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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: October 13, 2016
Top seed Novak Djokovic is safely through to the quarter-finals of the 2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters following a 6-4, 6-4 win over Vasek Pospisil on Thursday. The reigning champion had to work hard at times during his Round 3 tussle, although eventually his class saw him edge both sets. Second seed Andy Murray is also through, impressing in a straight-sets win over Lucas Pouille. Third seed Stanislas...
Published: October 8, 2016
Top-seeded Andy Murray marched into the final of the China Open on Saturday, beating David Ferrer 6-2, 6-3. The Scotsman was the dominant force throughout the contest and is looking in tremendous form ahead of the competition’s climax. After this win, Murray will take on Grigor Dimitrov, who made it through after his semi-final opponent, Milos Raonic, withdrew from the competition due to injury. Earlier...
Published: October 8, 2016
Nico Rosberg kept the pressure on Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the race for the Formula One world championship on Saturday, qualifying in pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix. Rosberg, who leads his rival by 23 points with five races remaining, posted a time of one minute, 36.647 seconds to go top of the standings, with Hamilton just 0.013 seconds back. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen will...
Published: October 7, 2016
Rafael Nadal is out of the 2016 China Open after losing in straight sets to Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov. Earlier in the day, top-seed Andy Murray made it through in an all-British quarter-final with Kyle Edmund, while Milos Raonic is also into the last four having beaten both Malek Jaziri and Pablo Carreno Busta on Friday. In the women’s draw, the highest remaining seed is Agnieszka Radwanska,...
Published: October 7, 2016
Everton and Ecuador striker Enner Valencia appeared to fake an injury while playing on Thursday to flee pursuing police officers. That’s according to Alex Richards of the Daily Mirror, who noted the forward was being targeted by the authorities due to a row over alleged unpaid child maintenance fees totalling £13,350. Here’s a look at the remarkable moment he exited the field on...
Published: October 7, 2016
Nico Rosberg had the edge on Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in both practice sessions at the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix on Friday. After his disappointing retirement in Malaysia last time out, Hamilton would have been looking for a strong start to the weekend at Suzuka. However, the Briton was second behind Rosberg—who holds a 23-point advantage in the race for the world championship—in...
Published: October 6, 2016
Rafael Nadal will meet Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter-finals of the 2016 China Open after he defeated Adrian Mannarino 6-1, 7-6 (6) on Thursday to book his place in the tournament’s last eight. The Spaniard soared into an early lead in Beijing before Mannarino staged a comeback attempt in the second set, but it proved futile, as Nadal finished strong to seal his spot opposite Dimitrov...
Published: October 3, 2016
Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling has withdrawn from the England squad due to injury, with Crystal Palace‘s Andros Townsend replacing him. News of the 21-year-old’s decision came via City’s official Twitter feed on Monday. Tom Williams of AFP confirmed Townsend would step in for the upcoming matches against Malta and Slovenia: After moving from Liverpool to City for a reported...
Published: October 2, 2016
Third seed Agnieszka Radwanska had no problem booking her place in Round 2 of the 2016 China Open, as she secured a straight-set victory over Qiang Wang on Sunday. The Polish star lost only four games on her way past the wild card and showed her class throughout in a comprehensive 6-2, 6-2 triumph. She’ll face Ekaterina Makarova in her next outing. Elsewhere, eighth seed Madison Keys had to battle...
Published: October 2, 2016
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo won a dramatic Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, as Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton retired with engine failure late on. Ricciardo eventually held off team-mate Max Verstappen for the chequered flag after some pulsating racing. Hamilton looked poised to take a comfortable win after team-mate Nico Rosberg was shunted down to last place after Turn 1, but the...