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SYDNEY -- With the usual touristy things -- Opera House, Harbour Bridge and meeting mascot-sized koalas -- out of the way, the California Golden Bears and Hawaii were set to continue their practice sessions in Australia on Wednesday ahead of the opening college football game of the season.The midday Saturday game -- prime time Friday night in the United States -- will be held at Sydneys Olympic stadium, where organizers expecting a crowd of more than 65,000.On Tuesday, both teams were welcomed to the city at an Opera House reception. Cal coach Sonny Dykes and Hawaii coach Nick Rolovich were presented with Malibu-sized surfboards and some of the players posed for selfies with the iconic Opera House and bridge in the background.After the festivities, both teams held workouts and Dykes said Cal got the kinks out during the fully-padded practice.The guys are getting acclimatized to Sydney time, so we had a good, intense practice and the guys worked hard, Dykes said.Defensively it was one of the better ones weve had. Offensively I thought we were a little out of sync, but the guys were moving around well and I though mentally we were pretty sharp.Dykes said it was good to mingle with the Hawaii players at the Opera House welcome.It was a great activity, fun to see the guys from Hawaii, he said. It gets you thinking about the ball game when you see your opponent.Cal had a seven-win turnaround from the past two seasons, going from 1-11 in 2013 to 8-5 last year.Hawaii, with former quarterback Rolovich in his first season as coach, is the most travelled team in U.S. college football. The Rainbow Warriors will play again on Sept. 3 when they make their first appearance at the Big House, taking on Michigan in Ann Arbor.In the meantime, hes happy to make his coaching debut Down Under and give his players a unique lifetime experience.If they kick me out of my country, Im coming here, save me a room, Rolovich told local media. How many people get to play their first game in Australia in Sydney? Your grandkids arent going to believe you that you got to do this in September when youre 20 years old. Carlos Zambrano Cubs Jersey . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. Mark Grace Jersey . 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It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Ben McAdoo is getting the New York Giants ready for their trip to London with some uncertainty about the status of Odell Beckham Jr.The star receiver had a career-best game in catching eight passes for 222 yards and two touchdowns against the Baltimore Ravens in Sundays 27-23 win. But the 23-year-old receiver is dealing with a hip pointer.Hes down there getting some treatment, McAdoo said Monday when asked how Beckham felt. Well know more when we go to hit the field with him.McAdoo had no idea how much Beckham would practice this week as the Giants prepared for Sundays game against the Los Angeles Rams.Well see early in the week, he said. Im sure hes going to be sore.While Beckham was outstanding, the third-year player still found a way to upset McAdoo. After catching his go-ahead 66-yard touchdown with 1:24 to play, Beckham ran out of the end zone and took off his helmet to celebrate.It drew a 15-yard penalty and allowed Baltimore to start its final drive at the 32 instead of the 25 had Josh Brown gotten a touchback on the final kickoff.We had a discussion about it, McAdoo said. Cant have it. He knows that. He went out and wanted to fire up the kickoff coverage and the defense. He knows we cant have it.The Giants will practice Wednesday and Thursday in New Jersey and then head to London after the second practice.Weve done all of our homework there, McAdoo said. Its not the first time the Giants have been over therre.ddddddddddddIts the first time for me. We have some coaches on the staff who have a bunch of experience. As far as the food goes, weve done a lot of our homework there. Made sure weve bridged the gap, so to speak.McAdoo wants the players to make sure they get their rest early this week, so he pushed back some starting times for team activities. The team will adjust its normal workout on Friday and Saturday to make sure the players recover from the flight.This wont be McAdoos first game outside the United States. He was on the San Francisco 49ers staff when the team played in Mexico against the Arizona Cardinals in 2005.However, he did have to get his passport updated for this trip.Im not much of a world traveler, he said, adding any passport issues with the players were dealt with in training camp.Game notes McAdoo had no updates on injuries to long snapper Zak DeOssie, cornerback Trevin Wade and linebacker Keenan Robinson. ... The coach would not disclose whether LT Ereck Flowers was disciplined for pushing an ESPN reporter after last weeks game against the Packers. ... The Giants have asked the NFL to explain the fourth-quarter pass interference call against Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie that led to the Ravens go-ahead touchdown with 2:04 to play.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '