Sports: The week that will be (29th Oct – 4th Nov)
Here we are, finishing off with October and jumping onto November as the sports action continues.
Cricket:
International Cricket returns after the CL T20 hiatus with New Zealand visiting Sri Lanka for a T20 and ODI series.
| 13:30 GMT | 19:00 Local 19:00 IST |
Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Pallekele, Only T20I |
| Nov 2012 | |||
| Thu Nov 1 | |||
| 09:00 GMT | 14:30 Local 14:30 IST |
Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Pallekele, 1st ODI | ||
| Sun Nov 4 | |||
| 09:00 GMT | 14:30 Local 14:30 IST |
Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (RPS), 2nd ODI | ||
Football:
| SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2012 | |||||
| Time | Home | Away | Venue | ||
| 6:15 P.M IST | Manchester United | v | Arsenal | Old Trafford | |
| 8:30 P.M IST | Fulham | v | Everton | Craven Cottage | |
| 8:30 P.M IST | Norwich City | v | Stoke City | Carrow Road | |
| 8:30 P.M IST | Sunderland | v | Aston Villa | Stadium of Light | |
| 8:30 P.M IST | Swansea City | v | Chelsea | Liberty Stadium | |
| 8:30 P.M IST | Tottenham Hotspur | v | Wigan Athletic | White Hart Lane | |
| 10:00 P.M IST | West Ham United | v | Manchester City | Upton Park | |
| SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012 | |||||
| Time | Home | Away | Venue | ||
| 7:00 P.M IST | Queens Park Rangers | v | Reading | Loftus Road Stadium | |
| 9:30 P.M. IST | Liverpool | v | Newcastle United | Anfield | |
| MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2012 | |||||
| Time | Home | Away | Venue | ||
| 3:00 A.M. (SAT) | Valladolid | v | Real Sociedad | Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla | |
| SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2012 | |||||
| Time | Home | Away | Venue | ||
| 8:30 P.M. | Málaga | v | Rayo Vallecano | Estadio La Rosaleda | |
| 10:30 P.M. | Barcelona | v | Celta Vigo | Estadio Camp Nou | |
| 12:30 AM(SUN) | Real Madrid | v | Real Zaragoza | Estadio Santiago Bernabéu | |
| 2:30 AM(SUN) | Valencia | v | Atlético Madrid | Estadio Mestalla | |
| SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012 | |||||
| Time | Home | Away | Venue | ||
| 4:30 PM IST | Real Sociedad | v | Espanyol | Estadio Anoeta | |
| 8:30 PM IST | Deportivo La Coruña | v | Mallorca | Estadio Riazor | |
| 10:20 IST | Osasuna | v | Valladolid | Estadio El Sadar | |
| 00:15 IST(MON) | Granada | v | Athletic Bilbao | Estadio Los Cármenes | |
| 2:00 AM (MON) | Sevilla FC | v | Levante | Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan | |
| TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012 | |||||
| Time | Home | Away | Stage | Venue | |
| 1:15 A.M. IST | Leeds United | v | Southampton | Round 4 | Elland Road |
| 1:15 A.M. IST | Reading | v | Arsenal | Round 4 | Madejski Stadium |
| 1:15 A.M. IST | Sunderland | v | Middlesbrough | Round 4 | Stadium of Light |
| 1:15 A.M. IST | Swindon Town | v | Aston Villa | Round 4 | County Ground |
| 1:15 A.M. IST | Wigan Athletic | v | Bradford City | Round 4 | The DW Stadium |
| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012 | |||||
| Time | Home | Away | Stage | Venue | |
| 1:15 A.M. IST | Chelsea | v | Manchester United | Round 4 | Stamford Bridge |
| 1:15 A.M. IST | Norwich City | v | Tottenham Hotspur | Round 4 | Carrow Road |
| 1:15 A.M. IST | Liverpool | v | Swansea City | Round 4 | Anfield |
Tennis:
The BNP Paribas Paris Masters gets underway and top seed Roger Federer has already withdrawn from the tournament, leaving Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray to fight it out along with additional challenge from David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who have been seeded as No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 respectively.
Badminton:
The following is the Badminton schedule for the week.
| 30 Oct-04 Nov | Bitburger SaarLoxLux Open 2012 | Grand Prix Gold | Saarbrucken | GER |
| 31 Oct-03 Nov | 2012 Bill Graham Miami International | International Series | Miami | USA |
| 01-04 Nov | 37th YONEX Hungarian International 2012 | International Series | Budapest | HUN |
Formula 1:
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix takes place on 4th November, with Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel holding a decisive 13 point lead over Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.
Red Bull have all but won the Constructors’ Championship and Vettel having won three consecutive matches, will be confident.