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Friday will see Vicente del Bosque call up a squad of players for two friendly fixtures against Italy and Romania, both played away from home, for what will be the last pair of games for the Spanish national team before the end of the season. Thereafter it will be a series of games in the build up to the 2016 UEFA European Championships, meaning this is realistically the final opportunity to take a...
Published: March 17, 2016
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic were each successful Wednesday at Indian Wells. They just went about it in wildly different ways. Djokovic moved on to the quarterfinals with a breezy, straight-sets triumph over Feliciano Lopez. Nadal, meanwhile, needed every inch of guile in his system to overtake unseeded 18-year-old Alexander Zverev. For Djokovic, it was an important return to form after...
Published: March 17, 2016
There will be a new champion on the women’s side of the BNP Paribas Open this year. Defending champion Simona Halep was simply no match for world No. 1 Serena Williams at Indian Wells on Wednesday. The American needed only two sets to dispatch of the 2015 event winner, 6-4, 6-3. Andrew Jerell Jones of SB Nation weighed in on the quality back-and-forth between the two competitors: According...
Published: March 17, 2016
Wales versus Italy at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium is the first game on the final day of the 2016 RBS Six Nations. Despite being outplayed by England in the opening 40 minutes of their 25-21 defeat at Twickenham, Wales ought to be buoyed by their exceptional final quarter of the match. Italy, meanwhile, go to Cardiff after being thrashed 58-15 by Ireland. The Azzurri must be extremely short...
Published: March 17, 2016
World No. 1 and BNP Paribas Open top seed Novak Djokovic is through to the semifinals after a fourth-round victory over No. 18 Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday night in Indian Wells, California, in a match that took just one hour and five minutes. Djokovic continued his dominance over Lopez with his eighth win in nine matches against the Spaniard. In those nine matches, Lopez has...
Published: March 17, 2016
Alexander Zverev might represent the future of men’s tennis, but Rafael Nadal is the present. The 14-time Grand Slam champion defeated Zverev in three sets, 6-7(8), 6-0, 7-5, on Wednesday in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California. Zverev entered the fourth round having beaten 23rd-seeded Grigor Dimitrov and No. 16 Gilles Simon in his last two matches....
Published: March 16, 2016
After a long and at times very boring winter, the start of the 2016 Formula One season is finally upon us. The 2016 Australian Grand Prix marks the start of the sport’s longest-ever year, and it will give us our first real chance to see all 22 drivers in action—and the first answers to our most burning questions. Are Mercedes still the team to beat? Have Ferrari cut the gap? Are Toro Rosso...
Published: March 16, 2016
England clinched the 2016 RBS Six Nations crown ahead of schedule on Matchday 4, after Scotland’s 29-18 win over France on Sunday ensured Saturday’s victory over Wales at Twickenham, England, was enough to claim the top prize. Head coach Eddie Jones retained his 100 per cent record with the Red Rose as a result, and the 25-21 victory over Wales also secured the Triple Crown. Not bad going...
Published: March 16, 2016
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has avoided punishment after being investigated by New Zealand police for appearing to film himself with his mobile phone while riding a motorbike. According to Natalie Evans in the Mirror, Hamilton posted two videos on Snapchat that appeared to show him filming while riding a Harley Davidson in Auckland on New Zealand’s North...
Published: March 16, 2016
It might seem like the same old story, with world No. 1 Novak Djokovic the heavy favorite to win Indian Wells, but the details are constantly shifting. For the past year, the Serbian has evolved into one of the most dominant players in history, but the problem is his nearest competitors are finding it difficult to stay on the fast track. Roger Federer is recovering from knee surgery. A rusty Andy...