Russia

Host nation Russia and strong contenders Uruguay highlight Group A at the upcoming FIFA World Cup. Egypt and Saudi Arabia are hardly there to make up numbers, though.

The 2016 European Championships will take place in France, with a revamped format which will include a total of 24 teams divided into 6 groups. The top two sides from each group will advance into the round of 16 along with the four highest-ranked 3rd placed teams. Here is an analysis of each group along with predictions of who will qualify into…

It was a match between two mid-level nations; the Korea Republic fielded a lot of inexperienced players on the international stage, and Russia was without their key players Andrey Arshavin (left out of squad) and captain Roman Shirokov (injury). A hard fought battle, both teams displayed a desperation and willingness to come out with the 3 points,…

The story of Jorge Gutierrez is one that we hear about once every so often from our parents before being tucked in for bed. The Mexican developed a strong kinship with the game in his home of Chihuahua but a lack of basketball opportunity in his homeland led Gutierrez and his family to cross into the United States illegally in pursuit of his, very…