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We’ve seen golfers on the PGA Tour enjoying their hobbies and pastimes—whether it’s Tiger Woods spearfishing, Phil Mickelson playing ping-pong, Billy Horschel snowboarding or seemingly everyone on the PGA Tour fishing. There are a few golfers on tour, however, who have displayed a degree of aptitude in a particular sport to suggest that maybe, perhaps, if the stars aligned, they could...
Published: October 30, 2015
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both dug deep to progress into the semi-finals of the Swiss Indoors on Friday on a thrilling day of tennis in Basel, Switzerland. The home-crowd favourite and top seed needed three sets to get the better of a game David Goffin, setting up a clash with Jack Sock in the last four. Nadal responded from being a set down to eventually overcome Marin Cilic, booking a semi-final...
Published: October 30, 2015
South Africa clinched the bronze medal at the Rugby World Cup 2015 with a classy 24-13 victory over Argentina at the Olympic Stadium, London, on Friday. Tries from JP Pietersen and Eben Etzebeth and 14 points from the boot of Handre Pollard helped the Springboks to a comfortable win, while two kicks from Nicolas Sanchez, a try from Juan Pablo Orlandi and a conversion from Lucas...
Published: October 30, 2015
Steve Johnson cruised into the semi-final of the Valencia Open 500, beating one of the last seeds in the tournament with a 7-5, 6-4 defeat of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez . Johnson will now meet Garcia-Lopez’s compatriot Roberto Bautista-Agut, who defeated Mischa Zverev in the final match of the day, 6-4, 6-3. Vasek Pospisil made easy work of qualifier Daniel Brands of Germany. The Canadian...
Published: October 30, 2015
Not even Jose Mourinho would try this stunt. The president of Turkish club Trabzonspor was so annoyed that referee Cagatay Sahan failed to give his side a penalty during a 2-2 draw with Gaziantepspor, that he locked the official, and his three assistants, in the stadium until 4am. They might have been imprisoned even longer if it hadn’t been for a phone call from the president...
Published: October 30, 2015
After recovering from 14th on the grid to finish fifth in the Brazilian Grand Prix, clinching the 2009 Formula One title, Jenson Button would have been forgiven for partying long and hard into the night. Without a race victory in four months, the British driver had been under the most intense pressure as Rubens Barrichello, his Brawn GP team-mate, and Sebastian Vettel both threatened to steal a title...
Published: October 30, 2015
Formula One is back in Mexico after 23 years, with the revamped Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez to host what should be a thrilling spectacle. The last driver to sample victory in a grand prix in Mexico City was Nigel Mansell. His compatriot Lewis Hamilton, who was crowned world champion last weekend in the United States, will be hoping to follow suit with a win here. It’d be the 11th triumph of...
Published: October 30, 2015
OLYMPIC STADIUM, 2015 RUGBY WORLD CUP BRONZE MEDAL MATCH: SOUTH AFRICA 24-13 ARGENTINA (FT) Tries: JP Pietersen, Eben Etzebeth (South Africa) and Juan Pablo Orlandi (Argentina) Conversions: Handre Pollard (South Africa) and Nicolas Sanchez (Argentina) Penalties: Handre Pollard, 4 (South Africa) and Nicolas Sanchez (Argentina) Drop Goal: Nicolas Sanchez (Argentina) South Africa gave departing legends...
Published: October 30, 2015
BELEK, Turkey — It’s better to be lucky than good, so the saying goes. But if you’re lucky and good—in Rory McIlroy‘s case, very, very good—then it can propel you to great heights. McIlroy is stalking the pacesetter, Jaco Van Zyl, at the halfway point of the Turkish Airlines Open, sitting four shots off the lead at 10 under par. The world No. 3 posted a round of...
Published: October 30, 2015
South Africa’s Jaco van Zyl shot a second-round 69 to remain atop the leaderboard at the 2015 Turkish Airlines Open after Friday’s action. He came into the day 11-under par with a three-shot lead, but English duo Chris Wood and Richard Bland now sit just two back in second on 12-under. Race to Dubai leader Rory McIlroy put together a terrific round of golf to card a second consecutive 67, and...