A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday.
Jeev Milkha Singh, who was languishing at the tied 43rd position after a horrendous 75 in the opening round, revived his title defence by leaping in to the tied 15th spot at the Casio World Open Jee revived his title defence after carding a brilliant four-under 68 in the second round to leap to the tied 15th spot at the Casio World Open here today.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
Tiger Woods birdied two of his last three holes for a six-under-par 64 and a share of the lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational first round on Thursday.
The Malaysian claimed his maiden Asian Tour title with a two-stroke triumph.
Vivek Bhandari of India also got off to a solid start with a 68 alongside compatriots Uttam Singh Mundy and Rahul Ganapathy.
Tiger Woods survived a few anxious moments on the back nine to clinch his fourth U.S. PGA Championship and 13th major title with a two-shot victory on Sunday.
Tiger Woods signed off a remarkable 2006 winning his 11th title of the year at the Target World Challenge.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
Rory McIlroy hit a sizzling nine-under 63 in the opening round of the $2.5 million Dubai Desert Classic on Thursday, bolstering his hopes of claiming a first European tour win since 2012.
The Indian ace shot a second round of three-over-par 75 to advance to weekend play at the Augusta National.
The world number one mixed five birdies with four bogeys to return a one-under 71 for a 13-under aggregate of 203.
Rising Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma shattered the course record at the challenging DLF Golf course with a sensational eight-under 64 to surge to second place after the unfinished second round at the US$ 1,750,000 Hero Indian Open, in Gurgaon, on Friday.
Jordan Spieth threatened to turn the year's first major into a runaway as he fired a six-under-par 66 for a five-shot lead and a Masters record for lowest 36-hole total at Augusta National on Friday.
Gaganjeet Bhullar charged into a two-shot lead at the Indonesia Open after an opening seven-under-par 64 on Thursday.
Arjun Atwal ended a four-year title drought as he won the inaugural $ 500,000 Dubai Open at the Els Golf Club on Sunday.
Bubba Watson made five birdies in a row to snatch the halfway lead at the 78th Masters on Friday as Augusta National turned on some of its favourite sons.
The Indian golfer shot a three-over 73 to move up from 18th to tied 15th spot at the Dunlop Phoenix tournament.
The duo lead the field in the opening round of the Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesia Open.
Chiragh Kumar used his familiarity with the Delhi Golf Club to help him win his maiden Asian Tour title at the Panasonic Open India on Sunday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Jeev Milkha Singh carded one-under 71 and was tied 28th with a total of three-under 213 at the KSB Munsingwear Open golf tournament.
The Indian golfer finished with a total of seven-over after rounds of 79 and 72 and was tied 101st at the Irish Open.
Arjun Atwal's final day effort took his total to one-under 287 to take him to 59th place at the USD 3 million event.
India's Shubhankar Sharma remained on course for his maiden European Tour victory as lightning, rain and hail forced the Joburg Open into a Monday finish.
As the curtains come down at the Tokyo Olympics, here's a glance at the medallists and those who came within touching distance of glory.
The Indian golfing ace fired a one-under 71 in the second round of the Sega Sammy Cup on the\nJapan PGA tour.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
The Indian golf ace carded a five-under 67 on the opening day of the ANA Open on the Japan Golf Tour.
The Indian golfer opened with with five birdies and seven bogeys to finish two-over 72 in the Canadian Open.
Vijayveer Sidhu, 16, shot a gold in the 25m standard pistol event for junior men after combining with Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu and Adarsh Singh to claim the team gold on the last day of the ISSF World Championships.
The Indian golfer had his best round of the week, at three-under 68, to vault to tied 23rd place from overnight 46th in the Fujisankei Classic.
The Indian golfer carded a one-over 72 in the second round at the 150-million-yen Fujisankei Classic.
As much as players and officials like to talk up the competitive nature of the Presidents Cup there was also an end-of-season party atmosphere at Muirfield Village on Thursday with even Tiger Woods joining in the fun.
India's S S P Chowrasia showed his resolve to win again while compatriot Anirban Lahiri fired an ominous warnings to his rivals when they took a share of the opening round lead at the King's Cup on Thursday.
'I think he has lifetime exemptions at every major event but I suspect we are probably not going to see Tiger in a competitive golf event going forward.'
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