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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: July 28, 2014
A void over a chasm over a black hole has been created in English football ever since Liverpool‘s Steven Gerrard retired from international football. The current Reds captain and former England captain is yet to be replaced by Roy Hodgson and the list of probable candidates does not inspire one iota. Manchester United‘s Wayne Rooney was instantly installed as favourite to replace Gerrard,...
Published: July 28, 2014
Daniel Ricciardo keeps getting better. Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised—he did just turn 25 and has only started 11 races with a front-running team—but the Australian’s ongoing success does feel a bit surprising. After his victory for Red Bull on Sunday at the Hungarian Grand Prix, though, surprise is no longer a valid response to Ricciardo‘s performances. As...
Published: July 28, 2014
Three Grand Slam tournaments and five Masters 1000 titles have awarded champions thus far in the 2014 tennis season. Along the way there have been high-quality matches and memorable moments, especially with the biggest stars in men’s tennis. With the U.S. Open and four Masters 1000 titles still to be determined, there will be other matches to consider in November, but for now we have completed...
Published: July 27, 2014
The week after a PGA Tour major can be a dull affair and isn’t usually filled with high drama. Fortunately, these past seven days bucked that trend. While many of the PGA Tour’s best were still recovering from jet lag, Tim Clark and Jim Furyk were battling it out at Royal Montreal. Across the pond, Bernhard Langer dominated the field at the Senior British Open. Elsewhere,...
Published: July 27, 2014
South Africa became the first team other than New Zealand to win a Commonwealth Games Sevens gold medal on Sunday, overcoming the All Blacks 17-12 at Glasgow’s Ibrox Stadium to cap off an exhilarating tournament. The defeat brings an end to New Zealand’s 16-year grip on the competition. They had to settle for silver after Australia beat Samoa to claim bronze earlier on in the order. It’s...
Published: July 27, 2014
The 2014 title battle between Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, the Mercedes drivers, has officially turned nasty. After the suspicions, claims and counter-claims surrounding Rosberg‘s off-track excursion in the dying seconds of qualifying for May’s Monaco Grand Prix, the first real sign of inter-team dynamics turning sour at Mercedes, things became a little more blatant during Sunday’s...
Published: July 27, 2014
Sunday afternoon saw Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo win an action-packed Hungarian Grand Prix ahead of second-place Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari, with the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and championship leader Nico Rosberg coming home third and fourth, respectively. And here we grade the spectacular contest at the Hungaroring from A to D in terms of strategy, overtaking, shocks and drama. Begin...
Published: July 27, 2014
Daniel Ricciardo won the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, in one of the most thrilling races of the season—as BBC F1 revealed: The Australian battled back from nowhere in the late stages of the race to pip Fernando Alonso to the title, but once again the Mercedes team will steal the headlines—with Lewis Hamilton producing a remarkable performance. Here’s how they placed...
Published: July 27, 2014
Ever seen someone land an 80-metre penalty? Neither had we. Cheetahs U19 wing Gerrie Labuschagne has changed that. The immense kick took place during training at Shimla Park in Bloemfontein, at an altitude of roughly 1,400 metres. Granted, it was assisted to a certain degree, but that shouldn’t detract from Labuschagne’s ridiculous feat. Take a bow, son. [H/T Balls.co.uk] Read...
Published: July 27, 2014
The 2014 Senior Open Championship at the Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales, concluded on Sunday, and the winner was German star Bernhard Langer who took the win with a final score of 18-under-par. Unlike the 2014 Open Championship, the scoring for the Senior Tour event hasn’t been nearly as robust. At the completion of the event, only five golfers remained under par. Compare that...