• Woods heads potent field for next week's Memorial

    Woods heads potent field for next week's Memorial

    Reuters - 33 minutes ago
    Woods heads potent field for next week's Memorial

    REUTERS - Next week's Memorial tournament at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio will feature one of the season's strongest fields with the world's top six players all taking part in the PGA Tour event hosted by Jack Nicklaus. Top-ranked Tiger Woods will be back to defend the title he claimed by two shots last year while Rory McIlroy (second), Adam Scott (third), 2010 champion Justin Rose (fourth), Brandt Snedeker (fifth) and Luke Donald (sixth) will also be competing. Apart from five-times

  • 'Champions League failure would've been a disaster for Milan' - Gandini

    'Champions League failure would've been a disaster for Milan' - Gandini

    GOAL.com - 36 minutes ago
    'Champions League failure would've been a disaster for Milan' - Gandini

    The AC Milan director has expressed his concern at the financial implications should teams not manage to qualify for Europe's premier club competition

  • Rudisha resists quick buck for gold rush in Rio

    Rudisha resists quick buck for gold rush in Rio

    Reuters - 47 minutes ago
    Rudisha resists quick buck for gold rush in Rio

    By Julian Linden NEW YORK (Reuters) - David Rudisha was hailed as a super-runner after his world-record breaking victory in the 800 meters at last year's London Olympics. The Kenyan's name was added to track and field's A-list alongside Usain Bolt and Mo Farah. Suddenly, everyone wanted a piece of Rudisha. Politicians wanted to be photographed with him, talk show hosts wanted to interview him and promoters were dreaming up ways to get him and Bolt to race each other. For a fleeting moment, the

  • Indy 500's elite club may welcome new member

    Indy 500's elite club may welcome new member

    Reuters - 50 minutes ago
    Indy 500's elite club may welcome new member

    By Steve Keating INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Four-time Indianapolis 500 winners A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears grace the cover of the souvenir program for the 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing' like a trio of senior GQ models. The race's only four-time winners form an exclusive but aging club that has not welcomed a new member since Mears claimed his fourth Indy 500 win in 1991. The fraternity, however, could welcome some young blood on Sunday if 40-year-old defending champion Dario Franchitti of

  • President Obama again to serve as honorary Cup chairman

    President Obama again to serve as honorary Cup chairman

    Reuters - 1 hour 39 minutes ago
    President Obama again to serve as honorary Cup chairman

    REUTERS - President Barack Obama has accepted an invitation to be honorary chairman of this year's Presidents Cup, the second time he will fulfill the role at the biennial team competition, the PGA Tour said on Friday. Obama, an avid basketball player who often escapes the pressures of the Oval Office by taking to the golf course, served as honorary chairman when the event was last played in the United States, at San Francisco's Harding Park in 2009. ...