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One Grand Slam title does not make an elite tennis player. Just ask Juan Martin del Potro, who has never achieved the same prestige as his men’s tennis contemporaries in the the Big Four: Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Del Potro won the US Open in 2009 as a sprightly 20-year-old, defeating Federer in his prime. Though he’s made it deep into Grand Slam finals...
Published: January 28, 2014
Red Bull has unveiled its new RB10 car, the design that will be tasked with landing Formula One’s prolific team their fifth championship in as many seasons: For those wanting a closer look at the vehicle, which marks a decade of Red Bull participation in F1, here’s a more intimate shot: Jordan Hamilton also shared a look at the car on his Instagram account: Current champion Sebastian...
Published: January 28, 2014
The launch of several of this season’s Formula One cars have so far met with almost universal condemnation that they are amongst the ugliest ever to grace the sport. Williams were the first to shock the eyes with their FW36 challenger which features a rather bizarre anteater or finger nose. Next came the McLaren MP4-29 with a weird-looking, tripod-effect front wing, then Lotus with its odd tuning-fork...
Published: January 28, 2014
The United States men’s national team and head coach Jurgen Klinsmann only have five months left before this summer’s World Cup. While American internationals abroad are hard at work with their club sides, the Major League Soccer contingent of the USMNT is in the team’s annual January camp preparing for Saturday’s friendly with South Korea. With few opportunities left before...
Published: January 28, 2014
It’s been quite a week if you’re a fan of shiny new Formula One cars, and as we reach the official winter testing period Mercedes-Benz has become the latest team to reveal its creation in the shape of the W05. The company unleashed its newest baby to the world on Twitter: Designed in Brackley and Brixworth, England, this is the “first all-new Silver Arrow to hit the track since 1954,”...
Published: January 28, 2014
International call-ups dented the ranks of the big guns in France, while the English and Welsh clubs at least had a break from league fixtures with the LV= Cup back in action last weekend. This time of the season will provide a stern test of the depth of many a club squad as they battle to improve their positions while their best players are on international duty. Here is how they stand as we...
Published: January 28, 2014
The talent pool of young golfers under the age of 25 who have a chance to do great things in the future is deep. There’s a player who has won a couple majors in that group, Rory McIlroy. There’s a kid who put together a magical season in his rookie year on the PGA Tour, Jordan Spieth. But there also other players who have great skills and talent, great mental makeups and great drive who...
Published: January 28, 2014
Time waits for no man, and Roger Federer‘s spot among tennis’ elite seems like it’s slipping away. There’s a lot of discussion about the big four in men’s tennis. For the second half of the 2000s, Federer’s rivalry with Rafael Nadal took hold of the sport. But by early 2011, Nadal even recognized that the two-player “monopoly” on the game was no longer,...
Published: January 27, 2014
The official business of the 2014 Formula One season kicks off this week in Jerez, Spain with the first testing session for the new cars. Therefore, it seems a good time to look back at what the drivers have been up to since the end of the 2013 season. Not every driver is included in this slideshow, since it consists only of images posted on the drivers’ official Twitter, Instagram and Facebook...
Published: January 27, 2014
At the 2014 Australian Open finals, Stanislas Wawrinka faced Rafael Nadal for the 13th time in his career having never won a set off the Spaniard. Four sets later, he had shocked the world’s No. 1 tennis player and hoisted his first Grand Slam trophy. With the win coming on the back of a strong 2013 season, Wawrinka has cemented himself as a new star in men’s tennis. Nadal was...