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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: March 10, 2014
Ireland beat Italy in the Six Nations on Saturday. It was the last time national treasure Brian O’Driscoll turned out for his country at home. The centre turned in another top-class performance and was substituted off with a quarter of the game to go. Cue the applause. A day later, the man who replaced O’Driscoll on the field, Fergus McFadden, produced this excellent tweet: That standing...
Published: March 10, 2014
Ireland beat Italy in the Six Nations on Saturday. It was the last time national treasure Brian O’Driscoll turned out for his country at home. The centre turned in another top-class performance and was substituted off with a quarter of the game to go. Cue the applause. A day later, the man who replaced O’Driscoll on the field, Fergus McFadden, produced this excellent tweet: That standing...
Published: March 6, 2014
Christian Benteke missed a glorious chance during Belgium’s friendly with the Ivory Coast on Wednesday night. The Aston Villa striker was played into acres of space, and the goalkeeper was stranded, but it didn’t stop Benteke from blasting the ball over. Even he could not help but grin at quite how bad it was. The match ended 2-2. Video via /Football on YouTube. Read more International...
Published: March 4, 2014
Santi Cazorla sold Iker Casillas on an incredible dummy as the duo warmed up at Spain training ahead of an international friendly against Italy. The Arsenal man threatened to shoot and made Real Madrid keeper Casillas commit to a dive before stroking the ball nonchalantly into the empty net. Thanks to the Spanish national team’s official channel SeFutbol on YouTube for uploading. Read...
Published: March 2, 2014
Michael Schumacher will give his name to the first corner of the Sakhir International Circuit in Bahrain, according to the track chairman Zayed Al Zayani. Speaking on the final day of pre-season testing in the Gulf, Al Zayani told press that the blessing of Schumacher‘s family had been sought before the gesture—the German remains in a medically-induced coma after a skiing accident at the...
Published: March 1, 2014
Roger Federer upset Novak Djokovic to win their semi-final clash in Dubai on Friday, recovering from a set down to do so. Matches between the pair have always produced some extraordinary shots and mesmerising rallies, and yesterday’s exchanges were a perfect example of that. After some fiery groundstrokes, Djokovic looked to have taken control of the point—but Federer wasn’t...
Published: February 25, 2014
Roger Federer made light work of Benjamin Becker, his first-round opponent in Dubai, and when even his between-the-leg “tweener” shots were coming off, it’s not hard to see why. Federer romped to the first set, but was having to work a little harder during the second. With Federer serving at 2-3 down, Becker thought he’d bested his opponent with a lob. But the 17-times Grand...
Published: February 21, 2014
Jenson Button has confirmed that he has got engaged to long-time girlfriend Jessica Michibata. The 2009 Formula 1 world champion, currently at McLaren, has been dating the Japanese-Argentine model for five years, according to the Huffington Post. McLaren were the ones to break the news on Twitter: Huge congrats to @JensonButton and @jessybondgirl on their engagement! #attaboy pic.twitter.com/hQRCJ1ieMO —...
Published: February 19, 2014
Testing has resumed ahead of the 2014 Formula One season, and so too must the pre-season observations. It’s notoriously difficult to ascertain exactly how the teams are faring this far out from the first race weekend, but it doesn’t make it not worth trying to do so. Teams are not yet necessarily pushing for pure speed, focusing instead on reliability. And those with a little something...
Published: February 19, 2014
The 2014 Formula One season moves another step closer when the teams travel to Bahrain for the second of the year’s pre-season tests. The drivers and teams have four more days to get to know their new cars, and there’s plenty to learn. The rules of F1 have been altered substantially for this campaign. From a design perspective, the change to V6 turbo-charged engines from last year’s...