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Nov 23, 2025
McLaren, Verstappen, anything can happen
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Hypothetical points standing after last two races (Norris finishes 2nd & 5th) The 2025 Formula 1 season is hurtling toward one of the mo...
Nov 12, 2025
World Cup qualifiers tomorrow feature Mbappe, Haaland and Ronaldo (but not Messi)
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The road to the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals is reaching a thrilling crescendo, with the majority of Europe's footballing heavyweights on ...
Oct 24, 2025
The Biggest Show the world has ever seen
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The FIFA World Cup is more than just a sports tournament, it's a global phenomenon. It is considered the most prestigious soccer compet...
Sep 28, 2025
Upcoming "Four Nations" finale will decide the world's best Rugby team right now
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South Africa's Springbok rugby team secured their biggest-ever win against New Zealand's All Blacks in Wellington on September 13, 2...
Sep 25, 2025
On the eve of the Ryder Cup, Scheffler inadvertently reminds us why it matters
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The 2025 Ryder Cup Teams and their partners at the gala dinner on Long Island's Gold Coast This year Scottie Scheffler gave a few revea...
Aug 23, 2025
The Rugby Championship "Four Nations" tournament
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In 1996, a rugby competition was established to create a southern hemisphere equivalent to the Northern Hemisphere's Six Nations Champio...
Aug 9, 2025
Around the world in (less than) 80 days
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The Ocean Race and SailGP are both prestigious sailing competitions, but they differ significantly in their format, boat type, and overal...
Jul 8, 2025
McLaren are on track, but are their drivers?
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It seems that McLaren's leadership, their drivers, and their entire team in Woking (County of Surrey, southwest of London) are doing it ...
Jun 27, 2025
OKC's Thunder is Seattle's Lightning
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In the history of the NBA the finals have been decided in game 7 of the series 19 times before this year. The 2016 Finals were the last edit...
Jun 14, 2025
Coco conquers the clay courts
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American tennis sensation Cori ("Coco") Dionne Gauff from Atlanta has once again etched her name into tennis history, securing her...
May 25, 2025
Growing pains for SailGP
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The world of SailGP, renowned for its cutting-edge F50 catamarans and blistering speeds, recently faced a significant challenge that under...
May 11, 2025
Does Wrexham's Hollywood Script go all the way to the Premiership?
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Buying a soccer team in Europe is an extremely high risk investment. It is not like investing in an American franchise where positive return...
Apr 24, 2025
Can the Gunners break the curse?
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Arsenal Football Club just beat Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. They won 2-1 in the second leg at the Bernabéu Stad...
Apr 11, 2025
The British are coming!
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A small brigade of British golfers is leading the charge at Augusta this week. As the Masters Tournament unfolds at the iconic Augusta Natio...
Mar 31, 2025
A Humble Southern Hemisphere Hero #5: Kirsty Coventry
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Kirsty Leigh Coventry, a name synonymous with swimming excellence, etched her place in history as Africa's most decorated Olympian and o...
Mar 23, 2025
McLaren's best team in a quarter century
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Formula One officially began as a world championship competition less than 5 years after the end of World War 2, with the first race held in...
Feb 28, 2025
Six Nations Rugby Points Permutations
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The Six Nations Championship is an annual international rugby union tournament contested by the national teams of England, France, Ireland, ...
Feb 10, 2025
Philly Eagles win the Super Bowl in New Orleans
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"Show. Me. The. Money!" was a popular line from the 1996 film Jerry McGuire starring Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding Jr. In that movi...
Dec 1, 2024
A Humble Southern Hemisphere Hero #4: Ernie Els
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Ernie Els, affectionately known as the "Big Easy," is a South African golfing legend whose career is marked by his big powerful go...
Nov 26, 2024
Solo sailing race supervised from space
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The Vendée Globe is a single-handed, non-stop, and unassisted round-the-world yacht race. It's considered the ultimate test of human end...
Nov 25, 2024
F1 heats up as Verstappen joins the immortals
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Max Verstappen secured his fourth consecutive Formula 1 World Championship title at the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix this Saturday night. The 2...
Nov 24, 2024
SailGP 2025: A New Era of High-Stakes Racing
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The new SailGP sailing series is a go. The season just started yesterday, November 23rd 2024, in Abu Dhabi with the first of 14 events gett...
Oct 31, 2024
Now professional athletes can invest in their own leagues
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Ever dreamed of owning stake in the sports team or league that you play for or work for? That is beyond the means of most of us. But what ...
Oct 21, 2024
A Humble Southern Hemisphere Hero #3: Diego Elias
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27-year-old Peruvian Diego Elias is the current squash world champion. In Cairo, Egypt, in May 2024, this young athlete won the CIB PSA Wor...
Oct 20, 2024
New Zealand take America's Cup for the 3rd time in a row
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The America's Cup, at 173 years old, is the oldest international sporting trophy and stands as one of the hardest trophies for anyone to...
Sep 23, 2024
The Rippers of Oz win the LIV Team Championship title for 2024
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The LIV Golf season concluded with a thrilling team victory for Cameron Smith's all-Aussie Ripper Golf Club. In the final round of the T...
Sep 9, 2024
A Symphony of Sound at the Paris Paralympics
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The Paralympic Games, a global sporting event for athletes with disabilities, have a rich history dating back to the mid-20th century. The G...
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