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The United States soccer team has a new crest, which was revealed on social media Monday. Women’s national team star Carli Lloyd posted the new emblem on her Instagram account: As Zach Schonbrun of the New York Times reported, the new design has been two years in the making and represents the first time since 1995 that the badge has been altered. Jay Berhalter, U.S....
Published: February 29, 2016
The second and final pre-season Formula One test of 2016 gets under way on Tuesday. The venue will be, as it was for the first test, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. Ferrari led the timesheets at the end of the first test thanks to Sebastian Vettel’s time of one minute, 22.810 seconds. The German produced the lap in the afternoon of the second day, using the new ultrasoft Pirelli...
Published: February 29, 2016
And then there were 11. On Monday, Sauber became the final team to reveal their 2016 Formula One car, just in time for the second and final pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The Swiss team recovered well from a pointless 2014 to finish eighth in the 2015 constructors’ championship, claiming a couple of surprise results along the way. And following the launch of the Ferrari-powered...
Published: February 29, 2016
Two teams left unbeaten, one left in search of a Grand Slam, and both play each other next. Week 3 has teed up the penultimate round of Six Nations games nicely. The weekend didn’t bring us a major upswing in quality of this year’s instalment of the championship, but there was no shortage of grit. Here are the men who stood out at the halfway mark of the tournament. Begin Slideshow Read More →
Published: February 28, 2016
England and Wales will duke it out at Twickenham in Round 4 of the 2016 RBS Six Nations as a rematch of last year’s World Cup collision promises to decide this year’s title-winner. Coach Warren Gatland leads an unbeaten Wales outfit to English headquarters, but Eddie Jones’ England side boast a one-point advantage coming into their duel after winning all three of their matches with...
Published: February 28, 2016
Everyone has an idea (or six) for how to improve Formula One—from louder engines to additional downforce to more durable tyres to revamped qualifying. The problem is no one knows which, if any, of the currently proposed ideas will make the sport better (whatever that means). Williams technical director Pat Symonds recently told ESPN F1’s Laurence Edmondson that even the people...
Published: February 28, 2016
It’s been quite some time since Julian Green was on the radar of the United States men’s national team. The 20-year-old, who has five USMNT appearances to his name, has been out of sight since he plays in the fourth tier of German football with Bayern Munich’s reserve team. In his latest game for the fourth-division side, Green bagged a brace that extended his decent run of...
Published: February 27, 2016
England moved back to the summit of the 2016 RBS Six Nations table on Saturday after Eddie Jones extended his winning run as head coach thanks to a 21-10 over reigning champions Ireland. Defeat at Twickenham means Ireland won’t seal a third successive Six Nations title, while England are the only team who can dream of a Grand Slam after winning their first three matches of the tournament. Scotland...
Published: February 27, 2016
Scotland’s 2016 RBS Six Nations finally got off the mark on Saturday as they defeated Italy 36-20 to book their first win of the tournament following defeats to England and Wales. John Barclay, John Hardie and Tommy Seymour scored tries to give coach Vern Cotter’s men the push they needed in Rome, but it was the 21-point kicking haul of captain Greig Laidlaw that provided the foundation. Italy...
Published: February 27, 2016
A second-half resurgence saw England stride to a 21-10 win over Ireland on Saturday and extend their 100 per cent winning record in the 2016 RBS Six Nations as they returned to the top of the standings. The Twickenham hosts were frustrated in the opening period and went in at the break with a 6-3 lead, but Anthony Watson and Mike Brown went over the whitewash to seal a convincing second half for...