THE PGA Tour The season opens Thursday in Kapalua, Hawaii with The Sentry, formerly called the Tournament of Champions and open until this year only to winners of the previous year’s Tour events.This often resulted in fields of around 30 players, but now there are 60 players, last year’s winners, plus any other players who were among the top 50 on the 2024 FedEx Cup points list.Ponte Vedra Beach’s Billy Horschel will play at The Sentry, the PGA Tour’s opening event of the 2024 season Jan. 2-5.A player absent from the field is a two-time defending player champion. Scottie Scheffler,…
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Hall of Famer Lydia Ko has been named a Dame in New Zealand’s New Year Honors List for her services to golf.A dame is the female equivalent of a knighthood and she became Dame Lydia Ko after receiving one of New Zealand’s highest civilian honors on Tuesday.Ko is the youngest New Zealander, aged 27, to receive the honour.Korean Ko won the women’s tournament at this year’s Paris Olympics and in 2024 also became the 35th and youngest inductee into the LPGA Hall of Fame. Ko won a bronze medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and a…
Ruben Amorim was crouching down, shaking his head in disbelief. Even a brief moment in charge of Manchester United told him of his disappointment, but nothing he had witnessed so far had seemed so disastrous to him. As Newcastle United propelled to a victory where they should wish it was a beating, Amorim’s ideas were crumbling before his eyes.Having warned his job could be in danger if United continue to losehis team produced a first 35 minutes so abject that it suggested perilous times might lie ahead. In this context, an eventual 2-0 defeat was relatively respectable. It promised to…
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Edoardo Molinari of Italy talks with Viktor Hovland of Norway on the third hole during a practice round before the U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort on June 10, 2024 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.The year 2024 has been tumultuous for Viktor Hovland, and the past week has been marked by many adversities.He injured his right little finger, post a photo on Instagram documenting the injury. It’s something that could keep him out of the PGA Tour’s season-opening event this week, The sentry over Kapalua Plantation in Hawaiialthough he is on the list of 60 golfers entered into the tournament.However, perhaps the…
Alex Neil has had championship success with Norwich City, Preston North End, Sunderland and Stoke City (Rex Features)Millwall have appointed former Preston North End, Sunderland and Stoke City boss Alex Neil as head coach on a “long-term” contract.The 43-year-old Scot most recently managed the Potters, having taken over in August 2022, but was made redundant just over 12 months ago.Neil, who won promotion from the Championship as manager of Norwich City in 2015, takes over from Neil Harris whose second stint with the Lions finished this month.Neil was in the stands at the CBS Arena on Sunday, watching his new…
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What does the WNBA’s new Toronto Tempo have in store for us? Teresa Resch on building the teamYou won’t find the title of Chief Hype Officer in Teresa Resch’s Impressive Basketball Resumebut that’s a big part of his current role. Resch is the president of WNBA Franchise Toronto Tempo, a position that makes her arguably the most important figure in women’s basketball in an entire country. As she helps build Tempo from the ground up — she says she’s still months away from hiring its first general manager — Resch is the franchise’s front-line voice. Last week was important for…