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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: September 26, 2014
South Africa finish off their Rugby Championship with back-to-back home fixtures against their two closest southern hemisphere competitors, and Saturday’s visit of Australia promises to make or break their tournament. Sitting level on 10 points apiece, the two teams hoping to bring New Zealand back down to Earth will compete to remain within reach of the All Blacks. Injuries and other absences...
Published: September 24, 2014
The battle to depose New Zealand from their perch atop the Rugby Championship standings will undergo radical change on Saturday, where South Africa play host to Australia at Newlands. Coming into the fixture, each side sit level on 10 points apiece and promise to be pulled apart before the final weekend’s climax, in which all matters will be decided. That being said, for either team to retain...
Published: September 22, 2014
A weekend away from the international scene left rugby’s club powers free to dominate our most recent compilation of the biggest hits. In France, a frenetic fixture between Grenoble and Bayonne got spicy thanks to Rory Grice’s and Nigel Hunt’s power tactics on behalf of the former, ultimately paying dividends en route to a 24-15 win. South African Peet Marais was among the top 14’s...
Published: September 20, 2014
New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and Argentina are enjoying their final rest week ahead of the last two rounds of this year’s Rugby Championship, with tensions building ahead of the competition’s closing chapters. The All Blacks enter their last two fixtures with a six-point lead over Australia and South Africa, but their chances of retaining the title remain balanced on a knife’s...
Published: September 20, 2014
The Formula 1 season moves to Singapore this weekend, where the Marina Bay Street Circuit will play host to the 14th round of the 2014 campaign. Recognised as the calendar’s only “true night race” by Formula1.com, the Singapore Grand Prix offers something a little different, although Nico Rosberg will still hope to emerge with an even greater lead at the head of the drivers’...
Published: September 19, 2014
Only two rounds of the 2014 Rugby Championship remain, with defenders New Zealand hoping to maintain their unbeaten drive by edging out Australia and South Africa to a third successive title. Argentina are the only team who no longer have a chance of winning this year’s crown—not that it ever seemed likely—but even they have a selection of stars with pressure mounting on their shoulders...
Published: September 17, 2014
The 12-month countdown to the 2015 Rugby World Cup has kicked off, and fans from all over the globe now begin their scramble to be among those in attendance in England next year. The biggest event in rugby makes its way back to European shores after New Zealand won as hosts in 2011, promising to make the 2015 edition a spectacle bigger than any of its kind ever witnessed. Three years ago almost 1.5...
Published: September 15, 2014
The European season is officially back in swing when one sees Mike Brown back defending Harlequins borders with some of his showreel guarding, and this week saw Saracens subject to the fullback’s diehard defence. It wasn’t enough to prevent a 39-0 mauling, but Brown failed to miss a tackle on Friday, keeping up his end of the bargain at least. The same could be said for Newcastle Falcons...
Published: September 14, 2014
Updates from Wednesday, Sept. 17 Greg Norman has revealed he had a premonition that something bad was about to happen just moments before he nearly cut off his left hand with a chainsaw. Norman told Frank Keogh of BBC Sport: I had this premonition and almost pulled out of it, but I thought it’s not a big tree, not a real difficult task to do. We all have premonitions. That one was just...
Published: September 13, 2014
Australia earned their second successive Rugby Championship win on Saturday, beating Argentina 32-25 at the Cbus Super Stadium to keep alive any dim title hopes. Ewen McKenzie’s team were never going to have an easy time of things against Daniel Hourcade’s line-up, and a late surge from the visitors may have seen matters end a lot differently. Paul Williams of Rugby World emphasised...