In India: This is thelast weekend of regular play before the playoffs begin in IPL, India PremierLeague Cricket. Saturday, the RajasthanRoyals take on Royal Challengers Bangalore, potentially for a place in theplay-offs. Later, the SunrisersHyderabad will be pitted against Kolkata Knight Riders, which also has playoffmeaning. Hyderabad have already reachedthe qualification round, as they are at the top of the standings. Unless they are creamed by Kolkata, they willremain at the top of the table, with Chennai second. Kolkata are in third place and are, indeed, formidable opponents. Either of the Royals could best Kolkata in the standings, depending onthe outcome. On Sunday, Mumbai visit thebasement team, Delhi with an NRR superior to even Bangalore's (0.384). Ofcourse, Bangalore could either reduce the NRR gap or even overtake Mumbai inthis regard depending on how big their margin of victory over Rajasthan islikely to be.
In the English Premier League, Manchester United have a chanceto salvage the season, and their reputation, whilst meeting Chelsea. United’s FA Cup rivalry with Chelsea is amostly modern affair. The pair meet at Wembley Stadium in the cup final onSaturday, the third time they have done so since 1994. Historically, they have clashed 14 times inthe competition, with United winning eight of those games and losing only four.Nine of those encounters have come since that 1994 final, which United triumphed4-0. United came from behind with goals in besting TottenhamHotspur in the semifinals to win 2-1. Thesemi-final was the first time United has beaten Spurs in London in fiveattempts. United, who have won 12 FACups and will match Arsenal’s record 13 wins if they triumph, will be hopingfor a similar change in fortune against a team which has also found it easy tobeat them in England’s capital in recent years. In the USA, in Baltimore Maryland, the Preakness Stakes will be run at the Pimlico Race track this afternoon. The Preakness was first run in 1873, and is the second of the Triple Crown, run two weeks after the Kentucky Derby, and three weeks before the Belmont. It is always run on the third Saturday of May. The course is 9.5 Furlongs, or 1 3/16 miles (1900m). Justify, which won the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago, is a favorite. -- Posted By Blogger to SR at 5/19/2018 01:13:00 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.
