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Andy Murray has described the emotions of winning Wimbledon for the first time in his new book, Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven, per The Times. In winning at the All England Club, Murray ended a 77-year wait for a British male winner at the event. His book recalls the pressure of expectation that surrounded him all tournament. The following is a passage, quoted by ESPN, on the moment he saw three match...
Published: November 4, 2013
The world’s best tennis players gather in London this week for the prestigious ATP Tour Finals, with only the top performing eight players of the past year in attendance. In the absence of Britain’s Andy Murray, world No. 9 Richard Gasquet completes the qualifiers for this year’s tournament. He was the final player to confirm his qualification on October 31. Over the course of...
Published: November 3, 2013
The WGC-HSBC Champions tournament reached its conclusion on Sunday evening, with American Dustin Johnson claiming a tremendous victory with a score of minus-24 over 72 holes. The tournament, though, was highly important for a number of players competing for places at the European Tour’s end-of-season event in Dubai. At the very top of the list, it has also helped alter the dynamics in the race...
Published: November 3, 2013
The Aviva Premiership continued apace on Saturday with two hard-fought encounters between Gloucester and Wasps at Kingsholm, and Leicester and Harlequins at Welford Road. In the absence of international players, the standard of rugby remained high and spectators were treated to two sensational encounters. In Gloucester, the hosts fell to a narrow 30-32 defeat to visitors Wasps, while Harlequins also...
Published: November 3, 2013
The World Cup in Brazil is now just little over half a year away and, within the next few weeks, we will know the identity of all 32 nations who will participate in the competition. As ever, though, the build-up to the competition has also had its fair share of negative publicity and, indeed, there are many Brazilians who are not keen on the idea of hosting the event. Tax payers are rightfully worried...
Published: October 31, 2013
Rory McIlroy will play the WGC-HSBC Championship in Shanghai this week in an attempt to boost his bid for a place at the season-ending World Tour Championship in Dubai. McIlroy currently lies just €4,000 short of qualification, per Sky Sports, but will not play the forthcoming event in Turkey and will thus need to notch up a good finish in China to ensure participation at the finals. His recent...
Published: October 31, 2013
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has demanded that striker Diego Costa be stripped of his citizenship, having opted to play international football for Spain. Costa, 25, is the top scorer in Spain this season and has been persuaded to represent La Roja rather than his homeland, per Declan Warrington of the Daily Mail Online, despite having played two friendly games for Brazil earlier...
Published: October 31, 2013
The WGC-HSBC Champions tournament takes place at the Sheshan International Golf Club this week, with a packed field of stars from around the world looking to claim the tournament’s £800,000 first-place prize. Among those on show will be Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlory, who has been in Asia for the past three weeks, Phil Mickelson, Ian Poulter and Justin Rose, with European Tour ranking...
Published: October 30, 2013
Mercedes F1 chairman Niki Lauda has dismissed reports of Ross Brawn leaving the team at the end of the season as “bull****” and “total rubbish,” per the Daily Mail‘s Jonathan McEvoy. Lauda is believed to want to retain the former Ferrari man but is in the middle of a dispute with team shareholder Toto Wolff, who hopes to move former McLaren engineer Paddy Lowe to...
Published: October 28, 2013
Rory McIlroy beat Tiger Woods by one shot in an 18-hole exhibition event in Haikou, China, to claim victory in the event for the second year in succession. Having also struck a round of 67 to win by one shot at the Jinsha Lake course in 2012, McIlroy returned to the event to card four birdies and an eagle on the back nine this time around, helping him secure a narrow triumph. Woods had an opportunity...