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Father’s Day is coming up quickly, and that means one thing for golf fans: It’s U.S. Open time. In just a few days, the best golfers in the world are going to tee off at Chambers Bay to see who will take home the trophy for the second major of the year. Last year’s surprise winner, Martin Kaymer, will do his best to repeat, but a who’s-who of golf’s superstars—rising,...
Published: June 13, 2015
Moving day at the FedEx St. Jude Classic featured a lot of shifting on the leaderboard, both good and bad for some players. There weren’t many low scores in the mid-60s on Saturday, with Greg Owen and Fabian Gomez tied for the lead at nine under, with 18 holes to play. Yet no one can rest comfortably heading into Sunday because there is a massive crowd still in contention for a title....
Published: June 13, 2015
The Stade de France was tickled pink on Saturday evening after Morne Steyn kicked Stade Francais to a 12-6 win over Clermont Auvergne to claim this season’s Top 14 title. In beating the Champions Cup runners-up, Stade have won their first French domestic crown since 2007, the year in which they also defeated Clermont to seize that season’s championship. Franck Azema’s side will count...
Published: June 13, 2015
Efficient has probably been the most commonly used word to describe the Selecao Brasileira as they make the final preparations for their Copa America quest, due to kick off tomorrow against Peru. Meanwhile, there have been 10 wins on the trot since the World Cup. Neymar has found the net on eight occasions and, with 43 international goals to his name, threatens to dislodge Pele’s as the country’s...
Published: June 13, 2015
It was at the midpoint of last season’s British Grand Prix when Lewis Hamilton solidified his status as the modern-day Nigel Mansell. Having been beaten by his Mercedes-team-mate, Nico Rosberg, for three consecutive races, Hamilton’s season slumped to a new low in qualifying, when he effectively decided against taking pole position, aborting his final effort under the misplaced belief that...
Published: June 13, 2015
France suffered their second consecutive friendly defeat with an embarrassing 1-0 loss to Albania in Elbasan. PAOK FC midfielder Ergys Kace’s perfectly struck free-kick in the 43rd minute ultimately separated the two sides, but it did not flatter the hosts at the Elbasan Arena. The defeat itself to the south-eastern Europeans is not what was embarrassing. Gianni De Biasi’s men are...
Published: June 13, 2015
In an unfamiliar role against a well-known foe, Abby Wambach very nearly proved Pia Sundhage—her former national team coach—correct. With issues to fix in the United States attack, Jill Ellis—her current coach—would do well to take note. Wambach, the all-time leading scorer for U.S. soccer, started on the bench Friday night as the Americans played out a scoreless draw with Sweden....
Published: June 13, 2015
FT: Argentina 2 Aguero 29, Messi (pen) 35 Paraguay 2 Valdez 60, Barrios 90 Paraguay came from two goals down to leave Argentina shell-shocked in their opening Group B encounter. Sergio Aguero and a Lionel Messi penalty appeared to have put the tournament favourites en route to a comfortable win at half-time. But Nelson Valdez hauled Paraguay back into the game before Argentina-born...
Published: June 13, 2015
Portugal needed Cristiano Ronaldo to be at his very best after suffering an early deficit against Armenia in their UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier, and the Real Madrid star didn’t disappoint, scoring a fantastic hat-trick. The 30-year-old converted a penalty to pull his side level, took advantage of a defensive miscue to add his second goal and unleashed a devastating bullet from long range to claim...
Published: June 13, 2015
After their scoreless draw with Republic of Ireland last weekend, England return to Euro 2016 qualification duties on Sunday, traveling to Ljubljana where they face Slovenia. Roy Hodgson‘s men beat their opponents 3-1 when they faced each other at Wembley in November, although things could be somewhat more difficult this time out. Slovenia have won their last four competitive home matches and...