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Argentina took an early lead in their 2014 World Cup quarter-final match against Belgium, but they suffered a blow when star winger Angel di Maria was forced to leave the pitch with an injury before the end of the first half. Via Yahoo Soccer, he struggled with a thigh injury and was replaced by Enzo Perez: Goal UK indicates the injury may be quite serious: Gary Lineker indicates this injury places...
Published: July 5, 2014
Venus and Serena Williams might have 10 Wimbledon titles between them, but right now, nobody is as good on grass as Petra Kvitova. The 24-year-old Czech first announced herself when she won the Wimbledon title back in 2011. This year, she cemented herself as a grass-court great with a 55-minute, 6-3, 6-0 victory over No. 13 Eugenie Bouchard in the final. All the talk heading into this match was focussed...
Published: July 5, 2014
Saturday’s main attraction in London was an ugly rout, but an important one nonetheless as the landscape of tennis shifts to a new era. Wimbledon showcased the women’s side of the sport on Day 12 in a heavyweight final between Petra Kvitova and Eugenie Bouchard, two younger stars who personify what the 2014 season has been about (a forceful removal of those in power such as Serena Williams),...
Published: July 5, 2014
The Colombian newspaper Hoy went for an angry, NSFW front page in reaction to its team’s 2-1 defeat to Brazil in the World Cup quarter-final. “Spanish referee,” the headline begins, before descending into a torrent of abuse. To cut a long story short, the insult translates roughly to: “Son of the b—h who gave birth to you.” Referee Velasco Carballo...
Published: July 5, 2014
Following the victory over Colombia in the World Cup quarterfinals, Brazil captain Thiago Silva said, as reported by ESPNdeportes.com in Spanish and the Independent in English: Neymar is very important for us. We depend a lot on him and he makes the difference in our group. … We have proposed to win the World Cup for Neymar because of the injury he suffered. This moment...
Published: July 5, 2014
For a while at Wimbledon, there was a concern that we might not see any of the game’s top stars reach the final on either side of the draw. Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova were upset. So too were Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal. Would this year’s tournament be the year of the upstart? Not so fast, friends. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic decided to crash the underdog party, advancing...
Published: July 5, 2014
On a day when the sports headlines should have been celebrating Brazil’s quarter-final win over Colombia, the entire world is talking about the injury of star man Neymar. Brazil’s 2-1 victory was overshadowed by the loss of their talisman, who was stretchered out towards the closing stages of Friday’s win. As per Charles Reynolds of the Independent, doctors confirmed that a broken...
Published: July 5, 2014
In a matchup between the established veteran and young superstar, Petra Kvitova showed Eugenie Bouchard why Wimbledon is her favorite Grand Slam event by disposing of the 20-year-old in straight sets to capture her second title at the All England Club. More impressive than Kvitova’s victory was the ease with which she managed it. The match barely took an hour to complete, and Bouchard was...
Published: July 5, 2014
For the second time in four years, Petra Kvitova is Wimbledon champion as she decimated 13th-seeded Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-0 in Saturday’s ladies’ final at the All England Club. The sixth-seeded Czech played nearly flawless tennis and never really gave her Canadian opponent an opportunity to get comfortable in her first career Grand Slam final. According to SI Tennis, Kvitova simply turned...
Published: July 5, 2014
The Brazilian Football Federation have released footage of Neymar’s team-mates comforting the forward before he headed off to the hospital. The 22-year-old suffered a fractured vertebra during the nation’s win over Colombia in the World Cup quarter-finals. It means that despite the victory, the country has been in some shock—and you can see in the faces of his team-mates, including...