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Novak Djokovic will return to the 2016 U.S. Open on Sunday hoping his fourth-round draw opposite Great Britain’s Kyle Edmund will provide a stiffer challenge than his previous two fixtures at Flushing Meadows. Injuries have seen Jiri Vesely and Mikhail Youzhny each bow out of their clashes against Djokovic, who hasn’t completed a full set since his first-round victory over Jerzy Janowicz. Meanwhile,...
Published: August 30, 2016
The 2016 U.S. Open will introduce another catwalk of tennis superstars to the mix on Tuesday as former champions Andy Murray and Serena Williams each prepare to make their bows in New York. Both players line up in the evening schedule, with Wimbledon 2016 winner Murray taking on Lukas Rosol in the hopes he can continue his quest for back-to-back titles, as will Williams when she faces Ekaterina Makarova. The Tennis...
Published: August 30, 2016
England captain Wayne Rooney has confirmed he’ll retire from international football after the 2018 World Cup. Rooney addressed the media on Tuesday, just a day after Sam Allardyce announced the Manchester United veteran as his captain, and the Times‘ Henry Winter provided confirmation of his big reveal: The announcement starts a two-year countdown until the striker’s departure...
Published: August 19, 2016
Jeff Winther and Thomas Pieters took a joint-lead into the second half of the 2016 Czech Masters after shooting respective second-round scores of 66 and 67 on Friday to take their overall scores to 10-under-par. The duo lead the rest of the pack by a substantial four shots after two rounds of play at the Albatross Golf Resort in Prague, where Europe’s contenders dominate the...
Published: August 19, 2016
Australia will begin their defence of the 2016 Rugby Championship on Saturday, and reigning world champions New Zealand travel to Sydney promising a Bledisloe Cup opener to remember. The scheduling of the 2015 Rugby World Cup meant last year’s contest was restricted to a single round of fixtures, and the Wallabies took full advantage by triumphing in all three of their matches to take the top...
Published: August 7, 2016
Andy Murray got his 2016 Olympics account up and running with a victory on Sunday, defeating Viktor Troicki 6-3, 6-2 at the Olympic Tennis Center in Rio de Janeiro. Great Britain’s most promising tennis medal hope cruised to a straight-sets win over Serbia’s Troicki and will next face Argentinian Juan Monaco in the second round. After a stuttered start in Barra da Tijuca,...
Published: August 1, 2016
The United States women’s national team begin their quest for a fourth successive Olympic gold medal on Wednesday, and New Zealand will be their first obstacle in Rio de Janeiro. Head coach Jill Ellis announced the 18-woman squad that would be travelling to Brazil three weeks ago, when Carli Lloyd and Becky Sauerbrunn were confirmed as co-captains, per the official USWNT Twitter account: Here’s...
Published: August 1, 2016
The kidnapped mother-in-law of Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone has been released without any of the $36.5 million (£28 million) ransom being paid, as confirmed by Elisabete Sato of the Sao Paulo police. Aparecida Schunck, the mother of Ecclestone’s wife, Fabiana Flosi, was taken from her home in Sao Paulo 10 days ago, but police have now confirmed she’s been freed, as...
Published: July 22, 2016
Nico Rosberg capitalised upon Lewis Hamilton‘s unfortunate crash to end Friday’s second practice as the fastest driver in contention ahead of Sunday’s 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix. There was a red flag on the track after Hamilton span off the track at Turn 11, just four laps into the session, and he didn’t return to the track, per Sky Sports F1: Hamilton was the pace-setter at...
Published: July 15, 2016
Philipp Kohlschreiber made a nightmarish exit from the 2016 German Tennis Championships on Friday after falling to Argentina’s Renzo Olivo 1-6, 6-0, 7-5, and failing to clinch his place in the semi-finals. Oliva’s reward for the upset result is a last-four meeting against Pablo Cuevas, who throttled Paul-Henri Mathieu in straight sets 7-6(7), 6-1 to book his place in the Hamburg competition’s...