Reuters Sports Schedule at 1415 GMT on Wednesday, Sept 20

Reuters sports schedule at 1415 GMT on Wednesday: DOPING New Russian anti-doping agency chief talks to Reuters MOSCOW - Yury Ganus, the new director general of Russia's suspended national anti-doping agency RUSADA, talks to Reuters in an interview. (SPORT-DOPING/RUSSIA-RUSADA (INTERVIEW), expect after 1400 GMT/10 AM ET, by Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber, 600 words) SOCCER English League Cup third round (1845 unless stated) Arsenal v Doncaster Rovers(III) Chelsea v Nottingham Forest(II) Everton v Sunderland(II) Manchester United v Burton Albion(II) West Bromwich Albion v Manchester City (1900) United begin League Cup defence at home to Burton LONDON - Holders Manchester United take on second-tier Burton Albion at Old Trafford, Chelsea host Nottingham Forest and Manchester City visit West Bromwich Albion in the night's only all-Premier League clash. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/CUP (PIX), expect from 2045 GMT/4:45 PM ET, by Martyn Herman, 500 words) La Liga Athletic Club v Atletico Madrid (1800) Leganes v Girona FC (1800) Deportivo Coruna v Alaves (1900) Real Madrid v Real Betis (2000) Sevilla v Las Palmas (2000) MADRID - Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo returns after a long domestic ban as they try to close the gap on Barcelona at the top of La Liga against Real Betis, while Atletico Madrid face a tough trip to Athletic Bilbao. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, by Joseph Cassinelli, 400 words) Russia's Sorokin elected to FIFA Council GENEVA - Russia, host of the 2018 World Cup, regained its place on the FIFA Council when Alexei Sorokin was elected as one of the decision-making panel's European members on Wednesday.(SOCCCER-UEFA/SOROKIN (PIX, TV), moved, by Brian Homewood, 400 words) Also see SOCCER-UEFA/ (PIX, TV) Bundesliga (1830 unless stated) Cologne v Eintracht Frankfurt (1630) Mainz v TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Hamburg SV v Borussia Dortmund Hertha Berlin v Bayer 04 Leverkusen Freiburg v Hanover 96 Bottom side Cologne looking for first points BERLIN - FC Cologne try to pick up their first points of the season when they host Eintracht Frankfurt. (SOCCER-GERMANY/ (PIX), expect by 2030 GMT/4:30 PM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 500 words) Serie A (1845 unless stated) Benevento v AS Roma (1600) AC Milan v SPAL Atalanta Bergamo v Crotone Cagliari v Sassuolo Genoa v Chievo Verona Verona v Sampdoria Juventus v Fiorentina Lazio v Napoli Udinese v Torino Napoli, Juve look to chase down leaders Inter MILAN - Second-placed Napoli visit Lazio, who are fourth, while champions Juventus in third welcome mid-table Fiorentina as the chasing pack bid to overtake Inter Milan after they drew at Bologna to move a point clear at the top on Tuesday. (SOCCER-ITALY (PIX), expect by 2045 GMT/4:45 PM ET, 400 words) Prolific Zahavi outshines China's bigger buys HONG KONG - While Oscar has broken transfer records and Carlos Tevez has pocketed a bumper pay deal, it is little-known Eran Zahavi who has emerged as the goalscorer supreme in this season's cash-rich Chinese Super League. (SOCCER-CHINA/ZAHAVI, moved, by Michael Church, 557 words) MOTORCYCLING Rossi will try to race in Spain with a broken leg Yamaha's Valentino Rossi will try to make a race return in Spain this weekend, three weeks after breaking his leg in an off-road training accident, if MotoGP doctors give him the green light. (MOTOR-MOTOGP-ROSSI/, moved, 300 words) COMMONWEALTH GAMES Deadline looms as Birmingham fancied to host 2022 LONDON - Candidate cities for the 2022 Commonwealth Games have until the end of the month to submit details of intent but much of the work for finding a new host has been completed with Birmingham looking to be in pole position. (COMMONWEALTHGAMES/, moved, by Mark Gleeson, 400 words) TENNIS Pan Pacific Open (to 24) Muguruza crushes Puig in Tokyo, Pliskova also advances TOKYO - New world number one Garbine Muguruza overwhelmed Olympic champion Monica Puig 6-4 6-0 to ease into the quarter-finals of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Wednesday. (TENNIS-PANPACIFIC/ (UPDATE 1, moved, 350 words) GOLF Elite field set for season-ending Tour Championship We preview the Tour Championship at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club where an elite 30-man field headed by Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas and Dustin Johnson contest the PGA Tour’s season-ending event to determine the winner of the FedExCup trophy and the $10 million bonus that goes along with it. (GOLF-TOURCHAMP/ (PREVIEW), expect by 2200 GMT/6 PM ET, by Andrew Both, 400 words) CYCLING UCI Road World Championships Dutchman Dumoulin favourite to beat Froome in time trial BERGEN, NORWAY - Dutchman Tom Dumoulin is the hot favourite for the men's individual time trial, with Briton Chris Froome also expected to be in the mix for at least a podium finish.(CYCLING-WORLD/ (PIX, TV), by Julien Pretot, 400 words) BASEBALL Cubs battle rival Cardinals, Astros host White Sox The reigning World Series champion Chicago Cubs, clinging to a slim led atop the National League Central, host the division rival St. Louis Cardinals while the American League West-leading Houston Astros host the Chicago White Sox 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) (Europe desk editor: Ken Ferris)