They say tennis is a young man’s sport. It’s hard to argue with that. It is among the most physically demanding sports out there. You need elite level physical conditioning – speed, power, athleticism, endurance – to be able to compete at the highest levels. And tennis players’ careers are typically over relatively earlier compared […]
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Lionel Messi finishes as La Liga’s top scorer for the 5th time and top assist provider for the 4th time
The 2017/18 La Liga season reached its conclusion on Sunday. FC Barcelona were runaway winners, having incredibly sealed the title with 4 games to spare. A major driving force behind this dominant Barca performance was one Lionel Messi. With 34 goals, Messi finished as the league’s top goal scorer, comfortably ahead of second placed Cristiano […]
All Time Greatest XI – FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona are among the most popular football clubs ever. Today, they are known for their beautiful, passing football and have the largest social media following of any football club. Across their illustrious history, Barcelona have won a record 109 Spanish titles, including 24 La Liga titles, and a record 20 International titles which includes […]
All Time Greatest XI – Real Madrid
Real Madrid is arguably the most successful football club of all time. They’ve been European champions a record 12 times and Spanish champions a record 33 times across their illustrious history. And over the years, they’ve had a so-called Galactico culture. Throughout their history, Real Madrid have always boasted some of the greatest superstars of […]
The Proteas beat Australia by the largest winning margin since 1934 to seal famous series win
At the start of the final day’s play of the fourth and final Test match of Australia’s tour of South Africa, South Africa required 7 wickets to wrap up the match and take the series 3-1. For purely educational purposes, Australia required to score a further 524 runs to win. Ultimately Australia managed to add […]
Celebrating 14 years of Fedal – The 14 greatest Fedal moments (7-1)
7. Federer breaks Nadal’s 81 match clay court winning streak at Hamburg, 2007 Nadal was carrying an 81 match winning streak on clay into the 2007 Hamburg Masters final. Unsurprisingly, that was – and still is – a standing record for any surface. He had swept the clay swing in 2006, and had won everything […]
Celebrating 14 years of Fedal – The 14 greatest Fedal moments
Today marks the 14th anniversary of something truly special. On the 28th of March 2004, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal faced each other for the first time in the 3rd round at Miami. This was to be the start of the greatest rivalry in the history of tennis, and some might argue, all of sport. […]
Best of 2017 – Best Tennis Matches of 2017
The votes are in! We would like to thank all those who have participated so far in the Best of 2017 Awards! It is now time to reveal the winners of the Best Tennis Matches of 2017 poll. We are announcing the winners in 2 different categories – 1) Best Tennis Matches of 2017 2) […]
Best of 2017 – Vote for the best tennis matches of 2017
There were several intriguing matchups and outstanding matches throughout the 2017 tennis season, both on the men’s and women’s tours. Vote for your favourite matches of the year now. You can select up to 3 matches. Voting closes on December 28, 23:59:59. If you don’t find your favourite match among the options provided, you can […]
Google’s AI teaches itself chess in 4 hours, then convincingly defeats Stockfish
There has just been a revolutionary development in the world of AI, and in the world of chess. Google’s Artificial Intelligence project, DeepMind explains they’re on a scientific mission to push the boundaries of AI, developing programs that can learn to solve any complex problem without needing to be taught how. A little over a […]
The Top 10 Rivalries Of The 2017 Season (5-1)
5. Rafael Nadal 3 – 0 Grigor Dimitrov Rafael Nadal and Grigor Dimitrov met 3 times this season. Both players seemed to find their best tennis for large parts of the 3 matches. All 3 matches went into a deciding set. Unfortunately for Dimitrov, Nadal won all 3. Their first meeting came in the semi-final […]
The Top 10 Rivalries Of The 2017 Season
The 2017 ATP World Tour season was full of surprises, intrigue and great memories. It was a year full of the old and new. Fans got to see many old favourites rediscover their form and fire, while many younger players also made their mark. Over the course of the year, many intriguing matchups captured the […]
Analyzing all the upcoming Grand Slam rule changes
The Grand Slam Board or GSB held 2 days of meetings in London on November 15-16. A significant portion of the GSB Agenda concerned possible Grand Slam rule amendments and trials in 2018. At the end of it all, it was decided to trial and/or implement several rule changes in the majors in the 2018 […]
The press release by the Grand Slam Board regarding the 2018 rule amendments and trials
GRAND SLAM Press Release, November 21, 2017 The Grand Slam Board (“GSB”) completed two days of Meetings in London on November 15-16. A significant portion of the GSB Agenda concerned possible Grand Slam Rule amendments and trials in 2018: It was unanimously agreed to support 2018 Australian Open’s application to the ITF for a waiver […]
Lionel Messi’s Argentina career – A tale of unparalleled individual brilliance and heartbreak
Heading in to the last round of the South American qualifiers, qualification was far from certain for the Argentine national team. They were sitting in sixth spot, needing a victory away against Ecuador to guarantee at least a playoff spot for the 2018 World Cup. Argentina needed to win, and they did, beating Ecuador 3-1. […]
