Sports Headlines: Wednesday, November 22, 2017.

The Champions League Stories

Tottenham kept up their impressive showing in the campaign as they came from behind to compound Dortmund’s woes with a 2-1 victory and Liverpool let go a 3-0 first half lead to succumb to another draw against Sevilla but have managed to secure a spot in the last 16. Ronaldo however made it 8 goals in 5 matches this season as Real Madrid condemned APOEL to a 6-0 thrashing and Benzema likewise got a brace too. Manchester City had to settle for a late goal to see off a tough Feyenoord outfit but the 1-0 means the English club are on the verge of making it out of the group stages without dropping a single point. Napoli are fighting for the second position with a 3-0 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk who are looking for just a point to qualify. RB Leipzig recorded an outstanding 4-1 win away at Monaco as they seem to be finding their feet in the competition.

Tony Bellew Is Not Waiting Forever

After postponing the rematch between him and Bellew, David Haye had given his reasons as a freak accident that caused him a bicep injury, but Tony has given voice that he will not wait forever for the rematch that he hopes comes up early in 2018. But he also advised that they both take interim matches before that time and said he still doubted if Haye could be trusted to be ready at that time.

Transfer Rumors

Arsene Wenger has made Schalke 04’s midfielder Leon Goretzka his primary target for the January transfer and Ivan Rakitic is starting up a storm in Barcelona after he admitted that it is not certain that Lionel Messi will stay in the club for another season. Meanwhile, Nacho Monreal has expressed confidence that Ozil and Sanchez will stay at the Emirates all through the season.

F1 Writer Slams Abu Dhabi Track

Though the chief writer for BBC Sports, Andrew Benson, highlighted the attractions to the race track by foreigners, he criticized what should be the main attraction; the tracks. It is the stage set for Lewis Hamilton to complete his world tour as champion on the 2017 and Andrew pointed out that the builders could have done better but instead left lots of shortcomings that include: a bit of undulation, slow corners and a series of 90 degrees bends to end the lap.