Try the powerful search:
Selected WPSN searches:
Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: October 10, 2012
Picking the 25 best golfers from the United States might seem like a pretty easy task. But when you start poring through the names—and what a list of names to pick from—the task becomes difficult only because there are so many good players to choose from. There are plenty of no-brainers and plenty of maybes, and maybe even a stretch or two. And the other thing about a list like this…it’s...
Published: October 9, 2012
On Monday afternoon, United States men’s national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann announced his roster for the team’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Antigua and Barbuda and Guatemala. While there were many surprises on Klinsmann’s roster, one name that was expected was that of Sporting Kansas City’s Graham Zusi. Perhaps no man in the USMNT player pool has seen his stock...
Published: October 9, 2012
Less than two years separate us and the start of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, a host nation that holds the game in its highest regard. Diving into the heart of a country absolutely oozing with passion and an insatiable appetite for football, Brazil will present 12 venues, some new and others remodeled, that will echo themes of the country’s approach to sustainability and the natural world. In...
Published: October 9, 2012
England resume their qualifying campaign for World Cup 2014 this week with a match that everybody on planet football will be expecting them to win comfortably, handsomely and clinically, as they take on the lowest FIFA-ranked European nation, San Marino. Roy Hodgson’s men made something of an indifferent start to their qualification campaign last month, comfortably beating Moldova 5-0 before...
Published: October 9, 2012
As foregone conclusions go in European football, a home fixture against San Marino has to be up there as one of the most predictable results going. The tiny republic of just 32,000 people are one of world football’s minnows, ranked 207th in the world between the Turks and Caicos Islands and Bhutan. They travel to face England at Wembley on Friday in a World Cup qualifier for which anything less...
Published: October 9, 2012
Tiger Woods started off the 2012 World Golf Final with a lackluster performance and lost his first match of the tournament to Charl Schwartzel. The tournament is being played at Antalya Golf Club in Turkey, and Woods is one of eight players competing in the exhibition. $1.5 million will be awarded to the winner, and a total of $5.2 million in prize money will be handed out, according to the event’s...
Published: October 9, 2012
Those anticipating a head-to-head contest between Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy will get their wish on Wednesday, but it likely won’t have the stakes that anyone involved with the inaugural Turkish Airlines World Golf Final wanted. Both of the world’s top two golfers lost in their opening-day contests in medal match play on Tuesday, leaving an uphill battle for both to avoid elimination...
Published: October 9, 2012
Jurgen Klinsmann has called 24 players into training camp to prepare for the United States’ final two matches against Antigua & Barbuda and Guatemala, in the Semifinal Round of qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In a shocking surprise, Klinsmann did not call up AZ Alkamaar forward Jozy Altidore. “I communicated with Jozy that I was not happy about his latest performances with...
Published: October 9, 2012
The final two matches in the current round of World Cup qualifying are upon the United States. The U.S. travels to Antigua on the 12th and return home for a match against Guatemala on the 16th. Head coach Jurgen Klinsmann called 24 men to join the training camp for these matches: Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan, Tim Howard, Nick Rimando Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra, Geoff Cameron, Edgar Castillo,...
Published: October 9, 2012
These 10 players are ready to light up the next World Cup in the summer of 2014. All of them are really, really young, and all of them play for nations that should be expected to play in Brazil two summers from now. First, a note on age. This list is limited to players 21 years old and under as of Oct. 1, 2012. Got it? Check out the list, and make sure to add your suggestions to the comments below. Begin...