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Week 15 in Super Rugby sees last year’s finalists go head-to-head in Sydney as the jockeying for play–off places continues. While the Waratahs and Crusaders do battle, across the Tasman, one man might have to swap the microphone for the engine room of the Chiefs’ scrum. In South Africa, the Stormers hope a returning Sevens star can sprinkle some of his try-scoring stardust on their...
Published: May 21, 2015
Lewis Hamilton has at last signed a new contract with Mercedes, bringing to an end the speculation over his future. The three-year deal will keep him at the reigning world champions until the end of 2018 and is thought to have made him the highest-paid driver on the grid. The man he may have knocked down into second in that regard, Fernando Alonso, has also been talking about the future. The Spaniard...
Published: May 21, 2015
The Aviva Premiership has four teams still vying for the 2015 crown. Bath and Leicester Tigers, and Northampton Saints and Saracens will meet this weekend in the semi-finals with a place in the final at Twickenham on May 30 at stake. Bath against Leicester will be determined primarily by the weather at the Recreation Ground, and secondly by the two fly-halves. Meanwhile, Northampton vs. Saracens will...
Published: May 20, 2015
For the first time since the Liguilla system was instituted, the last four seeded teams made it to the semifinals: Chivas, Queretaro, Pachuca and Santos. That means Tigres, America, Veracruz and Atlas were ousted after the first round (quarterfinals). Different from most of the leagues in the world, Mexico has a playoff system that allows the top eight teams of the regular season to secure a place...
Published: May 20, 2015
An event featuring Tiger Woods and Mark Cuban playing poker in Las Vegas sounds like a good time, and despite taking some of the Dallas Mavericks owner’s money, the superstar golfer maintained his poker face. Cuban took to Instagram during the Tiger Jam event last weekend to express his “sorrow” and show how even in victory Woods doesn’t change his stoic demeanor: Listening...
Published: May 20, 2015
With qualifying for the year’s second Grand Slam already in progress, the 2015 French Open will finally start to take shape with Friday’s release of the men’s and women’s singles draw. In a seismic change from recent years at Roland Garros, the nine-time champion and winner of the last five tournaments won’t be drawing the top seed on the men’s side. Rafael Nadal’s...
Published: May 20, 2015
A full 365 days ago, Adam Scott was the World No. 1, en route to winning the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. Oh, what a year can do. Not only has his game slipped, but he’s not even the most popular Adam Scott during a Google search. Scott’s stretch of golf following his plaid jacket victory last season was very consistent, never finishing worse than T16. For 11 weeks, Scott...
Published: May 20, 2015
McLaren head into the Monaco Grand Prix on the back of the worst start to a season in their long, proud history in Formula One. After five races, the team that boasts 12 drivers’ championships and eight constructors’ titles hasn’t scored a single point. Jenson Button came close in Australia, and Fernando Alonso‘s 11th in Bahrain looked like a promising step. The Spaniard’s...
Published: May 20, 2015
Lewis Hamilton has signed a three-year contract extension with Mercedes, keeping him with the Formula One team until 2018 and reportedly making him Britain’s highest-paid sportsman. Mercedes confirmed on Wednesday that Hamilton had put pen to paper on the new contract, giving both him and the team a significant boost ahead of Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix: Hamilton commented...
Published: May 20, 2015
The French Open 2015 threatens to be one of the most fascinating in recent memory, and the men’s singles competition, in particular, has the potential to crown a new champion at Roland Garros. Nine-time champion Rafael Nadal’s form has seen the Spaniard’s world ranking drop to No. 7, and he will face his most difficult challenge yet to reach the final of a tournament that has long...