World sports diary December 27 - January 3

Reuters

Dec 26 (Reuters) - World sports diary from December 27 - January 3 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27 No new entries - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28 SOCCER Premier League (1500 unless stated) Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United (1200) Southampton v Chelsea (1405) Aston Villa v Sunderland Hull City v Leicester City Manchester City v Burnley Queens Park Rangers v Crystal Palace Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion West Ham United v Arsenal Newcastle United v Everton (1615) ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Men's Downhill, Santa Catarina Valfurva (Italy) Women's Giant Slalom, Semmering (Austria) NFL Week 17 - - - - MONDAY, DECEMBER 29 SOCCER Premier League Liverpool v Swansea City (2000) ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Women's Slalom, Semmering (Austria) - - - - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30 No new entries - - - - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31 No new entries - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 1 SOCCER Premier League (1500 unless stated) Stoke City v Manchester United (1245) Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Hull City v Everton Liverpool v Leicester City Manchester City v Sunderland Newcastle United v Burnley Queens Park Rangers v Swansea City Southampton v Arsenal West Ham United v West Bromwich Albion Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea (1730) ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Men's City Event, Munich Women's City Event, Munich NHL Winter Classic, Chicago v Washington, Washington - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 2 SOCCER FA Cup third round (to 6) Cardiff City v Colchester (1945) CRICKET South Africa v West Indies, Cape Town, third test (to 6) - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 3 CRICKET Australia v India, Sydney, fourth test (to 7) New Zealand v Sri Lanka, second test, Wellington (to 7) SOCCER FA Cup third round (1500) Barnsley v Middlesbrough Blyth Spartans v Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers v Wigan Athletic Brentford v Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge v Luton Town Charlton Athletic v Blackburn Rovers Derby County v Southport Doncaster v Bristol City Fulham v Wolverhampton Wanderers Huddersfield Town v Reading Leicester City v Newcastle United Millwall v Bradford Preston North End v Norwich City Rochdale v Nottingham Forest Rotherham v Bournemouth Tranmere Rovers v Swansea City West Bromwich Albion v Gateshead French Cup round of 64 (to 5) La Liga Atletico Madrid v Levante (1500) Sevilla v Celta Vigo (1700) Elche v Villarreal (1900) Deportivo La Coruna v Athletic Bilbao (2100) Malaga v Almeria (2100) ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Women's Slalom, Zagreb NFL Wildcard playoffs (to 4) (Compiled by Michael Hann and Caroline Helly)