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As 2016 comes to a close, The Sports Lowdown brings its weekly feature of footballers who have risen to the occasion in the calendar year. After a year filled with high drama, intense action, successes and failures in the biggest and best competitions in the sport, this is the definitive list ...

  As 2016 comes to a close, The Sports Lowdown brings its weekly feature of footballers who have risen to the occasion in the calendar year. After a year filled with high drama, intense action, successes and failures in the biggest and best competitions in the sport, this is the definitive ...

  Embed from Getty Images   South America went on to the 9th round of CONMEBOL World Cup 2018 Qualifiers on Thursday night. The results saw routine wins for Uruguay and Brazil while Argentina fell to a draw away at Peru in the noteworthy fixtures Uruguay vs Venezuela Uruguay squared off ...

Embed from Getty Images   England manager Eddie Jones has announced his 37-man training squad ahead of the Autumn Tests. The squad prepare to travel to Brighton for a three day training camp from Sunday, and the final squad announcement will be on 26 October. Of the 37-man squad, there ...

Embed from Getty Images Argentina are through to the Davis Cup final after resisting a stirring comeback from defending champions Great Britain to eventually win the tie 3-2 in Glasgow, as Leonardo Mayer clinched the deciding match with a 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 victory over Dan Evans. Argentina had taken ...

Embed from Getty Images Argentina have opened up a 2-0 lead against defending champions Great Britain in the Davis Cup semi-finals, as Juan Martin Del Potro and Guido Pella both secured tough wins in Glasgow. Pella fought back from losing the first set tie-break to top Kyle Edmund in four ...

Embed from Getty Images Great Britain remain on course to defend their Davis Cup title, as Kyle Edmund defeated Dusan Lajovic 6-3 6-4 7-6 in Belgrade to seal victory over Serbia in the quarterfinals. With Andy Murray’s decision to join the support team after opting out from participating in the ...

The Copa America Centenario got underway this week with the first round of group stage fixtures. The US suffered defeat on home soil, while Angel di Maria showed his courage by scoring for Argentina, just days after the passing of his grandmother.   Group A United States 0 – Colombia ...

  South Africa vs New Zealand View image | gettyimages.com After a nightmare start to the tournament, South Africa have gradually improved and now look like the experienced, world class team that many expected them to be before the tournament started. Since their defeat to Japan, the Springboks have gradually improved ...

South Africa vs Wales View image | gettyimages.com South Africa came out of their pool on top, although at one point it looked like they could go crashing out of the tournament at the first hurdle after their opening game defeat to Japan. However, the Springboks recovered and went on ...