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A heroic defensive performance from England was the catalyst for a history-making 23-7 win against hosts Australia in Melbourne on Saturday. A try from skipper Dylan Hartley and a penalty from Owen Farrell gave England a 10-point advantage, before Stephen Moore reduced the deficit to just three. In the second period, Farrell’s penalty put England six points ahead, and while they had to...
Published: June 18, 2016
Stop if you’ve heard this narrative before: Dustin Johnson has the lead at a major and there’s no way he can mess this up. That’s why they play 72 holes in golf. Johnson, who has had trouble in the past maintaining leads in big-time tournaments, is tied at the top with Andrew Landry at four-under par. Lee Westwood is right behind the two Americans at three under, followed by a three-way...
Published: June 18, 2016
Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg will start in pole position in Baku, Azerbaijan, at the European Grand Prix on Sunday after his team-mate Lewis Hamilton crashed out in the final qualifying session Rosberg will be chased by Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo and Ferrari man Sebastian Vettel, who will be in second and third, respectively. Force India’s Sergio Perez posted the second-fastest...
Published: June 18, 2016
Defending Copa America champion Chile will face Group C winner Mexico in the last of four quarterfinal matchups Saturday night at Levi’s Stadium. The Chileans have won two straight since falling 2-1 to Argentina in their opener on June 6, while El Tricolor are coming off a 1-1 draw with Venezuela following a pair of two-goal wins. Mexico is listed as a slight +155 favorite (bet $100 to win $155)...
Published: June 18, 2016
Germany’s first two matches of their Euro 2016 campaign have followed a familiar script: Much like in the four previous major tournaments under head coach Joachim Low, the team followed up a fairly convincing win in the opening game with a somewhat underwhelming second performance. Having beaten Ukraine 2-0 and drawn 0-0 with Poland, “they’re top of the table, of course, but none...
Published: June 18, 2016
Hosts France have made a solid, if unspectacular, start to the 2016 UEFA European Championship, and Didier Deschamps’ men will close out Group A against Switzerland at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille on Sunday. While boasting six points from a possible six is obviously a big plus, the truth is that Les Bleus are yet to really impress on home soil this summer. Now that the pressure is off and a place...
Published: June 18, 2016
It’s only ever been them who could play like this. The question was whether they still had this in them. That question has now been answered. On Friday night, Euro 2016 was treated to its most dazzling performance thus far as Spain cruised past Turkey, 3-0, at the Stade de Nice, playing like this—with artistry and devastation, with joy and genius, as only they can. For a night,...
Published: June 18, 2016
An imperious second-half display saw New Zealand beat Wales 36-22 in Wellington on Saturday, taking an insurmountable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The two sides were level at the interval following a converted try—from New Zealand’s Israel Dagg and Wales’ Alun Wyn Jones—and a penalty each. Ben Smith and Beauden Barrett scored early in the first half to take the game away...
Published: June 18, 2016
When the full-time whistle blew in Seattle on Thursday night, Jurgen Klinsmann breathed a sigh of relief. The majority of the nearly 50,000 fans in attendance did too, with the United States through to the Copa America Centenario semi-finals after beating Ecuador 2-1. The Copa hosts reached the semis of the tournament for the first time since 1995 on the strength of the encounter, which was particularly...
Published: June 18, 2016
Rare is it that even-handed characters prove so divisive. To poll the general public in England as to whether Roy Hodgson is doing a good job or a bad one in France would be to toss a coin in the air. Just as there is no such thing as a three-sided coin, it seems there is precious little room for grey in the black-and-white world of the England manager. He can’t be doing fine. It’s either...