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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: September 14, 2013
Australia hauled themselves off the foot of The Rugby Championship table with a 14-13 win over Argentina Saturday. Heading into the game, Australia were the only side in the four-team competition without a point to their names. It wasn’t pretty, with the wet and windy conditions in Perth not helping the players, but a first-half try from Israel Folau helped Australia to eke out the win. It was...
Published: September 14, 2013
New Zealand took control of the 2013 Rugby Championship with a comprehensive 29-15 win over South Africa in an eventful contest at Eden Park. In a match that saw All Black fly-half Dan Carter pick up a shoulder injury and Springboks hooker Bismarck Du Plessis sent off, the home side used their man advantage to control the play in the second half to run out comfortable winners. Both sides came into...
Published: September 14, 2013
Dan Carter is one of the finest fly halves ever to play rugby, but he was brought down to earth with an almighty thud by a massive hit from Bismarck Du Plessis in New Zealand’s Rugby Championship clash with South Africa on Saturday. Carter, who plays his club rugby for Christchurch, is the highest points scorer in Test rugby and is famed for his reading of the game. Working behind the All Blacks...
Published: September 13, 2013
Andy Murray provided Great Britain with the ideal start to their Davis Cup World Group playoff clash with Croatia by cantering to a 6-3 6-0 6-3 win over Borna Coric. Croatia drew level in the second singles match of the day, as Dan Evans slipped to a 6-3 6-2 6-3 defeat to Ivan Dodig. It was a baptism of fire for Coric, given he is a mere 16-years-old. However, he is rated extremely highly and won the...
Published: September 7, 2013
United States of America took an iron grip of the 44th Walker Cup with Great Britain and Ireland after a dominant display in the afternoon singles. The opening foursomes saw GB&I secure a 2.5-1.5 lead, but it was pretty much one-way traffic in the singles at the National Golf Links of America in Southampton, New York, as USA moved, 8-4, ahead. The 44th iteration of the amateur event got underway...
Published: September 7, 2013
Luis Suarez may be suspended from club football with Liverpool at the moment, but he is still able to strut his stuff for Uruguay, and he was in the thick of the action in a World Cup qualifying matchup against Peru. The forward bagged two goals and was also involved in a moment of controversy, as Uruguay beat Peru 2-1 to keep their qualification hopes alive. Suarez opened the scoring on 43 minutes,...
Published: August 17, 2013
South Africa opened their Rugby Championship campaign with a resounding 73-13 win over Argentina. The contest was tight early on, with penalties traded by Morne Steyn and Felipe Contepomi, but South Africa took a grip on the contest from the moment they were awarded a penalty try on 29 minutes. Argentina had nothing to offer in the second half and were routed in Johannesburg as the Springboks ran...
Published: August 12, 2013
Alan Shearer helped himself to 30 goals in England colours, which places him inside the top 10 of scorers for the national side. Coupled with his achievements at club level—he is the leading marksman in Premier League history with 260 goals—the Newcastle legend is well informed to offer an opinion on the national side. And in his column in The Sun (subscription) on Monday, ahead of the...
Published: August 3, 2013
The Waikato Chiefs produced a brilliant late fightback to defeat the ACT Brumbies 27-22 to secure back-to-back Super Rugby titles. For large spells of the match, the Chiefs were on the back foot and trailed 22-12 at one stage. Aaron Cruden missed a string of kicks, but he nailed the telling conversion to put the Chiefs ahead with 10 minutes remaining and they held on to secure victory in front...