ChampionsLeague: It would be impossible to starta sports overview today without congratulating Real Madrid for their masterfulwin over a struggling Juventus in last night's Champions League European Cup finalat the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales. The astounding game inspiredsportswriters to launch into a torrent of statistics, almost as many asbaseball, only a few of which we will report in this space. | | | Claudio Marchisio | While Juventusplayed well for much of the game, it was clear that toward the end they werephoning it in, resigned to the Real Madrid victory. Many Juventus players are commended for theirplay, among them Claudio Marchisio, who was sent in to right a sinking ship,and Mario Mandžukić, who kicked their only goal. Meanwhile, CR7 garnered two goals, the secondbeing the unbelievable 600th goal of his professional career. Midfielder Casemiro and sub Marco Asensiokicked Real Madrid's other two goals, in their masterful 4-1 victory overTurin's Juventus. RM Coach Zidane has rotated players and concentrated on collective wins this season, the non Ronaldo goals in the game clearly showed that everyone matters on the team. Last minute cameo by injured Gareth Bale, on his home territory of Wales, excited the crowds immensely. In Bermuda: The America's Cup This past week saw the qualifying rounds inthe America's Cup in a round robin competition to determine which nation'sships would pass to the semifinals. Today,these semifinals begin with series of races lasting until Thursday. The next two rounds determine who,eventually, will challenge team USA for yachting dominance. New Zealand and Great Britain will meet up intwo races today, and Sweden will contend with Japan in two races today. These pairs will race twice a day throughThursday, and then the winners of those series will ultimately meet up todetermine the finalist. Live coverage from Bermuda's Great Sound hasbeen stunning, even for the fan of no sports. In the USA, theNational Basketball Association Finals continue today. The Cleveland Cavaliers lost game one toGolden State Warriors, being overwhelmed 113-91. TheWarriors seized a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series that continues today inOakland, California. While the Warriorsare making NBA history as they did last year, they know the feeling would bebittersweet without a title. Last year the Cavaliers made the greatest comebackin NBA Finals history, rallying from 3-1 down to take the title. It is said that the Warriors are so strong,they could make an undefeated run to the title. Basketball is basketball, though, and surprises are possible, even inthe heavily scripted ego fest called the NBA. Today's should be a good game. InAustralia: In Aussie Rules only contesttoday, the Fremantle Dockers take on the Collingwood Magpies at Domain Stadiumin Perth. Fremantle and Collingwood meetfor the 28th time and the Magpies hold the advantage with 16 wins to 11. Collingwood,looking very much like Juventus in the black and white stripes, is aiming for three consecutive wins for thefirst time since rounds 14-16 in 2016, but the teams are evenly matched, andlike to alternate victories. | | | Steele Sidebottom | Fremantle'sresurgence hit a speed bump against Adelaide last round, and the Dockers needto bounce back to avoid a potentially swift tumble down the ladder. Themidfield battle looms as the key this Sunday, with Collingwood's powerful force, led by Scott Pendlebury, Adam Treloarand, how perfect is this, SteeleSidebottom, ready to resist opponents Nat Fyfe, Lachie Neale, Stephen Hill. TheMagpies have hit some reasonable form and a third-straight win would keepNathan Buckley's men right in top-eight contention. -- Posted By Rex to SR at 6/04/2017 01:22:00 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.
