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Spain can add another trophy to their already massive medal cabinet as they finished off Italy, 4-2, in the Under-21 European Championship final. This is the fourth U-21 title for Spain and their second in a row. The tournament has been exciting from start to finish, and the final continued in bringing plenty of entertainment. It took all of six minutes for Thiago Alcantara to open the scoring. Isco...
Published: June 18, 2013
The United States continues its quest to qualify for the 2014 World Cup with a home match against Honduras. In order to earn the three points, everyone involved must bring its best effort. After wins over Jamaica and Panama, the US is in good shape in CONCACAF qualifying. The squad leads the six-team group with 10 points in five matches, which is three points ahead of Honduras in fourth place. As long...
Published: June 18, 2013
The road to Rio continues tonight when the U.S. Men’s National Team takes on Honduras in the sixth qualifying match for the 2014 World Cup. After falling to Honduras back in February, the United States has gone 3-0-1 in its next four qualifying matches to lead the Hexagonal standings at the halfway point. With his team on top of the CONCACAF standings, head coach Jurgen Klinsmann can use tonight’s...
Published: June 18, 2013
It may not be the World Cup, but the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup hasn’t lacked either talking points or material for the highlight reel ahead of the second set of matches. Already we have seen a Neymar golaço, a sublime Andrea Pirlo free kick, an imperious performance from Spain and a spirited effort from a Tahiti side that commemorated their only goal in Monday’s 6-1 defeat to...
Published: June 18, 2013
The 2013 Confederations Cup kicks into high gear as teams prepare for their second matches in the group stage. International tournaments are often knocked for failing to live up to the hype. With this year’s Confederations Cup, that hasn’t been the case. Since only eight teams are involved, there aren’t a ton of early matches where it’s one very good team against one average...
Published: June 18, 2013
The Wimbledon semifinals are bound to feature at least two of the top tennis players in the world this year. Due to the secret that is the Wimbledon draw, it’s tough to predict where on the bracket the top-ranked players will end up. Just because Novak Djokovic is the world No. 1 doesn’t mean he’ll land the No. 1 seed for the coming weeks, although that seems unlikely. But no matter...
Published: June 18, 2013
The qualifying groups for the 2014 World Cup came to a conclusion Tuesday, booking places in next summer’s tournament for three more nations. In Group B, Australia’s 1-0 victory over Iraq clinched a place in the top two for the Socceroos, winning them automatic qualification. The Australians can thank Joshua Kennedy, as the 30-year-old striker netted the winner in the 83rd minute just a...
Published: June 18, 2013
The Socceroos secured qualification for their third consecutive World Cup with a shaky 1-0 win over already-eliminated Iraq in Sydney on Tuesday night. Australia’s qualification campaign was not always pretty, but in the end it was effective, as they clinched the second spot in Group B with seven minutes to go in their final fixture. When Jesus Christ lookalike Josh Kennedy rose high above the...
Published: June 18, 2013
Rafael Nadal has been one of the more successful tennis players at Wimbledon in years past, but he faces quite the challenge this time around. Rafa will be playing at Wimbledon for the first time since sitting out for seven months with a knee injury. The grass surface at the Grand Slam is really going to test Nadal’s knee and it should be obvious to tell whether it’s giving him problems...
Published: June 18, 2013
The words from U2’s lead singer Bono rang true as I sprang out of bed as my alarm played “Beautiful Day.” Despite the 4:45 a.m. wake-up call, Father’s Day Sunday started out with optimism that on his birthday, Phil Mickelson could finally capture his first U.S. Open title after finishing as runner-up five times. As a marshal at the U.S. Open, I volunteered to help work on the...