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Play at the 2015 Australian Open begins on Monday, Jan. 19, but we’ll see the draws for both the men’s and women’s bracket on Friday, Jan. 16. The draw offers us our first glimpse into potentially epic matches that could wind up being the newest classics from the Land Down Under. Last year’s draw was live streamed on the Australian Open TV YouTube channel. It’s expected...
Published: January 12, 2015
The build-up to this year’s Six Nations is well underway, but England head coach Stuart Lancaster has already suffered a significant blow in his chances of making a run at the 2015 title. That’s after a particularly important member of his squad suffered an injury this past weekend. But said absentee won’t be the only elite figure missing in the coming months after it was announced...
Published: January 12, 2015
It looks like the No. 2 players in the world, Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova, are hungry to begin the 2015 Australian Open. They have started off the year winning titles at Brisbane and defeating impressive younger challengers. Meanwhile, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic find themselves looking forward but with radically different conditions to overcome. Who is in trouble, and who is ready? There...
Published: January 11, 2015
The big news this week involving United States men’s national team stars abroad once again was on the transfer front, as Jozy Altidore and Mix Diskerud are both reported to be close to moves to Major League Soccer. Sacha Kljestan and Bobby Wood were also in the transfer headlines and both may be headed back to MLS themselves. Additionally, recently transferred DeAndre Yedlin began training with...
Published: January 11, 2015
The new year may be young, but success waits for no one. The first Grand Slam of the year starts on January 19, so an analysis of top players’ stock in early 2015 seems timely. Three of the following five players already have titles to their names heading into the Melbourne showpiece. While Andy Murray capitalised on Novak Djokovic’s illness in Abu Dhabi to lift the Mubadala World Tennis...
Published: January 11, 2015
As we head back into Europe next week, the top domestic leagues served up a feast of good rugby. Sale downed Northampton, and Bath’s big-name signing got his first try. Gloucester won with a last-minute thriller, and Harlequins looked like their old selves with a fine win over Leicester. The Ospreys powered on in the Pro 12 as both Munster and Leinster scored away wins, while in France, Clermont...
Published: January 11, 2015
As part of its ongoing (and largely ineffective) attempts to cut costs in Formula One, the FIA is imposing further restrictions on testing for the 2015 season. According to the regulations published by F1’s governing body, there will be three preseason tests and two during the season; down from a total of eight in 2014. One of the arguments that has been made against increased testing restrictions...
Published: January 11, 2015
Imagine you got stuck in a lift with Bernie Ecclestone—what questions would you ask him? A request for some free money or the hand of one of his daughters might rank quite highly for some. Perhaps you might ask for his secret stash of eternal energy and motivation or pry into the details of one of his court cases. But followers of Formula One would probably be more interested in asking the commercial...
Published: January 10, 2015
The CONCACAF U-20 Championship has just kicked off in Jamaica and the USA team looked to be heading for victory in the opener against Guatemala thanks to Cameron Carter-Vickers header. However, they were shocked in the last minute when Andy Ruiz earned the Guatemalans a draw with an absolute bullet of a strike. The goal in question comes at 54 seconds in the video above and is followed...
Published: January 10, 2015
Team USA suffered a shock defeat to Poland at the 2015 Hopman Cup. Serena Williams and John Isner couldn’t overcome Agnieszka Radwanska and Jerzy Janowicz, who claimed their country’s first win in this competition. Radwanska was the catalyst for the shock. She stunned Williams in the opening match, despite never having beaten her more illustrious opponent before. Williams entered...