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Copa America 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of football’s oldest international competition, with the tournament set to begin on June 3 in the host nation USA. Sixteen countries from South America, Central and North America and the Caribbean will compete for the top prize, with global giants such as Lionel Messi, James Rodriguez and Edinson Cavani all set to showcase their talent. Read on for...
Published: June 2, 2016
Mother Nature is wreaking havoc at the 2016 French Open. After several days of rain-soaked calamity, the quarterfinals finally kicked off on Wednesday. While the skies may have still been overcast, Garbine Muguruza and Samantha Stosur absolutely shined. Now, they’ll battle one another for a shot at the title on Friday. The fourth-seeded Muguruza’s presence in the semifinals isn’t...
Published: June 2, 2016
Gabriel Gomez is angry. “I don’t talk about mafia people. I know none of those people you are talking about. … I don’t talk about drug trafficking.” Gomez is the former Colombian midfielder better known as “Barrabas.” At the 1994 World Cup, before Colombia’s group-stage defeat to the United States, their players returned from a pre-match briefing to death...
Published: June 1, 2016
Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka survived wet weather and brushed aside their competition to arrive at the 2016 French Open semifinals. They came in as the favorites in the bottom half of the draw, and they will duel on Friday for one spot in the final at Roland Garros. On one side, you have No. 2-ranked Murray with his tight-fitting white-and-black attire, which signifies more of the usual. He’s...
Published: June 1, 2016
Two weeks ago he was a relative afterthought, and just two days ago he was still only an outside chance. But right now, Nolito is working in twos, and twos change things. Wearing a shirt emblazoned with two twos, Nolito has put together two two-goal performances in just two games to storm into the reckoning for Spain’s starting XI for the beginning of Euro 2016. On Wednesday, the Celta...
Published: June 1, 2016
Thursday’s play at the French Open will feature the top two seeds at the tournament, as Novak Djokovic seeks to win his first title at Roland Garros, and Serena Williams guns for her fourth on the Paris clay. Below, we’ll take a look at the day’s schedule and break down each of the four quarterfinal matchups. Djokovic will be the prohibitive favorite against seventh-seeded Tomas...
Published: June 1, 2016
Novak Djokovic continued his bid to finally win his first-ever French Open on Wednesday, beating Roberto Bautista Agut in four sets. Andy Murray needed four sets to get past Richard Gasquet while Stan Wawrinka beat Albert Ramos Vinolas in three. The two will meet in the semi-finals, with the rest of the men’s contenders still to finish their quarter-final matches. In the women’s draw, Serena...
Published: June 1, 2016
The PGA Tour is expected to officially announce Wednesday that its annual event at the Trump Doral Resort in Miami will move to Mexico City in 2017, according to Bob Harig of ESPN.com, citing a report from the Miami Herald on Tuesday. The WGC-Cadillac Championship was played at Doral in March, though Harig reported that “Cadillac did not renew its sponsorship of the World Golf Championship...
Published: June 1, 2016
Roland Garros was soaked by rain Monday and Tuesday, but downpours ceased Wednesday so both the men’s and women’s sides of the bracket could wrap up fourth-round play and move into the quarterfinal stages of the year’s second Grand Slam. Serena Williams headlined the action on the women’s side of the draw and cruised into the quarterfinals with a tidy 6-1, 6-1 win over Elina...
Published: June 1, 2016
Andy Murray was hot and cold throughout the early stages of Wednesday’s French Open quarterfinal clash with Richard Gasquet, but he found his groove late and captured a 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-0, 6-2 victory to snag a spot in the semifinals at Roland Garros. Murray improved to 8-3 all-time against Gasquet with the win and has now won six straight against the Frenchman ever since losing to him...