Try the powerful search:
Selected WPSN searches:
Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: July 4, 2015
The level of competition is peaking at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, and it will take the top contenders stepping their games up even further to avoid a third-round exit at the esteemed All England Club on Saturday. No top seeds are in action after Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams already punched their tickets to Round 4, but that doesn’t mean there’s a shortage of notable players...
Published: July 4, 2015
Everyone loves rivalries in sports. They incite heavy interest and emotion amongst the fans. They give the media and television networks appealing storylines to pursue from a promotional standpoint. And whether the rivalries actually exist in the minds of the athletes or it is simply a matter of the participants knowing that a particular game or match is receiving more attention than usual, the...
Published: July 4, 2015
Boom! Australia’s Sam Groth produced the second-fastest serve in Wimbledon history when he unleashed a 147 mph (236 kph) bomb on Roger Federer. The serve was just narrowly behind the record of 148 mph set by Taylor Dent in 2010. [Twitter @Wimbledon] Read more Tennis news on BleacherReport.com Read More →
Published: July 4, 2015
The Highlanders were crowned champions of Super Rugby 2015, as they put the Hurricanes to the sword in an epic all-New Zealand final on Saturday. Super Rugby confirmed the 21-14 victory for the visitors via Twitter: In huge occasions like Saturday’s final, the opening exchanges can go one of two ways: either the players come out a little tentative and nervy or they go all out. Super Rugby 2015...
Published: July 4, 2015
On Thursday night, I went to the Maracana, one of the most iconic stages in football the world over. The setting was a Campeonato Brasileiro match, the Brazilian league championship, and a meeting between Fluminense and Santos, two of the most traditional sides from the country’s prosperous south-east. But in the vast concrete bowl capable of holding a shade over 78,000, a paltry crowd of...
Published: July 4, 2015
The Highlanders are the 2015 Super Rugby champions after a 21-14 win over the Hurricanes. A late first-half try was followed by an early score in the second to put the unfancied visitors in the box seat, and they were the smarter side throughout the contest. This was a classic case of one team utilising every scrap of possession and turning it into points, while the other failed to convert dominance...
Published: July 4, 2015
The Super Rugby 2015 final boils down to an in-house scrap between New Zealand’s two best franchises in Wellington. The Hurricanes and the Highlanders have taken different routes to this contest at the summit, and the home side start as favourites after topping the table and beating the Highlanders twice already this season. But Jamie Joseph’s men have been underrated all season. A pack...
Published: July 4, 2015
One of the most eagerly awaited races of the season takes place on Sunday afternoon, as the British Grand Prix runs at the iconic Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire, England. Home driver Lewis Hamilton leads his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg by just 10 points in the driver’s championship, with the German’s form ever improving. However, Ferrari promise to challenge...
Published: July 4, 2015
Most tennis Grand Slams don’t see serious drama until the tournament’s second week, but Wimbledon has already seen four top-10 seeds stunningly bounced. Even undisputed ladies’ favorite Serena Williams dropped a set Friday, highlighting the volatility that has defined the tournament’s first week. Still, Serena and most of the other top seeds have avoided disaster thus...
Published: July 4, 2015
Less than a fortnight remains until the 2015 Rugby Championship signals the beginning of rugby’s jam-packed international summer and the elite of the southern hemisphere make their returns to the Test arena. Bringing four of the sport’s finest back together, New Zealand are looking to fend off the challenges of South Africa, Australia and Argentina in their bid to claim a fourth successive...