TheFINA Aquatics World Championships are held each two years, and are too quicklydone. Two weeks ago, the competitionkicked off with the Diving and Water Polo contests, last Sunday saw theswimming competition come into full swing. Today,the men's water polo competition comes to an end, with the championship game,and the consolation games, all being held. In the finals, perennial powerhouses, and strong rivals, Hungary and Croatia will play each other, inwhat promises to be a hard fought match. Croatia beat Serbia in a close come-from-behind win to reach thefinals. Serbia will play Greece intoday's third place game. Inswimming, competition also promises to be fierce today. The following final events will be contestedthis evening: - Women’s 50m Butterfly Final - Men’s 50m Freestyle Final - Women’s 200m Backstroke Final - Men’s 100m Butterfly Final - Women’s 800m Freestyle Final - Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final
In Canada, today in CFL Football:the BC Lions will meet the EdmontonEskimos at The BrickField at Commonwealth Stadium. B.C.Lions head coach and general manager Wally Buono told his players to treat the game against the Edmonton Eskimos like anyother. The first place in the CFL’s WestDivision is on the line, not to mention the season series and a potentialplayoff tiebreaker after the Eskimos (4-0) defeated the Lions (4-1) to open theschedule. “The league is as balanced asit’s been in many years,” said Buono. “Edmonton’s got a very good footballteam. They’ve played hard. They’ve had their ups and downs in games, butthey’ve always found a way to win. “It’s not the Grey Cup, even though it mightfeel like it,” said Lions defensive back Ronnie Yell. “It’s not the secondround of the playoffs. It’s another game. We’ve got to stay calm.” (The Grey Cup is the CFL "Super Bowl" held each November) InCricket, England and South Africa continue their Test series, as do India andSri Lanka. In the United Kingdom, AlastairCook came to England's rescue at TheOval cricket Test against South Africa. Although they have some hot new players, they relied on Cook to bailthem out, so far this series. Saturday'scompetition promises to be fierce. India, number one in the world, is fighting hard in Sri Lanka, meetingeveryone's expectations. India'sbowlers tore through the Sri Lankan top order to put the visitors firmly on topon the second day of the first Test in Galle on Thursday. Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, said he waspleased that India had lived up to its billing as the No 1 Test side in theworld. "We would like to maintainthat standard. We have scored enough runs, and we've got five wickets today. Weare very well poised at this stage." -- Posted By Rex to SR at 7/29/2017 12:05:00 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.
