Sports events during Christmas

Izum Adnan and Heejae Park

Staff Reporters

The Pawprint

As the season of greetings is coming up, that means more sports events will be hitting our TV screens with us watching them with a warm Winter drink. Football fans in the UK and around the world this Christmas will be treated very well as the British Premiership League (BPL) will be hosting exciting games with clubs like Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City in action. The full list of the English league features will be listed below:

December 26th

HOME	AWAY
Brighton	Arsenal
Burnley	Everton
Crystal Palace	Cardiff City
Fulham	Wolves
Leicester City	Manchester City
Liverpool FC	Newcastle United
Manchester United	Huddersfield Town
Southampton	West Ham United
Tottenham Hotspurs	AFC Bournemouth
Watford FC	Chelsea FC

December 29th

HOME	AWAY
Brighton	Everton
Fulham	Huddersfield Town
Leicester City	Cardiff City
Tottenham Hotspur	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Watford	Newcastle United
Liverpool FC	Arsenal

December 31st

HOME	AWAY
Leicester City	Everton
Fulham	Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur	Cardiff City

Over in the United States basketball with be entertaining fans. The last few features of the year will have fans on their feet with the likes of the record-breaking Lakers team going up against the Chicago Kings. Fans will be gathering themselves around to enjoy these events with delicious food and beverages. The full list of the multiple National Basketball Association (NBA) features at the end of the year will be listed below:

December 31st

HOME	AWAY
Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Miami Heat	Minnesota Timberwolves
Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Toronto Raptors	Chicago Bulls
Dallas Mavericks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings

The biggest sports events in the US are the American football games and will feature multiple bowls this Christmas as usual. We will get the likes of the Military Bowl, a post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association-sanctioned Division I college football game, Liberty Bowl, an annual American college football bowl game, Taxslayer Bowl, an annual college football bowl game held in Jacksonville, Florida, operated by Gator Bowl Sports, and etc.

The full list of the American football bowls will be listed below:

January 1st

Holiday Bowl

HOME	AWAY
Utah Utes	Northwestern Wildcats

Taxslayer Bowl

HOME	AWAY
Texas A&M Aggies	NC State Wolfpack

Military Bowl

HOME	AWAY
Virginia Tech Hokies	Cincinnati Bearcats

Liberty Bowl

HOME	AWAY
Oklahoma State Cowboys	Missouri Tigers

When it comes to the relevance of sports and why it’s important in society. The beauty of sports were introduced in our world back in 760 BC with an event called footrace. Today in our society there are over 8,000 registered sports that include soccer, American football and basketball.

Happy holidays and enjoy the game!