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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: November 30, 2014
Autumn’s international window was slammed shut with a couple of lusty blows from northern hemisphere teams most in need of landing some telling shots. England relied on the traditional weapons of brute force and strong kicking to squeeze the life out of the Wallabies, while Wales finally found the spell to break the curse of the southern hemisphere, beating South Africa in Cardiff. It tees up...
Published: November 30, 2014
The new year will be welcomed in by the sound of Andy Murray‘s gears turning in preparation for a step into the relative unknown. This will be just one of the top tennis storylines to look out for in 2015. Murray will hope to be anything but tentative following a shake-up of his coaching team that has seen Dani Vallverdu and Jez Green depart. Milos Raonic, Grigor Dimitrov and Kei Nishikori will...
Published: November 30, 2014
From the end of the Australian Grand Prix—the first race of the season—the 2014 Formula One titles were never really in doubt. Mercedes built a dominant car and easily won the constructors’ championship with three races to spare. Their drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, took the battle for the drivers’ championship down to the final race of the season, but it had long...
Published: November 30, 2014
Andy Murray capped off a triumphant day for the Manila Mavericks on Sunday as the Scot sealed a 6-5 win over Nick Kyrgios in the final day of Philippines action. Kyrgios fought an impossible task in attempting to lead the Singapore Slammers to victory after his team fell too far behind in the day’s earlier results. The official IPTL Twitter account confirmed the Mavericks’...
Published: November 30, 2014
Six years of hurt were finally brought to an end in Cardiff as Wales recorded a long-overdue win over one of the big three Southern Hemisphere nations. This 12-6 win, per Wales Online, was an absorbing, try-less encounter that featured brutal defence from both teams. The unerring boot of Leigh Halfpenny was responsible for Wales’ points, but there were heroes in red all over the field as coach...
Published: November 29, 2014
England and Australia conjured up a thrilling test match to end the 2014 Autumn Internationals. The English pack were dominant throughout, whereas Australia looked very dangerous in the backs and secured quick ruck ball time and again. The top four performers this week reflect those realities, but one England back does merit inclusion. Begin Slideshow Read More →
Published: November 29, 2014
England saw off the challenge of Australia to emerge from Twickenham as 26-17 victors on Saturday, bringing an end to their autumn international series with a flourish. Ben Morgan scored two tries as part of what will be seen as England’s best performance this month—a big improvement on the defeats to New Zealand and South Africa. Again, the Wallabies will have to take their lessons from...
Published: November 29, 2014
A Ben Morgan brace helped steer England to a 26-17 win over Australia on Saturday as the Twickenham hosts ended their autumn international series with back-to-back victories. The Wallabies presented a close challenge for Stuart Lancaster’s men, but a heavy change of the English pack late on helped the hosts seal their win, confirmed by the official England Rugby Twitter account: It started off...
Published: November 29, 2014
Wales recorded a historic and much-needed 12-6 win over South Africa at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday, dominating possession against the Springboks from start to finish but leaving it late to secure the victory. The hosts came into this match having won just a single test in 27 attempts against teams from the southern hemisphere, and coach Warren Gatland admitted his team were desperate...
Published: November 29, 2014
Andy Murray failed to overcame a sluggish start and was stunned by Frenchman Gael Monfils in the International Premier Tennis League. Murray needed to rebound after losing to Marin Cilic on the opening day of the competition, a result that condemned his Manila Mavericks team to starting with a loss. He got exactly the opposite after seeing Monfils take the first game of this 1-set encounter. The game...