AFP Sports Diary for December 20 to January 15: Sunday, December 20 CRICKET: New Zealand v Pakistan at Hamilton, 2nd T20I (night) RUGBY UNION: European Champions Cup, matchday two; European Challenge Cup matchday two ALPINE SKIING: Men's World Cup giant slalom, Alta Badia; Women's World Cup super-G, Val d'Isere FOOTBALL: Scottish Cup final (2019/2020) - Celtic v Hearts, Hampden Park GOLF: LPGA at Naples, Florida (ends) Monday, December 21 ALPINE SKING: Men's World Cup slalom, Alta Badia Tuesday, December 22 BASKETBALL: NBA season starts CRICKET: New Zealand v Pakistan at Napier, 3rd T20I (night) ALPINE SKING: Men's World Cup slalom, Madonna di Campiglio (night) Wednesday, December 23 No scheduled events Thursday, December 24 No scheduled events Friday, December 25 BASKETBALL: Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Lakers among NBA Christmas Day games Saturday, December 26 RACING: King George VI Chase at Kempton CRICKET: New Zealand v Pakistan 1st Test at Mount Maunganui (ends Dec 30); Australia v India 3rd Test, Melbourne, (ends Dec 30); South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, 1st Test (ends Dec 30) Sunday, December 27 CRICKET: New Zealand v Pakistan 1st Test at Mount Maunganui (ends Dec 30); Australia v India 3rd Test, Melbourne, (ends Dec 30); South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, 1st Test (ends Dec 30) RACING: Welsh Grand National at Chepstow Monday, December 28 CRICKET: New Zealand v Pakistan 1st Test at Mount Maunganui (ends Dec 30); Australia v India 3rd Test, Melbourne, (ends Dec 30); South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, 1st Test (ends Dec 30) ALPINE SKIING: Men's World Cup Downhill, Bormio; Women's World Cup Giant Slalom, Semmering Tuesday, December 29 CRICKET: New Zealand v Pakistan 1st Test at Mount Maunganui (ends Dec 30); Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Test (ends Dec 30); South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, 1st Test (ends Dec 30) ALPINE SKIING: Men's World Cup super-G, Bormio; Women's World Cup slalom, Semmering SKI JUMPING: Four Hills, 1st leg, Obertsdorf (night) Wednesday, December 30 CRICKET: New Zealand v Pakistan 1st Test at Mount Maunganui (ends Dec 30); Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Test (ends Dec 30); South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, 1st Test (ends Dec 30) Thursday, December 31 No scheduled events Friday, January 1, 2021 SKI JUMPING: Four Hills, 2nd leg, Garmisch Partenkirchen (night) Saturday, January 2 No scheduled events Sunday, January 3 CRICKET: New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, 2nd Test (until January 7); South Africa v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, 2nd Test (until January 7) ALPINE SKIING: Men and women's World Cup at Zagreb (until January 6) MOTOR RACING: Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia (until January 15) Monday, January 4 CRICKET: New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, 2nd Test (until January 7); South Africa v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, 2nd Test (until January 7) ALPINE SKIING: men and women's World Cup at Zagreb (until January 6) MOTOR RACING: Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia (until January 15) Tuesday, January 5 TENNIS: ATP at Delray Beach and Antalya (until Jan 13); WTA at Abu Dhabi (until Jan 13) CRICKET: New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, 2nd Test (until January 7); South Africa v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, 2nd Test (until January 7) ALPINE SKIING: men and women's World Cup at Zagreb (until January 6) MOTOR RACING: Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia (until January 15) Wednesday, January 6 TENNIS: ATP at Delray Beach and Antalya (until Jan 13); WTA at Abu Dhabi (until Jan 13) CRICKET: New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, 2nd Test (until January 7); South Africa v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, 2nd Test (until January 7) ALPINE SKIING: men and women's World Cup at Zagreb (ends) MOTOR RACING: Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia (until January 15) Thursday, January 7 TENNIS: ATP at Delray Beach and Antalya (until Jan 13); WTA at Abu Dhabi (until Jan 13) CRICKET: New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, 2nd Test (ends); South Africa v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, 2nd Test (ends); Australia v India at Sydney, 3rd Test (until January 11) GOLF: USPGA at Kapalua, Hawaii (until January 11) MOTOR RACING: Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia (until January 15) ALPINE SKIING: Women's World Cup at St Anton, Austria Friday, January 8 TENNIS: ATP at Delray Beach and Antalya (until Jan 13); WTA at Abu Dhabi (until Jan 13) CRICKET: Australia v India at Sydney, 3rd Test (until January 11) GOLF: USPGA at Kapalua, Hawaii (until January 11) MOTOR RACING: Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia (until January 15) FOOTBALL: English FA Cup 3rd round begins ALPINE SKIING: wWomen's World Cup at St Anton, Austria; Men's World Cup at Adelboden, Switzerland Saturday, January 9 TENNIS: ATP at Delray Beach and Antalya (until Jan 13); WTA at Abu Dhabi (until Jan 13) CRICKET: Australia v India at Sydney, 3rd Test (until January 11) AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL wild card weekend GOLF: USPGA at Kapalua, Hawaii (until January 11) MOTOR RACING: Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia (until January 15) ALPINE SKIING: wWomen's World Cup at St Anton, Austria; Men's World Cup at Adelboden, Switzerland Sunday, January 10 TENNIS: ATP at Delray Beach and Antalya (until Jan 13); WTA at Abu Dhabi (until Jan 13) CRICKET: Australia v India at Sydney, 3rd Test (until January 11) AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL wild card weekend GOLF: USPGA at Kapalua, Hawaii (until January 11) MOTOR RACING: Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia (until January 15) ALPINE SKIING: wWomen's World Cup at St Anton, Austria; Men's World Cup at Adelboden, Switzerland Monday, January 11 TENNIS: ATP at Delray Beach and Antalya (until Jan 13); WTA at Abu Dhabi (until Jan 13) CRICKET: Australia v India at Sydney, 3rd Test (ends) GOLF: USPGA at Kapalua, Hawaii (ends) MOTOR RACING: Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia (until January 15) Tuesday, January 12 TENNIS: ATP at Delray Beach and Antalya (until Jan 13); WTA at Abu Dhabi (until Jan 13) MOTOR RACING: Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia (until January 15) ALPINE SKIING: Women's World Cup at Flachau, Austria; men's World Cup at Wengen, Switzerland Wednesday, January 13 TENNIS: ATP at Delray Beach and Antalya (end); WTA at Abu Dhabi (ends) MOTOR RACING: Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia (until January 15) ALPINE SKIING: Men's World Cup at Wengen, Switzerland Thursday, January 14 MOTOR RACING: Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia (until January 15) CRICKET: Sri Lanka v England at Galle, 1st Test (until Jan 18) ALPINE SKIING: Men's World Cup at Wengen, Switzerland GOLF: USPGA at Honolulu, Hawaii (until Jan 17) Friday, January 15 MOTOR RACING: Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia (until January 15) CRICKET: Sri Lanka v England at Galle, 1st Test (until Jan 18); Australia v India at Brisbane, 4th Test (until Jan 19) ALPINE SKIING: Men's World Cup at Wengen, Switzerland RUGBY UNION: European Cups Round 3 GOLF: USPGA at Honolulu, Hawaii (until Jan 17) afp