In Australia, Football heads into the fifth week of thecurrent season's competition. Today willsee four matches, with St. Kilda meeting the GWS Giants, and Fremantle takingon the Western Bulldogs. St. Kilda has fallen on hard times this year, and thenormally great and proud team has found itself at number 16 on the ladder. Today they take on the number one, ladderleader, the Greater Western Sydney Giants, at the Etihad Stadium a.k.a. theDocklands Stadium in Melbourne, Victoria. Not much is going right at St Kilda and things don't get any easier withGreater Western Sydney sure to pose a stern challenge. Even the Saints coachfinds that most of his players are out of form, and the team has won only one gameand dropped three. The midfield has been inconsistent and while the numberslooked reasonable last week, Richardson believed his side was overwhelmed byGeelong's physicality, and that could again be an issue considering some of theGiants' personnel. Callan Ward, Dylan Shiel and Stephen Coniglio – who hasquietly had an excellent start to the season – form an onball unit that istough to play against, so Jack Steven and Seb Ross will need to be at their bestand ensure their side is competitive from the opening bounce. GWS has won three of the last five meetingsbetween the two teams. Meanwhile, the Fremantle Dockers will take on the WesternBulldogs at Optus Stadium in Perth. TheDockers made Greater Western Sydney earn a 31-point win in blustery conditionsat Canberra last Saturday and return to Perth aiming to extend their unbeatenrun at Optus Stadium to three games against an improving Western Bulldogsline-up. Fremantle has looked a much more potent team at its new home comparedto on the road, averaging 101 points in Perth and only 55.5 in two away losses. Fremantle has won four of the last fivemeetings of the two teams. In Monte Carlo, in international tennis, Tennis star RafaelNadal crushed fifth seed Dominic Thiem 6-0, 6-2 to charge into the Monte CarloMasters semi-finals on Friday as he stepped up his bid for an 11th title instyle. A tight match had beenanticipated, but Nadal produced one of the most dominant wins of his career asThiem fell to pieces in the Monaco sunshine. The Austrian didn't get on the scoreboard until the 10th game, drawingironic cheers from the crowd. But it wasa ruthless performance from the 16-time grand slam champion, who has tosuccessfully defend the title this week to remain ahead of Roger Federer at thetop of the world rankings. Nadal will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the last four today,and is heavily favored. Dimitrovbenefitted from a second-set collapse by Goffin to reach the semi-finals forthe first time with a 6-4, 7-6 victory. The26-year-old won over Goffin, as he did last year in the ATP Title game. The IPL Cricket Season heats up in India. The two month season promises, as always,great excitement, and fan presence has been great at the matches until today,with special trains and busses chartered to transport thousands of fans to thestadiums. Chris Gayle has shown that he is not done with cricket justyet as his unbeaten hundred blows Sunrisers Hyderabad away. Chris Gayle turned back the clock onThursday, scoring an unbeaten hundred, as Kings XI Punjab beat SunrisersHyderabad by 15 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) game at Mohali. The 38-year-old West Indian, whose bighitting underpinned many a win for Royal Challengers Bangalore for nearly adecade, had seen his star wane in recent times, but he came back with avengeance Thursday, and showed the stuff he is made of... still... After scoring a match-winning 63 for Punjabagainst Chennai Super Kings last Sunday, the left-hander announced he was notdone with the game just yet. He followed it up with 104 not out to help theKing XI post 178-4 in their allotted 20 overs on Thursday. Meanwhile DineshKarthik lead the way for Kolkata Knight Riders in straightforward win over RajasthanRoyals. The final score resulted, RajasthanRoyals 160-8 (20 ov), Kolkata Knight Riders 163-3 (18.5 ov). It proved a total Kolkata overhauled withease and trip to the top of the table, thanks in large part to Karthik’s 42,although credit must also go to Robin Uthappa (48), Sunil Narine (35) and Rana(35). Virat Kohli smashed 92 off 62 balls to become the highestrun-scorer in Indian Premier League history but his efforts could not haltRoyal Challengers Bangalore's slump in this year's tournament. Kohli's innings took his IPL total to 4,619runs in 153 matches, putting him ahead of Suresh Raina of Chennai Super Kingson 4,558. Despite his stellarperformance, Bangalore went down todefending champions Mumbai Indians by 46 runs on Tuesday. The final result was MumbaiIndians 213/6 (20 ov), the Royal Challengers Bangalore 167/8 (20 ov). -- Posted By Blogger to SR at 4/21/2018 12:50:00 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.
