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The Rugby World Cup final takes centre stage on Saturday, as New Zealand take on neighbours Australia for the right to be crowned champions of the world. Both sides were forced to scrap their way through their respective semi-final ties last weekend against South Africa and Argentina, respectively, yet still come into the final in exemplary form and full of confidence. And despite the fact that the...
Published: October 26, 2015
Rugby World Cup 2015 will be won by either New Zealand or Australia on Saturday at Twickenham. But what sort of a final will it be? The two teams have never met in the final of a Rugby World Cup, and this final will also prove to be a departure from history in terms of the style of rugby on show. Where will New Zealand destroy Australia? Which Australian may be about to find form at the right time?...
Published: October 26, 2015
Just another week and another title for mighty David Ferrer as he picked up Vienna’s 2015 hardware. The ATP World Tour had other stops in Stockholm and Moscow as borderline top-10 players scrambled to get into the elite eight for London’s year-end final. There were other tennis opportunities and misses, including back-to-back slides with Tomas Berdych, who has not shied away from attempts...
Published: October 26, 2015
Lewis Hamilton claimed his 10th win of the 2015 Formula One season in Sunday’s United States Grand Prix to secure his third world championship. For the third weekend in a row, the British driver won the race from second on the grid. But after marching to victory in Japan and Russia, Hamilton was made to work for his success at the Circuit of the Americas after Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg...
Published: October 26, 2015
Who were the best putters on the PGA Tour in 2015? To answer that, we’ll take a look at the tour’s proprietary measure of putting success: strokes gained: putting. For those that don’t fully grasp how the figure is calculated, here’s the formula’s inventor, Columbia Business School professor, Mark Broadie, as explained on Golf.com: [The] stat measures the...
Published: October 25, 2015
Lewis Hamilton was crowned Formula One world champion once again as he negotiated a rain-soaked United States Grand Prix to win his 10th race of a quite remarkable season. The Englishman had to do it the hard way at the Circuit of the Americas, having started behind teammate Nico Rosberg at the line, but he wasted no time in doing so. He gave the German the slip on the very first corner and even clipped...
Published: October 25, 2015
After such a high-quality tournament, there will, perhaps, be no better way to end it than to see holders New Zealand take on old enemies Australia in the 2015 Rugby World Cup Final. Australia will play in their fourth final after seeing off Argentina 29-15 on Sunday, while New Zealand will do the same after overcoming South Africa 20-18 the day prior. Despite six of the previous seven finals featuring...
Published: October 25, 2015
“Advance Australia Fair.” They will face New Zealand next weekend in the Rugby World Cup final after a 29-15 win over Argentina. The Wallabies were ahead as early as the first minute when Rob Simmons gleefully got his mitts on a misplaced pass from Nicolas Sanchez and romped home. And Michael Cheika’s men never relinquished that lead, a hat-trick from Adam Ashley-Cooper ensuring a...
Published: October 25, 2015
Australia took on Argentina at Twickenham on Sunday afternoon, in the second semi-final of Rugby World Cup 2015. The winners would win through to a decider against New Zealand, while the losers would have to lace up for a third-place playoff on Friday night. Australia were the favourites, advancing from the so-called “Pool of Death” before narrowly avoiding defeat at the hands of Scotland...
Published: October 25, 2015
Australia beat Argentina 29-15 at Twickenham to set up a mouthwatering final with New Zealand in the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Rob Simmons and a hat-trick from Adam Ashley-Cooper helped the Wallabies reach their fourth World Cup final. The Pumas were ruthlessly punished for two early mistakes, but they were otherwise able to keep pace with the Wallabies for much of the contest thanks to five penalties...