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Hard-hitting Karolina Pliskova put on a serving masterclass to defeat Mariam Bolkvadze 6-1 6-4 on Wednesday and advance to the third round of the U.S. Open. TENNIS-USOPEN/

Tennis: Mass exodus opens up bottom half of men's draw NEW YORK (Reuters) - The bottom half of the U.S. Open men’s draw, where three-times champion Rafa Nadal resides, was blown wide open on Tuesday after four of the top-10 seeds crashed out at the first hurdle of the year’s final Grand Slam.

FOOTBALL-NFL-DAL-ELLIOTT/ Cowboys owner: 'We want Zeke for the playoffs'

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones doesn’t seem concerned about starting the regular season without star running back Ezekiel Elliott. UPCOMING

TENNIS-USOPEN/ (PIX) (TV) Tennis - U.S. Open

Action from round two of the U.S. Open - the fourth and final grand slam of the year. 29 Aug 15:00 ET, 19:00 GMT

SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/REPORT Soccer-Champions League playoff round return leg games

Former European Cup winners Ajax, who have won four titles in Europe's premier club competition, take on APOEL Nicosia in the return leg of their Champions League playoff round tie. We will also wrap up the action from the evening's other two games, Bruges v LASK Linz and Slavia Prague v Cluj. 28 Aug 19:00 ET, 23:00 GMT

SOCCER-SPAIN/PREVIEW Soccer - Spain - La Liga preview

A preview of the weekend's action in La Liga. 29 Aug 10:00 ET, 14:00 GMT

SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/DRAW (PIX) (TV) Soccer - Champions League Group Stage draw

UEFA stages the draw for the Champions League group stage at a ceremony in Monaco. 29 Aug 16:00 ET, 20:00 GMT

SOCCER-ITALY/PREVIEW Soccer- Italy - Serie A preview

Preview of the weekend's Serie A matches 29 Aug 10:00 ET, 14:00 GMT

SOCCER-CHINA-SHANGHAI/ Soccer-Shanghai soccer

From Nicolas Anelka to Marko Arnautovic, the last decade has seen a host of foreign footballers lured to China's financial capital of Shanghai for a final payday and a taste of the country's most cosmopolitan city. 29 Aug 12:00 ET, 16:00 GMT

GOLF-EUROPEAN/ Golf - European Tour - European Masters

Day one of the European Masters in Crans Montana, Switzerland. 29 Aug

BASKETBALL-WORLDCUP/PREVIEW Basketball-Preview of men's World Cup in China

Holders United States will have a tough task defending their world basketball title after a host of household NBA names dropped out of their roster, with 2014 runners-up Serbia and several other nations ready to launch a strong challenge. 29 Aug

RUGBY-UNION-WORLDCUP-JPN/SQUAD (TV) Rugby Union - Rugby World Cup - Hosts Japan announce squad for World Cup

Japan head coach Jamie Joseph announces his 31-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, where Japan are the hosts. 29 Aug 05:00 ET, 09:00 GMT

RUGBY-UNION-WORLDCUP-WAL-IRL/ Rugby Union - Wales team announcement news conference

Wales head coach Warren Gatland names his team to take on Ireland in their Rugby World warm-up. 29 Aug 12:00 ET, 16:00 GMT

RUGBY-UNION-WORLDCUP-IRL-WAL/ Rugby Union - Ireland name team for World Cup warm up v Wales.

29 Aug ATHLETICS-DIAMOND-ZURICH/ (PIX)

Athletics - Diamond League - Zurich Zurich hosts the 13th Diamond League meeting of the season.

29 Aug 16:00 ET, 20:00 GMT MOTOR-F1-BELGIUM/ (PIX) (TV)

Motor racing - Formula One - Belgian Grand Prix - Media Day Formula One drivers meet the media ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix.

29 Aug 13:00 ET, 17:00 GMT CYCLING-VUELTA/ (PIX) (TV)

Cycling - Vuelta a Espana Day six of the Vuelta a Espana is a 198.9km stage from Mora de Rubielos to Ares del Maestrat.

29 Aug 10:04 ET, 14:04 GMT