Three-time runner-up is determined to put last year’s dramatic playoff defeat behind him and prove he still has the quality to win at Augusta Squint and you will see Justin Rose’s name twice on the tournament record boards at Augusta National. It’s there on the big bronze winner’s list at...
Sir Craig Reedie, key London 2012 Olympics figure and former BOA chair, dies aged 84
Reedie also served as president of World Anti-Doping Agency Sebastian Coe hails ‘mentor, wise counsel and passionate advisor’ Sir Craig Reedie, a giant of the Olympic movement, who served as chair of the British Olympic Association for more than a decade and was instrumental in bringing the Games to London...
A violent waiter and Joselu’s heroics: six of Bayern and Madrid’s finest games
As the most played fixture in European competition looms once more, we look back on 50 years of thrills and spills The Champions League’s answer to el clásico resumes in Madrid on Tuesday. Real Madrid v Bayern Munich is the most played fixture in European competition: 28 matches and counting,...
Championship roundup: Coventry stay 12 points clear at top despite Hull stalemate
Results elsewhere favour Frank Lampard’s side Norwich deal blow to Millwall’s promotion push Coventry crept closer to promotion to the Premier League despite an off-colour display in a goalless draw at Hull. Setbacks for promotion rivals Millwall and Middlesbrough meant a win for Coventry would have moved them to within...
‘Mum, I have to go to Moscow as I am fighting a bear’: Makhmudov on Russia’s grizzlies, God and Tyson Fury
The heavyweight from Dagestan now lives in Canada and describes Saturday’s opponent as the ‘professor’ of boxing “This guy is the professor,” Arslanbek Makhmudov says of Tyson Fury as he looks forward politely to their fight on Saturday night at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. There is none of the...
Viktor who? Sporting’s new Gyökeres has sights trained on Arsenal
The Sweden striker’s goals had inspired Sporting for two years but in Colombian Luis Suárez they have found an equally prolific target man In Portugal, two of the most familiar sayings claim that “green is the colour of hope” and that “hope is the last thing to die”. For Sporting,...
The Masters is a welcome oasis in golf’s fractious world, despite its stuffy foibles | Ewan Murray
No phones, no littering, no cheering bad shots – ‘patrons’ face strict rules at Augusta, but what a contrast to last year’s disgraceful Ryder Cup It is easy to poke fun at the prissy traditions of the Masters. Golfers, never mind spectators, enter a state of panic over what horrible...
‘Something you only see in films’: Czech case yet another example of sexual abuse crisis
Petr Vlachovsky’s non-contact sexual abuse has had long-term effects and could finally be the catalyst for safeguarding policy change for women and girls in the sport Kristyna Janku answered the phone to a police officer, not sure what she was going to hear. She had heard the rumours, the gossip,...
Rayasi hat-trick inspires nine-try Bordeaux in crushing win against Leicester
Bordeaux 64-14 Leicester Bégles set up Toulouse quarter-final next weekend Even at full-strength, Leicester would have struggled against the most potent attack in Europe. But without a string of first-choice forwards – including Ollie Chessum, Joe Heyes, Tommy Reffell and Nicky Smith – the result at a sun-drenched Stade Chaban-Delmas...
Saudi-backed LIV Tour looks at staging national opens after plug on talent drain
Saudi investment shows no sign of reducing LIV’s scale Plan likely to compete with DP World Tour Tournaments as opposed to players could become the next key domain in elite golf’s power struggle, with the Saudi Arabian-backed LIV circuit exploring the staging of national opens. Any such approach is likely...