In international Cricket, West Indies tour of New Zealand continuesat Hamilton, with the 2nd Test match, held December 9-13 at Seddon Park,Hamilton. Today there are two importantODI matches. The first continues the SriLanka tour of India at Dharamsala, it is the 1st ODI of that Tour. Afghanistan and Ireland are contending in their 3rd ODI of the Irelandtour of United Arab Emirates at Sharjah. Meanwhile, Indian Cricket phenom Virat Kohli is"resting" from the remainder of the Sri Lanka Tour of India. If youhaven't been living under a rock, you have read the innumerable reports, nowconfirmed, doing the rounds about ViratKohli and Bollywood's gorgeous Anushka Sharma's big fat Italian Punjabi wedding, inwhat is considered, in celebrity circles, as India's wedding of the year. Thetwo have already flown off to Italy with their families. They're expected totie the knot in the next few days, with a destination wedding in romanticTuscany, and then move the party to Milan. They are expecting to have a celebratory bash back in India on BoxingDay, the day before the December 27th departure of the India team for theirTour of South Africa.
Meanwhile, the Heisman Trophy, was awarded in New York onSaturday night to a player who started his Football career as a walk-on, beforetransferring to Oklahoma. Baker Mayfieldchanged that Saturday night. He captured the 83rd Heisman in a landslidevictory. The balloting was unexpectedlyone sided. Mayfield collected 732first-place votes and 2,398 points in the voting totals. Stanford running backBryce Love was second with 1,300 points (75 first-place votes). Louisvillequarterback Lamar Jackson, last year's Heisman winner, was third with 793 (47). "This is unbelievable for me, being uphere among these greats," Mayfield said upon receiving the award with pastHeisman winners standing behind him. "It's something that words can't evendescribe. God has put me in this position that I'm so blessed, and a lot oftimes I wonder why. But it's such an honor to be up here. It'sunbelievable." Meanwhile, inyesterday's contest, Army beat Navy inthe last game of the regular season. Itwas difficult to see the game, at times, given the abundant snow which fellduring the game in Philadelphia. Real Madrid departed for the United Arab Emirates hosted ClubWorld Cup, to defend their title. Theyshowed they were ready for world class competition by thrashing Sevilla 5-0 inWednesday's game, their last before departing Spain for Cup play. In England's Premier League, a local derbywill be celebrated, with the challenging match between Manchester City and ManchesterUnited. Both are the best at what they do.The difference lies in the emphasis. JoseMourinho argued that David de Gea is the best in the world after he equaled aPremier League record by making 14 saves in the 3-1 win at Arsenal last week. Unitedhave conceded the fewest goals in the division and De Gea has the most cleansheets, with a save completion rate of 86.1 per cent. City’s Ederson, meanwhile, is the best on theball. His 85.3 per cent pass completion rate shows his upbringing as anoutfield player. “Modern football requires those skills because it’s changed,”he said. Southampton will play Arsenal later this afternoon tocomplete a day of exciting soccer action. Recent games between these two sides on the south coast have producedsome emphatic scorelines – Southampton won 4-0 on Boxing Day two years ago tothrow Arsenal’s title challenge into disarray, but in two trips to St Mary’s in2017, Arsenal have scored seven and conceded none. Mauricio Pellegrino isexpected to stick with in-form striker Charlie Austin despite Shane Longrecovering from a calf problem as he looks to improve that record. ArsèneWenger will be without defender Shkodran Mustafi but Theo Walcott, who scored ahat-trick against his former club in January’s FA Cup win, should be availabledespite a tight calf. Arsenal is currently 6th in the standings, Southamptontwelfth. -- Posted By Rex to SR at 12/10/2017 12:09:00 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.
