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Having won the competition eight years ago, Italy’s 2010 World Cup campaign was one they sought to quickly put behind them. Marcello Lippi left and a raft of older players were dropped, never to return to the national team setup under new coach Cesare Prandelli. The former Fiorentina boss set about drastically altering both the style of play and the public perception of the Azzurri, taking them...
Published: March 6, 2014
Denmark coach Morten Olsen gave a stinging appraisal of England’s chances in the forthcoming World Cup finals, after his team was narrowly beaten by them at Wembley. Sami Mokbel of The Mail Online quoted Olsen at the post-match press conference saying: Good luck in the World Cup… you’ll need it. I think that England have a young team with a lot of quickness. It’s...
Published: March 5, 2014
The first ATP Masters 1000 event of the year, the BNP Paribas Open, is set to begin on March 6. It takes place in Indian Wells, Calif. All of the top players will be playing with the exception of David Ferrer, who withdrew after suffering a leg strain last week. Let’s see who the odds makers believe have the best shot at taking down the 2014 BNP Paribas Open title. Only seven players...
Published: March 5, 2014
You knew as soon as “The Donald” got involved with the Doral resort and renamed it the Trump National Doral Miami that the WGC-Cadillac Championship would never be the same. And now that tournament week is here, there is all sorts of buzz surrounding this South Florida golf retreat. Will Tiger play? What kind of reaction will the pros have for the complete makeover done by Gil Hanse since...
Published: March 5, 2014
Doral, Fla. — Tiger Woods, looking fresh, relaxed and friendly, met with the media for a health update before going out to walk the new TPC Doral Blue Monster golf course. “It’s been a long couple of days of just treatment nonstop, trying to get everything calmed down, first of all, get all the inflammation out,” Woods said about his recently injured back. It is not the...
Published: March 5, 2014
It’s usually very easy to pick an early favorite to win the first major of the year. You ask yourself: Is Tiger Woods still playing on the PGA Tour? OK, that was easy. Well, at least it was easy prior to 2008 when Woods was a good pick every April. Now he’s not a good pick in any month that ends with a “Y.” There’s always Phil Mickelson. He’s won three of those green...
Published: March 5, 2014
Tiger Woods is still an uncertainty to play at Thursday’s WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral, due to a back injury. The reigning champion is still receiving treatment for back spasms he experienced on Sunday during the Honda Classic. The injury comes five weeks before this year’s Masters 2014 tournament gets underway at Augusta and casts doubts on Woods’ fitness to play at the year’s...
Published: March 5, 2014
The Champions Tour recently announced the Legends of Golf tournament, which started the concept of senior tour professional golf, will use a par-3 course for competition this year. The Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf began in 1978, when Jimmy Demaret and Fred Raphael invited a few old golf professional buddies to a small tournament in Austin, Texas. Gardner Dickinson and Sam Snead teamed up to...
Published: March 5, 2014
Formula One figurehead Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed that Azerbaijan will be joining the sport’s calendar after a deal was struck with the assistance of long-time friend Flavio Briatore. Ecclestone is quoted by the Daily Mail‘s Jonathan McEvoy as saying: We’re going to Azerbaijan. The people out there are talking about holding a race in 2015. That may be a bit soon...
Published: March 5, 2014
Tiger Woods is the defending champion at the WGC-Cadillac Championship, but due to nagging back spasms, it’s going to be difficult to mount a strong defense of his title at the 2014 tournament. The injury forced the golfing legend to withdraw in the final round of last week’s Honda Classic, leaving his status up in the air for this event at Trump National Doral in Miami, Fla. According...