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Canada is going to the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Holding an 18-point aggregate advantage heading into Saturday’s second leg at BMO Field in Toronto, the Canadians held off an upset-minded United States Eagles squad with a 13-11 (40-20 overall) victory. The team’s official Twitter account confirmed the news: With the victory, Rugby Canada joins World Cup Pool D along with France, Ireland,...
Published: August 24, 2013
The story of Round 3 at The Barclays was Kevin Chappell. Entering the day at just two-under overall and nine strokes behind leader Matt Kuchar—the 27-year-old whose only professional win came on the Nationwide Tour—sat in 43rd place. No one was paying any attention to him. But then he started his day with a birdie. Then five pars, two more birdies and another par. Then, on the...
Published: August 20, 2013
Let Andy Murray’s first major title defense begin. It doesn’t seem that long ago that the 26-year-old Brit was celebrating his first major triumph in New York, but here we are a year later with the 133rd installment of the famous tournament already set to begin. I suppose time flies when you have such a whirlwind of a season: six different champions at three majors, a wild,...
Published: August 15, 2013
Many of the top players in golf enter the Wyndham Championship looking to do well at the final event before the start of the FedEx Cup playoffs. The tournament takes place at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., featuring many of the biggest names in the sport. It is also in the unique gap between the final major of the year—the PGA Championship—and the highly anticipated...
Published: August 15, 2013
Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray are on a collision course—again. The World No. 1 and 2 both strolled into the third round of the Western & Southern Open with relative easy wins on Wednesday, proving they are ready to bounce back after very different—but still disappointing—weeks in Montreal. We’ll start with Djokovic. The 26-year-old Serb, who needs a tournament...
Published: August 15, 2013
As dozens of countries around the world participated in international friendlies, England and Scotland were doing something entirely different. Although the match was technically dubbed as a “friendly,” it was so much more—a continuation of one of the oldest and greatest rivalries in all of sports, a thrilling battle that both sides wanted desperately to win and a prime, firsthand...
Published: July 30, 2013
After a few clay-court tournaments, the hard-court season is once again in full swing, and as players prepare for the U.S. Open next month, the Citi Open will serve as an important preparation for the final Grand Slam of the year. You aren’t going to see Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray take the court in Washington D.C. But as one of just 11 ATP 500 tournaments on the year, the Citi Open will...
Published: July 29, 2013
Replacing the World Football Challenge, the inaugural International Champions Cup is a one-of-a-kind tournament that showcases several European giants on American soil. Unsurprisingly with such a tantalizing exhibition like that, there is an abundance of compelling storylines. Perhaps the most intriguing narrative resides in the first round, as Inter and Chelsea will battle it out with Jose Mourinho...
Published: July 28, 2013
Landon Donovan is going to the World Cup. Don’t worry—I didn’t somehow get the Gold Cup mixed up with World Cup qualifying. I know he’s not actually going to the World Cup yet. But Donovan’s performance in the CONCACAF tournament, which culminated in a terrific all-around performance in the Americans’ 1-0 final win over Panama on Sunday in Chicago,...
Published: July 26, 2013
For just the second time in 12 CONCACAF Gold Cups, the United States will take on Panama in the final. This isn’t exactly new territory for the Stars and Stripes, who will be making their ninth ever Gold Cup final appearance and fifth in a row. Panama, on the other hand, hasn’t been there since 2005, when it came up short against the Yanks on penalties. Throw in the fact...