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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: June 3, 2016
The 2016 French Open is nearing its climax as the final four contenders in the men’s and women’s draws compete for a place in this year’s final at Roland Garros. In the men’s draw, top seed Novak Djokovic will take on Dominic Thiem, while defending champion Stan Wawrinka faces Andy Murray. Serena Williams survived a scare at the hands of Yulia Putintseva on Thursday to reach...
Published: June 3, 2016
Serena Williams will compete in her fourth French Open final after she defeated the unseeded Kiki Bertens in straight sets on Friday at Roland Garros. The American emerged triumphant in an epic tiebreaker in the first set before coming from a break down to take the second, winning 7-6(7), 6-4. As in her performance on Thursday—and indeed much of last year’s tournament as she struggled for...
Published: June 2, 2016
Six players held a share of the lead at the close of play on Thursday at the 2016 Nordea Masters in Stockholm. Clement Berardo, Andrew Johnston, Sebastien Gros, Scott Henry, Marc Warren and Florian Fritsch all sit on five-under after a close first day of play, and eight players are just one shot behind. Here is the leaderboard and a roundup of the day’s action: The full leaderboard can...
Published: June 2, 2016
Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams continued their marches toward the French Open final on Thursday as they beat Tomas Berdych and Yulia Putintseva, respectively, to reach the semi-finals. Djokovic won in straight sets, defeating his Czech opponent 6-3, 7-5, 6-3, but Williams had to come from behind after a poor start to her match. Meanwhile, Dominic Thiem came from a set down to beat David Goffin...
Published: May 26, 2016
Daniel Ricciardo topped the classification of a practice session in Monaco for the first time in his career on Thursday, finishing ahead of Lewis Hamilton in FP2, who had set the pace in the morning’s practice ahead of the 2016 Monaco Grand Prix. Mercedes team-mate and world championship leader Nico Rosberg finished close behind the Englishman on both occasions in an electrifying...
Published: May 23, 2016
Jamie Vardy will be absent for England’s upcoming friendly with Australia on Friday, as he is getting married two days prior. Per BBC Sport, the Leicester City striker revealed he has manager Roy Hodgson’s permission to take time off for his wedding, saying: “The boss has given me Wednesday off but I’ll be back training after that.” According to the Daily Mail‘s...
Published: May 17, 2016
Chelsea‘s Diego Costa, Arsenal‘s Hector Bellerin and Manchester United‘s Juan Mata are among a number of notable absentees from Vicente del Bosque’s provisional 25-man Spain squad for the 2016 European Championship this summer. Atletico Madrid‘s Fernando Torres has also missed out. AS shared the squad on Tuesday, which saw Atletico’s Saul Niguez...
Published: May 13, 2016
Andrew Dodt carded a round of 70 to keep his place atop the leaderboard at the Mauritius Open on Friday, extending his lead to eight under on a difficult day at Anahita. Jeunghun Wang also shot a two-under par round to move second, three shots behind the Australian, while excellent rounds of seven under and five under for Nicolas Colsaerts and Ross McGowan saw them climb the leaderboard. Here...
Published: May 9, 2016
Andy Murray has “mutually” ended his coaching partnership with two-time Grand Slam winner Amelie Mauresmo, it was reported on Monday. Ben Rothenberg of the New York Times broke the news and shared statements from both Murray and Mauresmo: The Scot lost to Novak Djokovic in the Madrid Open final on Sunday. Murray appointed Mauresmo as his coach in 2014 after parting ways with Ivan...
Published: May 7, 2016
Andy Murray remains on course to defend his Madrid Open title after beating Rafael Nadal in the semi-final on Saturday. The Scot won in straight sets 7-5, 6-4 against the world No. 5, ending Nadal’s 13-match winning streak. Later on, Novak Djokovic will take on Kei Nishikori in the second semi-final. Here are the day’s scores. Read on for a closer look at both encounters: Saturday...