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When Andreas Harto’s birdie putt fell on the 16th hole at Himmerland Hill during the Made in Denmark tournament Friday, he almost began to cry. But it wasn’t because he had just birdied the par-three hole in his home country in front of a large crowd. The tears nearly swelled because he was about to ask his girlfriend, Louise, to marry him. “I don’t know how I hit that...
Published: August 21, 2015
After months of rumours and speculation, Ferrari have announced that Kimi Raikkonen will remain with the team for the 2016 Formula One season. The news will come as a surprise to many after the 2007 world champion’s substandard performances alongside Sebastian Vettel in 2015, with the Finn currently sitting fifth in the drivers’ standings with 76 points, 84 adrift of his new team-mate. Despite...
Published: August 21, 2015
There are so many good things going for this video, it’s difficult to know where to start. For starters, Shannon Sanderford—the reigning Miss Texas—is featured, and not only is she in attendance at Wednesday night’s game between the Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners, but she ups the ante by asking out Jordan Spieth via the majesty of rap during a live television broadcast. Asked...
Published: August 21, 2015
Diego Forlan must be one of the most underrated players of the last 20 years. Well, a new documentary looks set to change that. The forthcoming move, DF10, will be a complete retrospect of the Uruguayan’s brilliant career, and the trailer really does whet the appetite. In it, Sir Alex Ferguson talks about how Forlan made himself a “legend” at Manchester United by scoring...
Published: August 21, 2015
Despite not finishing on the podium last time out in Hungary, Lewis Hamilton still managed to extend his championship lead over his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to 21 points. A month after the action at the Hungaroring, the Formula One circus moves to Spa for the Belgian Grand Prix. Hamilton will be favourite after claiming pole position in Saturday’s qualifying, with Rosberg just behind...
Published: August 21, 2015
England travel to Paris for their second rubber against France as both sets of players scramble for places in their respective World Cup squads. There are changes aplenty for both sides as coaches hand out chances to impress, which will doubtless result in that uncomfortable scenario where team function and individual aspiration rub up against one another. In this assessment of the key confrontations,...
Published: August 21, 2015
Thursday was a huge day at the Western and Southern Open, with seven of the top 10 seeds on the men’s side and women’s top seed Serena Williams in action. The good news for Williams and Novak Djokovic is that they were not caught in the early web of upsets that was happening in Cincinnati. All of them got wins to keep their championship hopes alive, though the competition...
Published: August 21, 2015
It was almost a forgone conclusion that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal would not meet in the Western & Southern Open quarterfinals in Cincinnati. It’s late summer in North America where hot weather and faster hard courts have all but conspired to deny these two superpowers any meaningful rivalry chapter for the U.S. Open Series. The New York Times‘ Ben Rothenberg noted Feliciano Lopez...
Published: August 21, 2015
It’s not really about the season, he said a week ago. It’s about the year. Tiger Woods had his own judgmental way of looking at the past several months, which were not at all pleasant, and at the future. So many of us saw his result in the PGA Championship a few days ago, and in the U.S. and British Opens—missed cuts all—and said it’s over for 2015. Not to Woods. It’s...
Published: August 20, 2015
The war of words between Stan Wawrinka and Nick Kyrgios continued Thursday after Kyrgios refuted Wawrinka’s claims that the Australian tennis player didn’t apologize for inappropriate remarks made at a match last week regarding Wawrinka’s girlfriend. “No, he didn’t apologize, so no,” Wawrinka said during a post-match interview at the Western and Southern Open,...