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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: August 8, 2014
Heyneke Meyer’s South Africa side come into this year’s Rugby Championship with revitalised hopes of going that extra mile and winning the trophy they so nearly missed out on in 2013. In the end, New Zealand were rampant victors en route to claiming last year’s title, but a last-gasp encounter at Ellis Park could have turned everything around. The Springboks are once again building...
Published: August 8, 2014
Mercedes’ dominant 2014 season had been in the pipeline long before the W05 car hit the track. The Silver Arrows had highlighted this year—and all the regulation changes that came with it—as the year to emerge as Formula One’s leading force. The marquee signing of Lewis Hamilton in 2012 as well as the arrivals of Toto Wolff and Paddy Lowe in 2013 were all part of a process of...
Published: August 8, 2014
This article celebrates the greatest South African footballers of all time. Bafana Bafana may have fallen on hard times, having failed to qualify for the last three World Cup finals, but they can look back on an extensive history and a number of superb footballers. In compiling this list, we have only considered those players who represented the national side, in any guise. Thus, Liverpool’s...
Published: August 8, 2014
With the appointment of any new coach in football, there is bound to be some reorganisation of team affairs. Rarely has this been so pressing with the Selecao Brasileira as today. As Dunga embarks on his second spell as Brazil head coach, Bleacher Report takes a look at seven names who could see their international careers brought to an end by the no-nonsense former midfield enforcer. Cautionary Mentions: Usually...
Published: August 8, 2014
Post Wimbledon, it’s always nice to see the return of color to the courts. The Rogers Cup, the Canadian event with simultaneous ATP and WTA Tour tournaments in Toronto and Montreal, offers the first chance to see all the big names back in action. It’s also an opportunity for players to express themselves before unveiling their U.S. Open attire. Some, like Stan Wawrinka and Venus Williams,...
Published: August 7, 2014
For a generation of football fans in the United States, Landon Donovan has represented the maturation process of both his country’s national team and Major League Soccer. With that in mind, it is only natural that his retirement plans—announced via Facebook and confirmed by the Los Angeles Galaxy—are accompanied by mixed emotions, at once sadness and gratitude. Since his time...
Published: August 7, 2014
New Zealand can set a new world record-winning streak as they go hunting for straight win No. 18 at the start of the Rugby Championship. Coach Steve Hansen has been thrown a late curve ball by injury to Dan Carter, but the Crusaders man has been injured so often in recent years, it hardly causes a ripple in the camp’s preparations. There is quality everywhere you look in this squad. In assigning...
Published: August 7, 2014
On Wednesday night, in front of a packed house in Portland, Oregon, and a television audience around the globe, Landon Donovan netted the game-winning goal to lead MLS All-Stars over one of his former clubs, Bayern Munich. One day later, Donovan officially announced his retirement from professional soccer, effective at the end of this MLS season. It’s a heck of a way to go out. Donovan officially...
Published: August 7, 2014
The U.S. Open Series is the heart of the summer hard courts season with Masters 1000 titles in Canada and Cincinnati. The third and most important tournament is the final Grand Slam event of the year, the U.S. Open in New York. This week’s Canada Open will soon award the Rogers Cup to someone in men’s tennis, but how likely is it that this champion will win the U.S. Open in September? How...
Published: August 7, 2014
Despite the arrival of so-called “pay drivers” in recent years, Formula One’s talent pool is arguably richer than it has ever been this season. The 2014 grid contains five world champions—Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen and Jenson Button—who have a grand total of nine titles between them. But there are plenty of drivers who are world...