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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: July 6, 2015
Andy Murray took his spot in the quarter-finals of this year’s Wimbledon competition on Monday after lobbing his way to a 7-6(7), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 victory over Ivo Karlovic. The Scot will now face off against Canadian contender Vasek Pospisil in the last eight of the 2015 tournament and try to advance to the semis for the sixth time in his career. The Press Association confirmed...
Published: July 6, 2015
The Highlanders triumphed over the Hurricanes on Saturday to claim their maiden Super Rugby championship and bring an end to the 2015 campaign in sensational fashion. Their victory signals the end of club rugby for now, but before attention makes a much-anticipated turn in the direction of the Test arena, it’s time to look back on a thrilling year for the southern hemisphere’s premier competition. Between...
Published: July 4, 2015
Less than a fortnight remains until the 2015 Rugby Championship signals the beginning of rugby’s jam-packed international summer and the elite of the southern hemisphere make their returns to the Test arena. Bringing four of the sport’s finest back together, New Zealand are looking to fend off the challenges of South Africa, Australia and Argentina in their bid to claim a fourth successive...
Published: July 3, 2015
The Hurricanes play host to the Highlanders in Saturday’s 2015 Super Rugby final, with each team looking to enter its name into the history books. Neither New Zealand franchise has ever won a Super Rugby championship, but the forthcoming crunch encounter presents two of the southern hemisphere’s in-form outfits with a prime opportunity to end that drought. Each team has made a trip to the...
Published: July 1, 2015
A post-Rugby World Cup mass exodus threatens to leave Australian rugby in a weakened state as of later this year, but Israel Folau‘s commitment to his native land provides cause for optimism. The official Wallabies Twitter account announced on Wednesday that their star full-back had signed a new three-year deal with the Australian Rugby Union and the Waratahs: Having featured as a star component...
Published: June 29, 2015
Guus Hiddink’s second stint as Netherlands manager has come to an end after the Oranje’s official website confirmed on Monday the 68-year-old would resign as coach of the national team on July 1, with assistant Danny Blind taking over for the time being, per Sky Sports. The website quotes Hiddink as voicing his regret: “I am sorry it went this way. I thought...
Published: June 29, 2015
Wimbledon made a welcomed return to the tennis calendar on Monday, and the opening day of this year’s competition didn’t disappoint as the biggest names of the sport began their campaigns for 2015 glory. The British masses must wait until Tuesday for No. 3 seed Andy Murray to make his first-round bow against Mikhail Kukushkin, but Novak Djokovic, Stanislas Wawrinka and Kei Nishikori were...
Published: June 29, 2015
Emerging from the aftermath of this year’s Under-20s World Championship comes another new class of rugby prodigies and prospects, those players destined to one day rule at the peak of the senior game. New Zealand’s Baby Blacks may have proved their worth as the best youngsters in the world, but almost every team had at least one or more emerging starlet among their ranks. Some up-and-comers...
Published: June 25, 2015
Super Rugby fans will find out on Saturday which two teams will contend for the competition’s 2015 title, with the Hurricanes, Brumbies, Highlanders and reigning champions the Waratahs still in the running. Michael Cheika’s men play host to the high-flying Highlanders in Sydney while regular-season champions the Hurricanes, hoping to make their first final since 2006, welcome the Brumbies...
Published: June 24, 2015
Less than a month remains until New Zealand open the defence of their Rugby Championship title, looking to once again be crowned kings of the Southern Hemisphere ahead of South Africa, Australia and Argentina. Preparations for the World Cup mean each team will play just the single round of fixtures against one another as this year’s Rugby Championship welcomes a more condensed format. With the...