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After New Zealand thrashed Tonga at St. James’ Park on Friday to end their faint hopes of progressing, seven of the eight quarter-final teams at the 2015 Rugby World Cup have now been confirmed. The focus now switches to Pool B, where the final qualification place is still up for grabs as Scotland and Japan vie to finish behind South Africa. Elsewhere, Wales and Australia face-off at Twickenham...
Published: October 9, 2015
New Zealand beat Tonga 47-9 at the 2015 Rugby World Cup to not only end their slim hopes of reaching the quarter-finals, but also deny them automatic qualification for the 2019 World Cup. Tries from Ben Smith and Tony Woodcock gave the All Blacks a 14-3 lead at half-time, before Sonny Bill Williams, Sam Cane, Ma’a Nonu and a brace from Nehe Milner-Skudder made it a comfortable win in the end. The...
Published: October 9, 2015
A round of three-under 68 saw Soren Kjeldsen pull level with Matthew Fitzpatrick at the top of the leaderboard at the 2015 British Masters on Friday. An inconsistent round from the Englishman earned him a score of two-under for the day, while four-under 67s for Richard Bland and Kiradech Aphibarnrat saw them move into contention just a single shot behind. Here’s how things stand at the top of...
Published: October 8, 2015
Barcelona’s hopes of signing Athletic Bilbao defender Aymeric Laporte and Celta Vigo forward Nolito have been seriously dented. According to talkSPORT, Laporte played down rumours he could leave the Basque club for Barca or Manchester United, telling AS: My name is mentioned in every transfer window and with a lot of teams. I’ve renewed four times with Athletic. I’ve done what I...
Published: October 8, 2015
Marin Cilic cruised through to the quarter-finals of the 2015 Japan Open as he dismissed Steve Johnson in straight sets on Thursday. Qualifier Austin Krajicek came out on top when he took on Joao Sousa, while Nick Kyrgios and Benoit Paire also progressed thanks to wins over Roberto Bautista Agut and Marcos Baghdatis, respectively. Here are the day’s results, the updated draw schedule and a review...
Published: October 7, 2015
The 2015 Presidents Cup tees off Thursday, and the United States will once again face off against the International team, as some of the world’s best take to the fairways in Incheon City, South Korea. Players, including Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson and Adam Scott, will begin the proceedings Thursday with the opening round of foursomes. Here’s what the U.S. will be wearing, courtesy of...
Published: October 7, 2015
Top seed Stan Wawrinka eased into the quarter-finals of the 2015 Japan Open, but he needed three sets to overcome Tatsuma Ito on Wednesday. Local favourite Kei Nishikori sailed through against American Sam Querrey, but there will be no place for Feliciano Lopez as he succumbed to a defeat against Joao Sousa in their match. Third-seed Gilles Simon and sixth-seed Marin Cilic also progressed to the next...
Published: October 5, 2015
Second-seed Kei Nishikori battled back from a set down to beat Borna Coric 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 in a tricky first-round tie at the 2015 Japan Open on Monday. American Sam Querrey overcame Alexandr Dolgopolov in straight sets, while in an all-Japanese contest Tatsuma Ito came from behind to beat Yoshihito Nishioka in three sets. In the final singles match of the day, Jiri Vesely eased past Yasutaka Uchiyama...
Published: October 5, 2015
Tomas Berdych beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in straight sets at the 2015 Shenzhen Open final to win his first title of the year. The world No. 5 overcame his opponent 6-3, 7-6(7) as the pair competed in a Monday final after rain caused huge delays to the tournament. Adverse weather once again affected the play, but it was a deserved win for Berdych, who took full advantage of his opponent’s sloppy...
Published: September 27, 2015
Australia obliterated Uruguay to pull ahead of Wales on points differential in Pool A at the 2015 Rugby World Cup on Sunday. Scotland fans were then treated to a five-try display from Vern Cotter’s men as they laid waste to the United States before Ireland decimated Romania at Wembley to reclaim the lead in Pool D. Here are all the results from Sunday’s action, the latest standings...