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It is often said that when athletes suffer a crushing disappointment, as Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg did when he retired from the Singapore Grand Prix, the best thing they can do is to push it to the back of their mind, forget about it and look ahead. The Silver Arrows, though, have released more information about Rosberg’s struggles at the Marina Bay street circuit, explaining just why the...
Published: September 29, 2014
After three thrilling days in Scotland, the European team prevailed, defeating the United States by a score of 16.5-11.5 in the 2014 Ryder Cup. The decisive victory keeps the coveted trophy overseas for two more years, and the Americans travel back across the Atlantic empty-handed. The tournament didn’t go exactly as captain Tom Watson had hoped, and he found himself under plenty of scrutiny...
Published: September 29, 2014
It’s certainly been a gruelling 15 months for Andy Murray since he was on top of the world at Wimbledon in 2013. After back surgery cut last season short, he has struggled immensely—both mentally and physically—to get anywhere near the kind of tennis he was producing to win his second Grand Slam title at SW19. Winning his first title since then in the ATP 250 event in Shenzhen will...
Published: September 29, 2014
The 2015 Rugby World Cup, hosted by England, is under a year away, and the first round for applying for tickets for the tournament closes Monday. Rugby is a sport with a decent track record at promoting its expansion, but the International Rugby Board (IRB) and the English Rugby Football Union (RFU) have missed a trick with the venues chosen because the majority of matches will be played in the...
Published: September 29, 2014
New Zealand secured the Rugby Championship with a bonus point-win, 34-13, over the Pumas in La Plata, per ESPNScrum.com It was more workmanlike than wondrous from Steve Hansen’s men, which, barring that display in Auckland against the Wallabies, sums up their tournament. Sobering, then, for everyone else, that a New Zealand team not at its dazzling best have wrapped this title up before the last...
Published: September 29, 2014
Week 10 of the 2014 Apertura brought several surprises, like Morelia’s first victory of the tournament and Pachuca’s loss to UANL on home soil. America are still atop the general table. Las Aguilas have been in command of the 2014 Apertura tournament for eight weeks in a row, and after this week’s victory they hold a four-point advantage over Monterrey. Rayados took advantage of playing...
Published: September 28, 2014
It’s never too late to have a breakout season in sport. Youth is not a prerequisite for forcing through barriers, mental or physical. There is reason for a number of up-and-coming prodigies and seasoned campaigners to feel that the 2015 season will be their year in tennis. One of the players highlighted will be 28 before the start of Roland Garros, yet 2014 provided enough promise to ensure his...
Published: September 28, 2014
The United States Ryder Cup team didn’t fare well on the course at Gleneagles the week, getting blown out 16.5-11.5 by a talented European squad, but things were even worse in the press. As Rory McIlroy and Co. were dousing each other with champagne and waving their respective flags in the air, Phil Mickelson was making waves with his thinly veiled shots at captain Tom Watson. “We...
Published: September 28, 2014
GLENEAGLES, Scotland — If the United States had six Jordan Spieths and six Patrick Reeds on their team this week, the odds are they would have won the Ryder Cup on foreign soil for the first time since 1993. As it is, they were condemned to a 16.5-11.5 defeat at Gleneagles, as those around them failed to match their example and deliver the intensity and quality of play required to beat a European...
Published: September 28, 2014
Obviously, the European Ryder Cup team had grown tired of winning the golden trophy by a single point as it had done the last two times the matches had been held. There was no worry about that this time as the Europeans pounded the United States, 16.5 to 11.5—three wins in a row and eight of the last 10. Whether it was superior coaching or home-field advantage or whatever the reason, the Europeans...