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Each year, the Six Nations brings together some of the finest place-kickers that the world of rugby has to offer, those figures who have to maintain their cool under intense pressure to keep the scoreboard ticking. Goalkicking is a great equaliser in rugby, a place where even the smallest teams can thrive if they have the quality among their squad to take advantage. We’ve taken a look at the...
Published: February 23, 2015
Table leaders England enter Week 3 of the 2015 Six Nations knowing full well that their trip to face Ireland in Dublin will make or break their move on the European title. Stuart Lancaster’s side face off against Joe Schmidt’s men at the Aviva Stadium as the two in-form teams of the championship come together in a bid to separate the wheat from the chaff. France and Wales will also look...
Published: February 23, 2015
Five friendlies over the next four months lay in front of the United States men’s national team in preparation for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. During those matches, manager Jurgen Klinsmann should be able to discover whom he can trust to secure a second consecutive Gold Cup. Despite the team’s current standing on the continental level, it still has plenty of holes to fill in order...
Published: February 23, 2015
Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer did not meet at the Rio Open in Brazil. What did the final outcome mean for both players? There was also action at Marseille’s Open 13, which featured two Frenchman duking it out in the final. Gilles Simon and Gael Monfils are a contrast of tennis and personality in so many ways. The better player won the match and continued his recent surge into the top 20. This...
Published: February 23, 2015
Midway through Sunday’s final round, CBS Sports’ Jim Nantz mentioned that there were 22 players within four shots of the lead. If that sounds like the final round of a major championship, that’s because this tournament looked a heck of a lot like a major in general and a U.S. Open in particular. Seven players held the lead or a share of the lead at some point during the final...
Published: February 22, 2015
It may only be the end of the second Formula One preseason test, but many of the cars are already in midseason form—midseason 2014, anyway. While the big headline from the final day of the test was Fernando Alonso‘s high-speed crash (thankfully, his only injury was a concussion), the lap times turned in over the last four days should cause everyone to take notice. On Sunday, Lotus’...
Published: February 22, 2015
Who can say whether any of the players currently on the men’s and women’s tour subscribe to the musings of a lifestyle guru to prolong their careers? There’s no exact science, but it’s still worth looking at the most durable players in tennis today. Novak Djokovic has long dominated Masters 1000 events in devastating style and sits atop the ATP rankings after another blistering...
Published: February 22, 2015
The second Formula One pre-season test ended on Sunday with Romain Grosjean leading the way in Barcelona. The Lotus man set the benchmark on Day 4 with a time of 1:24.067 seconds, but his wasn’t the lap that caught the eye. Less than an hour later, Nico Rosberg set the second-best lap of the test—a 1:24.321. Grosjean was on the supersoft tyres, the quickest of Pirelli’s four compounds;...
Published: February 22, 2015
The middle weekend of the 2015 Six Nations Championship is approaching, with the top and bottom of the table set to be shaped. Unbeaten duo Ireland and England clash in Dublin to sort out an outright leader, while at the other end Scotland host Italy to see who takes root at the foot of the ladder. We have had fantastic tries, foul play, foggy heads and fearsome collisions in the first two weeks, all...
Published: February 22, 2015
The second pre-season test came to a dramatic close in Catalunya on Sunday as McLaren’s Fernando Alonso was airlifted to hospital following a crash midway through the final day in Barcelona. Romain Grosjean finished Day 4 with the fastest time of the day, but the Formula 1 community was more pleased to learn Alonso was unharmed by the collision, McLaren releasing a statement,...