A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday.
Jeev Milkha Singh's finished tied 25 at the Volvo Masters in Spain.
Arjun Atwal dropped a final-hole bogey to miss the cut in the Miccosukee Championship, Miami.
The 39-year-old golfer has half a dozen top-10 finishes at the Indian Open, including two in last two years, but never won it.
Shiv Kapur finished tied 65th in his first appearance in a World Golf Championships series tournament.
Tiger Woods surged to the top of the Buick Open leaderboard and was joined by Brett Quigley just before bad light halted second-round play on Friday.
Atwal seemed to have captured his old form at least for the day with a six-under 64.
Northern Ireland reached their first major tournament in 30 years and their neighbours south of the border beat world champions Germany to take a big step towards joining them at Euro 2016 in a memorable night for Irish football on Thursday.
Jeev Milkha finished a creditable tied second in the USD 600,000 SK Telecom Open
The Indian golfer shot a three-under 67 in the second round of the Canadian Open.
South Africa can have absolutely no complaints with the result against India, says Jacques Kallis. 'They really didn't win much after the toss.'
Gurbaaz Mann, who narrowly missed winning his first professional title at the 2004 tournament, won this year's event with a nine-under 207.
Amandeep Johl and Jyoti Randhawa will feature in the Johnnie Walker Classic beginning at the Pine Valley Golf Resort
India's Shiv Kapur produced a dramatic turnaround in the closing stages to win the Royal Cup and end the year on a high note by claiming his third Asian Tour title of 2017 in Pattaya.
England's David Howell held off world number Tiger Woods and Nick O'Hern to lead by one stroke after the third round in the US$5 million HSBC Champions tournament.
The ace golfer registered a three-under 67 that gave him a share of the sixth place at the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup.
Tiger Woods broke out of his title slump, firing a final round four-under 68 to claim the Buick Invitational tournament.
Qatar will begin sifting through fan feedback from the Club World Cup to see how it can provide supporters with a successful World Cup in 2022, but cultural differences will be a tricky challenge to surmount. Drinking and partying can be a tricky concept in a country with strict restrictions on alcohol consumption and low tolerance for rowdiness.
The Indian ace is looking to break the jinx of previous Asian number ones failing to get beyond the second round since 2000.
The Indian golfer carded a one-under 70 in the final round of the Coca Cola Tokai Classic golf championship.
Rory McIlroy, whose season was interrupted by injury, said he just wants to get back to winning and does not care about the $10 million bonus that could come with victory at the Tour Championship.
American Bart Bryant fired a final round four-under-par 68 on Sunday to capture the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio by one stroke from Fred Couples.
The Indian ace shot a two-under 70 for a 36-hole total of three-under and was lying in tied third place in the Sun Chlorella Classic.
Jeev Milkha Singh once played the lead role in Indian golf but has now been relegated to cameos.
The Mhow-based golfer grabbed the half-way lead in the Rs One million Hero Honda Open West 2005.
The Indian golfing ace is placed third after carding a six-under 64 in the first round of the Crowns 120 million yen event in Japan.
The Asian Games gold medallist fired a brilliant five-under 67 to take a one-stroke lead at the mid-way stage of the Tata Open golf tournament.
Jordan Spieth capped a brilliant season in sensational style as he scored a four-stroke victory at the Tour Championship on Sunday that also won him the FedExCup playoffs title for an $11.48 million pay day.
The Delhi golfer gave himself a four stroke cushion after he fired a third round 69 in the ONGC-Noida Open 2004.
Danny Ellis leads the field after the penultimate round in the six-day Final Qualifying Stage of the US PGA Tour.
The Indian ace suffered an off day with his putter on Friday in round two Acom International.
Kapil Dev will join Jyoti Randhawa, Arjun Atwal, Amandeep Johl and Arjun Singh in the highest prize-money tournament on the European PGA Tour.\n\n
The Chandigarh pro made the most of an early morning start and fired a superb 66 to take a two-stroke lead at the end of the half-way stage in the The Hindu Open.
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