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MINNEAPOLIS -- Heres a look at Sundays preseason games around the NFL. (All times EDT):THE SHIP COMES INSan Diego at Minnesota, 1 p.m.The Vikings will take the field in their gleaming new stadium for the first time, showing off the $1.1 billion venue to their fans -- and the Chargers, whose 15-year quest to replace aged Qualcomm Stadium has yielded only uncertainty about the franchises future in San Diego. An attempt to move to Los Angeles last winter was blocked by the Rams and the NFL.The Vikings were once a candidate to move, but theyre not going anywhere now with light-filled, ship-shaped U.S. Bank Stadium now towering over the east edge of downtown Minneapolis where the Metrodome once stood. After a public open house, an international soccer exhibition and a couple of concerts, from country singer Luke Bryan to hard-rocking Metallica, its finally time for football under the translucent roof.Hopefully we can make this a home, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said.Running back Adrian Peterson will just be a spectator against the Chargers.The 10th-year veteran, who has not taken a preseason snap since 2011, was given the choice of whether or not to play a few downs but opted not to.I just really thought about it and didnt feel like it was the best thing, Peterson said.An awkward season for the Chargers has started as poorly as possible with the holdout of defensive end Joey Bosa, the third pick in the draft whose representatives have clashed with the front office over seemingly minor structures to his contract.HONEY BADGER IS BACKArizona at Houston, 4:25 p.m.Cardinals all-Pro safety Tyrann Mathieu, who came off the physically unable to perform list last week after finishing his recovery from a torn ACL in his right knee that kept him out of the playoffs last winter, will make his preseason debut with 10 to 12 plays against the Texans. So will cornerback Justin Bethel, who had foot surgery in the spring and is competing with Mike Jenkins and rookie Brandon Williams for the starting cornerback spot opposite Patrick Peterson.The Cardinals, after advancing further into the NFLs elite with a 13-3 regular-season finish in 2015, will undoubtedly be looking around at Houstons NRG Stadium and pondering the possibility of a February return for the Super Bowl.The Texans will have a valuable opportunity to test their passing game against one of the leagues best defenses, with new quarterback Brock Osweiler aiming to build off a solid performance last week against New Orleans when he led the first team to 13 points in the first half. Rookie wide receiver Will Fuller, a key addition to the offense, was the target on the touchdown pass against the Saints and finished with 73 yards on four catches.LOOKING AT LAFELLCincinnati at Jacksonville, 8 p.m.One of the biggest issues for the Bengals this season will be the replacement of wide receivers Marvin Jones and Mohamed Sanu, their top two targets behind star A.J. Green who left as free agents. Second-round draft pick Tyler Boyd has impressed the team in limited action in the first two exhibition games, including a 40-yard catch in the opener and a diving 26-yard grab to go with a 12-yard touchdown reception last week.Brandon LaFell is the other newcomer, having left New England to join the Bengals, but an injured right hand that kept him out of the first two games has kept his impact on the offense more of a mystery. 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Australia face another trial by spin in Colombo after the surface at the SSC was revealed to have been prepared along similar lines to the track in Galle.Two days out from the third Test, the pitch showed even less signs of moisture or grass than Galles had done, meaning it is again set to turn significantly from day one, with natural variation to again test the awareness of the visiting batsmen.If you look at the Galle wicket there was probably a little bit more grass on it at this stage, the touring vice-captain David Warner said after inspecting the wicket. Going out there and looking at it, it is quite dry, but thats something that you do expect.While it was never much of a secret that Sri Lanka intended to prepare spinning pitches for this series, the hosts appeared to flirt with earning censure for the surface in Galle, with the match referee Chris Broad reportedly seen in animated conversation with the ground staff on the subject of bare patches on a length at either end of the pitch.Broad, who rated the Galle surface poor after the corresponding match between Sri Lanka and Australia in 2011, this time chose to offer a kinder final assessment of the pitch. Over three days it behaved less capriciously than the strip prepared five years ago, which in addition to sharp turn offered dangerous variable bounce.ESPNcricinfo understands that while Sri Lanka did eexpress a preference for a turning track in Galle, there was no specific direction given as to how this would be achieved.dddddddddddd Ground staff were seen vigorously brushing the pitch in the lead-up to the match, a practice designed to reduce any residual grass coverage.Sometimes you get that in these conditions, they try and hold the wicket as well as they can together, Warner said of Galles uneven grass coverage. In that two-metre period from the crease it is going to get scuffed up on the first few days of a Test match.I think the Galle wicket was a competitive wicket, it was a little bit different to Kandy, I think day one and two, the Kandy wicket had a little bit of moisture in it, Galle naturally does turn a lot, I think the way that the pitch played was okay.Penalties may be imposed by the ICC for pitches rated poor by the match referee, but otherwise home boards are left to manage their own surfaces. The pitch wasnt marked as poor by the match referee so it is an issue for the home Board to manage, an ICC spokesperson said.Pitches are rated somewhere on the following scale by match referees: very good, good, above average, below average, poor or unfit. Unless the pitch is rated poor, the ICC does not disclose the rating. ' ' '