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Mesut Ozil won the 2014 World Cup with Germany in Brazil. But his lasting legacy in the country may go well beyond what he did on the pitch during Germany’s triumphant run. In the aftermath of the win, the Arsenal playmaker paid for the surgeries of 23 Brazilian children with his prize money. One year later, Ozil is continuing his pledge with another wonderful gesture for youth...
Published: July 12, 2015
The United States men’s national team finishes group play at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup on Monday with a match against Panama at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Missouri. After claiming victories over Honduras and Haiti in its first two group games, the U.S. has already clinched first place in Group A and qualified for the quarterfinals. Panama, on the other hand, drew against the same two opponents...
Published: July 12, 2015
The Rugby Championship gets under way next weekend. The tournament takes second billing this year to the Rugby World Cup, but it is a good chance for sides to hone their game plans and assess weaknesses in others before they all arrive in England. Each coach will want to turn up at the World Cup clear on how his team will play in order to make the most of their biggest assets. Tearing up the blueprint...
Published: July 12, 2015
On Saturday, Serena Williams claimed her sixth Wimbledon title after an impressive showing on the grass at the All England Club resulted in a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Garbine Muguruza in the women’s final. It’s the men’s turn on Sunday. While a slew of upsets made the men’s bracket highly unpredictable to this point, the purists were elated to see No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 2...
Published: July 12, 2015
Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe set the bar for men’s tennis when they met in back-to-back Wimbledon finals in 1980 and ’81. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are ready to move into the Borg-McEnroe neighborhood as they prepare to meet in their second consecutive Wimbledon final. The two tennis masters are at the top of their game right now as Federer goes for his eighth All-England Tennis championship,...
Published: July 12, 2015
There are those who like underdogs and upsets, but you couldn’t ask for a better final at Wimbledon than Novak Djokovic versus Roger Federer. Not only are these two of the best players of a generation (at the worst two of the three best), they are both playing extremely well at the moment. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds at this event have cruised through most of their matches, only losing a combined...
Published: July 12, 2015
There are few sporting venues in the world that boast quite as much pageantry as the Centre Court at Wimbledon on Men’s Final day. But with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, the two top players in the world, scheduled to battle it out for the most coveted title in the sport, the occasion feels that little bit more special. Indeed, both men were excellent in their semi-final matches, overcoming...
Published: July 12, 2015
Novak Djokovic captured his second straight Wimbledon title and the third of his career by defeating Roger Federer 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 in Sunday’s men’s final at the All England Club. Djokovic is the first man to repeat as Wimbledon champion since Federer won five in a row between 2003 and 2007. The first two sets featured high-level, back-and-forth tennis between two of the sport’s...
Published: July 12, 2015
After nine races of the 2014 Formula One season, Nico Rosberg had outqualified his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton 5-4, and each driver had scored four pole positions. At the same point this year, about halfway through the season’s 19 races, Hamilton has outqualified Rosberg 8-1 (the two Merc drivers have swept the front row of the grid seven times and taken all nine poles). But what is behind...
Published: July 12, 2015
Play at the John Deere Classic was suspended twice Saturday, but that didn’t prevent competitors from posting some gaudy scores on the forgiving, rain-soaked grounds of TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois. Lightning first suspended proceedings at 9:54 a.m. ET, and while players got back on the course following a 57-minute delay, some untimely downpours forced things to stop again at 12:29 p.m. A...