The ominous figure of four-times winner Tiger Woods seized control of the US PGA Championship on Thursday, firing a flawless five-under-par 67 to charge one stroke clear in the opening round. Fresh from back-to-back wins on the PGA Tour in the last two weeks, the world number one delivered a superb display from tee to green on the monster Hazeltine National course.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa took pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix with a scorching last lap in Saturday's qualifying.
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'If one thing seemed clear in this week of very uneven tennis in Melbourne though, the much celebrated golden age of tennis may be over.'
Dear WB, put a sock in it, willya? The megalithic movie studio has now suddenly issued Indian producers a notice saying they have no right to remake one of their movies. Stern action, they promise, will be taken.
Schumacher was the quickest, 0.172 seconds ahead of champion Alonso, on a damp track after morning drizzle at an overcast circuit.
The Finn pipped the seven times champion by just 0.002 seconds.
All the 14 participating teams have confirmed their 15-member squads. The fans now know which of their favourite stars will be in action in the 45-day extravaganza. Most of the squads are predictable, with the members having chosen themselves, based on their performace.
The Indian ace, who saw his streak of top-10 finishes come to an end at the Sun Chlorella Classic in Hokkaido, dropped three places.
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Title contenders Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher were pushed out of the top 10.
They beat the third seeded pair of Mark Knowles of Bahamas and Elena Likhovtseva of Russia 6-2, 6-4 in a second round match.
Paes and his former partner Mahesh Bhupathi also advanced into the mixed doubles at the Australian Open.
With a MVPI of 1128 the Royal Challengers Bangalore captain has set records that even he might find hard to surpass.
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher claimed his 67th career pole in controversial circumstances in Monaco
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England keeper Robert Green is virtually certain to miss the World Cup after suffering a serious groin injury
The Renault driver scored his second victory in three races to extend his lead in the Formula One world championship to 14 points.
Seven times world champion Michael Schumacher will start in 14th place after replacing his engine.
His Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa joins him on the front row while Briton Jenson Button, in a Honda, and Renault's world champion Fernando Alonso line up together on the second row.
Superior batting display by Australia A top order helped the team crush New Zealand A by eight wickets and set up a title clash with India A in the final of the tri-nation cricket tournament in Chennai on Monday.
Driver line-ups and race numbers for the 2006 season after the governing International\nAutomobile Federation issued the official entry list.
Raja Sen's favourite bits from what was, overall, a glitzy but forgettable awards show.
Ahead of the start of the ninth season of the IPL, Rajneesh Gupta presents a detailed statistical analysis of the players involved.
There's very little of Superman in the film.
Austrian Christian Klien will race the next four Grands Prix for Red Bull and probably the two after that as well
American Jeff Sluman fired a flawless seven-under 65 to take the first round lead at the Memorial tournament in Dublin, Ohio on Thursday.
Tiger Woods stayed on course for an eighth title in nine starts worldwide in Thursday's second round at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship as second seed Phil Mickelson was knocked out. World number one Woods sealed a comfortable 3&2 win over fellow American Arron Oberholser but left-hander Mickelson was beaten 2&1 by 31st-seeded Stuart Appleby of Australia in a high-quality encounter.
Jyoti Randhawa has been paired with defending champion Miguel Angel Jimenez and Peter O' Malley in the opening round of the Johnnie Walker Classic Golf.
Former Asian number one Jeev Milkha Singh, making an appearance at the EMAAR-MGF Indian Masters this week, says golf in India will continue to be the fastest growing sport with the inclusion of top class events in the country
Indian golfers will vie for a place at the British Open during the International Final Qualifying Asia.
Chad Campbell fired a sizzling eight-under-par 64 to grab a two-stroke lead over fellow American Brett Wetterich after the first round of the $5.5 million Honda Classic.
The leading scorers in the 12th Men's Hockey World Cup at the conclusion of the semi-finals.
Phil Mickelson fired a final round 68 to score a comfortable five stroke win over Scott McCarron at the $5.2 million Phoenix Open.
Striker Wayne Rooney injured an ankle in training on Friday and will miss England's friendly against Austria next week and their Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia on Nov. 21. Although Rooney will miss England's next two games, former skipper David Beckham is set to win his 98th and 99th caps after being recalled to Steve McClaren's squad on Friday after injury.
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