Sunday's Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix provides aunique mix of sports this year, as four-time Formula One world champion, LewisHamilton, both competes for another win, and cheers on his down on their luckAssociation Football team, Arsenal. Bothare well known to readers of this space. Arsenal fan Lewis Hamilton knows how Premier League club can succeedagain, and cheers them on, whilst he, himself, wants to keep pushing to greater heights.
This is the first time in many seasons in which Arsenal isabsent from the UEFA Champions league, as they placed just below the thresholdof the Premier League last year, for the first time since 1996. They continue to compete in other interleaguecompetitions, and push hard for better success this year. Arsenalwere beaten at Cologne on Thursday night in a Europa League competition, andtravel to Burnley today for a game too close to call. Hamilton has said that he has been an Arsenalfan since he was five years old, and has been disappointed over their fates oflate. Hamilton has had a good year, winning his fourth title withtwo races to spare. He is not retiringto write his memoirs, however, at 32 he states that " I’m always wanting to move forwards, I’malways wanting to be ahead of the game, I’m always wanting to be two stepsfurther ahead than everyone else that’s also trying to be two steps ahead ofthe game.” He added "I’ve now wonfour championships and I want to win another one.” Hamilton goes for a fourth win on today in the big race in AbuDhabi. His great opponents are thosewith whom he has contended all year, Dutch phenom Max Vestappen, ItalianSebastian Vettel, Australian Daniel Ricciardo, and Brazilian Felipe Massa. La Liga competition in Spain has reached a point unforeseenbefore the season. League leader isBarcelona, riding the crest of a wave of anti national sentiment, and surgingin national competition. Behind them areValencia, and at six points behind Valencia, Real Madrid. The town of Valencia was hit hard by theeconomic crisis, harder than any other city in Spain. In recent seasons, they finished 12th in thestandings. Their massive stadium remains unfinished, arelic of better economic times, but this year their team has given Valencianosreal hope. Valencia have no money but have surged to dizzying newheights, under stable coaching, after several years of coaching chaos. Theyplay host to league leader Barcelona this weekend. Barcelona is flush with cash and has justsigned Lionel Messi to a new Contract for another three years. Valencia tends to rely on younger players,some on loan, such as Midfielder Andreas Pereira, 21, on loan from ManchesterUnited. Messi was rested by Barcelonafor last week's Champions League competition against Cologne, rested it is saidso that he could be at full strength for this competition. The young, brash team, has Barcelona scared,apparently. Meanwhile, Real Madrid, who took on Malaga yesterday, and won3-2, sits at 10 points behind Barcelona in the standings. They are playing without the support of theirgreatest scorers. Metrosexual model RonaldoCristiano, certainly well known to readers of this space, has only two goals in the last 9 league games,certainly some sort of reverse record. Theboys in lavender must turn around a quick recovery this weekend, and they havetheir next game on Tuesday against Fuenlabrada, in this year's Copa del Reycompetition. Ronaldo may have taken hiseyes off the prize, though, as he has been engaging in secret talks with ParisSaint-Germain, who last year snatched Neymar Junior from the Viking's archrivalsBarcelona. Meanwhile, Neymar, who hasbeen engaged in legal battles since his percipitous exit from Barca, may wellend up in Madrid. In international cricket, the Sri Lanka tour of Indiacontinues with the 2nd Test at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha,Nagpur. This test began November 24thand last through the 28th, and at last report was at Stumps, India leading by 107 runs with 8 wicketsremaining in the 1st innings, Sri Lanka 205, India 312/2 (after 98 overs). Overall, India is considered much stronger,but Sri Lanka is a constant surprise. | | | Virat Kohli | In the never to be calm world of Indian Cricket, controversies have erupted lately, and national team captain Virat Kohli has been both supportive of the coach and critical of the schedule. At the end of this current tour teammates will only have a couple of days before flying from India to South Africa for their test series. Readers of this space will know that these tours can last several weeks to a few months, depending on how many tests and other variations of the game are played. Kohli has called for a more humane approach to the game, at least in scheduling. England has gone to Australia to bring back the Ashes, as themuch anticipated tour has officially begun last week. The 1st Test began at the Brisbane CricketGround, Woolloongabba, Brisbane on American Thanksgiving Day, November 23, and finishes on the 27th. At last report, they were at Stumps, England leading by 7 runs with 8 wicketsremaining, England 302 & 33/2 (16 overs),Australia 328. Australia is highlyfavored in the series. -- Posted By Rex to SR at 11/26/2017 12:12:00 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.
