Tiger Woods at his best is unmatchable. Even when Woods appears to be slightly slack, others still find it hard to keep pace with him. That was demonstrated at East Lake when the American ace golfer scored his lowest career score at the Tour Championship yet won the competition by an overwhelming eight strokes.
It was a David versus Goliath scenario when France met Namibia in Pool D of the Rugby World Cup in Toulouse on Sunday and this time Goliath battered David. Les Bleus had began the tournament in disastrous fashion when they lost 17-12 to Argentina in the opening match of the tournament at Stade de France but are now back on track after defeating Namibia 87-10 in what was the biggest win their history.
Kimi Raikkonen rarely gives up without a fight and with three races remaining in Formula One season, the Finnish driver is set to take the championship challenge to the wire. The Ferrari driver lead from start to finish during Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix and has now trimmed championship leader Lewis Hamilton’s lead to 13 points. Hamilton finished in a disappointing fourth spot with his McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso finishing just ahead of him in third.
McLaren were responsible for scripting one of Formula One’s most horrible tales when they were found guilty of espionage at a hearing in Paris on Friday but now they seem to have taken the onus upon themselves to drive the sport out of the deep ditch in which it has fallen. The Belgian Grand Prix has always maintained a corner of affection in every driver’s heart and the McLaren duo of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton appear to have decided to make the statement of intent clear to one and all.
The historic moment of 2003 when Jonny Wilkinson’s drop goal secured their first Rugby World Cup conquest appears a dim and distant memory for England. Since that night in Sydney, the England national rugby team had gone from bad to worse and against South Africa on Friday, England suffered their biggest defeat in 30 matches in the World Cup.
The Yankees and Red Sox rivalry take on a new dimension in ways never witnessed in the American League’s long history. The Red’s are roaring past the Yankees taking their biggest division lead in two decades into the final regular- season showdown.
Philadelphia’s pitcher, Alfonseca is yet again entangled in a spat. While at Chicago Cubs Alfonseca got suspended for five games for hitting an umpire and now it’s Colorado’s Todd Helton. Alfonseca plunked the slugger with two outs in the seventh inning of a game that the Phillies were leading the Rockies, 11-4 as the ball appeared to be heading toward Helton’s face. Fined an undisclosed amount he now receives a four-game suspension by the MLB.
Riding on a birdie binge, five in a row to be precise, and an eagle to boot, world number one Tiger Woods sizzled with a second round card of 63 to grab the halfway lead in the Tour Championship in Atlanta.
The race to bid for the 2016 Olympic Game is clearly hotting up with as many as seven cities making a beeline to host what is arguably the greatest sporting extravaganza on earth.
Tim Clarke was in red hot form as the South African turned in a course-equalling round of eight-under 62 to grab the opening round lead in the Tour Championship at the East Lake Golf Club.
