Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Tuesday, Jan 24

Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Tuesday (times GMT):

TENNIS

Australian Open, Melbourne (to 29)

Swiss on a roll as Federer, Wawrinka target semis

MELBOURNE - Roger Federer takes on giant killer Mischa Zverev, while his fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka faces Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Rod Laver Arena. Venus Williams is also in quarter-final action. (TENNIS-OPEN/ (PIX), expect throughout, by Nick Mulvenney, Ian Ransom and Melanie Burton, 500 words)

SOCCER

African Nations Cup finals (to Feb. 5)

Morocco v Ivory Coast, Oyem (1900)

DR Congo v Togo, Port Gentil (1900)

Holders in battle for quarter-final place

PORT GENTIL - The Democratic Republic of Congo are in pole position to claim the top spot in Group C when they take on Togo leaving Morocco and the holders Ivory Coast to battle it out for the other available quarter-final berth. (SOCCER-NATIONS/, expect from 2100 GMT /4 PM ET, by Mark Gleeson, 400 words)

NFL

Patriots eye another Super Bowl victory

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - As the New England Patriots prepare for their ninth Super Bowl appearance, we examine whether National Football League fans consider the Tom Brady-led franchise to be America's "great team" or America's "great villain". (FOOTBALL-NFL-NEP/, moved, by Larry Fine, 500 words)

MOTOR RACING

Liberty completes F1 takeover, Ecclestone replaced

LONDON - Bernie Ecclestone's 40-year reign as Formula One's commercial supremo ended on Monday with the sport's new owners Liberty Media replacing the 86-year-old Briton with American Chase Carey. (MOTOR-F1-ECCLESTONE/ (UPDATE 3), moved, by Alan Baldwin, 600 words) See also: MOTOR-F1-BRAWN/ and MOTOR-F1-ECCLESTONE/ (NEWSMAKER)

NBA

Cavs and Pelicans have something to prove

After suffering an overtime loss against San Antonio on Saturday, the reigning NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers (30-12) bid to bounce back against the Anthony Davis-led New Orleans Pelicans (17-27), who have something to prove coming off an embarrassing home thrashing by the lowly Nets. (BASKETBALL-NBA-NOP-CLE/, expect by 0500 GMT/12 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)

Jazz seek to continue winning tune

The Utah Jazz (29-16) go for a seventh straight win when they meet the Russell Westbrook-led Oklahoma City Thunder (25-19) in one of nine games on the National Basketball Association schedule. (BASKETBALL-NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0600 GMT/1 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 600 words)

NHL

Streaking Caps meet middling Hurricanes

Nicklas Bakstrom and the league-leading Washington Capitals (31-9-6), winners of nine of their past 10 games, host the Carolina Hurricanes (21-18-7) in one of six games on the National Hockey League schedule. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0500 GMT/12 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)

NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS

Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (Expect by 0100 GMT/8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 500 words) (Asia desk editor: Peter Rutherford)