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France rode the storm to open their 2016 Six Nations campaign with a hard-fought 23-21 victory over Italy on Saturday as Guy Noves began his reign as head coach of the national team with a win. A second-half kicking masterclass from French fly-half Jules Plisson saw the Parisian hosts hold out for a narrow victory and claim this year’s Giuseppe Garibaldi trophy, their third successive Six...
Published: February 6, 2016
Perhaps he simply lacked the global appeal of the sport’s biggest names. Perhaps he was just denied the time, the opportunities and the good fortune to ensure his quality was indisputable. Or maybe, like Nico Hulkenberg and Valtteri Bottas today, public perception of him was blurred by his failure to slaughter his supposedly unfashionable, less talented team-mates. But there always seemed to...
Published: February 6, 2016
The glamour tie of the opening weekend of the Six Nations will see holders Ireland welcome a well-fancied Wales side to Dublin. The men in green are seeking to win this illustrious competition for a third time in succession and are amongst the favourites to do so once again. Wales, who were injury ravaged at the 2015 World Cup, have a revitalised squad, and look poised to make up for falling short...
Published: February 6, 2016
The United States men’s national team closed out its annual winter training camp with a 1-0 victory over Canada on Friday night at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Jozy Altidore scored the winning goal with an 89th-minute header, ending a night of attacking frustration for the hosts, who often struggled to break down Canada’s back line and beat goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau. Altidore’s...
Published: February 6, 2016
U.S. men’s national soccer team manager Jurgen Klinsmann is no stranger to lining up his best players in different positions. Sometimes the experiments work. Just look at how well defensive midfielder Kellyn Acosta performed at left-back against Iceland and Canada. However, on some occasions, Klinsmann‘s experiments fail miserably, like the Jermaine Jones center back experiment. Due to...
Published: February 6, 2016
Live Updates—International Friendly United States 1-0 Canada (full time) GOALS: Altidore 89′ USA: Bingham; Birnbaum, Jones, Besler, Acosta (Vincent 46′); Zardes (Kiesewetter 61′), Bradley, Diskerud (Trapp 77′), Nguyen (Nagbe 61′); Morris (Finlay 88′), Altidore Canada: Crepeau; De Jong (Dixon 85′), LeFevre, Vitoria, Ledgerwood (Henry 46′);...
Published: February 5, 2016
The 2016 RBS Six Nations gets underway this weekend, and the standout tie sees Europe’s top two teams, Ireland and Wales, face off at the Aviva in Dublin. Ireland and Wales may not be as immediately recognisable, but given that these two teams have dominated the tournament in recent years (winning seven of the last nine championships), there could be no bigger game this tournament. Ireland vs....
Published: February 5, 2016
Over nearly 20 years in Formula One, the Renault team has produced several beautiful (and a few not-so-beautiful) liveries. The colour scheme unveiled this week in Paris—as part of the launch ceremony reintroducing the French team as a constructor, rather than solely an engine supplier—definitely falls in the not-so-beautiful category. While the current trend is for teams to introduce their...
Published: February 5, 2016
England are something of an unknown quantity heading into their first 2016 RBS Six Nations clash with Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. After a disastrous 2015 Rugby World Cup campaign, it’s all change at the top, with new head coach Eddie Jones having replaced Chris Robshaw with Dylan Hartley in the captain’s role. On the other hand, Vern Cotter’s Scotland are a more familiar...
Published: February 5, 2016
The Stade de France will host a continental collision on Saturday as France and Italy open the 2016 RBS Six Nations with the hopes of claiming an early lead in the standings. These two teams have competed for the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy since 2007, but Les Bleus have been the dominant party in their meetings since, triumphing in seven of the nine contests. Azzurri head coach Jacques Brunel is now...