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Day 23 of the 2014 FIFA World Cup featured offense from the defense, some standout goalkeeping and a devastating injury. In Rio de Janeiro, Mats Hummels put in a Man of the Match performance as Germany beat France 1-0, the Borussia Dortmund defender scoring the winner and also making a handful of important interventions on the defensive side of the ball. In Fortaleza, host nation Brazil continued their...
Published: July 5, 2014
Neymar always gets checked physically on the field whether with Brazil or Barcelona, but an unintentional knee to the back in the waning minutes of Brazil’s 2-1 quarterfinal win against Colombia has reportedly taken him off the field for the rest of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The Brazilian star was taken to the hospital by ambulance in order to have images taken of his back and to get the pain...
Published: July 5, 2014
Colombia finally had to wake up from its sweetest World Cup dream after losing to Brazil 2-1 in the quarter-finals, but it can certainly keep its head up high. In the end, the host and five-time world champion found the path to stop and beat the most spectacular team in the tournament. The best—and the worst—of this Brazil had to come out in order to get Colombia eliminated. The pressure...
Published: July 4, 2014
A record eighth Wimbledon title, over Novak Djokovic for that matter, is only fitting for this version of Roger Federer. This version of Federer has blown through the opposition at a tournament in London that has been anything but kind to the old guard of his generation, which is slowly giving way to a new era. But Federer is far from done; even the naysayers have to admit it. That he can shatter the...
Published: July 4, 2014
LONDON — It was March, the time tennis players look in the future—bright or bleak—and try to accept where they might go compared to where they had been. In the California desert, Roger Federer sounded like a man of acceptance. “If I can’t play for No. 1,” he told the media at the BNB Paribas tournament in Indian Wells, “I’ll play for winning titles.” We...
Published: July 4, 2014
The 2014 Wimbledon men’s final between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic has all the makings of an epic contest. After all, it’s not a rarity to see either Federer or Djokovic in a Slam final. But it hasn’t been often that the two have actually been paired against one another. As ESPN Tennis points out, this will only be the second time that the two competitors have seen each...
Published: July 4, 2014
Let’s be honest, folks—once defending champ Andy Murray and master of the clay Rafael Nadal were eliminated, the final at Wimbledon we all wanted to see was Novak Djokovic facing Roger Federer. And that’s the final we’ll get to see. Djokovic reached the final with a hard-fought semifinal triumph over Grigor Dimitrov, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (9-7). Federer advanced...
Published: July 4, 2014
During the second week of Wimbledon, everyone has been talking about the demise of the Big Four. Apparently, nobody talked to Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic about this. The two former Wimbledon champions both dismissed their novice 23-year-old opponents in the semifinals Friday. Now they will meet on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Sunday for the 35th showdown of their careers. A lot is on the line for...
Published: July 4, 2014
With the dust settled in London, it is only right that Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer remain standing for a fateful dance. In what has been another upset-laden tournament, the 2014 iteration of Wimbledon fully displayed the winds of change up until Day 11, when the old guards put any end to the talk that their era had since passed. Djokovic and Federer, tasked with moving past younger, red-hot and...
Published: July 4, 2014
Following two dominant semifinal performances Thursday, the ladies will take center stage at Wimbledon one more time to determine a champion. The main event of the day will be Petra Kvitova, who is going for her second title in four years at the All England Club, taking on Eugenie Bouchard, who is looking to make history as the first Canadian to win tennis’ biggest tournament. Even though...