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The weekend has arrived at the 2013 British Open, and Round 3 will serve as moving day as golfers jockey for position in their bid for the coveted Claret Jug. Miguel Angel Jimenez certainly isn’t playing like a 49-year-old, but his experience is serving him well at Muirfield Golf Links. The Spanish veteran scrapped his way to an even-par round of 71 on Friday to get to three under overall for...
Published: July 20, 2013
For contenders lurking a few strokes behind the leader at Muirfield, Round 3 is the time to make a move up the leaderboard. As Golf.com tweeted, the second round already saw scores steadily rise across the board. Shooting in the 60s was nearly an impossible feat. With some of the players already well into their third round, here’s a live look-in at how the leaderboard is currently...
Published: July 20, 2013
The 2013 Super Rugby season has been a marvel to watch for the last seven months or so, but it’s only now that matters really start to heat up. This weekend, the Crusaders play hosts to the Queensland Reds in the first qualifying fixture before the Cheetahs, then travel to Canberra to take on the Brumbies. Awaiting them in semifinal are the top two finishers from the regular season, the Chiefs...
Published: July 20, 2013
Super 15 Rugby gets real on Saturday. After the sparring of the league format, just six teams remain, with one of them set to be crowned champions in two weeks’ time. The Waikato Chiefs and Blue Bulls avoided the playoffs through their league endeavours, leaving the third to sixth placed teams to compete for a spot in the final four. Whilst all the playoff sides have pressure on them to advance...
Published: July 20, 2013
The Chiefs and Bulls will be cackling at the remaining Super Rugby teams. Regular season has concluded, but after a gruelling schedule crammed with many fiercely-fought clashes, the first and second placed teams have an extra week of rest before taking to the field once more. While the two leading squads aren’t in semifinal action until July 27, both Dave Rennie and Frans Ludeke’s sides...
Published: July 20, 2013
On Saturday, the knockout stages of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup will begin. There’s the potential for ugly scorelines, shocking upsets and games that could go all the way to penalties. In this slideshow, I’ll be picking the winners of the quarterfinal matches, which these teams need to win to advance to the oh-so-glorious semifinals. Will traditional favorites Mexico or the U.S. suffer shocking...
Published: July 20, 2013
The best men’s tennis players in the world aren’t always at their best. Some surfaces confound them. Novak Djokovic barely wins 78 percent of the time on his least desired environment. Andy Murray only wins 60 percent on his. These two are the top-ranked tennis players on the ATP Tour. For the others in the top 10, the records are predictably even worse. From No. 10 Stanislas...
Published: July 19, 2013
It is no secret that the Mexican national team didn’t bring its best squad to the United States for the Gold Cup, but most expected El Tri to reach the final without much resistance. Although Panama hit Mexico with a reality check in the opening match of the tournament by upsetting the favored side, Mexico has rebounded and will face Trinidad and Tobago in the quarterfinals. Although the Soca...
Published: July 19, 2013
The final day of the 2013 Formula One Young Driver Test saw the hot and sunny conditions at Silverstone continue. This year’s test was modified to allow race drivers to perform limited testing of the new construction Pirelli tyres. Introduced after the chaos of the British Grand Prix, the tyres should prove slightly more durable. Race drivers can only perform tyre testing—parts and development...
Published: July 19, 2013
Landon Donovan just played his 10th game for USMNT head coach Jurgen Klinsmann. Klinsmann is 7-2-1 when Donovan suits up for his national team, including the last four games of the team’s record setting, eight-game winning streak. With the Nats’ next few matches all Gold Cup knock-out contests, the winning streak is likely to increase to 10 or 11 games. The prodigal son Donovan will go...