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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: March 30, 2015
FA Chairman Greg Dyke has proposed a series of changes to the way English clubs will look at overseas and homegrown players in the future. The stated goal of the proposal is to increase the numbers of English players in English leagues. Former England international Stan Collymore joins Ryan Bailey to discuss why the proposal had to be made and how this sort of action will bring about positive...
Published: March 30, 2015
On the women’s side, the Miami Open continued to be a platform for the world’s best women’s tennis players—minus Maria Sharapova—to thrive. On the men’s side, though, Sunday played host to the second No. 2 seed being sent packing. Rafael Nadal’s surprising loss (4-6, 6-2, 3-6) to countryman Fernando Verdasco provided intrigue on what was otherwise a nondescript...
Published: March 30, 2015
Rafael Nadal is already waving goodbye to the first week of the 2015 Miami Masters. Looks like it’s on to red-clay Europe for the weeks to come. Is that really so bad for the Spaniard? Miami does seem to be a letdown after Indian Wells, and the ATP and WTA superstars are already getting erased from the bracket. The biggest name of all didn’t even show up. As Miami heats up into its final...
Published: March 29, 2015
The PGA Tour made its way to Texas this week, and the Lone Star State didn’t exactly welcome the world’s best golfers with open arms. Gone were the tranquil skies of the Florida swing. In their place: wind and a lot of it. One golfer weathered the gusts much better than the rest: the guy in the picture above. Jimmy Walker played TPC San Antonio four strokes better than any other golfer...
Published: March 29, 2015
Raheem Sterling features prominently on the back pages of Monday’s newspapers, with reports that he will snub an improved contract offer from Liverpool, with Arsenal interested in pulling off a stunning transfer in the summer. Sterling’s contract rumour appears in the Daily Mail: Monday’s Daily Mail back page: Sterling Shock #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/9XAx2lIutV —...
Published: March 29, 2015
France recovered from their 3-1 loss to Brazil on Thursday by beating Denmark 2-0 at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. Alexandre Lacazette fired Les Bleus into the lead early on before Olivier Giroud doubled the advantage prior to the half-time whistle. The closest the Danes came was just before the break as Nicklas Bendtner headed against the post from a cross. Didier Deschamps was delighted with...
Published: March 29, 2015
While Pope Francis wore traditional red robes to celebrate the beginning of Holy Week in Vatican City, another red-clad Italian institution, Scuderia Ferrari, pulled off a resurrection miracle, with the team’s new driver, Sebastian Vettel, winning the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday. With his victory, Vettel now sits just three points behind Lewis Hamilton in the Formula One Drivers’...
Published: March 29, 2015
After the events of Indian Wells, there is plenty for Miami to live up to heading toward the business end of the tournament. There are contenders in the men’s draw with significant points to be prove. Grigor Dimitrov has been talked up more than most over the last year, but he needs to start backing up the hype with results worthy of his billing. Milos Raonic is enjoying a strong 2015, but he’s...
Published: March 29, 2015
Max Verstappen has thanked his race engineer, Xevi Pujolar, for helping him become the youngest-ever points scorer in Formula One history. The 17-year-old finished seventh in the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, collecting six points for Toro Rosso in only his second race. F1’s youngest points scorers Driver Age Season Set 1 Max Verstappen 17 years, 180 days 2015 2 Daniil...
Published: March 29, 2015
Sebastian Vettel won the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix on a day when Formula One proved its doubters wrong. After reigning constructors’ champions Mercedes controlled the season-opening race in Australia from start to finish, the sport was, as it always seems to be nowadays, in crisis. With one team running away at the front, and with not enough action further back to satisfy even the die-hard...