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A mysterious death is by far the most tragic incident associated with the WTA Tour’s Wuhan Open. However, it’s one of many strange and unfortunate occurrences to mar the tournament in only its second year. Last week, Robin Llyr Evans, 21, died while working as a systems operator for Britain-based Hawk-Eye Innovations, the company that provides tracking software used to review calls...
Published: September 29, 2015
With Jordan Spieth’s Tour Championship victory, the 2014-15 PGA Tour season came to a fitting end. After weeks of discussion regarding who the best player in the game is and speculation as to what was ailing Mr. Spieth in his two missed cuts to open the FedEx Cup playoffs, the 22-year-old stepped up to seize the final crown of the season and capture golf’s richest purse. Thus, after...
Published: September 28, 2015
[Skip to 1:35 to see the diving incident] And the award for the most ridiculous dive of the season so far goes to…Washington of Brazilian side Palmas! The Serie D (fourth tier) side were drawing 0-0 with Remo as their match ticked over into injury time Saturday when Washington hit the deck with Oscar-winning sincerity despite having considerable distance between him and the closest defender. Protests...
Published: September 28, 2015
Several top clashes line the schedule of the Rugby World Cup 2015 this week, with hosts England battling for survival against Australia, while Scotland and South Africa face off for the top spot in Pool B. All matches will be broadcast on ITV and ITV4, with live streams available via the ITVPlayer (for UK viewers) and Universal Sports (for U.S. viewers). Here’s a look...
Published: September 28, 2015
Jordan Spieth added to his impressive trophy cabinet on Monday, winning the PGA of America Player of the Year award and the Vardon Trophy, two end-of-season awards handed out by the PGA of America. As reported by the PGA’s official website, the Masters and U.S. Open Championship winner, who made a real run at completing the Grand Slam in 2015, became the second-youngest player to win both...
Published: September 28, 2015
Catalonia is in the news after pro-independence parties won a majority of seats in regional elections over the weekend. As CNBC’s Holly Ellyatt reported, the election results have put Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy under pressure to keep his country united before a nationwide election set for December. We’ll leave the politics to the experts and instead look at an intriguing...
Published: September 28, 2015
After taking home the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup over the weekend, Jordan Spieth is a virtual lock to receive the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year honors. On Monday, the PGA Tour announced Spieth would be competing with Jason Day, Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler for its year-end award, which goes to the player who performed best in the 2014-15 season, per Brendan Porath of SB Nation....
Published: September 28, 2015
The Japanese Grand Prix began with the paddock expecting Jenson Button to call time on his 16-year career, but it ended with Fernando Alonso’s Formula One future up in the air. The hot potato that is retirement was passed freely around the McLaren-Honda garage at Suzuka, highlighting just how far one of the most sacred teams in the sport’s history have fallen. At various stages over the...
Published: September 28, 2015
John Millman and Austin Krajicek were the first two winners in Round 1 at the Shenzhen Open, as the tournament started in earnest on Monday. Millman progressed at the expense of Ernests Gulbis in the final match of the day, with the latter retiring injured, while Krajicek rallied from a set down to get the better of 23-year-old Australian James Duckworth. Takuto Niki, Zhizhen Zhang, Matthew Ebden and...
Published: September 28, 2015
The 2015 Japanese Grand Prix won’t go down as a classic in anyone’s book, but its impact on the destination of the year’s Formula One drivers’ and constructors’ world championships is likely to be highly significant. Mercedes proved their poor form at Singapore was nothing more than a blip, Lewis Hamilton‘s dominant victory effectively ending any hopes Ferrari and...