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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: June 22, 2013
Greece defeated Mexico by the score of 2-1 on Saturday in both football clubs’ first group stage match of the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The Greeks took a 1-0 early lead, as midfielder Andreas Bouchalakis scored a goal 14 minutes into the match. Dimitrios Diamantakos’ beautiful pass set up the goal. Bouchalakis impressed for Ergotelis in May, scoring goals in back-to-back games against...
Published: June 22, 2013
Brazil has yet to surrender a goal on its home turf, but the offensively efficient Italy will test that dominant streak in the two clubs’ final group-stage match of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Both will enter the showdown undefeated. The Brazilians imposed their will on their previous two opponents, shutting out Japan by the score of 3-0 and Mexico 2-0. The Italians weren’t nearly...
Published: June 22, 2013
Brazil isn’t the only club that’s been dominant in Group A of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Italy—who, like Brazil, is undefeated entering their showdown on Saturday—hasn’t dominated to the extent of the Brazilians. It only won each of its matches by one goal, compared to Brazil who boasts a goal differential of five and has yet to surrender a score. Still, with the...
Published: June 17, 2013
Several golfers who performed poorly in the 2013 U.S. Open will need time to rebound, if they bounce back at all. While household names like Phil Mickelson and Luke Donald collapsed late, other notable players struggled so much that they weren’t even relevant by Round 4. Here are those players, ones who will want to forget their performance this weekend as fast as possible. But the loss will...
Published: June 16, 2013
Roger Federer doesn’t need to wait to celebrate his 2013 Gerry Weber Open title. Federer, the No. 1 seed in the tournament, defeated Tommy Haas, who beat him in last year’s final, on Saturday in the semifinals by a score of 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. The ATP World Tour No. 3 player will face off against Mikhail Youzhny in Sunday’s final. There in Halle, Germany, Federer will coast to a victory. Youzhny...
Published: June 15, 2013
The 2013 U.S. Open Championship is only two days in, but some household names have already dug themselves a hole. Those holes aren’t impossible to climb out of, especially for the former U.S. Open champs who find themselves buried. However, the stars who are already in catch-up mode haven’t shown anything in this or other recent major tournaments to lead one to believe that they’ll...
Published: June 11, 2013
Household names hope that their odds hold up and the recent U.S. Open streak shatters in 2013. The past four U.S. Open champions hadn’t won a major PGA Tour event prior to their title. That trend doesn’t bode well for Tiger Woods, Adam Scott and Phil Mickelson, who are among the top-five favorites to triumph in Ardmore, Pa. However, it’s in favor of the other two golfers with top-five...
Published: June 4, 2013
Rafael Nadal has improved radically since the start of the 2013 French Open and his reawakening will lead to a title. “I played much better today than the first three matches, no doubt about that,” said Nadal after making quick work of Kei Nishikori on Monday, according to ESPN. “Seriously, if you told me two days ago you will play like this today, I will say, ‘Give me the...
Published: June 4, 2013
Serena Williams has never been better. Those are her words, not mine. “I feel lighter, I feel healthier, and even though I’m 31—which really isn’t old, but for an athlete, particularly a tennis player, it’s old—I promise you, my body has never felt better,” she told Essence, according to Ann Oldenburg of USA Today. “Considering how much I’ve...
Published: June 1, 2013
Sloane Stephens is a future superstar, but she isn’t ready to soar yet. She’ll face off against WTA world No. 2 Maria Sharapova in the fourth round of the 2013 French Open, after eliminating Marina Erakovic of New Zealand by the score of 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 on Saturday. Stephens, ranked 17th in the world, is talented enough to defeat Sharapova. She beat world No. 1 Serena Williams...