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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: June 20, 2014
France will be looking to claim a consolation victory over Australia at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney on Saturday after the three-match Test series was put beyond them last weekend. The Wallabies destroyed Les Bleus 50-23 in the first Test and then claimed the series in a dire Melbourne outing which Australia won 6-0. The third and final Test of the series will hopefully be a vast improvement on that...
Published: June 20, 2014
Wales will be looking to put in a much-improved performance when they take on South Africa in the second Test in Nelspruit on Saturday. Warren Gatland‘s side were outplayed in the first Test in Durban as they were downed 38-16 for their heaviest defeat to the Springboks since 2008. The game was out of reach from the early stages and, despite Wales not conceding a point in the final 29 minutes,...
Published: June 19, 2014
Mikko Ilonen won the 2014 Irish Open by one stroke on Sunday, shooting 13 under par overall to claim his fourth European Tour victory of his career. The Fin added a 70 to his week’s rounds of 64, 68 and 69 to land the trophy in wire-to-wire fashion, with Italian Edoardo Molinari one shot adrift at the top of the leaderboard, as we see below: Though Ilonen had a star-studded chasing pack behind...
Published: June 14, 2014
For the fist time in the Open Era, the defending men’s champion at Wimbledon will be a Brit. Andy Murray will open play on June 23 as the reigning champion after he defeated Novak Djokovic in the 2013 final. Marion Bartoli, the women’s champion in 2013, will not defend her crown, as the Frenchwoman retired soon after her victory on the London grass last year. The most historic and anticipated...
Published: June 13, 2014
England will be out for revenge in the second Test in Dunedin on Saturday against New Zealand, after being cruelly beaten in the dying moments of the Auckland encounter. An under-strength England team—who many expected to be thrashed at Eden Park—were looking like claiming a famous draw before Conrad Smith’s last-gasp try made it 20-15 to the hosts. However, Stuart Lancaster’s...
Published: June 13, 2014
Ireland will be looking to wrap up a 2-0 series win with a victory over Argentina in the second Test in Tucuman on Saturday. They claimed a first ever Test win in Argentina with a Jonny Sexton-inspired 29-17 victory in Resistencia, but they will be looking to improve for the second encounter. The Six Nations champions continue to thrive under head coach Joe Schmidt, but an under-strength...
Published: June 13, 2014
New Scotland head coach Vern Cotter will hope to continue his winning start with a victory over Canada in Toronto on Saturday. The New Zealander got off to a good start with a 24-6 victory over the U.S. in the heat of Houston last weekend. Canada offers him another chance to take a look at his new charges, who are in need of improvement after a less than fantastic Six Nations campaign earlier...
Published: May 23, 2014
Friday is an all-English affair for the final of Europe’s secondary club competition, the Amlin Challenge Cup, with Bath Rugby taking on Northampton Saints at Cardiff Arms Park. Both teams have won the competition before, Bath taking the trophy in 2008 against Worcester and Saints winning the following year, beating Bourgoin in the final. It is the first English appearance in the Challenge...
Published: May 22, 2014
The Formula One circus rolls into Monaco for the most storied race on the calendar this weekend where Nico Rosberg will attempt to retake the championship lead from teammate Lewis Hamilton. The Englishman claimed a fourth consecutive victory when he won in Spain last time out to reach 100 points, overtaking his colleague in the standings as the German came through in second place. But after five races,...
Published: May 13, 2014
Belgium have announced a provisional 24-man squad and six standbys for this summer’s World Cup in Brazil which includes Premier League stars Eden Hazard and Vincent Kompany as well as Manchester United‘s Adnan Januzaj. The 19-year-old Januzaj only officially decided to declare himself for Belgium at the end of last month, having previously been eligible for other countries including England. Many...