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Both Scotland and Wales were beaten on the opening weekend of the 2015 Six Nations and will be desperate to put a win on the board when they meet at Murrayfield on Sunday. The hosts will be the more confident of the two, having impressed in a 15-8 loss to France in Paris, while Wales will be hurting after a 21-16 loss to England in Cardiff. George North has been omitted from the Welsh squad after suffering...
Published: February 14, 2015
The Six Nations table is set for a huge overhaul in Round 2 of the 2015 contest, with current leaders Ireland looking to fend off the challenges of France and England in the hopes of retaining their place upon its perch. Les Bleus travel to the Aviva Stadium this weekend having just about beaten Scotland in Paris last Saturday, seeking to improve against the defending champions and give their own title...
Published: February 13, 2015
U.S. men’s national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann was hired over three years ago with big plans to improve soccer in the United States. He told Sports Illustrated‘s Grant Wahl that he wanted the USMNT to play an attacking style. However, he may have overestimated the abilities of the player pool. Klinsmann told Wahl that the process would take time, but three and a half years later,...
Published: February 13, 2015
It was the inevitable question, but the one Fernando Alonso did not want to answer. The two-time world champion was, at last, a free man as he took centre stage in the FIA press conference ahead of the last season’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, having had the news of his departure from Ferrari confirmed that morning. But flanked by Sebastian Vettel, his replacement at the Scuderia, and Jenson Button,...
Published: February 13, 2015
Expectations can be both a blessing and a curse. For young tennis star Grigor Dimitrov, living up to his potential hasn’t proven a simple task. By any metric, 2014 was Dimitrov’s breakout season. He finished the year with a 50-18 record, made his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open, his first major semifinal at Wimbledon and reached a career-high No. 8 ranking last August. With...
Published: February 13, 2015
Scotland host Wales in Round 2 of the Six Nations with both sides coming off defeats in Week 1. The nature of those results, however, sit at opposite ends of the spectrum. Wales were poor barring the opening half hour in Cardiff, and were blown away in the second half by a powerful English pack and a dash of artistry in midfield. They have spent their week fending off criticism over their handling...
Published: February 13, 2015
England manager Roy Hodgson has had his say on the Jack Wilshere shisha pictures that emerged last week, playing down the incident having any effect on national selection. Reports suggested that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger reprimanded the player over the picture, but Hodgson won’t be adding to the tellings-off: As an ex-cigar smoker when I tried it (shisha) I thought it was a complete nonsense,...
Published: February 13, 2015
After the Six Nations scene was set last weekend, Round 2 of the competition promises to pull the table apart with a host of close-run fixtures that could go in either direction. Ireland sit atop the pile at present, but face a difficult task in overcoming the best efforts of France in Dublin and Wales are hoping a trip to Murrayfield will result in a bounce-back from their defeat to the English. Stuart...
Published: February 13, 2015
Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne has played down his team’s impressive start to 2015 Formula One pre-season testing. Kimi Raikkonen was the quickest man at the Jerez test, his time of one minute, 20.841 seconds more than a second faster than the best lap set by defending champions Mercedes. But Marchionne is under no illusions; he’s looking to the second test at the Circuit de Catalunya...
Published: February 13, 2015
Another year, another comeback blueprint for Rafael Nadal to ultimately win the 2015 French Open. The journey to Roland Garros has always featured new plot twists and turns but the same ending. Nadal has claimed nine championships in one decade, a French Open rerun that would hardly qualify as original production for the critically acclaimed Cannes Film Festival. February 2015 has already shown...