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Formula One driver Fernando Alonso crashed into a wall during Feb. 22’s test run at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona and was airlifted to hospital. The Spaniard was released on the afternoon of Feb. 25. Continue for updates. Alonso Shows Return to Health in Video Message Friday, Feb. 27 Alonso sent a message to his fans on Friday, publicly displaying his improved condition and...
Published: February 22, 2015
Week 3 of this year’s Six Nations will prove to be a decisive round in the hunt for the 2015 title, with table-toppers England travelling to face second-place Ireland, while France, third, play host to fourth-place Wales. It may be a tad premature to proclaim the clash between Ireland and England will dictate who wins this year’s crown, but the collision will certainly have a say in whether...
Published: February 22, 2015
Unlike last week’s offensive bonanza, the players in the United States men’s national team talent pool were collectively quiet in front of goal this week. Despite the slow week in the final third, there were a few major achievements and injuries that caught the attention of the USMNT fans. With that in mind, we begin our weekly USMNT watch with an impressive accomplishment in the...
Published: February 22, 2015
A sliding save like this is impressive enough, regardless of the opponent. But the fact that it came at the end of a match against the best tennis player on clay is really saying something. Going head-to-head against Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the Rio Open, Fabio Fognini had to sprint and then slide to the net to reach the ball. Fognini pulled off a great shot, taking down Nadal for the...
Published: February 21, 2015
Lotus took more positives from their pre-season testing in Barcelona on Saturday as Pastor Maldonado finished fastest for the second time in the space of three days. The 29-year-old topped the charts with a time of one minute and 24.348 seconds in the afternoon session, recording 104 laps in total and brimming with confidence following his Day 3 performance, per the official Formula 1 website: We...
Published: February 21, 2015
With over half of the 12 days of pre-season testing now done and dusted, the Formula One teams are now well into their winter schedules. Well, all apart from McLaren, whose racing director, Eric Boullier, told ESPN F1 on Friday that his outfit are “50 per cent behind on our plan.” If McLaren were 50 per cent behind on Day 2, one dreads to think about just how far behind the Woking-based...
Published: February 21, 2015
England coach Stuart Lancaster is in a race against time to sketch the blueprint of his starting XV for this year’s World Cup, with the wings currently an area as uncertain as any other. In order to give himself the best selection possible, Lancaster should be looking to hand Wasps star Christian Wade his chance in the remaining Six Nations fixtures. After the first two weeks of the competition,...
Published: February 21, 2015
Roger Federer probably had no idea that a photograph of him holding India’s national cricket team jersey would set off an international incident. Now that the world knows, the whole thing seems sort of weird. Sports fanaticism reaching the ridiculous is nothing new. However, even in this social-media age, the uproar over Federer rooting for a cricket team is beyond absurd. The outrage...
Published: February 20, 2015
There was a sense of deja vu on Day 1 of the second pre-season test at Barcelona, as the likes of McLaren-Honda and Red Bull Racing continued to suffer the problems which hindered their progress in the opening test of 2015. Day 2, though, seemed to mark the beginning of a resurgence for both teams, as Daniel Ricciardo and Fernando Alonso led a fightback against Mercedes and Ferrari, recording the most...
Published: February 20, 2015
The entire golf world has been trying to pinpoint exactly what’s going on with Tiger Woods. Jack Nicklaus, who knows the sport as well as anyone, has chimed in with his thoughts on why the 14-time major winner has lost his way. Speaking on the Golf Channel’s Morning Drive show on Friday (via Will Gray of the Golf Channel), Nicklaus says that Woods’ problems are mental. “Tiger’s...