AP Weekly Sports Calendar

EDITORS:

These are among the top sports events of the week. Coverage of most of these events will move on this circuit:

thru 6, Dublin, Ohio golf, Presidents Cup.

thru Oct. 6, Antwerp, Belgium gymnastics, world championships.

thru Oct. 6, Beijing tennis, ATP-WTA, China Open.

thru Oct. 6, Tokyo tennis, ATP, Japan Open.

thru 6, Paris golf, European Tour, Seve Trophy.

thru 6, Beijing golf, US LPGA Tour, Reignwood LPGA Classic.

thru 6, France auto racing, WRC, French Rally.

South Africa, Argentina rugby, Rugby Championship, South Africa vs. New Zealand, Argentina vs. Australia.

thru 6, Houston auto racing, IndyCar, Houston GP.

Moscow boxing, Wladimir Klitschko vs. Alexander Povetkin for Klitschko's IBF-WBA-WBO-IBO heavyweight titles.

London boxing, Scott Quigg vs. Yoandris Salinas for vacant WBA junior featherweight title.

Yeongam, South Korea auto racing, F1, South Korean GP.

Kansas City, Kansas auto racing, NASCAR, Kansas 400.

thru 13, Shanghai tennis, ATP, Shanghai Masters.

thru 13, Linz, Austria tennis, WTA, Generali Ladies Linz.

thru 13, Osaka, Japan tennis, WTA, HP Open.

No new major events.

thru 13, Chittagong, Bangladesh cricket, Bangladesh vs. New Zealand, 1st test.

thru 13, San Martin, California golf, US PGA Tour, Frys.com Open.

thru 13, Vilamoura, Portugal golf, European Tour, Portugal Masters.

thru 13, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia golf, US LPGA Tour, LPGA Malaysia.

Various sites football, World Cup qualifying: EUROPE: Croatia vs. Belgium, Faroe Islands vs. Kazakhstan, Lithuania vs. Latvia, Iceland vs. Cyprus, Armenia vs. Bulgaria, Moldova vs. San Marino, Malta vs. Czech Republic, Wales vs. Macedonia, England vs. Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Liechtenstein, Denmark vs. Italy, Albania vs. Switzerland, Luxembourg vs. Russia, Netherlands vs. Hungary, Andorra vs. Romania, Slovenia vs. Norway, Portugal vs. Israel, Germany vs. Ireland, Sweden vs. Austria, Azerbaijan vs. Northern Ireland, Ukraine vs. Poland, Estonia vs. Turkey, Greece vs. Slovakia, Spain vs. Belarus. SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador vs. Chile, Venezuela vs. Uruguay, Argentina vs. Peru, CONCACAF: Honduras vs. Costa Rica, United States vs. Jamaica, Mexico vs. Panama. FRIENDLIES: Serbia vs. Japan, France vs. Australia, Morocco vs. South Africa.

thru 27, Almaty, Kazakhstan boxing, world championships.

Various sites football, World Cup qualifying: AFRICA: Burkina Faso vs. Algeria, Ivory Coast vs. Senegal. FRIENDLY: South Korea vs. Brazil

Mendoza, Argentina boxing, Juan Carlos Reveco vs. Ricardo Nunez for Reveco's WBA World flyweight title.

Las Vegas boxing, Timothy Bradley Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez for Bradley's WBO welterweight title; Orlando Salido vs. Orlando Cruz for vacant WBO featherweight title.

Concord, North Carolina auto racing, NASCAR, Concord 500.

Suzuka, Japan auto racing, F1, Japanese GP.

Africa football, World Cup qualifying: Ethiopia vs. Nigeria, Tunisia vs. Cameroon.

Chicago athletics, Chicago Marathon.

Sepang, Malaysia motorcycling, MotoGP, Malaysian GP.