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AFP Sports Agenda for Thursday, January 9 (all times GMT): Twitter: @AFP_Sport + Barcelona v Atletico Madrid in Spanish Super Cup semi-final + First two quarter-finals at ATP Cup + Serena eyes Auckland quarter-final spot + Barty, Osaka in Brisbane action FOOTBALL -- Spanish Super Cup: Barcelona v Atletico Madrid in semi-final on Jeddah (1900) Picture (FBL-ESP-SUPERCUP) -- Italian Cup: Torino v Genoa (2015). (FBL-ITA-CUP) TENNIS -- Britain take on Australia and Argentina play Russia in Sydney in the first two quarter-finals of the ATP Cup. Coverage by Martin Parry. Picture (TENNIS-AUS-ATP) -- WTA in Brisbane where top two seeds Ashleigh Barty and Naomi Osaka are both in action in the last 16. Picture (TENNIS-WTA-AUS) -- WTA at Auckland with Serena Williams facing compatriot Christina McHale. Picture (TENNIS-WTA-NZL) -- Fourth day of Qatar Open in Doha where Stan Wawrinka takes top seeding (TENNIS-ATP-QAT) -- WTA also at Shenzhen (TENNIS-WTA-CHN) CRICKET -- West Indies v Ireland at Bridgetown, 2nd ODI (1700) (CRICKET-WIS-IRL) GOLF -- USPGA Sony Open in Hawaii (GOLF-USA) -- South African Open at Randpark, Johannesburg (GOLF-RSA-EPGA) -- British Open champion Shane Lowry headlines the rescheduled Hong Kong Open, postponed from original late November slot because of city unrest. Coverage by Ross Adkin (GOLF-ASIA-HKG) RALLYING -- Veteran Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel leads the Dakar Rally heading into the fifth stage in Saudi Arabia. Picture (AUTO-RALLY-MOTO-DAKAR-KSA) BASKETBALL -- NBA: Four games including Boston at Philadelphia. Picture (BASKET-NBA) afp
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