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AFP Sports Agenda for Monday, January 13 (all times GMT): Twitter: @AFP_Sport + Dakar Rally goes on despite tragedy + Barty, Halep in Australian Open build-up + Lakers v Cavaliers in NBA + Ex-world athletics chief on trial for corruption + Wilder, Fury face off at heavyweight title news conference RALLYING -- Two-time champion Carlos Sainz leads the Dakar Rally ahead of the 477km eighth stage in and around Wadi ad Dawasir, as the gruelling event reels from the death of Portuguese motorcyclist Paulo Goncalves on Sunday. Picture (AUTO-RALLY-MOTO-DAKAR-KSA) TENNIS -- Australian Open build-up continues with world number one Ashleigh Barty and Wimbledon winner Simona Halep top seeds at Adelaide (TENNIS-WTA-AUS-ADELAIDE). WTA also at Hobart (TENNIS-WTA-AUS-HOBART) -- ATP at Adelaide (TENNIS-ATP-AUS) and Auckland (TENNIS-ATP-NZL) BASKETBALL -- NBA: Seven games, including Western Conference leading Los Angeles Lakers against Cleveland Cavaliers (0330). Picture (BASKET-NBA) BOXING -- World Boxing Council Heavyweight Championship: Defending champion Deontay Wilder and Britain's undefeated Tyson Fury face off at a press conference in Los Angeles ahead of their February 22 rematch in Las Vegas (2200). Coverage by Rob Woollard. (BOX-WBC-HEAVY-WILDER-FURY) FOOTBALL -- Italian Serie A: Parma v Lecce (1945) (FBL-ITA-SERIEA) ATHLETICS -- Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics' world governing body, goes on trial in Paris over corruption charges linked to the Russia doping scandal. (ATHLETICS-DOPING-CORRUPTION-DIACK-TRIAL) afp
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