Rory McIlroy, the World's No 1 golfer, experienced an awkward moment when he went to watch Ulster take on Connacht in a rugby match on Friday.
Phil Mickelson, bottle of energy drink in hand, held on to win the WGC-CA Championship at Doral on Sunday after receiving medical treatment for dehydration. Mickelson was put on a drip at a local clinic three hours after finishing his round on Saturday when he was struggling for energy and fluids.
World No 1 Rory McIlroy has won the Golf Writers Trophy for the second time in three years after an impressive season saw him claim two major championships and play an influential role in Europe's Ryder Cup victory.
Tiger Woods beat fellow American J.B. Holmes one up in the opening round at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
With their increasing economic independence and rising personal wealth, more and more women in India are preferring to buy gold, World Gold Council has said.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
India's Jeev Milkha Singh believes Asian golf is desperately close to producing its first major winner in the men's ranks.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Jeev began with a birdie and signed off with a bogey in the opening round of WGC-CA Championship in Miami. In between, he dropped two more shots on the third and seventh holes. But on the other side of the ledger, he birdied the fifth, eighth, 10th and 14th, also squeezing an eagle at the par-four sixth hole to save his bacon.
Already twice a winner this season on the European Tour, the 21-year-old proved himself equally at home among the most elite of company at the World Golf Championships.
Tiger Woods came close to pulling off a Houdini-like escape against Australia's Nick O'Hern before his run of seven consecutive PGA Tour titles ended at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Friday.
Arjun Atwal fired a three-under 67 in the first round of the Mayakoba Golf Classic in Mexico to lie 14th.
Shiv Kapur finished tied 65th in his first appearance in a World Golf Championships series tournament.
The ace golfer went down to American Stewart Cink in the opening round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play.
Wales were adjudged winners as the final day was washed out on the Algarve
Shiv Kapur joined the chorus in showering praise on young Shubhankar Sharma, describing him as an 'exceptional talent' with maturity beyond his age.
'Equities are likely to be range-bound with a downward bias for the remaining part of the year.'
World number one Vijay Singh has had to withdraw from this week's WGC-American Express Championship in Kilkenny, Ireland, after becoming a victim of Hurricane Jeanne.
Rising bullion prices was no deterrent to the Indian gold jewellery segment in India as sales soared in the third quarter of the current fiscal (Q3).
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
The world number one moved into a two-shot lead after the second round of the $5.6 million Wachovia Championship on Friday.
Jyoti Randhawa failed to make any upward movement in the final round of the American Express Golf Championship.
Jyoti Randhawa settled for 70th place finish as Tiger Woods won his fifth title of the season in Ohio.
The Indian laboured to a nine-over par 79 on the opening day of the WGC-NEC Invitational golf tournament.
They finished 48th and 54th in the WGC-American Express Golf Championship, which was won by Tiger Woods.
The WGC-American Express Championship appears to be heading for a shoot-out between Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh.
The Indian ace made a brilliant start at the WGC-American Express Championship, shooting 1-under 69 to be tied for the eighth place after the opening round.
Overnight leader Shubhankar Sharma struggled with his putts on the decisive final day to fall short of scripting history but the rapidly-rising Indian managed a creditable tied ninth finish at the US$ 10 million World Golf Championships.
In 2012, Q4, the country's demand for the yellow metal during stood at 260.3 tonnes and for the entire year it was 863 tonnes.
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