Glasgow has vowed to take the European Gymnastics Championships to the next level after signing a formal agreement to stage the event in 2018.

Championships, which will see the Scottish city also host cycling, aquatics, rowing, triathlon and golf

Somewhere in Florida, Rory McIlroy stands outside of his plush mansion to reflect on the Olympic golf

that they were just using it as a smokescreen, covering up for the apathy they felt towards an Olympic golf

nbsp;At least Australia’s Adam Scott, who can lay claim to being the first staunch opponent of Olympic golf

One senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, New Zealand’s Barry Maister, even claimed golf

The IOC, who were all too aware of the lingering doubts swirling around golf pre-Rio2016, would have

Channel, marking the second highest figures for any 90 minutes of golf this year, narrowly trailing

Rio 2016 Olympic golf gold medallist Inbee Park has revealed she will be reducing the amount of tournaments

the rest of the season beyond that remains doubtful.Park, 28, has only entered 10 Ladies Professional Golf

men's and women's team titles at the 2016 European Minigolf Championships at the VizelGolfe miniature golf

By turns magical and frustrating in both preparation and execution, the Games of the XXXI Olympiad are now in the record books. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach chose his words very carefully to describe them.

At the same time golf and rugby sevens were added to the Olympic programme.

Sure there were big name withdrawals in the golf but those who did show up in Rio were palpably happy

The World Health Organization (WHO) have stated that no cases of the Zika virus have been confirmed in anyone associated with the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Ireland’s Rory McIlroy - who all withdrew.A total of 20 male players pulled out from the men’s Olympic golf

Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has praised Rio 2016 for "showcasing Olympism in its truest form".

with the sport making its debut on the Olympic programme.Among the other highlights was the return of golf

Rory McIlroy admits he was "glad to be somewhat proven wrong" about golf in the Olympics having said

and Americans Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth in not taking part.Johnson questioned the inclusion of golf

Olympics, claiming that the Games are less important to those sports than other events such as Majors in golf

that matters".But following golf’s success, he said: "There seemed to be a better atmosphere at the golf

I thought golf would get lost a little bit with everything that was going on."

Another Olympic Games, another huge British medal haul – it really should no longer come as a surprise.

classifies GB’s medal-winning Rio 2016 sports in order of the cost per medal.Bear in mind that tennis, golf

The United States won gold at the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA)/World Fying Disc Federation

(WFDF) Team Disc Golf World Championships after a day of upsets in Vancouver.

that the disc community was able to experience such a competitive event in this unique format for disc golf

South Korea's Inbee Park was crowned the first Olympic women's golf champion for 116 years as she produced

The seven-time major winner ended the Rio 2016 tournament at the Olympic Golf Course on an impressive

competition, citing concerns over the Zika virus.Park is the first woman to be crowned as the women's Olympic golf

 Abbott never knew that they were competing in the Olympics, she thought it was a normal golf tournament

I think golf is going to get more popular after a lot of people watched golf today," she added.

 "Even people who don't like golf have watched golf this week."

“Shhhh...I’m watching the dressage!” How many times has that message, or something similar, been whispered in British households these past few days?

Afraid not, Kelvin.You see from tennis to golf, athletics to gymnastics, cycling to canoeing, diving

Golf's Olympic return last week was reportedly watched by one the sport's biggest ever global television audiences, it has been estimated.

It comes as a boost to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Golf Federation

million viewers in United States watched the final 90 minutes when it was broadcast on NBC and The Golf

Channel.This marks the second highest figures for any 90 minutes of golf this year, narrowly trailing

Phil Mickleson in a magnificent final day dual.Training is currently taking place ahead of the women's golf

 Athletes from other sports, such as squash, questioned why golf was included rather than their

Britain surged to second in the medals table at Rio 2016 yesterday, winning five gold medals, to move above China in what will surely rank as one of the country's most memorable ever sporting days. 

shock victory on the floor, before Justin Rose rolled-in a birdie on the 18th to win the first Olympic golf

It was also Britain’s first ever title in golf, improving on the silver medal won by the great Walter

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the podium ceremony of the 3m springboard final ©Getty ImagesJustin Rose claimed the first Olympic golf