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Reuters Sports Schedule at 0600 GMT on Tuesday, Sept 20

Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Tuesday (times GMT): SOCCER Premier League We bring you the latest news from the Premier League ahead of the week's fixtures as well manager and player briefings after the weekend's matches. (SOCCER-ENGLAND-CLUB/ expect throughout, 300 words) LEAGUE CUP Third round (all 1845 GMT) Bournemouth v Preston North End(II) Brighton and Hove Albion(II) v Reading(II) Derby County(II) v Liverpool Everton v Norwich City(II) Leeds United(II) v Blackburn Rovers(II) Leicester City v Chelsea Newcastle United(II) v Wolverhampton Wanderers(II) Nottingham Forest(II) v Arsenal Leicester host Chelsea, Liverpool visit Derby LONDON - Three-time League Cup winners Leicester City face Chelsea, who have won it five times, in the plum third-round tie, while last season's runners-up Liverpool, record eight-time winners, visit second-tier Derby County. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/CUP (PIX), expect by 2045 GMT/4:45 PM ET, by Toby Davis, 500 words) SERIE A AC Milan v Lazio (1845) Milan face Lazio as Montella looks for back-to-back wins MILAN - New AC Milan manager Vincenzo Montella will be hoping the club can make it two straight wins when they host high-flying Lazio in Serie A after Friday's encouraging victory at Sampdoria following a slow start to the campaign. (SOCCER-ITALY/ (PIX), expect by 2045 GMT/4:45 PM ET, 40 words) Bundesliga FC Ingolstadt 04 v Eintracht Frankfurt (1800) Freiburg v Hamburg SV (1800) SV Darmstadt 98 v Hoffenheim (1800) VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund (1800) Dortmund out to close gap to leaders Bayern BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund can close the gap on leaders Bayern Munich when they face VfL Wolfsburg, with the Bundesliga champions not in action until Wednesday. (SOCCER-GERMANY/(PIX), expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 400 words) Former prisoner Dixon has no time for self pity LONDON - Four months in jail, 10 years of drug abuse and a lifetime's addiction to gambling have combined to leave Kerry Dixon flat broke but the former Chelsea golden boy refuses to wallow in self pity. (SOCCER-ENGLAND-CHE/DIXON (INTERVIEW), expect by 1000 GMT/6 AM ET, by Tony Jimenez, 900 words) Australia name squad for crunch qualifiers SYDNEY - Australia coach Ange Postecoglou names his sqaud for the World Cup qualifiers on the road in Saudi Arabia and at home against Japan which could go a long way to earning the Socceroos a ticket to Russia in 2018. (SOCCER-WORLDCUP/AUS-SQUAD, moved, 300 words) CRICKET India v New Zealand, 1st test, Kanpur (from 22) India embark on bumper home season with eye on top ranking NEW DELHI - There's no place like home if you are looking to scramble back to the top of the world rankings and that appears to be India's mantra as they kick off a bumper test season against New Zealand in Kanpur on Thursday. (CRICKET-INDIA/ (PREVIEW), expect at 0630 GMT/2:30 AM ET, by Amlan Chakraborty, 530 words) We will also move a factbox on the three-match series. (CRICKET-INDIA/ (FACTBOX)) GOLF Spieth to discuss title defence in PGA Tour's season finale ATLANTA - American world number four Jordan Spieth, who capped a sensational 2015 campaign with a four-shot victory here last year, is scheduled to hold a news conference at East Lake Golf Club as we continue our build-up to this week's Tour Championship, the PGA Tour's fourth and final FedExCup playoff event of the season. (GOLF-PGA/, expect by 0030 GMT/8.30 PM ET, by Andrew Both, 400 words) ICE HOCKEY World Cup of Hockey (to Oct 1) Rivalries in World Cup spotlight TORONTO - Two great hockey rivalries will be renewed when Finland and Sweden face off, and then Canada and the United States go toe-to-toe with the Americans needing a victory over the hosts to keep alive their hopes of reaching the semi-finals. (ICEHOCKEY-WORLDCUP/, expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, by Steve Keating and Frank Pingue, 400 words) BASEBALL Gonzalez drives in late winner for Dodgers Adrian Gonzalez hit a walk-off double in the ninth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/, moved, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words) (Asia duty editor: Greg Stutchbury)