Reuters Sports Schedule at 1600 GMT on Tuesday, Sept. 6

Reuters sports schedule at 1600 GMT on Tuesday (times GMT):

TENNIS

U.S. Open

Djokovic and Kerber seek semi-finals berths

NEW YORK - Top seed Novak Djokovic plays ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for a spot in the semi-finals of the U.S. Open, with Frenchmen Gael Monfils and Lucas Pouille battling in another men's quarter-final. On the women's side, second seed Angelique Kerber faces last year's runner-up Roberta Vinci, and Caroline Wozniacki plays Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia in the quarters. (TENNIS-OPEN/ (PIX, TV), expect by 2000 GMT/4 PM ET, by Steve Keating and Larry Fine, 400 words)

SOCCER

European World Cup qualifying (1845)

Group A

Belarus v France

Bulgaria v Luxembourg

Sweden v Netherlands

Group B

Andorra v Latvia

Faroe Islands v Hungary

Switzerland v Portugal

Group H

Bosnia v Estonia

Cyprus v Belgium

Gibraltar v Greece

Portugal and France start World Cup qualifying campaigns

European champions Portugal and runners-up France get their World Cup qualifying campaigns underway with trips to Switzerland and Belarus respectively, while Netherlands, who failed to reach Euro 2016, face a tricky tie in Sweden whose team are starting life without retired talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic. (SOCCER-WORLDCUP/ expect throughout)

World Cup, South American qualifiers

Brazil v Colombia

New Brazil coach Tite will look to build on his encouraging start in Ecuador last week but his first home match will not be easy against a Colombia side above them in the South American group. (SOCCER-WORDLCUP-BRA-COL/ (PIX), expect by 0500 GMT/1 AM ET, by Andrew Downie, 400 words)

Venezuela v Argentina

Argentina will be without injured captain Lionel Messi when they look for a fifth consecutive World Cup qualifying win away to Venezuela to stay top of the South American group. (SOCCER-WORLDCUP-VEN-ARG/ (PIX), expect by 0100 GMT / 9:00 PM ET, 300 words)

U.S., Trinidad & Tobago battle for Group C lead

The U.S. men's national team host group leaders Trinidad & Tobago in the semi-final round of 2018 World Cup qualifying in Jacksonville, Florida with top spot in Group C on the line. (SOCCER-WORLDCUP-USA-TTO, expect by 0315 GMT/11:15 PM ET, 400 words)

CONCACAF qualifiers

Mexico v Honduras

Mexico have won their last five qualifiers but Honduras need to grab a point at the Azteca to guarantee their advance or hope Canada fail to beat El Salvador by enough goals to surpass them in an exciting Group 1 showdown. (SOCCER-WORLDCUP-MEX-HND/ (PIX), expect by 0600 GMT/2 AM ET, 300 words)

World Cup hosts Russia welcome Ghana to Moscow

MOSCOW - World Cup 2018 hosts Russia face Ghana in a friendly at the Lokomotiv Stadium in their second match under new coach Stanislav Cherchesov. (SOCCER-FRIENDLY/RUS-GHA, expect by 1930 GMT/3:30 PM ET, by Dmitriy Rogovitskiy, 200 words)

European clubs meeting

Clubs discuss future of European club competitions

GENEVA - The future of European club competitions will be discussed as representatives from more than 200 clubs meet in Geneva. (SOCCER-EUROPE/CLUBS, moved, by Brian Homewood, 400 words)

NFL

New faces eager to shine as NFL opens post-Peyton era We look ahead to the National Football League's new season with a three-part package consisting of an overall preview, a look at the excitement over the Rams' return to Los Angeles and a factbox of key dates for the 2016 campaign. (NFL-PREVIEW/, expect by 1430 GMT/10:30 AM ET, by Frank Pingue, 615 words)

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(NFL-LOSANGELES/, expect by 1430 GMT/10:30 AM ET, by Mark Lamport-Stokes, 587 words)

(NFL-DATES/ (FACT), expect by 1430 GMT/10:30 AM ET, 102 words)

BASEBALL

Tigers try to boost postseason hopes

The Detroit Tigers, in a crowded battle to secure a postseason berth with less than a month to go in the regular season, visit the Chicago White Sox in one of the 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0600 GMT/2 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, 500 words)

CRICKET

Australia v Sri Lanka, first T20

Australia hope to carry limited over form into T20

On a high after their 4-1 victory in the one-day series, Australia under stand-in skipper David Warner will hope to carry their form into the two-match Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka. (CRICKET-SRI LANKA/, expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, 250 words)

CYCLING

Tour of Spain (to 11)

Rest day (Europe duty editor: Ed Osmond)