Reuters Sports Schedule at 1700 GMT on Wednesday Nov 14

Reuters sports schedule at 1700 on Wednesday (times GMT):

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SOCCER

2014 World Cup qualifiers

UEFA

Montenegro v San Marino (1600)

Northern Ireland v Azerbaijan (1845)

We will have match reports on the night's two World Cup

qualifiers in Europe on the road to the finals in Brazil.

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AFC

Oman v Japan (1130)

Iraq v Jordan (1300)

Qatar v Lebanon (1445)

Iran v Uzbekistan (1630)

Japan moved within touching distance of becoming the first

Asian side through to the World Cup finals after a 2-1 win away

to Oman while Iran can move top of Group B by avoiding defeat at

home to injury-hit Uzbekistan. (SOCCER-WORLD/ASIA, pix, expect

throughout, by Alastair Himmer and Patrick Johnston, 400 words)

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Friendly internationals (selected matches)

Brazil v Colombia

Italy v France

Netherlands v Germany

Panama v Spain

Russia v United States

Saudi Arabia v Argentina

Sweden v England

LONDON- Brazil meet Colombia in the most enticing of about

50 friendly internationals while familiar European rivals, such

as Netherlands-Germany, Italy-France and Sweden-England, clash

and world and European champions Spain visit Panama.

(SOCCER-FRIENDLIES/ (WRAPUP 1), pix, by Mike Collett, 800 words)

We will have extensive coverage of all the night's

international soccer with individual match reports on the main

games plus quotes, sidebars and full results summaries.

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SAO PAULO - Brazilians like to say theirs is the country of

soccer and it has certainly given the world strong candidates

for the greatest player, greatest team and greatest stadium but

in the nation that will host the next World Cup fewer people go

to matches than in China or the United States.

(SOCCER-BRAZIL/CROWDS, moved, by Andrew Downie, 900 words)

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NBA

LOS ANGELES - Chris Paul and the Los Angeles Clippers (5-2)

face a daunting task in their bid for a fourth straight win when

they host LeBron James and the NBA champion Miami Heat (6-2) at

the Staples Center. (NBA-HEAT/, expect by 0600, pix, by Mark

Lamport-Stokes, 450 words)

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BASEBALL

Major League Baseball announces the winners of the Cy Young

awards for pitching in the American League and National League,

as decided by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

(BASEBALL-AWARDS/PITCHERS, expect by 2330, by Larry Fine, 400

words)

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MOTOR RACING

Formula One, U.S. Grand Prix

AUSTIN, Texas - The eyes of the motor racing world will be

riveted on Texas this weekend as Formula One makes its return to

the United States but it is unclear if Americans will be

watching, even with the drivers' championship on the line.

(MOTOR RACING/PRIX, preview, moved, by Steve Keating)

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CRICKET

Bangladesh v West Indies, first test, Dhaka (to 17)

DHAKA - West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit his second

ever double century and Denesh Ramdin struck an unbeaten 126 as

the tourists took command of the first test against Bangladesh

on Wednesday. (CRICKET-WINDIES/, moved, by Azad Majumder, 400

words)

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GOLF

Australian Masters (from 15)

MELBOURNE - A winless season marked by one of the most

spectacular major tournament meltdowns in the modern era has

left Adam Scott desperate for success at this week's Australian

Masters, where home crowds have rueful memories of famous

near-misses. (GOLF-AUSTRALIA/SCOTT, moved, by Ian Ransom, 550

words)

We have also moved a preview of the A$1 million tournament

at Kingston Heath. (GOLF-AUSTRALIA/ (PREVIEW), moved, by Ian

Ransom, 500 words)

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SPORTS FEATURE

SINGAPORE - China lies at the heart of global expansion

plans for many of the world's biggest sports organisations but

whether it is the search for a new superstar or selling caps to

1.3 billion people, cracking the Chinese market is a whole new

ball game. (SPORT/CHINA (FEATURE), pix, expect by 1200, by Peter

Rutherford, 900 words)

(London duty editor: Mark Meadows)

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