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Roger Federer cruised to the quarter-final of the 2015 Wimbledon Open on Monday in London, wasting little energy against Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut. The latter was already down big when he suffered an ankle injury midway through the second set, and he would eventually lose to the Swiss veteran in straight sets: 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. Federer was as cool as ever, never handing his opponent a single...
Published: July 6, 2015
Andy Murray took his spot in the quarter-finals of this year’s Wimbledon competition on Monday after lobbing his way to a 7-6(7), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 victory over Ivo Karlovic. The Scot will now face off against Canadian contender Vasek Pospisil in the last eight of the 2015 tournament and try to advance to the semis for the sixth time in his career. The Press Association confirmed...
Published: July 6, 2015
For 16 years, the United States women’s national team lived in the shadow of 1999. But after Sunday’s romp in Vancouver, the ’99ers now have company in the annals of U.S. soccer lore. All it took was 16 minutes. In that improbably brief span of time, Big Game Carli Lloyd scored her famous hat trick, the U.S. stormed to an insurmountable 4-0 lead over Japan in the 2015 FIFA Women’s...
Published: July 6, 2015
For Lionel Messi, undoubtedly the biggest disappointment of his career to date produced one of the iconic sporting images of recent times. In the aftermath of last year’s World Cup final, one photographer captured Messi, isolated even amid the crowd, casting a wistful glance at the World Cup trophy, a prize that had agonisingly eluded his Argentina side that night. It was an amazing, award-winning...
Published: July 6, 2015
The England Twitter account posted, and then swiftly deleted, a tweet that referred to the England women’s football team as “mothers, partners and daughters” (h/t Tom Warren of The Verge): And @england‘s own goal has been deleted. Good for all the mothers, partners, and daughters out there I guess pic.twitter.com/4oOJaNGX0m — Tom Warren (@tomwarren) July 6, 2015 The...
Published: July 6, 2015
After winning his first PGA tournament, Danny Lee just wanted a friend—a female one, preferably. Lee, a 24-year-old South Korean-born New Zealander, took home the hardware at The Greenbrier Classic on Sunday after beating out David Hearn, Kevin Kisner and Robert Streb in a four-way playoff. The victory netted Lee $1.2 million, but according to ESPN’s Jason Sobel, what he wanted most...
Published: July 6, 2015
Tennis‘ top stars received a well-deserved day of rest on Sunday after a crazy opening week at Wimbledon that included plenty of nail-biting action and some unexpected results that sent some prominent players packing far earlier than anticipated. The surviving competitors are taking the grass courts at the All England Club on Monday in an effort to advance past the round of 16 and continue their...
Published: July 6, 2015
In the most intriguing match on a packed Monday slate at Wimbledon, world No. 1 Serena Williams defeated her sister, No. 16 Venus Williams, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals and keep her calendar Grand Slam hopes alive. With the victory, 33-year-old Serena improved her career record to 15-11 against her 35-year-old sister, and she also firmly cemented herself as the favorite to win the Wimbledon...
Published: July 6, 2015
Most teams on the Formula One grid would simply love to be powered by Mercedes engines, and Red Bull Racing are no exception. Over the British Grand Prix weekend, it was suggested that the four-time world champions were working on a deal to switch from Renault to Mercedes power units, with the help of sports-car giants Aston Martin, for the 2016 season. However, Christian Horner, the Red Bull...
Published: July 6, 2015
Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios attracted a lot of attention with some strange behaviour during his fourth-round match with Frenchman Richard Gasquet at Wimbledon on Monday. After losing the first set 7-5, the 26th-seeded Kyrgios quickly proceeded to implode. Down 2-0 in the second set, he seemingly refused to return the ball, causing Riath Al-Samarrai of the Daily Mail to ask whether...