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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: December 27, 2013
With 167 days until the Brazil 2014 World Cup, the buzz surrounding the tournament is beginning to get louder. This week, we look at news out of the England, Argentina and Germany camps, as well as an announcement from FIFA president, Sepp Blatter, regarding some extra assistance for referees. Here’s the latest World Cup gossip, with fewer than 24 weeks to go until the first match kicks off. Begin...
Published: December 26, 2013
Now that the 2013 Formula One season has been finished for a month, with Sebastian Vettel comfortably ensconced as a four-time champion, we can look back with a bit of perspective. This ranking is designed to evaluate the drivers aside from their point totals (although not completely, as wins and points are the ultimate barometer of success in F1). Vettel won the championship in the least-dramatic...
Published: December 26, 2013
Christmas is that part of the season when we look forward to the new challenges of the year ahead but where we also look back on the previous 12 months and recollect the most impressive moments. Rugby provided us with as much top-class entertainment as ever; unfortunately, there were as fine a selection of mistakes to pick from, too. Whether on the pitch or off it, high stakes or low, we’ve compiled...
Published: December 26, 2013
As we say goodbye to 2013 and look towards the new year, there’s only one thing on sports fans’ minds: the 2014 PGA Tour season. Just kidding. As the NFL playoffs kick into high gear, the weekends (particularly Sundays) will be consumed by a different competition played on grass. However, when the victors of the 2013 season descend on Kapalua, Hawaii for the Hyundai Tournament of Champions...
Published: December 26, 2013
The United States men’s national team and head coach Jurgen Klinsmann will head into the new year with only five months left to prepare for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Klinsmann has been at the helm of the U.S. for almost two and a half years now, and thanks to a slew of victories this summer, expectations for the squad are sky high. Here is why the squad should be well prepared next summer...
Published: December 26, 2013
Six of the top 10 men’s tennis players on the planet, including Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, will begin preparation for the 2014 season this December in Abu Dhabi, site of the 2013 Mubadala World Tennis Championship. The singles-only exhibition tournament runs from Thursday, Dec. 26, through Saturday, Dec. 28, and has been held annually since 2009, with Nadal and defending champion...
Published: December 26, 2013
As 2013 draws to a close and 2014 draws close, the football world is waiting for one special event next year: the FIFA World Cup. As hosts, Brazil have the pressure heaped on to lift a sixth World Cup trophy. Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari needs to get his 23-man squad perfectly balanced and will be looking to Europe during the Brazilian off-season to check on some of his puzzle pieces. With that...
Published: December 26, 2013
At last, Great Britain’s long national nightmare is over. Well, technically Andy Murray ended that with his Wimbledon victory last July, but the Scot has been sidelined for the past three months following back surgery. Thursday, Murray makes his long-awaited return in the exhibition Mubadala World Tennis Championships in Abu Dhabi: However, the tournament provides a premier field, with each...
Published: December 26, 2013
You name an emotion and it was felt by everyone surrounding the United States men’s national team in 2013. The year began with a terribly disappointing loss in San Pedro Sula to Honduras and had a chance to go far downhill until everything turned around in the SnowClasico against Costa Rica. Once the Yanks won in Colorado in March, everything changed, and the year became one of the...
Published: December 25, 2013
Serena Williams has been named the Associated Press’ Female Athlete of the Year after a dominant season in which she won the U.S. Open and French Open and finished No. 1 in the WTA rankings for the first time since 2009. Howard Fendrich of the Associated Press broke the news: Williams won 11 of the 16 singles tournaments she entered this season—a ludicrous win percentage given the individual...