World sports diary December 17 - January 13

Dec 17 (Reuters) - World sports diary from December 17 - January 13 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17 SOCCER Club World Cup, Morocco (to 20) Capital One Cup quarter finals Spanish King's Cup (to 18) French League Cup round of 16 Bundesliga CRICKET South Africa v West Indies, Pretoria, first test (to 21) New Zealand v Pakistan, Abu Dhabi, fourth ODI Australia v India, second test (rescheduled), Brisbane (to 21) GAMES Southeast Asian Games, Myanmar (to 21) - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18 SOCCER Serie A NFL Week 16 - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19 SOCCER La Liga, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Dutch Championship ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Men's Super G, Val Gardena CRICKET New Zealand v Pakistan, Abu Dhabi, fourth ODI - - - - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20 SOCCER Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Dutch Championship ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Men's Downhill, Val Gardena Women's Downhill, Val d'Isere NFL Week 16 - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21 SOCCER Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Dutch Championship ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Men's Giant Slalom, Alta Badia Women's Super G, Val d'Isere NFL Week 16 - - - - MONDAY, DECEMBER 22 SOCCER Premier League African Footballer of the Year award ceremony ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Men's Slalom, Madonna di Campiglio NFL Week 16 - - - - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23 No new entries - - - - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24 No new entries - - - - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25 No new entries - - - - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26 SOCCER Premier League CRICKET New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Christchurch, first test (to 30) Australia v India, Melbourne, third test (to 30) South Africa v West Indies, Port Elizabeth (to 30) - - - - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27 No new entries - - - - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28 SOCCER Premier League 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 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 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) 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 French Cup round of 64 (to 5) La Liga ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Women's Slalom, Zagreb NFL Wildcard playoffs (to 4) - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 4 SOCCER La Liga MOTOR RACING Dakar Rally begins (to 17) - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 5 SOCCER La Liga, Serie A TENNIS ATP: Qatar Open, Doha (to 11) Chennai Open, India (to 11) ATP/WTA: Brisbane International, Australia (to 11) WTA: Auckland Classic, New Zealand (to 11) - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 6 SOCCER Serie A ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Men's Slalom, Zagreb - - - - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7 Spanish King's Cup last 16 (to 8) - - - - THURSDAY, JANUARY 8 GOLF PGA Tour: Hyundai Tournament of Champions, Kapalua, Hawaii (to 11) European Tour: South Africa Open, Johannesburg, South Africa (to 11) - - - - FRIDAY, JANUARY 9 SOCCER Asian Nations Cup, Australia (to 31) La Liga, Ligue 1 - - - - SATURDAY, JANUARY 10 SOCCER Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Men's Giant Slalom, Adelboden Women's Downhill, Bad Kleinkirchheim NFL Divisional playoffs (to 11) - - - - SUNDAY, JANUARY 11 SOCCER Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 CRICKET New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Christchurch, first ODI South Africa v West Indies, Johannesburg, second T20I ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Men's slalom, Adelboden Women's Super G, Bad Kleinkirchheim - - - - MONDAY, JANUARY 12 SOCCER La Liga TENNIS ATP: Auckland Open, New Zealand (to 17) ATP/WTA: Sydney International, Australia (to 17) WTA: Hobart International, Australia (to 18) - - - - TUESDAY, JANUARY 13 SOCCER Italian Cup (to 15) French League Cup quarter-finals (to 14) Spanish King's Cup last 16 (to 14) ALPINE SKIING World Cup: Women's Slalom, Flachau, Austria - - - - (Edited by Caroline Helly)