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With Sunday’s Euro 2016 qualification draw placing Scotland in a particularly difficult group, Wednesday’s friendly against Poland in Warsaw has taken on a new level of meaning. Gordon Strachan‘s side were drawn alongside their upcoming opponents in Group D, where they will also face Germany, the Republic of Ireland, Georgia and Gibraltar. The forthcoming game against Adam Nawalka’s...
Published: February 23, 2014
Alan Pulido emerged from his cocoon in 2011, when he represented Mexico U-20 squad. Almost three years later, he received his first cap for the senior team and is looking to secure a ticket for Brazil 2014. At age 22, the Tigres striker struggled to get continuity in the Liga MX, despite his success with Mexico’s youth side. He marveled in the U-20 CONCACAF Championship, where he scored three...
Published: February 23, 2014
Brian O’Driscoll might have lost his last competitive match against England at Twickenham, but at least wife Amy Huberman was on hand to cheer him up with this tweet, spotting his bulging biceps as he called a mark during yesterday’s game. If BO’D struggles to quell his competitive urges after hanging up his rugby boots, it looks like arm wrestling could prove a useful second career! Read...
Published: February 23, 2014
After a horror show of injuries over the past few weeks, a number of Americans abroad, including John Anthony Brooks and Jonathan Spector, returned to action this weekend. With the United States men’s national team set to play a friendly against the Ukraine in just 10 days, this has to come as welcome news to American fans and U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann. Besides Brooks and Spector, Eric...
Published: February 23, 2014
As we go past the halfway point of the Six Nations 2014, things are starting to bubble up pretty nicely indeed. Wins for England and Wales mean that there are four teams deadlocked on four points heading into the final two fixtures, whilst Scotland’s last-gasp victory over Italy brought them their first points of the campaign. The competition is as tight as it has been for many a year,...
Published: February 23, 2014
England have been dealt an attractive group for the 2016 European Championship Qualifiers, with Switzerland the only genuine contenders to tussle with the Three Lions for top spot in the table. Roy Hodgson will also meet a competent Slovenia outfit, inspired by Samir Handanovic, in addition to Estonia, Lithuania and minnows San Marino. Ottmar Hitzfeld’s Switzerland are currently ranked sixth...
Published: February 23, 2014
While fans and players alike begin to gear up to the FIFA 2014 World Cup finals later this year, managers and officials from European nations cast their eyes in a different direction on Sunday, to the draw for the qualifying stage of Euro 2016. The competing nations have been split into nine groups, with some countries perhaps rather happier than others with their lot and the sides they must play against. Here...
Published: February 23, 2014
As the 2014 Winter Olympics draw to a close in Sochi, Russia, the resort city on the Black Sea is only eight months away from another major international event. On October 12, Sochi will host the first Russian Grand Prix in 100 years. A brand new race track, the Sochi International Street Circuit, is currently being built around the Olympic Park. Recently, race promoter Oleg Zabara told Alan Baldwin...
Published: February 23, 2014
England have been handed a straight-forward draw for the Euro 2016 qualification campaign. Roy Hodgson’s team have been placed in Group E alongside Switzerland, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania and San Marino. The England head coach will be up against a Swiss country he took to the World Cup finals in 1994, while the rest of the group look relatively comfortable for the Three Lions. Scotland and...
Published: February 22, 2014
Duncan Weir’s 40-metre drop goal sealed a last-gasp win for Scotland in a contest that delivered thrills and spills and—thankfully—plenty of tries. With the barrage of criticism that has come their way since that abject defeat to England, including some calls for them to be relegated from the Six Nations, Scotland knew Saturday was time to answer their detractors. They...