| | | Richie Porte | While you were sleeping: In Australia, Tasmania's cycling devil Richie Porte finally took home the trophy, winning the 2017 Santos TourDown Under by an impressive margin. He was supported by his BMC RacingTeam, although the UniSA-Australia took the overall teamcompetition. Orica-Scott’s Colombianclimber Esteban Chaves took second. Australian Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott) took hisfourth stage win in this final stage of the tour in Adelaide, just edging outWorld Champion Peter Sagan. While Porte won outright, the Subaru King of the Mountain prize went toBelgian Thomas De Gendt, riding for Lotto-Soudal. Columbian Jhonatan Restrepo, (TeamKatusha-Alpecin) took the Young Rider's Jersey. “I am very happy… this is important for me, for my team and thesponsors,” said the 22 year old Colombian who finished in tenth place overall. | | | Zverev Brothers | Play continued in the Australian Open of Tennis, which | | | Rafael Nadal | continuesuntil next Sunday. Number One Seed Andy Murry has just followed NumberTwo Seed Novak Djokovic out of the tournament, losing to unseeded Mischa Zverev(ATP rank 50) of Germany. Rafael Nadalnarrowly escaped defeat yesterday in a very exciting match with Mischa's betterknown brother, Alexander Zverev (ATP rank 24), also of Germany. Their father, Alexander Sr., played for theSoviet Union in his day, and while Mischa was born in Moscow, Alexander Jr. wasborn in Hamburg. Both brothers "represent"Germany. | | | Angelo Mathews | | | | Theunis de Bruyn | In South Africa, Sri Lanka Cricket continues its tour of South Africa, thisafternoon, at Johannesburg. A week ago, Sri Lanka were humiliated here,losing 16 wickets and they succumbed to their biggest defeat of the three-Testseries. Conditions are different today, for limited-overs cricket. They mayregard the T20I series as their best chance of upsetting the hosts. Sri Lanka will need to be calmly led by anincreasingly frustrated-looking Angelo Mathews. He is only seven runs away from 1,000 T20 international runs. South Africa's new batsmen Theunis de Bruynhas put in some very impressive recent performances. | | | Mohamed Salah | In Gabon, in Africa Cup of Nations Soccer today, Group A play will be heldthis evening, with hosts Gabon taking on Cameroon at the Stade d'Angondjé , andGuinea-Bissau taking on Burkina Fasso at the Stade de Franceville. In their last four meetings stretching backto 2009, Gabon and Cameroon each took two wins. This is the first ever meeting between Guinea-Bissau and BurkinaFasso. In Europe, League play now has ramped back up throughout the old continent,with the return of Bundesliga play this weekend in Germany. True fans of each team will be excited today,but no major matches loom on today's horizon to excite the rest of us. In the USA, NFL Football Conference Championships will be contested todayand tomorrow. Today, the NationalFootball Conference Championship is on the line at Atlanta, where the hostsAtlanta Falcons will play the Green Bay Packers for the Championship, but alsofor the ultimate prize, a berth in the Super Bowl. Nobody has stopped | | | Ray Edwards | Packer's Quarterback AaronRodgers during the Packers' eight-game winning streak, and the Falcons -- witha defense that ranked 25th overall, but nonetheless having reached this game,may be a challenge. During the winning streak, Rodgers has thrown21 touchdowns and just one interception while completing 68.9 percent of hispasses for an average of 298 yards per game. The Pack beat the Falcons at their Octobermeeting. -- Posted By Rex to Speed o Rex at 1/22/2017 05:52:00 AM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
