and McCullum speak ahead of second trans-Tasman test Australia captain Steve Smith and his New Zealand counterpart Brendon McCullum address the media at the WACA in Perth on the eve of the second match in the three-test series, which the hosts lead 1-0 after a thumping 208-run victory in Brisbane. (CRICKET-AUSTRALIA/, expect from 0630 GMT/1:30 AM ET, 400 words) - - - - BASKETBALL One-legged Kovacevic makes stunning return BELGRADE - Natasa Kovacevic, who lost her left leg in a traffic accident in 2013, makes an emotional return to basketball after featuring for Red Star Belgrade in a Serbian league game. (BASKETBALL-SERBIA/KOVACEVIC-COMEBACK (PIX, TV), expect by 1100 GMT /6 AM ET, by Zoran Milosavljevic; 600 words) (Asia desk editor: John O'Brien)