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With the grass cut, the lines down and the draw made, all that’s left is for the players to take the courts at Wimbledon for the action to get underway in earnest. The two weeks of tennis at SW19 represent some of the most gripping action on the sporting calendar. These championships possess a tradition and pageantry that few other tournaments can match, but the prestige of becoming the illustrious...
Published: June 28, 2015
“I still hold out hope,” McLaren’s Jenson Button said as he prepares for next weekend’s British Grand Prix, per the Guardian‘s Paul Weaver. “I want to be on the podium and win in front of my home crowd.” Fifteen times Button has started at Silverstone and fifteen times he has ended the race without standing on the podium. His countryman and former...
Published: June 28, 2015
Against all odds, Sweden will play Portugal on Tuesday in the final of the U21 European Championships. In a clash that should undoubtedly entice the attention of neutrals and fans alike, Sweden will enter the game as underdogs for the match. Against a Portugal side that put England and Germany to the sword on their way to the final with some mesmerising attacking football from some of Europe’s...
Published: June 28, 2015
Brazil woke up to the taste of bitterness yet again on Sunday morning. The scenario from the 2011 Copa America was played out in front of an increasingly disengaged public, as Paraguay overcame the eight-time continental champions, eliminating the Selecao at the quarter-final stage for the second successive edition of the cup. It was a tournament in which Brazil failed to get going and their 10 friendly...
Published: June 28, 2015
While the best team undoubtedly won on the night, few could understand why Argentina had to resort to the lottery of the penalty shootout to finally take down Colombia in the Copa America quarter-finals. With just two games standing in the way of victory, solving their goal woes will be key if the Albiceleste are to take the trophy home. Rarely has a game between two apparently well-matched sides...
Published: June 28, 2015
One of the top success stories in American soccer at the moment doesn’t involve a current player. However, it does feature a former national team boss succeeding overseas. Bob Bradley has led Stabaek to 30 points through 14 matches in the Tippeligaen. Thanks to the club’s early returns, it is fighting for the top spot in the league with Rosenborg. Bob’s son Michael is thriving...
Published: June 28, 2015
The United States women’s national team will face its biggest test at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup against Germany in the semifinals on Tuesday in Montreal. With the world’s No. 1 team set to line up across the field from the Yanks, they will have to rely on a part of their team that hasn’t been very active over the last few games. Goalkeeper Hope Solo will have to...
Published: June 28, 2015
Derlis Gonzalez was the man to send Paraguay’s Copa America quarter-final against Brazil to penalties, and 30 minutes later, he was the man to fire them into the semis. The FC Basel forward stepped up in the 72nd minute after Thiago Silva stretched out his hand and needlessly touched the ball in his own area to give Paraguay a lifeline back into the game. The Paraguayan dispatched the penalty...
Published: June 28, 2015
So once again, Brazil fall at the quarter-final stage, their third Copa America hiccup since 1993. And once again, Paraguay, on penalties, were their undoing, robbing the players of the chance of a mouth-watering semi-final showdown with Argentina this coming Tuesday. Unlike the 2011 edition of the tournament, however, where a stalemate was then met by four blank efforts from the penalty spot, Brazil...
Published: June 28, 2015
Brazil and Paraguay played out the last quarter-final of the 2015 Copa America in Concepcion, Chile, on Saturday night, with a 1-1 draw meaning a penalty shoot-out was required—and Paraguay won 4-3 to go through to face Argentina in the semi-finals. Brazil started well and almost scored inside a minute through Philippe Coutinho, but it only took another 15 minutes for Robinho to go one better...