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Wales are on the brink of their first major championship appearance since 1958. Naturally, it was their superstar winger Gareth Bale who led the charge for Wales. The Real Madrid man scored a powerful headed goal in the 81st minute against Cyprus in Euro 2016 qualifying to take a 1-0 advantage and maintain their lead atop Group B as second-placed Belgium took all three points from...
Published: September 3, 2015
With temperatures reaching 90 degrees, many players at the 2015 U.S. Open are struggling to deal with the humid conditions in Flushing, New York—none more so than Jack Sock. The 22-year-old was forced to retire in the second round against Ruben Bemelmans. Leading the match 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 1-2, Sock slowly collapsed in the fourth set while receiving medical treatment, per Sports Illustrated Tennis....
Published: September 3, 2015
Manchester City money well spent? If Kevin De Bruyne‘s first competitive game since his big-money switch back to the Premier League is any indication, then yes. Just before half-time in Belgium’s European qualifying match against Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Belgian made a quick turn and fired home to give the Red Devils a 2-1 advantage at the break. One could also make...
Published: September 3, 2015
With the arrival of the second FedEx Cup playoff event, we’re treated to a bevy of compelling storylines that go well beyond “Who is well positioned to hoist the cup?” Of primary interest to golf fans, the game’s brightest international star, Rory McIlory, makes his 2015 playoff debut. McIlroy, who reclaimed the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking after Jordan...
Published: September 3, 2015
The score may not seem too out of the ordinary for tennis, but Johanna Konta’s upset victory over ninth seed Garbine Muguruza at the U.S. Open on Thursday marked the longest match in women’s tournament history. Konta won a first-set tiebreaker 7-4 before falling in a tiebreaker in the next set by that exact same score. She conserved her best for last to dominate the decider 6-2 in a second-round...
Published: September 3, 2015
On Wednesday night Joachim Low would have most likely been sitting in a hotel room somewhere in Frankfurt, Germany, when the DFB’s doctor called to tell him the bad news. Suspicions were indeed true with regards to one of his brightest stars: Marco Reus has a hairline fracture on his big toe and is injured for Friday’s game. Yet long before the news broke to the German media and Borussia...
Published: September 3, 2015
The U.S. Open is a special Grand Slam due to the fact great players get to compete under the lights in prime time, and there is no question that the stars will be out Thursday night in New York. Five-time U.S. Open champion Roger Federer will clash with Belgium’s Steve Darcis in the featured men’s match of the night, while the women’s draw will be highlighted by two-time U.S. Open...
Published: September 3, 2015
Jason Day is on absolute fire of late, winning three of his past four tournaments, including his first major at the PGA Championship. The third-ranked golfer in the world has also been leaning on a living legend in Tiger Woods to open the floodgates for his own raging success. The two have a budding friendship, according to ESPN.com’s Jason Sobel, who reported what Day had to say regarding his...
Published: September 3, 2015
When conversations on racism in sports arise, rebuttals often point to the popularity of beloved black male stars such as Michael Jordan, LeBron James or Russell Wilson. Bias against black men in sports—and any social progress in that area—has been well documented. Less familiar is the unique brand of discrimination African-American women are subjected to: anti-black misogyny. This is the...
Published: September 3, 2015
Scott Jamieson and Daniel Gaunt topped the leaderboard with six-under rounds of 65 at the close of play on Thursday in the 2015 Russian Open. Lee Slattery and Bradley Dredge sit just one shot behind the pair with five-under after the opening day. Meanwhile, no less than eight players shot four-under from their first 18 holes, including last year’s winner David Horsey. Michael Hoey, who won in...