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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: May 25, 2012
Golf writer Andy Reistetter attended his third straight World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Weekend and came away once again with insight, inspiration and indelible impressions. Hopefully, you had a chance to attend in person or watch on Golf Channel. If not than join Reistetter and enjoy the highlights of a fantastic Induction Class that is pure class. All five members of the Class of 2012—Dan...
Published: May 25, 2012
Norway 0 England 1 Live international friendly from Oslo Norway: Jarstein; Høgli, Demidov, Hangeland, Riise; Tettey; Elyounoussi, Henriksen, Gamst Pedersen, Braaten; Abdellaoui. England: Green; Jones, Baines, Jagielka, Lescott; Milner, Parker, Gerrard, Downing, Young; Carroll. Ashley Young, 8 mins, 0-1 Did you think we’d abandoned you for the summer? Did you...
Published: May 25, 2012
Ever since his redefining win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Tiger Woods has been struggling. We all thought that he’d be back after the victory but his poor performances later on proved us wrong. Woods finished T. 40 at the Masters and the Players, not to mention a missed cut at the Wells Fargo Championship as well. This is not how Tiger Woods performs, and with the U.S. Open looming around...
Published: May 25, 2012
Before things have even gotten underway in New Jersey for this international friendly, Wales has suffered too many injuries to key players to pull out a victory. Wales will try to win their first match under new coach Chris Coleman, but chances are not looking good, with superstar Gareth Bale and goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey already ruled out of this contest. Mexico has the better team on paper, even...
Published: May 25, 2012
Going from unknown commodity—a teenage one at that—with no Premier League experience to the toast of English football—and doing it within nine months’ time at that is quite the feat. But that’s exactly what 18-year-old Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain did in 2011-12. Signed by Arsenal from Southampton last August for a reported £10 million fee, the youngster wasted little...
Published: May 25, 2012
Jurgen Klinsmann has taken to calling Team USA’s tightly packed, early summer schedule a “five-game tournament.” The U.S. Men will play three friendly matches and their first two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches over the next 18 days. The German manager styled the Orlando training camp to reflect the demands, rigor and physical intensity of a pre-major tournament environment. Additionally...
Published: May 25, 2012
Summer competitions can provide the perfect exclamation point for stellar club seasons. One look at the terrific performances of Wesley Sneijder (coming off a treble-winning season with Inter Milan) and Diego Forlan (winner of the Europa League with Atletico Madrid) at the 2010 World Cup is testament enough to that. They can also provide the platform upon which players with foundering confidence levels—see:...
Published: May 25, 2012
Roy Hodgson’s 23-man roster for Euro 2012 will get its first action tomorrow night as they visit Norway in the first of their two friendlies leading up to the summer tournament. These warm-ups are crucial in establishing not only chemistry, but figuring out the best way to meld the 23 distinct personalities from 23 different backgrounds of football, which include nine different styles...
Published: May 25, 2012
There are more countries in the Euro 2012 tournament than just Germany, Netherlands, Spain and England. These are hands down the most talked about countries present in Poland and Ukraine this summer, but 12 other countries will be on hand to compete as well. Some have a great chance of succeeding and making a new for themselves while others are simply lucky to be involved at all. Here’s a look...
Published: May 25, 2012
Roman Shishkin, who is the right-back defender for Russia in Euro 2012, withdrew from the event. The reason, as reported in the UEFA website, is a stomach complaint without going into details. The latest exit from the Russian squad was announced by coach Dick Advocaat using the same rationale but going into some detail as to what transpired. Advocaat reported that Shishkin might have lost some weight...