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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: December 16, 2015
Throughout the 2015 Formula One season, the most important intra-team rivalry was the duel for the drivers’ championship between the two Mercedes drivers. Armed with the all-conquering W06, one of them was always going to take the crown, and for the second consecutive year, it was Lewis Hamilton who came out on top. Though Nico Rosberg recovered some dignity by winning the final three races,...
Published: December 15, 2015
With Nico Hulkenberg’s sixth-place finish, Force India secured fifth spot, their best-ever result in the Formula One constructors’ standings, at November’s Brazilian Grand Prix. But any celebrations, at least those of the public variety, were kept to a minimum at Interlagos. Rather than gathering the entire team, from the drivers to the cleaners, at the front of the garage...
Published: December 15, 2015
The European Champions Cup pool stage reached its halfway point at the weekend and there was plenty of passion on display as sides continue to jockey for quarter-final spots. This week we have a quartet of hits from the action, combining foul play with powerful tackles that levelled their intended targets with resounding effectiveness. One game into his career as a Racing 92 player, we welcome Dan...
Published: December 15, 2015
The endless debate surrounding the professional future of United States men’s national team forward Jordan Morris has gone on since the Stanford University product first appeared in red, white and blue on November 18, 2014. In 13 months since his international debut, Morris has scored his first goal for the Yanks in a friendly against rival Mexico, struck the back of the net on 13 occasions...
Published: December 14, 2015
A man-of-the-match performance from Exeter Chiefs No. 8 Thomas Waldrom drove his side to a momentous win over Clermont Auvergne on Saturday to highlight the Champions Cup’s comeback. The competition’s pool stage resumed this weekend, and stars of the Premiership, Top 14 and Pro12 dazzled from all angles in what was a very mixed round for the continental elite. French outfits Toulon and...
Published: December 14, 2015
Formula One careers are often short and unpredictable. Even the best drivers on the grid cannot say for sure where they will be two or three years into the future, and every single one of them goes into each new season knowing he has some kind of point to prove. Lewis Hamilton has to show he’s hungry for more titles after chalking up his third world championship. Sebastian Vettel needs to prove...
Published: December 14, 2015
Mercedes dominated Formula One for a second successive season in 2015, winning all but three races, but the Silver Arrows appeared to be a team of two halves as the campaign drew to a close. While Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg had little to play for in the closing weeks of the season, due to the former securing his third world title with three races to spare, the relationship between the pair seemed...
Published: December 13, 2015
The power balance in European rugby underwent significant change this weekend after the Champions Cup saw the continental big guns advance their bids for major silverware. Exeter Chiefs, Glasgow Warriors, Leicester Tigers and Racing 92 were among those to take impressive wins from their most recent outings, with Dan Carter making his debut for the Top 14 outfit. Elsewhere, Harlequins-bound...
Published: December 13, 2015
In Forbes‘ ranking of the world’s highest paid athletes, four Formula One drivers appear in the top 32. World champions Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen all command salaries in line with the best athletes in other sports—probably not a surprise, given the biggest teams have budgets of several hundred million dollars. But despite the exclusivity...
Published: December 13, 2015
Germany is the place to be if you’re a United States international looking to gain form at the moment. A week after we profiled the lengthy string of success Fabian Johnson has enjoyed with Borussia Monchengladbach, two more players based in Germany continued to thrive as 2015 reaches its end. Bobby Wood and John Brooks both made key contributions to their respective sides on Saturday in...