| | | Cameroon at practice | For a month we have been following the great gamesof the Total Africa Cup of Nations. Thatcompetition wraps up today, with the Championship game to be played betweenEgypt and Cameroon at the Stade d'Angondjé, in the suburbs ofLibreville, Gabon. Egypthave conceded just one regular goal in the tournament, even though they lost theirgoalkeeper, Ahmed El Shenawy, to injury in their opening game. His replacement,Essam El Hadary, is 44, and has had the time of his life. Cameroon’s goalkeeper, Fabrice Ondoa, onlyturned 21 in December. While Ondoa showsa lot of promise, El Hadary’s won hisfirst Africa Cup in 1998. Age vs. youth,East vs. West... With the many contrastsinherent in the game, Sunday's championship game will be a classic contest ofthe ages. Dubai:The Omega Dubai Desert Classic continues today with Round 4, part of EuropeanGolf Tour. Friday's Round 2 competitionquickly became "Freakish Friday" as a freak storm swept through andsuspended play. The round was completedSaturday morning, and pushed back Round 3 play. Dubai has become a hotspot for night golf, but the end of Round 3, wellafter dark, was a challenge to the golfers who remained on the course. "At the end it was very, very dark, I’ll tell youthat," said Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia, "When we were walking on17, I thought ‘well, it will probably be a little dark but not too bad’. Butthen it gets dark very, very quickly here." Despite the darkness, he stretched his leadgoing into the final round to three shots. Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the competition. In Rugby, the Six Nationscompetition kicked off this weekend, and the current iteration will becontested on weekends through March 18th. Italy will take on Wales this afternoon at Rome's Olympic Stadium. Brendan Venter, Italy’s new defence coach, wasinstrumental in the London Saracens'turnaround in recent years, from losers to European Champions. Italymay have a chance to be a real force in Six Nations competition this year withtheir new defence coach, we shall know if they have started on that journeythis afternoon. Italianeyes will look elsewhere, this afternoon, to the Italian Soccer"Derby" matchup of Iuventus vs. Inter. In Dutch Eredivisie play this afternoon,Netherlands league leader FeyenoordRotterdam takes on Twente Enschede thisafternoon at Twente's home stadium DeGrolsch Veste. Super Bowl LI: The NewEngland Patriots vs. The Atlanta Falcons atNRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. This is the third Super Bowl in Houston andfourth in Texas. Four-time champion QuarterbackTom Brady and the Patriots contest their record ninth Super Bowl. The Atlanta Falcons were the 2016 NFL leadersin scoring, while having one of the worst defences in the league. The Patriots, on the other hand, had one ofthe most rigorous defences in the league, allowing the fewest points in the NFL. Boston College alum and star quarterback MattRyan, WR Julio Jones and NFL sacks leader Vic Beasley star for Atlanta. | | | Mitchell Starc got shaved | While you were sleeping, in International Cricket, Australiacontinued their tour of New Zealand, with their 3rd ODI contest: New Zealand vs.Australia at Hamilton. New Zealand won by 24 runs,garnering 281/9 (50.0 overs), while Australia scored 257 (47.0 overs). New Zealand Team Captain Kane Williamson said,after the game "Bothgames were fairly similar. The wickets were similar, on these grounds you'renever out of the game. Australia showed why they're a top side, at times wefelt we had them, but they kept coming hard. Credit to our guys for sucking upthe pressure." We'll leave you withthat thought. -- Posted By Rex to Speed o Rex at 2/05/2017 04:33:00 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.
