Spain: From nowuntil May 12th, fans of Spanish football will be able to watch at least one LaLiga team play every day. League play in Europe tends to be confined toweekends, but La Liga has switched it up so fans will be satiated every day, everysingle day. That's 42 days of football in a row, with no time to breathe. A portion of those six weeks could very well define theoutcome of the season for Real Madrid. In 27 days, they will play nine key games:Among them, La Liga challenges by Atletico de Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, andthe face-off with Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals. The best to them... Today, in La Liga play, Villarreal takes on Eibar, Osasuna takes on Atletico de Bilbao, RealSociedad takes on Leganes, and Málaga will meet Atletico de Madrid. In England: European struggles aside, Tottenham Hotspur are having another excellentseason. Ahead of Saturday’s meeting with Burnley, they are second in thePremier League and assured of a berth in the semi-finals of the FA Cup. Robbie Brady returns to Burnley afterinternational play last week, having served as captain of the team of theRepublic of Ireland, and fans hope this will inspire him. The Clarets have not played at home for sixweeks, and fans could be forgiven for forgetting exactly where the stadium is.Despite not winning any of their past seven matches in all competitions, theyhave won five of their last six home league games, and runaway Premier Leagueleaders Chelsea are the only team to have stopped them since November. Burnley have only been beaten by ManchesterCity and Arsenal at home since a 1-0 defeat to Swansea City on the opening day,with strong form at fortress Turf Moor keeping them afloat. Injuries also plague theleague. Liverpool manager Jurgen Kloppadmits he is frustrated Adam Lallana will miss Saturday's crucial Merseyside duelagainst archrivals Everton after suffering a thigh injury while representing Englandlast week. Lallana sustained the problemduring England's World Cup qualifier against Lithuania last weekend, but stillmanaged to play the full 90 minutes... ManchesterUnited manager Jose Mourinho bemoaned the injuries suffered by Phil Jones andChris Smalling also while on England duty. He is also weeping crocodile tears at the loss of seasoned player Bastian Schweinsteiger,who took his contract and moved the MLS' Chicago Fire this week. It is said that in two seasons at Man U,Mourinho played Bastian only a dozen times... in. two. seasons... and now he says they could have done so very welltogether. Normally we don't comment on arather mediocre soccer scene in the USA, but there are more than a few reasonsto check in on the Chicago Fire's date with Montreal on Saturday, but theprimary one is the possible debut of the same Bastian Schweinsteiger. Massivecrowds greeted him upon arrival at Chicago's O'Hare field, and at the followingpress conference, enthusiasm was so great a reporter gushed that maybe theGerman star would "help Chicago Fire win the World Cup." Well, maybe not. In the USA: In the NCAA tournament, Final Four games willtake place today, with the winners of each contest playing Saturday for achance at Monday's national championship game. South Carolina Gamecocks vs. theGonzaga Bulldogs promises to be a great game, as Gonzaga will strive to get back into the finals. South Carolina isgood at forcing turnovers, and the Cocks continue to limit scoringopportunities, generating a significant portion of their offense. This is theirfirst run to the Final Four, a first in school history. The second game to be contested Saturday, isthe battle between the Oregon Ducks and the North Carolina Tar Heels. Oregonwill never leave Glendale without a fight. They have already proven themselves by beating Rhode Island in acome-from-behind win before it slid by Michigan and stomped Kansas in the NCAAtournament. In International Cricket, India finally didprevail over Australia in the recent Australia Tour of India, preserving theCup. The mood on the field during thefourth test became strident, however. Indian star Virat Kholi, after the match in Dharamsale, shocked theCricket World after the match by saying he was no longer a friend of any of theAussie players. He tweeted later, sayinghe "didn't mean it" when they said he had said he wouldn't be calling the Australian players his friends "ever again". On Thursday morning hetweeted that he was referring to only a "couple of individuals", andthat his comment had been blown out of proportion. Before the four-Test serieshad begun, Kohli had spoken warmly about his friendships with all of theAustralian players, saying: "I'm really good friends with all these guysoff the field. I know them really well, but I know where to draw the line offriendship. When you step onto the field, I could be playing against my bigbrother it wouldn't matter." In international action, today, Sri Lankawill host Bangladesh in their third ODI at Colombo, and Pakistan's tour of theWest Indies continues with their 3rd Twenty20I at Port of Spain. -- Posted By Rex to Speed o Rex at 4/01/2017 04:19:00 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]. 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