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McDowell and Webb cap 2010 with honours

2010-12-30T17:30:58Z

US Open golf champion Graeme McDowell and World Cup final football referee Howard Webb were among the sports figures whose achievements were recognised Friday in Britain's New Year's Honours.<...

Biggest mistakes in the history of sports

2010-11-04T14:41:15Z

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Louie Who scores another win for South Africa

2010-07-19T00:15:15Z

From World Cup to Ice Cool, South Africa on quite a roll as Oosthuizen wins British Open

The South Africans have a new soundtrack of success. The drone of the vuvuzela has been succeeded by the skirl of the bagpipe.

One week after beaming in pride at its historic hostin...

Oosthuizen rides South African wave to Open triumph

2010-07-18T13:15:32Z

An outrageous 200-1 long shot he might have been, but looking back, all the omens were there this week for Louis Oosthuizen to play the best golf of his life and win the British Open.

First of all, 2010 has been billed as South Africa's year with the successful hosting of football's World Cup and then Sun...

South Africa gets new reason to be proud

2010-07-15T13:45:17Z

Louis Oosthhuizen gives homeland reason to cheer after World Cup

With the World Cup over, Louis Oosthuizen is giving South Africa a new reason to be proud.

Oosthuizen, who has yet to make the cut at the British O...

Croquet, anyone? K.J. Choi shakes up putting green

2010-07-13T12:30:28Z

With a nod to croquet, K.J. Choi makes radical change with putter heading into British Open

K.J. Choi has been getting more attention than anyone on the putting green.

He starts out like everyone else, lining up alongside the ball for what appears to be a normal swing. Then, he turns to face the hole, jutting out his right leg to the le...

Molinari targets Open, Ryder Cup after first win

2010-07-11T19:15:48Z

Edoardo Molinari is targeting Open Championship and Ryder Cup glory having tasted his first victory on the European Tour at the Scottish Open.

The 29-year-old landed the title by three shots over Northern Ireland's Ernie Els and the Spaniard Sergio Garcia both missed the cut as Welshman Bradley Dredge topped the leader board at the halfway point in the BMW Open here on Friday.

Els, who came third in the Italy (Reuters) - Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie has relaxed his stance on potential team members playing in three key British events before Europe meet Unite...

Thanksgiving weekend, minus the Skins Game

2010-06-11T18:32:42Z

Skinned: Thanksgiving weekend without traditional Skins Game for first time since '82

Each year brought more recognition to Curtis Strange. He was the first PGA Tour player to earn $1 million in a season in 1988, then he became the first player in nearly a half-century to win the World Cup in 2006, then brace yourself: there are two of them in 2007, so obviously a double helping of the baloney which accompanies them. Cricket's World Cup is staged in the Caribbean through March and April; rugby's in France in September and October. Anniversaries to celebrate, too, and...

Top 30 to British; ranking points for Tiger event

2010-06-11T18:43:57Z

British Open expands exemptions; Tiger's event to receive world ranking next year

Getting to the Tour Championship turned out to be worth more than a trip to the Masters.

Under new criteria soon to be announced by the Royal &amp; Ancient, the British Open will exempt the top 30 players from the Sarah Schleper, of the United States, reacts after completing an alpine ski, Women's World Cup slalom, in Zagreb, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2011. Sarah Schleper finished in eight place. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Austria Alpine Skiing World Cup

2010-12-28T08:32:16Z

Germany's Maria Riesch passes a gate on her way to set the third fastest time during the first run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Semmering, Austria, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

Copyright 2010 Doha, after FIFA announced that Qatar will host the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament. In little more than a decade, the Gulf's wealth and boundless ambitions have lured big-name events and A-list athletes. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File)

Emirates Soccer Club World Cup

2010-12-20T13:31:28Z

Inter Milan's Samuel Eto'o holds the trophy after winning the Club World Cup final soccer match against TP Mazembe at Zayed sport city in Abu Dhabi,