In International Cricket: the Sri Lanka tour of India is nearing an end. Christmas Eve, at Mumbai, the two teams willmeet in their 3rd Twenty20 International match at the Wankhede Stadium. Cricket is rarely played at night, but theTwenty20 format lends itself naturally to an evening's entertainment. So soccer fans from India to Los Angeles canenjoy a rare cricket match live on the same day! during waking hours forboth! With the series sewn up, India might considerhanding a T20I debut to Tamil Nadu allrounder Washington Sundar or Barodaallrounder Deepak Hooda. The Wankhede'sflat pitch and the quick outfield is the fantasy of every batsman. The teamswill have to be wary of dew in the second innings. The weather is expected tobe fine for the duration of the match. A Merry Christmas to members of bothteams! At the North Pole, all hockey and curling action in the intraelf leagues has been suspended in the big push to make sure that Santa's sleighis chock full of goodies for good girls and boys, and coal for the not sogood. In the equivalent of Baseball'sAll Star Break, no sports of any kind is carried out in the arctic regions thesethree days. Even the all important reindeerpole vaulting and high jump schedule has come to an end. This runs from Marchuntil mid December and then pauses, so that no unnecessary risks would be takenby the deer before their most important job of the year. Boxing Day features the annual figure skatingexhibition, providing top entertainment to weary workers. Egg nog and sugar cookies will be on the housefor those few "southerners" fortunate enough to wangle a ticket, orto have one fall from Santa's gift bag. Santa was good enough to share a sneak peak athis list. The Nice list contains Joe,Rexswimguy, Dan in OKC, Farmboy, Belamifan, Brent, Alain, Boigen, and all of theother regular contributors and commenters. A quick search did not reveal Xersex's name, but then it magicallyappeared. He must have done somethingreally nice at the end. In concert with the North Pole, the Bundesliga has taken aWinter Break until mid January. Of theother European Soccer Leagues, only theDutch are playing. Boxing Day onDecember 26 promises full soccer action throughout the British Isles. Watch for a possible update on Christmasnight. The Hawaii Bowl in Halawa, Hawaii, is the sole NCAA College Football Bowl on theschedule today. The Hawaiʻi Bowl is a post-season National Collegiate AthleticAssociation Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game that has beenplayed annually at Aloha Stadium since 2002. A night game in New York City,this Bowl allows lonely mainlanders to watch some football, even on ChristmasEve, while Hawaiians can celebrate college Football and still arrive home forChristmas Eve dinners with their families. The Houston Cougars (7-4) will contend withthe Fresno State Bulldogs (9-4) in this years edition. At this time last year, Houston’s MajorApplewhite was just beginning his first stint as a head coach while FresnoState’s Jeff Tedford was just starting his second chance. The Cougars are likely to find themselves ina low-scoring game against the Bulldogs, as Fresno State rode its defense to aWest Division title in the Mountain West. Fresno State ranks 16th nationally in total yardage allowed (319 pergame) and ninth in scoring defense at 17.2 points per contest. The Bulldogs held Boise State to 17 points inback-to-back weeks, one a win, one a loss. The defeat in the Mountain West title game was a disappointing end to anotherwise magical season for Fresno State, and a trophy could be the stockingstuffer they are looking for... In last night's edition of the Ice Bowl, the Vikings shut outa team for the first time in over 20 seasons, as they went to Green Bay andbeat the Packers at home, 16-0. Therewas a bit of snow, but the real story was the cold, 4 degrees Fahrenheit atgame time (-16 C). Thanks for following these Weekend Sports previews. We don't hear a lot of feedback, but trustthat you find them useful. A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone, a Happy Hanukkah, a festive Kwanzaa, anda celebratory Festivus for the rest of you! -- Posted By Rex to SR at 12/24/2017 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.
