The Tour de France officially gets underway in Leeds on Saturday as Chris Froome aims to defend his 2013 crown. The world’s most famous cycling race departs on British soil for only the second time […]
Sport | Murray crashes out
Defending champion Andy Murray failed in his bid to defend his title, as he went down to the prodigiously talented Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets. Many had predicted that the match would be by far […]
Sport | Stage set for the battle of Brasilia as Argentina and Belgium progress to the quarter-finals
Argentina and Belgium will face each other in Brasilia on Saturday for a place in the World Cup semi-finals after tight wins over Switzerland and the USA in the last two fixtures of the round […]
Sport | Kyrgios serves up an upset
Nick Kyrgios provided the shock of Wimbledon 2014 with an emphatic victory over Rafael Nadal. The Australian, making his debut in the main draw at SW19, played the match of his life to set up […]
Sport | European heavyweights survive tests
At least one European side will reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, after Germany and France booked a tantalising quarter-final date against each other on Friday. Both emerged shaken but not stirred from their […]
Sport | France and Germany firm favourites
With the second round now well under way, Sunday contains two scintillating prospects with the third pair of last -16 fixtures and with Africa at the forefront of today’s World Cup action, Rhys Stevens previews […]
Sport | Wimbledon hots up
Andy Murray sailed through the opening three rounds during week one of Wimbledon. Going into the showpiece event, the Scot’s chances of retaining the trophy he won last year looked slim. However, given the way […]
Sport | Super South American Saturday
Today sees the start of the knockout stages in Brazil as the hosts face Chile whilst Colombia takes on Uruguay in a South American football fiesta! Belo Horizonte plays to the first game of the […]
Sport | Group stages come to a close as Algeria progress
Yesterday saw the end of the group stages for Brazil 2014, with sixteen teams already sent packing before the knockout rounds begin and the other half still dreaming of progressing to the final. There were […]
Sport | England agonisingly close to rescuing draw
Test cricket is a cruel game. James Anderson, not exactly a walking wicket but not Sachin Tendulkar, had blocked 54 balls from Sri Lanka’s attack with relative ease, and was just another two away from […]
Sport | Today's World Cup Preview
Group G is one of few groups where none of the teams have either gone through or gone out going into the final set of matches. Germany and the United States, the top two, know […]
Sport | Wednesday World Cup Round-up
The 2014 World Cup has been unbelievably generous, with lots of attacking football and goals galore. The excitement continued in the first set of games, with Argentina edging out Nigeria and Bosnia and Herzegovina earning […]