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After steering New Zealand to the 35th edition of the greatest prize in world sailing, Peter Burling is the youngest ever America’s Cup winning helmsman with overwhelming victory over Oracle USA. Emirates Team New Zealand completed the upset over holders Oracle Team USA with a 7-1 dismantling and leaving behind the heartbreaking 2013 defeat in San Francisco that saw them turn an 8-1 lead to a 9-8 defeat at the hands of the Americans. Burling and his underestimated crew imprinted New Zealand’s name into the oldest trophy in world sport – the Auld Mug – for a third time, spoiling […]

There are some players right now that are doing just great. Maybe you have overlooked them, but here is a quick guide on the whos and the whys. Avisail Garcia, Chicago White Sox He got a new chance with the White Sox in 2017, and now Garcia is not only outhitting Cabrera but also leading the American League with a .342 average. With 11 home runs, he’s just two shy of his career high. He has attributed his success to more experience and a better pregame routine. He’s still an extreme ground ball hitter (top 20 ground ball rate among […]

The integration of the men’s and women’s tournaments only highlight how differently competitors were treated. The total prize money for the men’s event it’s up to 16 times the amount for the women’s tournament, as the case of last cricket World Twenty20 competitions. The origins of this difference lie 150 years ago in the birth of modern sport. According to Tony Collins, author of Sport in Capitalist Society, Victorian society viewed sport as “inseparable from the philosophy of Muscular Christianity, which defined itself against femininity and ‘softness’”. Pierre de Coubertin, who founded the modern Olympic Games in 1896, described women’s […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers made a surprising move this Tuesday, opting to part ways with general manager David Griffin. It wasn’t just the general public caught off guard, either. Not even LeBron James knew the move was coming. Few hours after Cleveland Cavaliers chairman Dan Gilbert announced that Griffin would be leaving the team this offseason, the player made his feelings public. An anonymous source close to LeBron, consulted by Cleveland.com, told the reporter that while LeBron was utterly “shocked” by the news, “LeBron’s a player, Dan’s the boss. This was Dan’s decision.” However, the source also said that “LeBron does […]

The 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup will be the 10th FIFA Confederations Cup, an international men’s soccer tournament organized by FIFA and celebrated every four years. It will be held in Russia, from June 17th to July 2nd, as a preface to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Russia was announced as the host on 2010 after the country was awarded the hosting rights. The matches will be played in four different stadiums across four cities: Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan, and Sochi. It will be the first time Russia hosts the tournament, and the third time the Confederations Cup is held in […]