Reuters Sports Schedule at 1700 GMT on Wednesday, July 26

Reuters sports schedule at 1700 GMT on Wednesday: TENNIS Djokovic to miss rest of the season with elbow injury BELGRADE - Twelve-times grand slam champion Novak Djokovic will miss the rest of the tennis season, including next month's U.S. Open, to recover from a right elbow injury, the Serbian said on Wednesday. (TENNIS-USOPEN/DJOKOVIC (UPDATE 3, PIX), by Zoran Milosavljevic, moved, 500 words) Also see TENNIS-DJOKOVIC/TIMELINE (FACTBOX) SOCCER Gold Cup United States v Jamaica (0130) Gold Cup winner to be crowned Hosts the United States face underdogs Jamaica in the Gold cup final at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. (SOCCER-CONCACAF/FINAL, expect by 0500 GMT/1 AM ET, 400 words) 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar allowed to play in qualifiers HONG KONG - Qatar's national team will be permitted to play in Asia's qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, which doubles up as a qualifying tournament for the Asian Cup finals, despite the country having an automatic spot in the finals as hosts. (SOCCER-WORLDCUP/QATAR moved, 500 words) International Champions Cup Singapore Ancelotti content with Bayern squad ahead of new season SINGAPORE - Bayern Munich manager Carlo Ancelotti does not expect to make any additional signings this pre-season and the Italian is hoping to make a successful defence of their Bundesliga title with the current squad. (SOCCER-ICC-BAY/ (TV), moved, by John O'Brien, 400 words) Champions League qualifying, third round Four-times European champions Ajax Amsterdam travel to French side Nice and Scotland's Celtic host Norway's Rosenborg in the highlights of the first-leg ties. (SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/, expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, 300 words) We will also have the latest transfer news from around Europe as clubs strengthen their squads for the new season. (SOCCER-COUNTRY-TEAM/, expect throughout) Conflicting philosophies hurting Chinese football - Rajevac HONG KONG - China's beleaguered national team would benefit from having fewer competing coaching philosophies across the Chinese Super League, Thailand manager Milovan Rajevac has told Reuters. (SOCCER-CHINA/CSL-RAJEVAC, moved, 500 words) SWIMMING World championships World records continue to tumble in Hungary BUDAPEST - World records continued to fall at the world championships as the United States quartet in the mixed 4x100 metres medley relay lowered the mark in blistering fashion on Wednesday. (SWIMMING-WORLD/, moved with updates to follow, by Rod Gilmour, 400 words) MOTOR RACING Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix Hamilton can equal pole record and take F1 lead BUDAPEST - If all goes to plan for Lewis Hamilton at the Hungaroring this weekend, he will equal one of Michael Schumacher's all-time records and head into Formula One's summer break as championship leader. (MOTOR-F1-HUNGARY/ (PREVIEW, PIX, TV,) moved, by Alan Baldwin, 550 words) We will also move statistics for Sunday's race and a drivers' form sheet. CRICKET India v Sri Lanka, first test (to 30) India begin as favourites against depleted Sri Lanka GALLE - Top-ranked India will be overwhelming favourites when they begin the three-test series against a Sri Lanka side led by Rangana Herath in absence of ailing regular skipper Dinesh Chandimal. (CRICKET-TEST-LKA-IND/, expect from 0530 GMT/1:30 AM ET, 400 words) GOLF Johnson, Kuchar get set for Canadian Open World number one Dustin Johnson and British Open runner-up Matt Kuchar are among those in the field at this week’s Canadian Open, which begins Thursday at Glen Abbey Golf Course in Oakville, Ontario. (GOLF-CANADIAN/ (PREVIEW), moving at 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, 350 words) BASEBALL Dodgers’ Wood looks to get back on track against Twins Los Angeles Dodgers’ left-handed ace Alex Wood looks to rebound from his first loss of the season when he faces the Minnesota Twins and Ervin Santana while the AL-best Houston Astros visit the Philadelphia Phillies in two of the 15 games on the Major League baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-MLB-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0530 GMT/1:30 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 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 500 words) OLYMPICS Five years after London, Games' legacy is way off track LONDON - Five years ago London celebrated the opening of the 2012 Games with fireworks and much fanfare over the planned 'Olympic legacy' of prosperity for the poor East London boroughs where the Games were held. But the legacy never materialised and now the six host boroughs are seeing spiking numbers of homelessness and families housed in emergency temporary accommodation. Rocketing rents, rising faster than in other parts of the capital, mean most cannot afford the social housing in the Olympic Park. (BRITAIN-OLYMPICS/HOUSING (PIX, TV), moving shortly) (Europe desk editor: Ken Ferris)