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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: July 3, 2016
On Saturday night in Bordeaux, France, two titans of football went head-to-head. The quarterfinal match between Italy and Germany had been hailed as worthy of being the final of the 2016 UEFA European Championship, and the game lived up to its hype. The two teams waged a pitched battle at the Stade de Bordeaux in the mold of some of the classics. It took 120 minute to try to separate them, but all...
Published: July 3, 2016
With Queen Elizabeth II watching on, Jurgen Klinsmann lifted the Henri Delaunay Cup above his head. Germany had just won the 1996 European Championship—their third overall and first since 1980—beating Czech Republic 2-1 in the final at Wembley Stadium. Four days earlier, Klinsmann and his team-mates had defeated Terry Venables’ host side on penalties after a dramatic 1-1...
Published: July 3, 2016
This wasn’t a Roy Hodgson-style exit, but ultimately the same result was coming, and right there he knew: It was time. “I have more or less decided,” Vicente del Bosque said succinctly. Spain had just been defeated by Italy in Paris on Monday at Euro 2016, and the post-match press conference hadn’t taken long to get to the subject of the manager’s future, Spain’s...
Published: July 3, 2016
Sam Querrey provided the ultimate exclamation point on the first week of play at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships by upsetting top men’s seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic on Saturday. Top women’s seed Serena Williams is still standing after a hard-fought win Friday over Christina McHale. Unfortunately, one of the biggest stories this week has been the weather. Rain delays have...
Published: July 3, 2016
The French might have invited the rest of the continent to Euro 2016, but so far they haven’t been the most accommodating or entertaining hosts. Of course, they are unbeaten, and in to the quarter-finals, where they will Sunday night face Iceland at the Stade de France in Paris for a place in the last four. But it has all been a bit of a struggle; France have not glided through this tournament...
Published: July 3, 2016
With three rounds in the book at the Barracuda Championship at Montreux Golf and Country Club in Reno, Nevada, Greg Chalmers holds the lead with 39 points after recording 15 on Saturday. As a reminder for fans wondering how a golfer could have a lead with 39 points, the Barracuda Championship is being played under the Modified Stableford format, which rewards and deducts points depending on how...
Published: July 3, 2016
While the middle Sunday at Wimbledon is usually a time for rest and relaxation, the constant rain at the All England Club in the opening week will force tradition to go to the wayside for the first time since 2004. Several third-round matches in the men’s and women’s singles draw will take place in their entirety Sunday, while a handful of men’s singles contests that were delayed...
Published: July 2, 2016
Until Saturday, Sam Querrey‘s most notable television appearance was as a bachelor on Bravo’s The Millionaire Matchmaker. But Querrey upset Novak Djokovic in the third round of Wimbledon 2016, one-upping his time on the reality show. The win ended Djokovic‘s bid to become the first man to complete the calendar Grand Slam since Rod Laver in 1969. It’s one of the most stunning...
Published: July 2, 2016
Sam Querrey sent shockwaves throughout Wimbledon on Saturday by completing a stunning 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5) third-round upset of men’s top seed and two-time defending tournament champion Novak Djokovic. Most of the other top players in both draws advanced without much drama. The only other notable early exit came as Ekaterina Makarova knocked out 10th-seeded Petra Kvitova, who captured...
Published: July 2, 2016
Jason Day and Scott Piercy will enter the final round of the 2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on equal footing atop the leaderboard, as they both sit at five under following Saturday’s third round. Day shot a one-under 69 after entering the weekend with the solo lead, while Piercy fired a three-under 67 to close the gap at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Here is a look...