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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: November 27, 2013
For some Formula 1 drivers, the end of the season could not have come quickly enough. Whilst a fortunate few are bathing in the glory of a job well done and enjoying some well-earned time off, others face an anxious wait regarding their F1 futures or are left to reflect on what has been a tough campaign. Taking last season as a comparison, here are five drivers whose end of term report will not make...
Published: November 27, 2013
Whether it’s due to injury, lack of form, self-imposed sabbatical or club commitments, it seems like the United States men’s national team never gets to put its best lineup on the field. But heading towards the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, with a plethora of nightmarish group stage draws possible, head coach Jurgen Klinsmann will need his best players healthy and in form if the U.S. is to...
Published: November 27, 2013
The 2014 Formula One season will go down in the history books as a record-breaking one for Sebastian Vettel. Because of the measure of the young German’s dominance and the fact that he won the final nine races of the season, the season will not be remembered as a classic. But if we look beyond the Vettel victories alone, many of the races in a season that marks the end of the V8 era threw up...
Published: November 27, 2013
Now that the 32 nations are decided for next year’s World Cup, we can expect to be immersed in the speculation of which players will be summoned to feature on the globe’s biggest stage. Whilst there is still six months of domestic football to soak up—not to mention the continental competitions, with the current high-octane group stages rapidly lurching towards climax—a World...
Published: November 27, 2013
Rory McIlroy has spent much of a winless 2013 season searching for the remedy to an ailing golf swing. If recent tournament results are any indication, however, he has found the cure. With two events remaining on his yearly docket—the Emirates Australian Open and the Tiger Woods hosted Northwestern Mutual World Challenge—his best chance at claiming that elusive first victory of 2013 is...
Published: November 27, 2013
The 2015 Rugby World Cup may be just under two years away, but fans across the globe can now begin making their preparations for the sporting showcase as the full schedule, venues and pool details have been made public. Hosts England are set to kick off the eighth Rugby World Cup at 8 p.m. BST on Sept. 18, 2015. The rundown was revealed on the tournament’s official website and via Conor Pope...
Published: November 27, 2013
The World Cup is now just a few months away. With the participating nations confirmed, attention is turning to which players will attend the competition next summer. Nowhere is attention being paid more closely than on Luiz Felipe Scolari and his Brazil squad, with the hosts hoping for a sixth World Cup success and a first on home soil. Matters of national selection in Brazil are always highly...
Published: November 27, 2013
World football is littered with clashes and rivalries that mean something above and beyond the mundane fixtures of the league calendar. Teams share animosity for a myriad of different reasons and to a number of varying degrees. This article lists the seven greatest rivalries in club football; these are the fixtures that possess a meaning far beyond a simple game, the matches that are universally sought...
Published: November 26, 2013
Ryan Crotty’s 82nd minute try for New Zealand sent his homeland into raptures as the All Blacks sealed 14 wins in 14 games this year. But for Irish fans, it was a dagger through the heart as their first win over the men in black was ripped from their grasp. Last-gasp tries will do that to supporters, delivering one set of fans to dream land and condemning the other mob to sporting purgatory. There...
Published: November 26, 2013
With the November international Tests coming to their inevitable end, there’s only so many opportunities remaining for the biggest and baddest of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres to release their anger upon one another. So, with that being the case, it was nice to see some sides grabbing the opportunity with both hands this week, just as Scotland and Australia did at Murrayfield. Although...