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NCAA Tournament – Day 1 Predictions (Second Round)
The start of the second round (or round of 64) is the actual beginning of the real NCAA tournament, with the first day presenting us, as the number one seeds in the East region (Villanova) and Midwest (Kentucky) kick off their road towards the national championship. Notre Dame, Iowa State, Arizona and North Carolina also begin.
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World Cup – Day 1 Results & Table
Day 1 of the 2014 World Cup is behind us. One match in group A, as the hosts Brazil beat Croatia thanks to some creative brilliance from Neymar and Oscar, and also some terrible officiating that helped them pick up 3 points to set the pace and top the table in their group. Brazil 3 […]
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World Cup – Day 1 Predictions (Brazil vs Croatia)
And so it begins – The 2014 World Cup, as the host nation, Brazil, with an enormous amount of pressure and expectations on their shoulders, begin the road to what hopefully, for them, ends with lifting the trophy for a sixth time, while Croatia, on paper the second strongest team in Group A, will try and make it yet another surprise in the history of World Cup openers.
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NBA – Day 1 Scores & Standings
The NBA season started with three games on opening night, with the Chicago Bulls losing to the Miami Heat as Derrick Rose made his return to the league stealing most of the attention, while the Los Angeles Lakers stunning the Los Angeles Clippers made for a surprising finish to the evening. The Indiana Pacers also […]
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2013 NCAA Tournament – Day 1 Predictions
The real first day of the NCAA tournament kicks off with the second round and two number one seeds, Gonzaga and Louisville, beginning their way, hopefully to the Final Four in Atlanta, with games against Southern and North Carolina A&T respectively, hoping not to make 2013 the year in which a 16th seed finally pulled off the biggest upset of them all.
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2012 Olympic Games Day 2 – Event Finals Previews & Predictions
In day of the 2012 Olympic games, the swimming pool will once again be the focus of the day, with the 4×100 men’s freestyle relay as the main event, with Michael Phelps and the American team hoping to defend their Olympic gold medal against World champions Australia and the fastest swimmer in the world today, James Magnussen plus Archery, Cycling, Diving, Fencing, Judo, Shooting and Weightlifting as well.
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Gold Medal Winners on Day 1 of the 2012 Summer Olympics
Ryan Lochte won the first gold of what should be many more in the London Olympic games, but China came away as the golden nation of the first day with gold medals in swimming, weightlifting and shooting. Italy dominated women’s fencing as always while also picking up a surprising gold medal in archery.
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2012 Olympic Games Day 1 – Event Finals Previews & Predictions
After the fantastic opening ceremony and two days of football, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London can officially begin. Saturday gives us the first opportunity to look at gold medal winners in Archery, Cycling, Judo, Weightlifting, Fencing and Shooting, but the big event will be Michael Phelps vs Ryan Lochte in the 400 IM, one of four finals in the pool on the first day.
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2012 Olympics Day 1 – Best Photos from Women’s Football Matches
Even before the opening ceremony, the Olympics have already kicked off with the women’s football tournament and six matches, highlighted by Great Britain beating New Zealand 1-0, Brazil destroying Cameroon 5-0 and the USA, favorites for gold, coming back from 0-2 down to beat Japan 4-2. North Korea also made an opening splash by refusing to play before the correct flag was shown.
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Euro 2012 – Day 1 Summary (Poland – Greece, Russia – Czech Republic)
We couldn’t have asked for a better day to kick of Euro 2012. Poland and Greece provided us with two goals and two red cards, while Russia showed from the first moment they are the class of this group with an impressive 4-1 thrashing of the Czech Republic after a wonderful performance from Andrei Arshavin and Alan Dzagoev.