RBS 6 Nations Rugby: Can Ireland Really Beat France?

The two pre-tournament favourites meet at the Aviva Stadium—or Landsowne Road, as most of us still call it—in the final match of the weekend. France had an easy ride against Scotland last weekend, whilst Ireland were almost undone by Italy and will want to bounce back hard.   Irish Overview Ireland know that they only avoided embarrassment against the Italians because their opponents—literally—dropped... 

Tiger Woods In Dubai: Firing in the 60s Does Not Mean He Is Back

Today at the Dubai Desert Classic, we saw Tiger Woods card a 66, shooting his way up the leader board and back in contention. What has begun to get under my skin when it comes to Tiger Woods is the constant influx of articles claiming that whenever he shoots a round in the 60s, he is back. There have been a plethora of opinions offered regarding Tiger Woods and his ability (or inability) to get to... 

Six Nations Rugby Preview: Is Wales vs. Scotland The Battle Of The Wooden Spoon?

Scotland take on Wales at Murrayfield in what could turn out to be the battle to avoid the wooden spoon.   Scotland didn’t cover themselves in glory against France last weekend, whilst Wales lost at home to England for the first time since 2003.     Scottish overview   Scotland coach Andy Robinson was bullish after losing to France, pointing out that each of France’s... 

Kim Clijsters Returns To The World Number One Spot

Five years ago, Kim Clijsters was the No. 1 player in the World. Not many would have believed she would be at this position once she decided to retire. In 2009, Kim decided to return to competitive tennis after an exhibition she played with Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi, to honour the roof on the Centre Court of Wimbledon. She then won the U.S. Open, surprising everyone.” The training sessions... 

Tennis: Jelena Dokic Defeats Nadia Pretova To Advance in GDF Suez Open

Former top 10 player Jelena Dokic of Australia scored one of her biggest wins in a long time on Thursday, shocking Nadia Petrova 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the second round of the GDF Suez Open in Paris. Having fallen to 120th in the rankings, Dokic defeated the 20th-ranked Petrova to advance to the quarterfinals for a date with Kim Clijsters. If Clijsters wins, she’ll officially... 

Tennis: Fernando Verdasco, Robin Soderling and ATP Recap

The best and greatest (ALL IN ONE PLACE): www.TennisNow.com Upsets took a holiday on Thursday at the three ATP tournaments underway. Only three seeded players across three tournaments went down in defeat as the SAP Open and the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament reached the round of 16 and the Brasil Open started its quarterfinals. In the ABN AMRO at Rotterdam, top seeded Robin Soderling had to... 

2011 Six Nations: Ireland vs. France at Aviva Stadium

These sides both emerged from the opening weekend with wins, but France were able to do so in a far more convincing fashion. They overcame Scotland with a winning margin of 13 points and never looked in danger of losing the game, whereas Ireland had to snatch victory in the dying minutes in Rome with a Ronan O’Gara drop goal. The French will have been particularly pleased with the way their scrum... 

Six Nations 2011 Preview: Scotland vs. Wales at Murrayfield

Both of these sides lost their opening games, but Scotland will probably have emerged from the first weekend the happier of the two, having scored three tries at the Stade de France. Under coach Andy Robinson, Scotland have been steadily improving over the last few seasons, and they showed this last autumn by beating South Africa. Wales, on the other hand, are moving in completely the other direction,... 

Six Nations Rugby: England Look To Dominate Italy Despite Losing Andrew Sheridan

After their exciting victory over Wales, England begin a run of three home matches with a game against an Italian side who will themselves be confident after coming within an ace of beating Ireland last weekend.   English Overview Despite the various problems that they encountered against the Welsh last Friday—lack of power in the scrum, Louis Deacon’s senseless yellow card, Chris... 

2011 Six Nations: England vs. Italy at Twickenham Preview

These teams came into the championship with rather differing expectations, with England hoping for a Grand Slam and Italy hoping to avoid the wooden spoon. Both teams performed well in their opening matches; England will be pleased that they were able to overcome Wales in Cardiff, and Italy will be slightly disappointed that they just failed to beat Ireland in a tight match in Rome. It was the Italian... 

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