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The Silverstone circuit hosts the British Grand Prix, the ninth round of the 2014 Formula One season. This year’s event is bound to be one of the more memorable races at the Northamptonshire track, with Silverstone hosting its 50th grand prix and Susie Wolff set to become the first woman to take part in a race weekend for 22 years. The British Grand Prix is likely to provide the latest twist...
Published: July 1, 2014
When Serena Williams fell to Alize Cornet on Saturday, most people thought that meant this was Maria Sharapova‘s Wimbledon to win. Angelique Kerber had other ideas. The German, who made the semifinals at the Championships in 2012, took out Sharapova in the fourth round Tuesday, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4. Kerber needed seven match points to win the nonstop thriller. While Sharapova won the French...
Published: July 1, 2014
After a disappointing performance and dramatic win over Chile on penalty kicks, Brazil’s World Cup campaign has been limited to only one thing—winning the cup no matter what. Brazil’s group-stage matches showed progress for the Selecao. They went from beating Croatia with the help of a controversial call by the referee, to drawing against Mexico who had in Guillermo Ochoa a true World...
Published: July 1, 2014
We’re not quite sure what was behind it, because we don’t speak German. But we do know this mash-up of Per Mertesacker rapping to Vanilla Ice’s ‘Ice Ice Baby’ is worth your attention. The BFG helped his team through to the World Cup quarterfinals on Monday, as they beat Algeria 2-1 in extra-time. [YouTube] Read more International Football news on BleacherReport.com Read More →
Published: July 1, 2014
Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri has had a great World Cup thus far, so it’s little wonder he was feeling confident before their last-16 clash with Argentina. Check out this cheeky little wink he gave to the cameras. No nerves for this one. [Twitter] Read more International Football news on BleacherReport.com Read More →
Published: July 1, 2014
Three days after Bosnia-Herzegovina returned home from their first World Cup appearance, the coaching post is empty. Safet Susic‘s contract expired on the last day of June and it is unclear as to whether the football federation will offer him a new contract or replace him with a new name. While the Nogometni Savez Bosne i Hercegovine—Bosnia’s football federation—is being somewhat...
Published: July 1, 2014
Serena Williams and sister Venus were forced to retire from their second-round doubles match at Wimbledon after the younger sibling dealt with a viral illness, according to the official Wimbledon Twitter account: BBC Sport noted their withdrawal, which came after both Williams sisters had already been eliminated from the singles draw during the first week: Following the match, both Serena and Venus...
Published: July 1, 2014
For all the complaining global stars such as Stan Wawrinka are doing concerning delays at the 2014 Wimbledon, their play sure isn’t suffering much—save for one notable exception. Day 8 in London mostly flew directly in the face of the tournament’s trend thus far, which through Monday had once again featured a bevy of upsets as the bracket progressed, namely seeing the likes of Serena...
Published: July 1, 2014
The first week of the 2014 edition of the Wimbledon Championships was an exciting mixture of elite play from the top names and early departures from some of the tournament’s favorite stars, and the focus has now shifted to Week 2 and the schedule for Day 9. The excitement for Wednesday’s men’s quarterfinals has both hardcore and casual tennis fans clamoring for the action, and the...
Published: July 1, 2014
Argentina and Switzerland battled it out for a place in the quarter-final of the 2014 FIFA World Cup with their round-of-16 fixture on Tuesday. At the end of 90 minutes, the scores remained level at 0-0, with Josip Drmic missing the best chance of the game for Switzerland. Extra time did not bring too many more chances—but Angel Di Maria scored with just two minutes left to send Argentina through...