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Gareth Bale is riding high. He left for international duty after scoring a stunning brace for Real Madrid, while his Welsh squad are on the way to qualifying for their first major tournament since 1958. On the eve of their match with Cyprus, Bale casually scored a goal in training from a seemingly impossible angle—with the outside of his boot, no less! [FAWales] Read more International Football...
Published: September 2, 2015
Angry CoCo Vandeweghe is angry. The 23-year-old American was trailing 5-0 in the opening set of her second-round match of the U.S. Open against Bethanie Mattek-Sands on Wednesday when she absolutely destroyed her racket. She smashed it on the court upon sitting for the changeover, then stood up after motioning to the crowd to give the already-mangled racket one final blow—you know,...
Published: September 2, 2015
Mardy Fish‘s career came to a close Wednesday as he fell to Feliciano Lopez 2-6, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the U.S. Open second round. The tournament tweeted its appreciation of Fish after the match: He certainly didn’t go down without a fight, as Andy Roddick noted: Hannah Storm of ESPN will remember him fondly: Fish, 33, announced in July he would retire following the U.S....
Published: September 2, 2015
With an exciting first round of the 2015 U.S. Open already in the books, things are only beginning to pick up in Flushing Meadows, New York, as many of the tournament’s top seeds continue to peak in the early rounds. Even though the tennis is just getting started in the year’s final major, no shortage of top contenders have already been bounced. No. 6 Lucie Safarova’s loss Tuesday...
Published: September 2, 2015
With the Confederations Cup playoff against Mexico looming, the U.S. men’s national team has very little time left to prepare for this crucial match on October 10. Head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has a plan in mind for these final tuneups, per the official U.S. Soccer website: The bigger picture is to get some answers for how we put things together for the Mexico game a month from now. Obviously...
Published: September 2, 2015
The top seeds look to have easy assignments ahead of them on Wednesday at the U.S. Open. The 33-year-old Serena Williams will clash with 23-year-old Kiki Bertens. The two women have never played each other before, but Bertens has won 11 of her last 12 singles matches. None of those matches have come against elite players and on Wednesday, Bertens will be face to face with the best in the world. It...
Published: September 2, 2015
Considering the amount of surprising upsets in Round 1, the second round at the U.S. Open could be even crazier. American Donald Young knocked off No. 11 Gilles Simon to create more drama on the men’s side, but it doesn’t come close to matching the parity in the women’s draw. An upset loss for Lucie Safarova leaves only five top-10 seeds heading into the second round. No. 1 seeds...
Published: September 2, 2015
Wales round off their World Cup preparations when they host Italy in Cardiff on Saturday Warren Gatland’s men slaughtered the Azzurri in Rome at the end of the 2015 Six Nations in a 61-20 thumping that almost snatched the championship. A home defeat and away win against Ireland has provided a mixed bag in their summer schedule so far, while Italy have lost twice to Scotland. With the final squads...
Published: September 2, 2015
No. 2-seed Simona Halep advanced to the second round of the 2015 U.S. Open with little to no resistance from Marina Erakovic. Halep prevailed 6-2, 3-0 as Erakovic retired with an apparent injury in the second set. Erakovic showed almost no signs of being able to trouble Halep at any point in the match. Even if she were healthy, chances are Erakovic would have been dispatched swiftly. Halep broke her...
Published: September 2, 2015
The wheels are well in motion at the 2015 U.S. Open, and already we’ve seen some immaculate tennis from some of the finest players in the world. Wednesday’s schedule will see some of the prime exponents in action, as they bid to book their spot in the next round. Serena Williams will be the star attraction in the afternoon session as she looks to continue her march toward a calendar Grand...