International Sports
The Winter Olympics have been exhilarating with Norway in number one with 16 gold medals, 8 silvers and 13 bronze medals. Australia came 18th with 1 gold medal, 2 silvers and a bronze medal. Australian freestyle skier Jakarta Anthony won the gold medal for women's moguls on the 6th of February. A great day for her and she’s made her country proud. The Winter Paralympics also finished with China on top of the table with 18 gold medals, 20 silver medals and 23 bronze medals. Australia only got 1 bronze medal in the men’s snowboard cross. Our bronze medallist being Ben Tudhope, we should all be proud of him and all our Olympic athletes.
It’s been a riveting UCL this year with outcomes that are unexpected or just amazing. In the round of 16 first leg, there were mostly draws between Bayern and Salzburg, Manchester United and Athleticio, Villarreal and Juventus and Ajax and Benfeca, but with all those draws, Manchester City smashed Sporting 5-0, securing their spot in the quarter finals. Yet the round of 16 leg 2 is when it really gets interesting. Réal Madrid beat PSG 3-1 bringing the aggregate to 3-2, knocking out PSG and bringing Real Madrid to the quarter finals.
This is interesting because PSG is said to be one of the best teams in the world, winning 9 Ligue 1 cups (the French league) and an astonishing 14 Coupe de France, which is where there is competition between French teams. Bayern absolutely smashed Salzburg 7-1 with the main man, Robert Lewadoski, scoring a hat-trick. An amazing win for Bayern. Also, Villerreal beat Juventus 3-0, very unexpected as Juventus is one of the best Italian teams. The teams in the quarter finals are Bayern, Liverpool, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Benfica, Villarreal and Chelsea.
Australia vs Pakistan is coming down to the wire as this is the last test match but neither side has won a match. The last two test matches have been a draw so this is the last test match to get a point. Australia decided to bat first. By the start of April, Australia was 232/5 with Aussie legend Usman Khawaja scoring 91 runs. Usman Khawaja has become a legend; making over 90 runs in every test, he’s been amazing. In the second test, in Australia’s first innings, he scored 160. Hopefully he can make as many runs in this test. Pakistan’s Shaheen Afridia and Nauman Ali had taken two wickets each, and Sajid Khan taking Usman Khawaja. After this test match there will be three ODI’s (One Day International) which is where each side will play 50 overs each.