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| - AFP Sports Agenda for Wednesday, January 8 (all times GMT): Twitter: @AFP_Sport + Leicester v Aston Villa in League Cup semis + Real Madrid kick off Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia + Nadal, Djokovic in action at ATP Cup FOOTBALL -- Leicester host Aston Villa in the first leg of their English League Cup semi-final (2000). Picture (FBL-ENG-LCUP-LEICESTER-ASTONVILLA) -- French League Cup quarter-finals: Lyon v Brest (1745), Lille v Amiens, Paris Saint-Germain v Saint-Etienne (2005). Picture (FBL-FRA-LCUP) -- Valencia take on Real Madrid in Spanish Super Cup semi-final in Saudi Arabia (1900). Picture (FBL-ESP-SUPERCUP) -- South African Premiership (FBL-RSA-PR) TENNIS -- Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are both on court as Serbia and Spain round off their group-stage campaigns on the sixth day of the ATP Cup in Australia. Coverage by Martin Parry. Picture (TENNIS-AUS-ATP) -- Third day of Qatar Open in Doha where Stan Wawrinka takes top seeding (TENNIS-ATP-QAT) -- WTA in Brisbane where Ashleigh Barty and Naomi Osaka are both into the last 16. Picture (TENNIS-WTA-AUS) -- WTA at Auckland with Serena Williams taking top billing. Picture (TENNIS-WTA-NZL) -- WTA also at Shenzhen (TENNIS-WTA-CHN) RALLYING -- Veteran Spaniard Carlos Sainz leads the Dakar Rally heading into the fourth stage in Saudi Arabia. Picture (AUTO-RALLY-MOTO-DAKAR-KSA) ALPINE SKIING -- Men's World Cup slalom at Madonna di Campiglio (1645). Picture (SKI-WORLD-MEN-ITA) BASKETBALL -- NBA (nine games): San Antonio at Boston, Toronto at Charlotte, Miami at Indiana, Washington at Orlando (0000 Thursday), Houston at Atlanta, Denver at Dallas (0030), Chicago at New Orleans (0100), New York Knicks at Utah (0200), Milwaukee at Golden State (0300). Picture (BASKET-NBA) afp
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