China’s former Deputy Sports Minister Xiao Tian has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after being found guilty of bribery.

promoting his wife, a violation of personnel rules, while accepting bribes and other incentives including golf

Former British Open champion Helen Alfredsson has been appointed the first Player President of the Ladies European Tour (LET).

It’s a great privilege to be elected LET chairman at this exciting time for women’s golf, particularly

combined management expertise, commercial experience, strength of character and influence in the world of golf

Robert Rauch of the United States has been re-elected as President of the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) after running unopposed in the governing body's elections.

organisation on various levels.Elsewhere in the election, Charlie Mead was elected as chairman of the disc golf

their ongoing efforts.”Elsewhere, Great Britain's Charlie Mead was elected as chairman of the disc golf

WFDF secretary.Griesbaum has been involved with disc sports since 1981, beginning with freestyle, disc golf

European Athletics have announced they have agreed to be part of the Minsk 2019 European Games with an “innovative event” set to feature.

majority of events at the multi-sport Championships are to be held in Glasgow, where aquatics, cycling, golf

As my colleague David Owen has already made clear, sport has provided many golden moments to light-up a largely bleak 2016. 

Not wanting to sound smug but, Icelandic football and Ryder Cup golf aside, we Brits enjoyed a remarkable

The Organising Committee of the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto has confirmed it will fund a research study examining the role of adaptive sport in the rehabilitation of ill, wounded and injured military personnel.

Invictus Games is set to welcome 550 competitors from 17 nations competing in 12 sports, including golf

An historic merger between the R&A and the Ladies Golf Union (LGU) has been completed, it was announced

The partnership will see the R&A, one of the organisations which governs worldwide golf, assume responsibility

combined resources and staff expertise will help us to achieve our shared aims for the development of golf

, including increasing girls’ and women’s participation and encouraging more families to enjoy golf as

organisations together creates a platform that will allow us to develop our aspirations for women’s golf

on a global stage and encourage more girls and women to play golf and become members of clubs," she

The two-hour barrier for the marathon race has the same kind of mystique about it as did the four-minute mile before Roger Bannister became the first man to beat the latter landmark on a damp and inauspicious day in Oxford 62 years ago.

On a historical sporting note, watching Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard drive a golf ball for a mile

FIFA has today become the 36th International Federation (IF) to sign a co-operation agreement with the Olympic Channel, marking an end to an extensive period of negotiations between the two organisations.

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First and second placed finishes at next year's Kolon Korea Open golf tournament will receive wildcard

Birkdale,” said Johnnie Cole-Hamilton, executive director of Championships at The Royal and Ancient Golf

The Open brings together the best players from around the world and is a truly global celebration of golf

exemptions for The Open will be vital in rapidly raising the level of the Korea Open and Korean men’s golf

in general to the level of our women," added Korea Golf Association President Hur Kwang-soo.

freeze his assets after it was alleged he waived an environmental fee for a company that built the golf

Colombia University in New York next year.The case is the latest controversy surrounding the Olympic golf

course, with Brazilian Golf Confederation (CBG) President Paulo Pacheco having had to deny claims it

was incorporated into the course.It has also been claimed that if the land had not been secured for golf

The first round of the Dubai Ladies Masters golf tournament has been suspended following the death of

Masters is the season ending event of the tour's calendar.The start of the first round at the Emirates Golf

Denmark's Thomas Bjorn has been named as Europe's Ryder Cup captain for the 2018 edition of the competition due to be held on the outskirts of Paris.

same unwavering commitment.The next edition of the biennial competition is scheduled to be held at Le Golf

the 2018 host venue particularly well, having played in the Open de France a total of 14 times at Le Golf

Glasgow 2018 has revealed that Eurovision Production Coordination (EPC) are the preferred bidder to provide Host Broadcasting Services (HBS) for the Glasgow 2018 European Championships.

European Championships of Athletics, Aquatics, Cycling, Gymnastics, Rowing, Triathlon and a new team Golf

European Championships in 2018, around 3,025 athletes will visit Scotland for aquatics events, cycling, golf

Organisers of the Glasgow 2018 European Championships have confirmed Atos as the preferred bidder to provide timing, scoring and results (TSR) services for four sports at the event, despite a number of calls being made for the digital services company to be dropped when it served as a leading sponsor of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the Scottish city.

European Championships of aquatics, athletics, cycling, gymnastics, rowing and triathlon and a new team golf

to the Paralympic Games since 2002, is the preferred bidder to provide the TSR services for cycling, golf

Championships in 2018, around 3,025 athletes are expected to visit Scotland for six events - aquatics, cycling, golf