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AFP Sports Agenda for Wednesday, September 16 (all times GMT): Twitter: @AFP_Sport Instagram: @afpsport + Ex-athletics chief Diack faces judgement day + Neymar awaits sanction after mass brawl + Roglic still in yellow for stage 17 + Nadal, Djokovic begin Rome campaigns + England, Australia in ODI series decider ATHLETICS -- The verdicts in the corruption trial of former world athletics boss Lamine Diack, his son and four others will be handed down in Paris (1130). Picture (ATHLETICS-DOPING-DIACK-CORRUPTION-TRIAL) FOOTBALL -- French Ligue 1: Paris Saint-Germain v Metz (1900). Picture (FBL-FRA-LIGUE1-PSG-METZ) -- French league disciplinary commission set to reveal punishments following mass brawl involving Neymar in PSG v Marseille game (FBL-FRA-LIGUE1-PSG-MARSEILLE-NEYMAR) -- Scottish Premiership: St Mirren v Celtic (1845) (FBL-SCO-PR) -- English League Cup second round (FBL-ENG-LCUP) -- UEFA Champions League third qualifying round: Omonoia (CYP) v Red Star Belgrade (SRB) (1500), Maccabi Tel-Aviv v Dinamo Brest (BLR), Qarabag (AZE) v Molde (NOR), Ferencvaros (HUN) v Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) (all 1700), Midtjylland (DEN) v Young Boys (SUI) (1830) (FBL-EUR-C1) CYCLING -- Primoz Roglic is in the yellow jersey heading into stage 17 of the Tour de France, a 170km route from Grenoble to Meribel culminating with the fearsome Col de la Loze. Coverage by Damian McCall. Picture (CYCLING-TOUR-FRA) TENNIS -- Rafael Nadal returns to action for the first time since February as he plays US Open semi-finalist Pablo Carreno Busta at the Italian Open in Rome. Novak Djokovic takes on Salvatore Caruso in his opening match. Picture (TENNIS-ATP-WTA-ITA) CRICKET -- Series-deciding third ODI between England and Australia at Old Trafford (1200). Julian Guyer covering. Picture (CRICKET-ENG-AUS) GOLF -- Build-up to US Open at Winged Foot in Mamaroneck in New York, the second major of the year (GOLF-OPEN-USA) afp
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