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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: November 24, 2013
Coming off the international break, Americans playing their football abroad were back in action this weekend, highlighted by goals from Aron Johannsson and Mix Diskerud. Danny Williams and Fabian Johnson also made their long-awaited returns from injury and there is fresh news on the transfer front of a possible return to the English Premier League for United States men’s national team captain...
Published: November 24, 2013
New Zealand maintained their perfect record in 2013 with a hugely dramatic 24-22 win over Ireland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The All Blacks scored a try deep into added time to tie the game at 22-22 before Aaron Cruden scored a twice-taken conversion to win it. Heartbreak for the Irish, but they can take plenty of positives from a sterling performance. The first half was a pulsating affair that...
Published: November 24, 2013
Jason Day fired a one-under round of 70 to outlast a talented field, highlighted by fellow contenders Thomas Bjorn, Adam Scott and Matt Kuchar, to win the World Cup of Golf at Royal Melbourne. The format of the tournament changed for this year’s event, making it an individual contest with the team aspect being secondary. Day also won that component alongside countryman Scott. The pair combined...
Published: November 24, 2013
This year’s Formula One season reaches its curtain-call climax in Brazil on Sunday, where Sebastian Vettel receives his parade after sealing the drivers’ championship earlier in the term. Beyond that, we already know Fernando Alonso will be second on the podium, but a gap is still to be filled for the bronze finish. Sao Paulo’s drama might be lessened by the predetermined outcomes,...
Published: November 24, 2013
New Zealand travel to the Aviva Stadium this weekend expecting to end 2013 on a high, unbeaten in 13 games already this year and with the hopes of adding a 14th victory on Sunday. Ireland are in a different realm altogether, with Josef Schmidt still fairly new to his role of head coach and the squad in a state of transition, hopes might understandably be low. However, though it may be a bout of world...
Published: November 23, 2013
Sebastian Vettel claimed a record-equaling ninth consecutive Formula One victory with a dominant performance in the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix. Extending his own succession of wins in a single season, the Red Bull ace beat outgoing teammate Mark Webber and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso to match Alberto Ascari’s 60-year-old record of nine-in-a-row, set over the 1952-53 campaigns. Vettel...
Published: November 23, 2013
South Africa held on to beat France 19-10 on Saturday night, edging a predictably high-intensity clash in Paris. The Springboks followed wins against Scotland and Wales with a hard-fought victory that went all the way to the wire, before replacement Pat Lambie’s late penalty put the tourists out of site. South Africa opened the scoring with a try from JP Pietersen, who blocked a kick from...
Published: November 23, 2013
Australia overcame Scotland 21-15 at Murrayfield on Sunday, with the under-strength tourists doing just enough to achieve the victory. Christian Lealiifano put the Wallabies ahead with an early penalty, but the Scots quickly replied with two penalties of their own from scrum-half Greig Laidlaw (all game information taken from Planet Rugby’s live commentary). Lealiifano levelled...
Published: November 23, 2013
Not for the first time in 2013, Scotland and Australia saw out a tight affair at Murrayfield this weekend, but it was eventually the Southern Hemisphere giants who edged a 21-15 victory in Edinburgh. It was far from the cleanest of affairs. The Wallabies wasted a plethora of kicking opportunities on their way to a second consecutive November victory and revenge against the Scots, whom they met over...
Published: November 23, 2013
Argentina beat Italy 19-14 in Rome on Saturday, with Nicolas Sanchez’s boot key to the Pumas’ victory in a tight test match. The home side went ahead after five minutes through a penalty from Tommaso Allan—after Argentina were penalised at the scrum (all game information taken from Planet Rugby’s live commentary). Allan added another three points midway through the...