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Nico Rosberg tightened his grip on the world championship in the first-ever Formula One race at the Baku street circuit, winning the European Grand Prix in Azerbaijan on Sunday. The German pacesetter powered home from pole position in a simple race for the Mercedes driver, as rival and team-mate Lewis Hamilton had to cut through the field to finish in fifth place after starting from...
Published: June 19, 2016
Shane Lowry entered this week with one PGA Tour victory on his resume. He’d never finished any better than ninth in a major tournament and was cut in three of his last five. After three sterling rounds at Oakmont, Lowry has 18 holes to hold a four-stroke lead and win his first U.S. Open. The Irishman finished his third round early Sunday morning, finishing up a back-nine 32 to go five under on...
Published: June 19, 2016
The greatest moment of Shane Lowry’s professional golf career may be just a few hours away from reality. The bearded Irishman put his signature all over the U.S. Open when he fired a 65 in the third round, and he goes into Sunday’s championship round with a four-stroke lead over Dustin Johnson and Andrew Landry. Lowry had played 14 holes of the third round when darkness called a halt to...
Published: June 19, 2016
Shane Lowry holds a four-shot lead at the 2016 U.S. Open after another absorbing day’s play at the Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania. Lowry sits at seven under after his third round, which he finished on Sunday morning. World No. 624 Andrew Landry and Dustin Johnson are the men in closest touch at three under, while Lee Westwood is one shot back. With the field set to finish their respective...
Published: June 19, 2016
The cover of Marca said it all: “That is how champions play.” It was the morning after the most dazzling display of Euro 2016 to date, a proper fiesta of football, and a familiar realisation was setting in: They’re the favourites. Yeah, them. Again. The night before, after a week of largely unconvincing performances from Europe’s heavyweights, Spain had sparkled at the Stade...
Published: June 19, 2016
England’s national team is a living, breathing example of the personnel and related tactical challenges posed by international tournament football. On Monday, the Three Lions will attempt to seal their progression from Euro 2016 Group B with a win over Marek Hamsik-inspired Slovakia. For England manager Roy Hodgson, a good deal of his pre-match thinking will involve deciding whether to stick...
Published: June 19, 2016
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Copa America Centenario has been filled with highs and lows, but one of its biggest selling points is that it boasts the world’s best player in Lionel Messi. The European Championship is underway right now in France, but the current Ballon d’Or holder is across the Atlantic, in the United States, and inspired his team to a 4-1 quarter-final victory over Venezuela...
Published: June 19, 2016
Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty against Austria in Paris on Saturday evening, and there were laughs at his misfortune heard all over France and indeed the world. This is the harsh reality of being Ronaldo, of being the face, the brand and the icon. When things go wrong, you can expect a certain amount of schadenfreude, with his comments following Portugal’s opening match of this tournament...
Published: June 19, 2016
It wasn’t supposed to end like that. Mexico’s hopes of a first Copa America triumph weren’t just dashed by Chile in a one-sided quarter-final on Saturday. They were stamped on, put through a blender and then incinerated. After 22 games without defeat, a run that stretched back 364 days, El Tri were routed 7-0 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. That’s right....
Published: June 19, 2016
The United States men’s national team paid quite the cost for advancing to the semifinal round of the Copa America Centenario with their 2-1 quarterfinal win over Ecuador on Thursday. Starters Jermaine Jones, Alejandro Bedoya and Bobby Wood will be suspended for Tuesday’s final-four matchup with Argentina at NRG Stadium in Houston. Jones is serving a one-game ban for placing his hands near...