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Since winning the final three races of the 2009 Formula One season, Red Bull have been on a roll. But their streak of four straight Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships looks set to end this season, done in by a Renault power unit that cannot match the one produced by Mercedes. Still, the season has not been a total disaster for the team from Milton Keynes. They have discovered a new...
Published: September 11, 2014
The next generation of Argentine talent has a formidable task ahead. Not only must they try and live up to the example set by the one and only Diego Maradona on the field, itself no easy undertaking. The figure of Lionel Messi also looms large over the Albiceleste, as the Barcelona No. 10 has established himself as one of the greatest ever to play the sport. The talent, however, is there waiting...
Published: September 11, 2014
After gaining a total of 69 points from the opening 10 races of the 2014 Formula One season, Nico Hulkenberg has scored just one in the last three grands prix. Until the Hungarian Grand Prix at the end of July, the German could only be matched by Fernando Alonso, the 2005 and 2006 world champion, for consistency, scoring at least one point in every single event. But since he committed the cardinal...
Published: September 11, 2014
The two frontrunners for this year’s Rugby Championship title clash in Wellington on Saturday, with New Zealand or South Africa set to take a substantial advantage in the race for 2014 glory. When these two sides met in Auckland 12 months ago, the All Blacks walked away as 29-15 victors and maintained their unbeaten streak in the competition en route to last year’s crown. With just three...
Published: September 11, 2014
After the completion of the U.S. Open and subsequent end of the strive for individual success, attentions turn to tennis’s blue-ribbon team sport event, the Davis Cup. The 2014 edition is in its semifinal stage, and a quick glance at the last four teams involved points to some enticing matchups as nations battle it out for a coveted final spot. And although Novak Djokovic broke the...
Published: September 10, 2014
If there was a common thread that bound the first matchday of Euro 2016 qualifiers it was one of unpredictability. No team, regardless of profile, seemed immune to an upset, and the matches on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday produced no shortage of unlikely heroes. Following are 11 of them, arranged into our qualification Team of the Week. Begin Slideshow Read More →
Published: September 10, 2014
Miguel Herrera capped a bunch of young footballers to face Chile and Bolivia, and he should be happy with the performances of some of them. El Tri have to prepare for two important tournaments: Copa America and the Gold Cup. Since both competitions take place within a one-month span, Herrera needs to put together two teams. Luckily for him, there are a lot of talented players in the Liga MX, who despite...
Published: September 10, 2014
Ferrari‘s long-serving Formula One team president, Luca di Montezemolo, has announced that he will step down at the end of the month, according to Agnieszka Flak and Stefano Rebaudo of Reuters, in the wake of criticism from Sergio Marchionne, the chief executive of Ferrari’s parent company, Fiat. Marchionne himself will assume the running of the F1 team in the wake of Di Montezemolo‘s...
Published: September 10, 2014
The Dutch may be the tallest nation in the world, but Wesley Sneijder is well below the national average. Sneijder is only 1.70 meters (5’7″) tall, and that posed a problem before the Netherlands’ Euro 2016 qualifier against the Czech Republic on Tuesday night. As noted by 101 Great Goals, one of the mascots in Prague was so tall that Sneijder stood to his side during the pre-match...
Published: September 10, 2014
Antonio Conte has started his tenure as Italy manager with two victories in impressive fashion, seeing off the Dutch in a friendly before claiming victory over Norway in their first Euro 2016 qualifier. The squad for the 2-0 win in Oslo boasted seven players who weren’t present at the FIFA World Cup 2014, signalling Conte’s willingness to flex his options, and many of the fresh faces impressed. The...