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As rain drowned out another day at the 2016 French Open, tournament officials received more criticism about Roland Garros’ roofless venue. “Build a roof,” critics cried. Ignore the critics, Roland Garros. Don’t change. Instead, please remain your charming, roofless, no-Hawkeye using, lights-out go-home self. Because in this “Twitterfic, Instagraphic, selfie-snapping, snap-chatting”...
Published: May 31, 2016
This week, the PGA Tour will move from one iconic venue to another, traveling just over 1,000 miles from Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, to the Augusta National-esque expanses of Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, for the Memorial Tournament. Jack Nicklaus’ tournament, which ranks just below the WGC events in terms of strength of field and Official World Golf Ranking points,...
Published: May 31, 2016
Manchester United‘s Morgan Schneiderlin has been called up to join France’s UEFA Euro 2016 squad after Olympique Marseille’s Lassana Diarra dropped out because of injury. The team’s official Twitter account (h/t Bleacher Report’s Jonathan Johnson) confirmed the news on Tuesday. Per the team’s statement, Diarra suffered an injury to his left knee. The 31-year-old...
Published: May 31, 2016
Rain once again disturbed events at the 2016 French Open, with rain delaying and eventually suspending play at Roland Garros on Tuesday, per BBC Sport’s Russell Fuller. It means Novak Djokovic will have to wait before attempting to reach the quarter-finals. But he isn’t the only marquee member of the men’s bracket having to bide his time. No. 2 seed Andy Murray and reigning champion...
Published: May 31, 2016
Italy announced its final 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2016 on Tuesday. The announcement came via the national team’s official Twitter account. There were some difficult calls to make, but manager Antonio Conte defended his selections, per Football Italia: Yet despite Conte’s belief in his squad, not everybody shares his optimism. Among them, Dylan Fahy of the London...
Published: May 31, 2016
For the third straight day, the Paris skies opened and sent a downpour that washed out fourth-round action at the 2016 French Open. Just two matches went to completion Tuesday, both upsets on the women’s side that could reshape the entire tournament. Tsvetana Pironkova pulled off a shocking defeat of second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, coming back in a match that seemed like it was already...
Published: May 31, 2016
Weather continues to wreak havoc on the schedule at Roland Garros, as Tuesday featured more rain delays and matches pushed back. The 2016 French Open has been an unusual tournament thus far. In addition to the weather delays and postponements, injuries have played a role with stars like Rafael Nadal and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga forced to retire. Things have opened up on the men’s side without...
Published: May 31, 2016
France got their final European Championship preparations off to a successful—although unconvincing—start on Monday with a 3-2 win over Cameroon at FC Nantes’ Stade de la Beaujoire. Paris Saint-Germain’s Blaise Matuidi, Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud and West Ham United’s Dimitri Payet got the goals for Les Bleus, who edged their African opponents thanks to a moment of...
Published: May 31, 2016
Novak Djokovic blitzed his path into the 2016 French Open quarter-finals after defeating Roberto Bautista Agut 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5 on Wednesday after play resumed following Tuesday’s rain delay. For a long while, it appeared as though conditions weren’t going to favour the world No. 1—not when Bautista Agut raced into a one-set lead after a 6-3 win—but the Serbian...
Published: May 31, 2016
Another day of pouring rain meant just two French Open 2016 matches were finished on Tuesday before play was cancelled. Samantha Stosur easily booked her quarter-final spot with a two-set win over Simona Halep, and Agnieszka Radwanska suffered a shock loss against Tsvetana Pironkova. Pironkova won 12 of the final 15 games after struggling in the first set, booking her first-ever quarter-final spot...