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Americans lead the way on home soil but Woods misses cut at US Open

  • Golf

American duo Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed are the new leaders of the US Open after both produced excellent displays on day two, while 14-time major winner Tiger Woods missed the cut on 16-over-par at Chambers Bay.

Rory McIlroy narrowly avoided missing the cut but remains nine shots off the pace ©Getty Images“On golf



British Blind Sport to mark 40th anniversary by staging Festival of VI Sport

  • Paralympics

British Blind Sport have announced they will hold a summer Festival of VI Sport, to celebrate the charity’s 40th year of helping visually impaired people through sport.

find a sport that they can enjoy for the rest of their lives.”Athletics, cricket, cycling, football, golf

festival, with qualified and experienced coaches from organisations such as England Athletics, England Golf


Thailand in seventh heaven at Southeast Asian Games

  • OCA

Thailand replaced hosts Singapore at the top of the medal table by claiming seven gold medals on the final day of athletics competitions at the Southeast Asian Games.

reverse their fortunes with FIFA ©SINGSOCElsewhere,, Thailand swept all four golds available in the golf


European Artistic Gymnastics event set to form part of inaugural continental Sports Championships

  • Berlin and Glasgow 2018

The European Union of Gymnastics (UEG) Executive Committee has voted in favour of incorporating its men’s and women’s Artistic Gymnastics Championships into the programme of the 2018 European Sports Championships, due to be held in Glasgow and Berlin.

athletes will take part in events in Glasgow, which will host cycling, rowing, swimming, triathlon and golf

gives backing to European Sports Championships conceptApril 2015: Exclusive: Innovative mixed-team golf



Baku 2015 announces details of Flame journey through host city

  • Baku 2015

Details of the Baku 2015 Flame's journey through the host city have been revealed here today, ahead of its arrival on Sunday (June 7).

nbsp;Guba, purported to produce the best apples in the country is also home to Azerbaijan’s first-ever golf

 The National Azerbaijan Golf Club was one of the first stops of the Torch convoy, quickly followed



Former champion golfer Woods still confident of qualification for "very important" Olympic Games

  • Golf

American Tiger Woods believes competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro is “very important” to golfers as the sport prepares to return to the Olympic programme for the first time in over 100 years.

The former world number one, who now finds himself languishing in 125th place on the Official World Golf

that but also have a chance to do something that hasn’t been done in a very long time: win a medal in golf

“I’ve heard some things over the years with golf when it got introduced, guys were on the fence about

to be an Olympic athlete," says Irish golfer HarringtonAugust 2014: Historic return of Olympic golf

hailed as strong advert ahead of Rio 2016August 2014: Rio 2016 golf course progress "not ideal



Slovakia: Baku 2015 works on a very high level

  • Baku NOC articles

Branislav DelejChef de Mission, Slovakia

The BEGOC representatives also showed very high competence.A golf competition at future European Games

I think a golf contest should be very interesting.


Swimming and gymnastics vault ahead as rate of increase slows in IOC revenue distributions to summer sports

  • Summer Olympics

Swimming and gymnastics are the biggest winners and modern pentathlon the biggest loser in the new revenue distribution framework finalised by members of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) here this week.

increased by just under eight per cent, from 26 to 28, through the addition to the Olympic programme of golf

£10.1 million/€14.1 million) each.Modern pentathlon, which has been bracketed with the two newcomers, golf


Newly elected European Athletics President gives backing to European Sports Championships concept

  • Berlin and Glasgow 2018

Svein Arne Hansen, the newly-elected President of European Athletics, has claimed he is fully supportive of the model for the 2018 European Sports Championships, which will be held in Glasgow and Berlin.

athletes will take part in events in Glasgow, which will host cycling, rowing, swimming, triathlon and golf

into the International Federation’s orbit.Related storiesApril 2015: Exclusive: Innovative mixed-team golf


Exclusive: Innovative mixed-team golf to feature at 2018 European Sports Championships

  • Berlin and Glasgow 2018

An innovative mixed-team golf event is set to feature on the programme of the 2018 European Sports Championships

ahead as expected, bringing together men and women in a unique professional format.Although mixed-team golf

Sports Championships together with the guys that own the concept, we were really committed to having a golf

World Championships, seven European Championships, including matches during Euro 2020, and five major golf

as the European Eventing Championships, tennis' Davis Cup, and the men's and women's British Open in golf

claims to have developed the strongest ever example of a Commonwealth Games events legacy.Mixed-team golf