International: Soccer (Football) League play is suspended
this weekend in almost all countries.
This allows soccer stars, no matter their team or where they play, to
return home to play for their national teams.
This weekend will see the early selection rounds for countries to be
chosen to play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, to be contested next (2018) June and
July in Russia. So, no Arsenal or Paris
Saint-Germain, no Bayern or Roma or Real Madrid this weekend. As for prospects on national team play this
weekend: wave your own flag, too early
for this blog to speculate.
In the USA: Elite Eight action begins today in the NCAA
Basketball playoffs. This collegiate
tournament has brought plenty of action and excitement, whether you prefer to
call it the big dance or March madness...
Kansas, Oregon, South Carolina, North Carolina and Kentucky have this
Elite Eight sounding like a Miss America pageant, but Catholic schools Xavier
and Gonzaga have held out too, and will play each other today for a spot in the
Final Four. Last night, in the final
game leading to the Elite Eight, Wisconsin tied Florida with two seconds to go,
to send the game into overtime. No
spoiler alerts here, you will have to watch the game you recorded or check the
net for your results.
In India: If ever there was a year to follow Cricket,
this might be IT. This year, Australia's tour of India has not been a ho hum
affair, and all is on the line for the start of today's Fourth Test, India v Australia, in a stadium in the remote mountaintop
locale of Dharamsala. A few weeks ago India's players probably
expected the fourth Test to be a festive occasion in a picturesque locale,
completing a marathon home international season with the completion of a
comfortable series win over Australia. But
... Instead Dharamsala plays host to a
match that will be anything but valedictory.
Australia has fought India all the
way through the series, having started with a stunning upset in Pune, and now
find themselves needing only a draw to go home with the trophy. India, by
contrast, have had to dig particularly deep to avoid defeat, first getting
decidedly scrappy in Bengaluru, and then fighting hard, getting injured, doing
all they could to escape with a draw in the third test in Ranchi... Virat Kohli, India's spectacular team Captain, has been
injured and his season has tragically ended.... In a series that has hit plenty of heights,
the mountaintop locale of Dharamsala seems as fitting a place as any for the
fate of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to be decided.
Australia beating India IN
India? Can it happen, what was that they
said, thrice in fifty years? We shall
see, all Australia needs this week is a draw and it will have done so.
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