Topic: FIFA World Cup
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.Northern Ireland's McDowell, who also struck the winning putt in the final match as ...
Roberto De Vicenzo was an Argentinean golfer who played in the 1950?s and 1960?s. On the home stretch he was vying with Bob Goalby for the title. Unfortunately for De Vicenzo, the rules of golf state that once the card is signed, ...
From World Cup to Ice Cool, South Africa on quite a roll as Oosthuizen wins British OpenThe 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 ...
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 ...
Louis Oosthhuizen gives homeland reason to cheer after World CupWith 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 Open, is two strokes behind Rory ...
With a nod to croquet, K.J. Choi makes radical change with putter heading into British OpenK.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 ...
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 Darren Clarke in what was four days of thrilling ...
Former world number one 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 US Open earlier ...
TURIN, Italy (Reuters) - Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie has relaxed his stance on potential team members playing in three key British events before Europe meet United States in October.Montgomerie had urged his players to make a special effort to compete at ...
Thanksgiving weekend without traditional Skins Game for first time since '82Each year brought more recognition to Curtis Strange. "The original Skins Game has left the sports landscape, maybe for good.Thanksgiving weekend will have its usual television lineup of NFL games in Detroit ...