TROON, Scotland — Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods started preparations for the 152nd Open Championship with an 18-hole practice round at Royal Troon Golf Club on Sunday. Woods, a three-time Open Championship winner, spent much of the round chipping and putting as well as trying to chip out of the deep pot bunkers surrounding…
The 2024 WNBA draft class was one of the most anticipated groups of rookies in league history. And now they’re etching their names in the history books. Angel Reese set a WNBA record for most consecutive double-doubles, a streak that ended Saturday at 15. And Caitlin Clark became the first rookie in…
MINNEAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark’s goals haven’t changed: She wants to play in the Olympics one day. Clark not only helped her squad stay in the WNBA playoff race with a strong finish in the Indiana Fever’s 81-74 victory at Minnesota on Sunday, but did so against a Lynx team coached by the leader of…
NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Robert MacIntyre won an open that felt like a major to him on Sunday when he made a 22-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 3-under 67 to win the Scottish Open, becoming the first Scot in 25 years to win his national open. MacIntyre seized on a…
Spain forward Lamine Yamal became the youngest player to ever feature in a FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship final on Sunday against England, surpassing the record set by Brazil legend Pele in 1958. Yamal turned 17 on Saturday and the Barcelona player celebrated by assisting the first goal to help his nation…
AKRON, Ohio — Steve Stricker chipped in twice for birdie on the last five holes and shot a 3-under 67 on Saturday at Firestone to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Kaulig Companies Championship. Winless this season, Stricker is trying to win the senior major championship for the third…
Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri shot a 5-under 66 to take a 4-shot lead at the LIV Golf Andalucia tournament Saturday. Lahiri added to his 69 from Friday to go 7 under overall after two rounds. He hit six birdies to overcome one bogey at the Real Club Valderrama course in southern Spain. “I…
Most of the world’s best women golfers are competing in this week’s Amundi Evian Championship, the fourth major championship of the season, and for many, it won’t be their only trip to France this summer.Sixty golfers will return to Paris on Aug. 7-10 for the women’s Olympic golf competition at Le Golf National, the site…
Spain coach Luis de la Fuente rejected the idea that his side are the favourites to win Sunday’s European Championship final against England at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. De la Fuente, 63, insists his team must be even better than they were in victories over Germany and France in the previous rounds if they…
Jesús Navas has confirmed Sunday’s European Championship final against England in Berlin will be his last game for Spain regardless of the result. Navas, 38, is the only survivor from the Spain squad that last won the Euros in 2012. He was also part of the team that won the World Cup in 2010….