Seeing Arnold Palmer for the first time gave me goosebumps the size of eggs. He was The King and it felt like meeting Elvis September 26, 2016 I still vividly remember the first time I saw Arnold Palmer in the flesh. It was at my first Open Championship, at Muirfield in 1972, and it gave me goosebumps the size of eggs. I was practising on the putting green and on he walked, a seven-time Major winner who was tanned a deep shade [...]
Rory McIlroy seals $10m FedEx Cup prize money after winning dramatic three-way play-off at Tour Championship September 26, 2016 Former world No1 Rory McIlroy produced a stunning comeback to win the Tour Championship and snatch the $10m prize money for topping the FedEx Cup standings from the grasp of US Open winner Dustin Johnson. Providing a boost for Europe ahead of this week’s Ryder Cup, McIlroy held his nerve in a dramatic three-way play-off [...]
Groin injury set to sideline centre Manu Tuilagi for England’s autumn internationals September 25, 2016 Centre Manu Tuilagi is set to add to England head coach Eddie Jones’s mounting injury woes after Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill confirmed the Samoa-born powerhouse is expected to be sidelined for up to eight weeks. Tuilagi has not played since the opening day of the season after injuring his groin and despite initial hopes [...]
West Ham United 0, Southampton 3: Slaven Bilic insists there is no dressing room split as Hammers condemned to fourth straight Premier League defeat September 25, 2016 Downbeat West Ham boss Slaven Bilic insists there is no split within the Hammers’ dressing room despite his side crumbling to a fourth straight Premier League defeat against an impressive Southampton. The Saints were composed and sleek as goals from in-form hitman Charlie Austin, winger Dusan Tadic and substitute James Ward-Prowse consigned West Ham to a [...]
Dele Alli praises Heung-Min Son after Korean’s double lifts Tottenham to second in Premier League September 25, 2016 Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli has hailed Heung-Min Son’s start to the season after the South Korea forward struck his second brace in three Premier League games to sink Middlesbrough 2-1 on Saturday. Son almost left Spurs in the summer after a patchy first campaign in north London but has helped the club to second in [...]
Branislav Ivanovic calls on Chelsea players to stick together following consecutive league defeats September 25, 2016 Defender Branislav Ivanovic has urged the Chelsea squad to stick together after their early-season wobble continued with Saturday’s 3-0 defeat at Arsenal. The result condemned the Blues to consecutive Premier League losses, following last week’s 2-1 reverse at home to Liverpool, and came after a midweek EFL Cup scare at Leicester. “I know it’s very [...]
Win over Chelsea should give us the taste for more, says Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger September 25, 2016 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Saturday’s emphatic and long-awaited victory over London rivals Chelsea can remind his players of the heights they can reach. The 3-0 win was the Gunners’ best display of the season and fifth domestic triumph on the bounce – as well as a first competitive defeat of the Blues in 11 [...]
Ryder Cup: Golf’s “godfather of analytics” says America can catch up with Europe through data September 25, 2016 Never mind world No2 Dustin Johnson or world No4 Jordan Spieth, one of the biggest threats to Europe at the Ryder Cup could be America’s new-found willingness to dig into the data. According to Mark Broadie, the professor of business and vice-dean at the Columbia Business School in New York City who has been dubbed "the [...]
Bradley Wiggins: I did not seek unfair advantage with steroid injection ahead of Tour de France September 25, 2016 Bradley Wiggins has said that he in no way was looking for an unfair advantage by taking the steroid triamcinolone for allergies and asthma issues ahead of his victorious 2012 Tour de France race. In a pre-recorded interview with Andrew Marr which will be broadcast on the BBC today, Wiggins said he was beset by bad breathing [...]
“It doesn’t look good” – Sir Bradley Wiggins’ former doctor questions steroid use ahead of Tour de France and Giro d’Italia September 24, 2016 Sir Bradley Wiggins' former doctor has added to the controversy surrounding the cyclist by publicly questioning the use of a banned corticosteroid for medical reasons ahead of the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia. Prentice Steffen, Wiggins' doctor at the Garmin team in 2009, said Wiggins' successful applications for a therapeutic use exemption [TUE] for intramuscular triamcinolone ahead of the race surprised him. [...]