Australia 333 & 240 (Hussey 89, Ponting 60, Yadav 4-70) beat India 282 & 169 (Pattinson 4-53, Siddle 3-42) by 122 runs
James Pattinson and Peter Siddle were very effective in the Boxing Day Test, Australia v India, 1st Test, Melbourne, 4th day, December 29, 2011

Australia 1st Innings 333/10 in 110 Overs at 3.02 Run Rate per Over.

Ed Cowan 68Runs in 177Balls

Ricky Ponting 62Runs in 94Balls

Peter Siddle 41Runs in 99Balls

India 1st Innings 282/10 in 94.1 Overs at 2.99 Run Rate per Over.

Virender Sehwag 67Runs in 83Balls

Rahul Dravid  68Runs in 187Balls

Sachin Tendulkar 73Runs in 98Balls

Australia 1st Innings 240/10 in 76.3 Overs at 3.13 Run Rate per Over.

Ricky Ponting 60Runs in 97Balls

Michael Hussey 89Runs in 151Balls

India 1st Innings 169/10 in 47.5 Overs at 3.53 Run Rate per Over.

Sachin Tendulkar 32Runs in 46 Balls

MS Dhoni 23Runs in 44Balls

Umesh Yadav 21 Runs in 25 Balls

The Jacksonville Jaguars may not be playing for much, but the Atlanta Falcons have their supports strongly against the wall this Thursday night in what could be their last opportunity at a run for the wild card.

Houston has already locked up the AFC South, and there is no chance of a wild card berth for the Jags, so it will be exciting to see if The Jacksonville lets Atlanta move all over them or if they provide them a attack.

The Atlanta Falcons are damaged in the center of the NFC South division hunt, stuck two matches behind the New Orleans Team. While they may not win the split, they are in prime position to get into the playoffs via the wild card. A win furthers that cause.

The Atlanta Falcons will need to establish their run game early if they want to win this game, and that means plenty of Michael Turner. If the tough, run-stoppers of Jacksonville can’t control Turner and the Falcons run game, they will be behind the whole game.

For India’s part, the sequence so far has belonged to Rohit Sharma, who has come very near to scoring a century on at least two occasions. It would be exciting to see if he could confirm himself yet again and go all the way to cross the mysterious three-figure mark. Along with Virat Kohli, the youngster has shouldered the liability of the Indian innings where others failed.

India’s middle order may perhaps get a boost with the come back of Irfan Pathan. Though bowling is his major energy, he has proved in the past that he can be very useful with the bat as well. He is replacing Umesh Yadav.

India has already won the toss and elected to bat. The curator has promised a pitch full of runs, and though there is a little grass on the wicket which will help the fast bowlers early on, the match is expected to be a run feast.

For West Indies, the lower order has to the rescue twice, with Russell, Sammy and Rampaul rising to the occasion. However, the tail is always shaky, and unless the top order comes into form, nothing definite can be expected. With Darren Bravo ruled out of the fourth ODI due to hamstring injury, the visitors have their task cut out.

The bowlers have done better than the batsmen for West Indies, especially Sunil Narine, the mystery spinner who made a good start to his international career and picked up 2 for 34 from his 10 overs in his debut match at Ahmedabad.

Mike Tomlin’s men have an outside opportunity for obtaining their play-off position in week 14. They need a success in addition to failures on Sunday for all of three of the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets and Tennessee Titans. Pittsburgh come into the match on a three-game winning streak and have a 5-1 home record this strategy, the only blip returning against the Ravens.

But they must do without linebacker LaMarr Woodley who is ruled out by a hamstring muscle damage, and wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders due to a foot issue. Browns duo Colt McCoy and Peyton Hillis are expected to play despite suffering injuries because of last week’s defeat to Baltimore.

Quarterback McCoy has practised as normal despite a sprained knee and is listed as probable, while running back Hillis is questionable with a hip problem that has limited his participation in practice. Also questionable on the injury report are right tackle Tony Pashos (ankle) and safety Mike Adams (shoulder). Both are expected to play.

Diego Rivera joined Academy of San Carlos in South America Metropolis at the age of ten to research art. Later he transferred to Europe where he initially studied in Madrid, Spain, and from there went to Paris, France, to live and work with the artists in Montparnasse.

A communist, Diego Rivera was significantly influenced by the political beliefs of the Mexican Revolution (1914-15) and the European Revolution (1917). Through his art, he desired to reflect the existence of the significant training and native people of Mexico.

Under a government program in 1921, he began a sequence of paintings in public buildings. During 1930s and 1940s, Diego Rivera painted several paintings in the United States. Some of his works also designed controversy. One of his mural made in CA building in Metropolis, known as Man at the Crossroads, featuring a portrait of European communist innovator Vladimir Lenin, was destroyed.

In 1929, Diego Rivera married artist Frida Kahlo, who was some 20 years his junior. The two divorced in 1939, only to remarry later.

Screenwriter: Melissa Rosenberg
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Director: Bill Condon

Story Line & Movie Review:

After a fairy tale wedding, leaving Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) for a honeymoon just as delicious to a remote destination. The honeymoon is cut short when Bella discovers she is pregnant and a half-vampire baby to come. Her frail body could hardly cope with rapidly changing body and add to the problems of the couple are aggressive werewolves who are Hell Bent to stop the introduction of the new arrival. Can old friend Jacob (Taylor Lautner) save the day? More importantly, can Edward and Bella are the proud parents of a new species …

Bella (Kristen Stewart) has played her role concisely for two years as the irresistible human entree of Edward Cullen’s eye (Robert Pattinson), but now their love, having overcome many typical obstacles, has resulted in marriage, where this film begins.  Edward and Bella go on their honeymoon, which, despite resulting in the conception of their demon spawn, is really quite humorous and quenches the audience’s thirst to see the duo finally act like a normal hormone-driven teenage couple.

One pint of fresh blood is pumped in love in the body of the Twilight movie-monster for installation penultimate, writes Georgina Watson. In this desire dropper, emotional play of a supernatural thriller, the young couple of vampire Edward Cullen and Bella prepare for their toughest battle to date – the first year of marriage. From each of the three movies before that, with the book, Breaking Dawn Part One owes its success to all the fantasies of the popularity of adolescent sexual desire and love of the soul that it consumes.

Last year’s Premier League runners-up who need a positive result against Mick McCarthy’s men after back-to-back losses at home, and 2-1 loss away to Bayer Leverkusen. Andre Villas Boas has a lot to think in terms of true unity as bad, but wholesale changes are not likely to happen against the wolves.

There will probably be basic things, with Fernando Torres could come to replace Didier Drogba, who was beaten by Bayer Leverkusen, although there might be some young players to fill out and tired legs after two long games in a week.

For Wolves, Richard Stearman looks set to miss out with a broken wrist, and Ronald Zubar could fill in for his first appearance in nine months, while both Jamie O’Hara and Stephen Hunt are both missing due to suspension. Expect Nenad Milijas and Adlene Guedioura to step in.

Sunderland host bottom placed Wigan Athletic with Steve Bruce’s men are looking for their third season victory. After failing to get past an inspired Mark Schwarzer in theirgoalless tie against Fulham at the Stadium of Light on Saturday, Sunderland will be aiming for all three points.

Sunderland have won just twice this season, beating Bolton Wanderers 2-0 away and thrashing Stoke City 4-0 at home. The Wigan clash is the second of four matches against sides in the end of the table. The point unbeaten home run against Fulham advanced the Black Cats’ is four games, a center-back Wes Brown was keen to promote.

“We lost our first two home games of the season but since then we are unbeaten in four at the Stadium of Light,” the 32-year-old said. “OK, three of those matches were draws and we know we must win more home games. But it’s still a decent run of form at home and if we can win on Saturday against Wigan it will give us a great momentum and move us up the table.”

Sunderland have scored only 14 goals so far this season and Bruce will be hoping that Korean forward Dong-Won Ji will have more bite upfront against a struggling Wigan backline. Wigan’s Republic of Ireland international James McCarthy believes the 3-3 draw with Blackburn Rovers gives Roberto Martinez’s something to build on.

Earlier, India has lost their first wicket on day 4 when VVS Laxman was out to a delivery from FH Edwards at a score of 32. Early on day 3, the anticipation surrounding that elusive century monument reached a crescendo when the Indian crowd that celebrated the fall of an Indian wicket Gautam Gambhir so that Tendulkar could leave for the post. Gautam Gambhir made exit after a sound 55 and India were then two down.

Cruelly dismissed Gambhir said only created a greater sense of expectation at the Wankhede Stadium. For the 20,000-odd spectators, the match had now become accidental, a mere convenience to hold together a Sachin Tendulkar plot. That’s what the expectation of a milestone Tendulkar – in this case his hundredth 100 — usually does.

So then, he arrived amidst an impossible din, shadow-practicing a defensive push. The highest run-getter in Tests joined the second-highest run-getter, Rahul Dravid. This was the third day of the Test and the most awaited session.

Slowly the ring of fields squeezed tighter. Darren Samuels called on a short-leg, two slips and a gully. Ravi Rampaul bounded in, alive to the moment. Get Tendulkar and kill the Test. Tendulkar’s first-ball single calmed the scene. By sundown, he had moved to an unbeaten 67, just 33 runs away from the moment, should it come on the fourth day. India meanwhile are 281 for three, with batsmen on either side continuing to have a field day in the Test.