World sports diary from December 21 - December 28

Reuters

Dec 20 (Reuters) - World sports diary from Dec. 21 - Dec. 28 (all times GMT) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21 SOCCER Premier League (1500 unless stated) Liverpool v Cardiff (1245) Crystal Palace v Newcastle United Fulham v Manchester City Manchester United v West Ham United Stoke City v Aston Villa Sunderland v Norwich City West Bromwich Albion v Hull City La Liga Atletico Madrid v Levante (1900) Villarreal v Sevilla (1500) Granada v Real Sociedad (2100) Real Betis v Almeria (1700) Serie A Livorno v Udinese (1700) Cagliari v Napoli (1945) Ligue 1 (1900 unless stated) St Etienne v Nantes (1600) Bastia v Montpellier HSC Nice v Evian Thonon Gaillard FC Stade de Reims v Ajaccio Sochaux v Stade Rennes Toulouse v En Avant Guingamp Bundesliga (1430 unless stated) Borussia Dortmund v Hertha Berlin Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen Freiburg v Hanover 96 Hamburg SV v Mainz Eintracht Braunschweig v Hoffenheim Nuremberg v Schalke 04 Dutch Championship (1745 unless stated) AZ Alkmaar v Heerenveen (1645) Heracles Almelo v Vitesse Arnhem NAC Breda v SC Cambuur Feyenoord v PEC Zwolle (1845) ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Men's Downhill, Val Gardena/Groeden Women's Downhill, Val d'Isere GAMES Southeast Asian Games, Myanmar (to 21) CRICKET New Zealand v West Indies third test, Hamilton (to 22) South Africa v India first test, Johannesburg (to 22) - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22 SOCCER Premier League Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur (1330) Swansea City v Everton (1600) La Liga (2000 unless stated) Espanyol v Real Valladolid (1100) Getafe v Barcelona (1600) Athletic Club v Rayo Vallecano (1800) Celta Vigo v Osasuna Valencia v Real Madrid Serie A (1400 unless stated) Bologna v Genoa AS Roma v Catania Atalanta Bergamo v Juventus Sampdoria v Parma Sassuolo v Fiorentina Torino v Chievo Verona Verona v Lazio Inter Milan v AC Milan (1945) Ligue 1 Olympique Marseille v Girondins Bordeaux (1300) FC Lorient v Olympique Lyon (1600) Paris St Germain v Lille (2000) Bundesliga Borussia Moenchengladbach v VfL Wolfsburg (1430) Dutch Championship (1330 unless stated) Roda JC Kerkrade v Ajax Amsterdam (1130) Groningen v NEC Nijmegen Go Ahead Eagles Deventer v Utrecht PSV Eindhoven v ADO Den Haag (1530) CRICKET Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Sharjah, third ODI - - - - MONDAY, DECEMBER 23 SOCCER Premier League Arsenal v Chelsea (2000) - - - - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24 - - - - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25 CRICKET Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Abu Dhabi, fourth ODI - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26 Premier League (1500 unless stated) Hull City v Manchester United (1245) Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Cardiff City v Southampton Chelsea v Swansea City Everton v Sunderland Newcastle United v Stoke City Norwich City v Fulham Tottenham Hotspur v West Bromwich Albion West Ham United v Arsenal Manchester City v Liverpool (1730) CRICKET Australia v England, Melbourne, fourth test (to 30) New Zealand v West Indies, Auckland, first ODI South Africa v India, Durban, second test (to 30) - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27 CRICKET Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Abu Dhabi, fifth ODI - - - - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28 Premier League (1500 unless stated) West Ham United v West Bromwich Albion (1245) Aston Villa v Swansea City Hull City v Fulham Manchester City v Crystal Palace Norwich City v Manchester United Cardiff City v Sunderland (1730) (Reporting by Caroline Helly)