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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: October 7, 2013
Continental Europe ended a run of six consecutive defeats to claim the 2013 Seve Trophy at the Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche course on Sunday, earning a 15-13 victory over their British and Irish rivals. Captained by Spanish great Jose Maria Olazabal, the Continental European team led by the likes of Matteo Manassero and Miguel Angel Jimenez secured victory during the final day’s singles...
Published: September 26, 2013
Over the past nine months, Luiz Felipe Scolari has transformed Brazil’s national football team from an under-performing giant to one of the favourites for next summer’s World Cup. It has not been an entirely smooth process, but the selecao are now unquestionably back among the game’s elite. But, despite this summer’s Confederations Cup triumph, Brazil must continue to look to...
Published: September 25, 2013
Five-time world champions Brazil hold a special place in the heart of generations of football fans worldwide. For most supporters who remember the pre-Champions League era, the World Cup was the undisputed pinnacle of football. Even now, the tournament still holds a somewhat mythical status within the game. It has been the stage on which greatness is made, and over the course of over half a century,...
Published: September 24, 2013
South American football has been depleted of many of its major stars over the past 12 months, with Brazil in particular seeing many leading lights head across the Atlantic. That, though, does not mean that the well has necessarily run dry. Indeed, such is the amazing ability of South America to continually churn out footballing talents that there are still a number of players worthy of attention from...
Published: September 18, 2013
Brazilian football has a remarkable ability to regenerate itself consistently, managing to recover year on year from the departure of its best players to European football. Since last summer, the core of Brazil’s younger generation has moved on. Bernard, Oscar Neymar, Fernando and Lucas Moura are all regulars with the national team—but all now play in Europe. The result has been a 2013...
Published: September 11, 2013
Brazil beat Portugal 3-1 in Foxborough on Tuesday night to complete what has been a highly successful international break for Luiz Felipe Scolari and his men. Raul Meireles opened the scoring for the European side early in the first half following Brazilian right-back Maicon’s terrible attempted header to his keeper. However, the Confederations Cup winners were level minutes later, as Thiago...
Published: September 9, 2013
Team USA claimed a 17-9 victory in the Walker Cup on Sunday, regaining the amateur trophy back from Team GB and Ireland at the National Golf Links of America, Long Island. The tie was sewn up with a convincing 7-3 victory in Sunday afternoon’s singles encounters, with the victory the fourth for the U.S. side in the past five editions of the tournament. With some of the world’s finest amateur...
Published: September 9, 2013
The 44th edition of the Walker Cup, played between the best amateur golfers of USA and Great Britain and Ireland, came to its conclusion on Sunday, with Team USA claiming a 17-9 overall victory. The hosts’ success at the National Golf Links of America course in Southampton, N.Y., was sealed on Sunday with a convincing 7-3 victory in the singles competition, securing the Americans’ fourth...
Published: September 9, 2013
Danish golfer Thomas Bjorn recorded a fine final-round score of 65 at the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre on Sunday to secure his first tour win since 2011, defeating Scotland’s Craig Lee on the first playoff hole. Bjorn, 42, last won on the tour at the same event in 2011, per BBC Sport, and used every ounce of his experience to play himself into contention once more this...
Published: September 9, 2013
The Omega European Masters finished at Crans-sur-Sierre in Switzerland on Sunday, with 42-year-old Dane Thomas Bjorn emerging victorious on the first playoff hole. Bjorn, who had not won a title since claiming the European Masters in 2011, enjoyed a fine closing-round 65 to draw level with overnight leader Craig Lee at 20 under par after 72 holes. In the playoff, Lee found a fairway...