The Italian Grand Prix (Italian: Gran Premio d'Italia) is oneof the longest running events on the Formula One calendar, and is being heldtoday in Monza. The Italian and British Grands Prix are the only Formula OneWorld Championship Grands Prix staged continuously since the championship wasintroduced in 1950, as the Monaco and Belgian Grands Prix have missed a fewseasons since hosting races in the 1950 inaugural season. Every Formula One Italian Grand Prix since1950 has been held at Monza except in 1980, when it was held at Imola. TheItalian Grand Prix counted toward the European Championship from 1935 to 1938.It was designated the European Grand Prix seven times between 1923 and 1967,when this title was an honorary designation given each year to one Grand Prixrace in Europe. Saturday Formula 2 and GP3 races were held, along withpractice runs for the Formula 1 races this afternoon. The Porsche Mobil 1 Super Cup race will beheld at noon, and the Formula 1 Grand Prix race at 2 p.m. Heading into Sunday's race, German SebastianVettel leads Englishman Lewis Hamilton in the overall standings by 7 points,200 to 213. Hamilton has threatened towipe the smile off of Vettel's face this weekend. Other strong contenders for today's prize areMax Verstrappen, Jacques Villeneuve, and Ross Brawn. InternationalSoccer: The country of Russia ispreparing for the Чемпионат мира по футболу 2018, the 2018 Worlds Cup of Soccer, tobe contested next June and July throughout their country. 32 teams will be selected to qualify foreligibility in the tournament (unless the field is expanded, but such is notyet the case). This is nationalcompetitions weekend in International Soccer, with countries playing for thosequalifying spots through group play. InEurope last night, Spain defeated Italy in the "Mediterranean Derby"by 3 goals to nil. Bulgaria travels tothe Netherlands today to take on the hosts in the Amsterdam Arena. | | | منتخب الجمهورية العربية السورية الوطني لكرة القدم | In the Mideast, Syria's footballers have overcome more thansix years of civil war and internal political rifts to raise hopes ofqualifying for their first ever World Cup. Forced to play their home games away due to security concerns, theynonetheless sit third in Group A of Asian qualifying, behind leaders Iran andSouth Korea. An unlikely win away toIran on Tuesday coupled with defeat for South Korea by Uzbekistan in the finalround would give Syria second spot and direct entry to the finals in Russianext year. Even if results do not entirely go their way, Syria can still holdonto third spot and have a chance to qualify through two rounds of playoffs. On Thursday, they defeated Qatar 3-1 at HangJebat stadium in Malaysia, eliminating the 2022 World Cup hosts from the raceto Russia. In Africa, Nigeria have received clearance from FIFA forChelsea defender Ola Aina to make his international debut in the World Cupqualifier against Cameroon on Monday. Hewas born in London of Nigerian parents, but had played for England at youthlevels. His application to switch national allegiance was approved. Nigeria have nine points from three matchesin Group B in Africa zone qualifying, while Cameroon remains on two points. Zambia beat Algeria yesterday 3-1 in groupplay at the National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka, Zambia. In the United States: NCAA College Football has three games of interest today. #21 West Virigina will hosts #22 VirginiaTech, and Texas A & M will travel to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California,to take on U.C.L.A. South Carolina Statewill play at Southern, in a game of rivalries. In Major League Baseball, the Boston Red Sox travel to YankeeStadium this evening to take on archrivals, the New York Yankees. -- Posted By Rex to SR at 9/03/2017 01:24:00 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.
