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With its October start date, the 2014 PGA Tour season is already well underway, but there arguably has been no more entertaining event thus far than this week’s Humana Challenge. Originally called the Bob Hope Classic, the event is typically littered with elite players looking to get into an early-season groove. The Tiger Woodses, Rory McIlroys and Phil Mickelsons of the world typically...
Published: January 16, 2014
With the start of the new season still two months away, you would be forgiven for thinking that it’s a time of quiet in the world of Formula One. Far from it. Not only are teams flat out in their preparations for some of the biggest regulations in the sport’s history, the past couple of days have seen several huge stories breaking that could affect the season ahead. Begin Slideshow Read More →
Published: January 16, 2014
On Thursday, The Football Association revealed a World Cup preparation programme designed to address two of England’s primary concerns ahead of their June 14 tournament opener against Italy: In scheduling friendly matches against Peru, Ecuador and Honduras immediately prior to the competition—as well as facing Denmark in early March—the body that governs English football and oversees...
Published: January 16, 2014
Welcome to the latest in a new series where we will take a tactical dive and explore each and every one of the 32 qualified World Cup teams. Next up is Mexico, a team which scraped into the tournament by virtue of a playoff victory over lowly New Zealand. They changed managers three times during the qualification period, finally settling on Miguel Herrera for the tournament this summer. Qualifying Mexico,...
Published: January 16, 2014
U.S.-based promoter Relevent Sports made it official on Thursday, announcing that England would play Ecuador at Sun Life Stadium on June 4. “We are excited to bring two more top-quality international matches to Miami,” said Relevent Sports CEO Charlie Stillitano, via Franco Panizo of Soccer By Ives. “Miami continues to be a premier soccer market in this country and we have no...
Published: January 16, 2014
The Abu Dhabi Championship is over in the United Arab Emirates, wrapping up this season’s first European Tour stop for 2014. A variation of names are taking part in the competition, from household stars such as Phil Mickelson to newcomers like Tyrrell Hatton, suggesting that this year’s golfing calendar could be ushered in with a memorable shock. As predicted, the golf world was stunned...
Published: January 16, 2014
About a week-and-a-half ago, during the Golf Channel’s telecast of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, Johnny Miller was asked by Rich Lerner whether or not he believed Tiger Woods would break Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major championship titles. Miller quickly responded to Lerner’s question with a simple “nope” before going on to explain how Woods would need to essentially...
Published: January 16, 2014
Formula One racing and movies are two of my favourite things. So when today’s Oscar nominations were released, I was understandably disappointed to see Ron Howard’s Rush miss out among the films competing for the industry’s biggest awards. What makes Rush such a special movie is that it wasn’t purely a flick for F1 fans and petrolheads as may have been the case with others of...
Published: January 16, 2014
The FIFA World Cup is drawing ever nearer and the usual suspects are emerging as to who could lift the trophy on July 13th. Can Spain continue their record-breaking spell of dominance to lift a fourth successive trophy? Is it the right time for Germany’s exciting brood of talent, first blooded at the 2010 World Cup, to grab the bull by its horns? Will Brazil, with home advantage and 170 million...
Published: January 16, 2014
Rory McIlroy‘s presence at last year’s Abu Dhabi Golf Championship remains memorable for the Irishman’s grand failure, but after failing to miss the cut 12 months ago, the former world No. 1 had the opportunity to begin 2014 by making headlines for the right reason. McIlroy finished strong and ended the tournament in second place (-13), just one stroke off the lead. The 24-year-old...