The Sports story of interest to perhaps the greatest numberof fans this week, worldwide, was in far away India, and it was not even a main event, butan afterparty. Millions of young girlsand boys were left heartbroken as the country's heartthrobs"Virushka," Bollywood's AnushkaSharma and Cricket's Virat Kohli tied the knot earlier this month, and thisweek saw their reception and subsequent departure for South Africa, where Mr.Kohli will be playing with the boys, Cricket boys, that is, as India beginstheir tour of South Africa.
| | | Virushka | The India team has just finished hosting the Sri Lanka Tourof India, as readers of this space well know, which was for them a gloriousconquest, despite the distractions caused by their team captain. ViratKohli's wedding reception in Mumbai saw some of the biggest names in Bollywoodand Cricket in attendance. Among theguests were cricketer Harbhajan Singh and Bollywood's king, Shah Rukh Khan. Harbhajan shared a video where he can be seendancing with the king of Bollywood. The happy couple was photographed at the Mumbai airport whilestepping out of the bus. Anushka was spotted wearing a jumpsuit which sheteamed up with a black jacket and white shoes, while Virat was seen in cricketjersey. The couple flew to South Africato ring in the New Year. While Virat will prepare for the upcoming series inwhich Team India will lock horns against South African cricket team in 3 Testmatches, 6 ODIs and 3 T20Is, Anushka will spend New Year's Eve with him. The 2017–18 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the 39th World Cupseason in ski jumping for men, the 21st official World Cup season in skiflying, and the 7th for ladies. The season begins on 19 November 2017 in Wisła,Poland, and will conclude on 25 March 2018 in Planica, Slovenia. The season will break from February 4th toMarch 4th because of the Winter Olympics in South Korea. Action continues today in Schattenbergschanze,which is a ski jumping hill located in Oberstdorf, Bavaria, Germany. The hillhas held two FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and has served as the openinground of the Four Hills Tournament on 30 December every year since 1952, as itdoes today. Two of the Four Hills are inGermany, two in Austria, and the competitions continue January 1st, 4th, and6th, which is a national holiday throughout Germany, Austria, and othercountries. German Richard Freitagcurrently is at the top of the individual male standings, with German AndreasWellinger in second. The men's nationalteam competition, which competes again at the end of January in Poland, iscurrently headed by Norway. College Football Bowl season continues with some major gamestoday, those scheduled by the selection committee. The Fiesta Bowl will return to Glendale, Arizonathis afternoon, pitting Number 9 Penn State against Number 11 Washington. Whereas the Orange Bowl traditionally alwayshosted a game featuring the Big 12 champ, against Miami or another Florida team,this year the Miami based bowl will pit Number 6 Wisconsin against Number 10 Miami. Asis the tradition this game will again be played at night. A noontime game will pit Louisville against Mississippi State in the TaxSlayer Bowl, heldat Jacksonville, Florida. -- Posted By Rex to SR at 12/30/2017 12:04:00 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.
