AFP Sports diary from September 21 to October 18:

Saturday, September 21

TENNIS: ATP at Metz and St Petersburg; WTA at Guangzhou and Seoul (until Sept 22)

BASKETBALL: European championships, Slovenia (until Sept 22)

CYCLING: Tour of Britain (until Sept 22)

GOLF: EPGA at Italian Open, Turin; USPGA at Tour Championship, Atlanta (until Sept 22)

YACHTING: America's Cup (until Sept 22)

CRICKET: English 40-over final - Glamorgan v Nottinghamshire, Lord's

Sunday, September 22

TENNIS: ATP at Metz and St Petersburg; WTA at Guangzhou and Seoul (ends)

FORMULA ONE: Singapore Grand Prix

BASKETBALL: European championships, Slovenia (ends)

CYCLING: Tour of Britain (ends), UCI Road World Championships in Florence, Italy (until Sept 29)

GOLF: EPGA at Italian Open, Turin; USPGA at Tour Championship, Atlanta (end)

YACHTING: America's Cup (ends)

Monday, September 23

TENNIS: ATP at Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok (ends Sept 29), WTA at Ningbo, China (ends Sept 27) and Tokyo (ends Sept 28)

CYCLING: UCI Road World Championships in Florence, Italy (until Sept 29)

Tuesday, September 24

TENNIS: ATP at Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok (ends Sept 29), WTA at Ningbo, China (ends Sept 27) and Tokyo (ends Sept 28)

CYCLING: UCI Road World Championships in Florence, Italy (until Sept 29)

Wednesday, September 25

FOOTBALL: AFC Champions League semi-finals, first legs.

TENNIS: ATP at Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok (end Sept 29), WTA at Ningbo, China (ends Sept 27) and Tokyo (ends Sept 28)

CYCLING: UCI Road World Championships in Florence, Italy (until Sept 29)

Thursday, September 26

GOLF: EPGA at Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, St Andrews, Carnousite and Kingsbarns, Scotland; Asian Tour at Osaka, Japan (end Sept 29)

TENNIS: ATP at Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok (end Sept 29), WTA at Ningbo, China (ends Sept 27) and Tokyo (ends Sept 28)

CYCLING: UCI Road World Championships in Florence, Italy (until Sept 29)

Friday, September 27

GOLF: EPGA at Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, St Andrews, Carnousite and Kingsbarns, Scotland; Asian Tour at Osaka, Japan (end Sept 29)

TENNIS: ATP at Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok (end Sept 29), WTA at Ningbo, China (ends) and Tokyo (ends Sept 28)

CYCLING: UCI Road World Championships in Florence, Italy (until Sept 29)

CRICKET: Final day of English county championship

Saturday, September 28

GOLF: EPGA at Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, St Andrews, Carnousite and Kingsbarns, Scotland; Asian Tour at Osaka, Japan (end Sept 29)

TENNIS: ATP at Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok (end Sept 29), WTA at Tokyo (ends)

CYCLING: UCI Road World Championships in Florence, Italy (until Sept 29)

RUGBY UNION: Rugby Championship: South Africa v Australia and Argentina v New Zealand

Sunday, September 29

GOLF: EPGA at Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, St Andrews, Carnousite and Kingsbarns, Scotland; Asian Tour at Osaka, Japan (end)

TENNIS: ATP at Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok (ends)

CYCLING: UCI Road World Championships in Florence, Italy (ends)

MOTORCYCLING: Aragon GP, Spain

ATHLETICS: Berlin Marathon

BASEBALL: End of MLB regular season

Monday, September 30

TENNIS: ATP at Beijing and Tokyo; WTA at Beijing (end Oct 5)

GYMNASTICS: World Championships in Antwerp (ends Oct 6)

CRICKET: Afghanistan v Kenya at Sharjah, 1st T20I

Tuesday, October 1

FOOTBALL: Champions League, second round of matches

TENNIS: ATP at Beijing and Tokyo; WTA at Beijing (end Oct 5)

GYMNASTICS: World Championships in Antwerp (ends Oct 6)

Wednesday, October 2

FOOTBALL: Champions League, second round of matches; Asian Champions League semi-finals, 2nd legs

TENNIS: ATP at Beijing and Tokyo; WTA at Beijing (end Oct 5)

GYMNASTICS: World Championships in Antwerp (ends Oct 6)

CRICKET: Afghanistan v Kenya, ODI

Thursday, October 3

FOOTBALL: Europa League, second round of matches

GOLF: EPGA at Seve Trophy; USPGA at President's Cup, Dublin, Ohio (end Oct 6)

TENNIS: ATP at Beijing and Tokyo; WTA at Beijing (end Oct 5)

GYMNASTICS: World Championships in Antwerp (ends Oct 6)

Friday, October 4

RALLYING: Rally of France (ends Oct 6)

TENNIS: ATP at Beijing and Tokyo; WTA at Beijing (end Oct 5)

GOLF: EPGA at Seve Trophy; USPGA at President's Cup, Dublin, Ohio (end Oct 6)

BOXING: World Championships in Almaty (ends Oct 13)

GYMNASTICS: World Championships in Antwerp (ends Oct 6)

CRICKET: Afghanistan v Kenya, ODI

Saturday, October 5

RUGBY UNION: Rugby Championship: South Africa v New Zealand, Argentina v Australia

RALLYING: Rally of France (ends Oct 6)

TENNIS: ATP at Beijing and Tokyo; WTA at Beijing (end)

GOLF: EPGA at Seve Trophy; USPGA at President's Cup, Dublin, Ohio (end Oct 6)

BOXING: World Championships in Almaty (ends Oct 13)

GYMNASTICS: World Championships in Antwerp (ends Oct 6)

RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League Grand Final, Old Trafford, Manchester

Sunday, October 6

GOLF: EPGA at Seve Trophy; USPGA at President's Cup, Dublin, Ohio (end)

TENNIS: ATP at Shanghai (ends Oct 13)

FORMULA ONE: South Korean Grand Prix

CYCLING: Tour of Lombardy

RALLYING: Rally of France (ends)

HORSE RACING: Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp

BOXING: World Championships in Almaty (ends Oct 13)

GYMNASTICS: World Championships in Antwerp (ends)

Monday, October 7

TENNIS: ATP at Shanghai, WTA at Linz and Osaka (end Oct 13)

BOXING: World Championships in Almaty (ends Oct 13)

Tuesday, October 8

TENNIS: ATP at Shanghai, WTA at Linz and Osaka (end Oct 13)

BOXING: World Championships in Almaty (ends Oct 13)

Wednesday, October 9

TENNIS: ATP at Shanghai, WTA at Linz and Osaka (end Oct 13)

CRICKET: Bangladesh v New Zealand at Chittagong, 1st Test - Day 1

BOXING: World Championships in Almaty (ends Oct 13)

Thursday, October 10

GOLF: EPGA at Portugal Masters (ends Oct 13)

TENNIS: ATP at Shanghai, WTA at Linz and Osaka (end Oct 13)

CRICKET: Bangladesh v New Zealand at Chittagong, 1st Test - Day 2; Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, 1st Test - Day 1; India v Australia at Rajkot, only T20I

BOXING: World Championships in Almaty (ends Oct 13)

Friday, October 11

FOOTBALL: World Cup qualifying

GOLF: EPGA at Portugal Masters (ends Oct 13)

TENNIS: ATP at Shanghai, WTA at Linz and Osaka (end Oct 13)

CRICKET: Bangladesh v New Zealand at Chittagong, 1st Test - Day 3; Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, 1st Test - Day 2; Afghanistan v Kenya at Sharjah - 2nd T20I

BOXING: World Championships in Almaty (ends Oct 13)

BASEBALL: National League Championship Series begins

Saturday, October 12

GOLF: EPGA at Portugal Masters (ends Oct 13)

TENNIS: ATP at Shanghai, WTA at Linz and Osaka (end Oct 13)

BOXING: World Championships in Almaty (ends Oct 13)

CRICKET: Bangladesh v New Zealand at Chittagong, 1st Test - Day 4; Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, 1st Test - Day 3

BASEBALL: American League Championship Series begins

Sunday, October 13

FORMULA ONE: Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka

MOTORCYCLING: Malaysian Grand Prix, Sepang

GOLF: EPGA at Portugal Masters (ends)

TENNIS: ATP at Shanghai, WTA at Linz and Osaka (end)

BOXING: World Championships in Almaty (ends)

CRICKET: Bangladesh v New Zealand at Chittagong, 1st Test - Day 5; Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, 1st Test - Day 4; India v Australia at Pune, 1st ODI

Monday, October 14

TENNIS: ATP at Moscow, Stockholm, Vienna; WTA at Moscow and Luxembourg (until Oct 20)

CRICKET: Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, 1st Test - Day 5; South Africa v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, 1st Test - Day 1

Tuesday, October 15

FOOTBALL: World Cup 2014 qualifiers

CRICKET: South Africa v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, 1st Test - Day 2

TENNIS: ATP at Moscow, Stockholm, Vienna; WTA at Moscow and Luxembourg (until Oct 20)

Wednesday, October 16

TENNIS: ATP at Moscow, Stockholm, Vienna; WTA at Moscow and Luxembourg (until Oct 20)

WEIGHTLIFTING: World Championships, Warsaw (end Oct 23)

CRICKET: South Africa v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, 1st Test - Day 3; India v Australia at Jaipur, 2nd ODI

Thursday, October 17

TENNIS: ATP at Moscow, Stockholm, Vienna; WTA at Moscow and Luxembourg (until Oct 20)

WEIGHTLIFTING: World Championships, Warsaw (end Oct 23)

CRICKET: South Africa v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, 1st Test - Day 4

GOLF: EPGA at Perth International (until Oct 20)

Friday, October 18

TENNIS: ATP at Moscow, Stockholm, Vienna; WTA at Moscow and Luxembourg (until Oct 20)

WEIGHTLIFTING: World Championships, Warsaw (end Oct 23)

CRICKET: South Africa v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, 1st Test - Day 5; Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, 2nd Test - Day 1

GOLF: EPGA at Perth International, US LPGA at Incheon, South Korea (until Oct 20)