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Amateur shares Open lead at St Andrews but Spieth poised to strike for historic third consecutive major victory

  • Golf

Irish Amateur Paul Dunne will go into the final round of The 144th Open tomorrow as the joint leader but American Jordan Spieth will start as the favourite after he finished his weather-affected third round only one shot off the lead. 

under par 204 with Australian Jason Day and South Africa's 2010 Open champion Louis Oosthuizen after shooting

"I'm well capable of shooting the score that I need to win if everyone else doesn't play their best."


Australia and New Zealand participation in 2015 Pacific Games praised for raising quality of event

  • Port Moresby 2015 News

Pacific Games Council (PGC) executive director Andrew Minogue has hailed the participation of Australia and New Zealand at at the 15th edition of the event, which finished here yesterday. 

“I think they have an amazing legacy for the future.”Glen Kable's shooting gold was one of 33 titles

competition, winning both men’s and women’s crowns, while they also enjoyed a high level of success in shooting


Pereira breaks all-time Pan American Games medals record on day of Brazilian and American success

  • Toronto 2015

Yane Marques hung on for a thrilling women's modern pentathlon victory today at Toronto 2015 on a night where Brazil's Thiago Pereira equalled - and then broke - the all-time record for medals at the Pan American Games.

A strong running performance from the 31-year-old, however, was let down by several shooting errors,

“I wasted time on shooting, I made a mistake on the first and last lap but everything I did was enough


Alvarez runs out of time before recovering to complete Toronto 2015 archery double

  • Toronto 2015

Mexico's Luis Alvarez recovered superbly from a near-calamitous mistake in the fourth set to claim gold in the Pan American Games archery final today after Kathuna Lorig, the American who trained Hunger Games actress Jennifer Lawrence to use a bow, won the women's title.

successive nines were shot before Alvarez sealed the set with a perfect 10, with the 24-year-old then shooting

2015: Peruvian Olympic Committee secretary general secures Rio 2016 slot with shock Pan American Games shooting


Redemption for Overholt as teenager secures stunning swimming gold at Toronto 2015

  • Toronto 2015

Canada's Emily Overholt recovered superbly from the blow of being disqualified after initially finishing first last night at the Pan American Games by storming to a superb victory in the 400 metres freestyle here on an evening in which Bahamas claimed gold and two Caribbean nations secured maiden medals.

nbsp;Peruvian Olympic Committee secretary general secures Rio 2016 slot with shock Pan American Games shooting



Australia secure four taekwondo golds as New Caledonia monopolise squash medals on day 12 of Port Moresby 2015

  • Port Moresby 2015 News

Australia produced their best performance of Port Moresby 2015 so far as they claimed four women’s taekwondo Pacific Games gold medals at the Taurama Aquatic and Indoor Centre today, while New Caledonia dominated the squash events at the Steamships Racquets Club.

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Brazilian Pereira becomes most successful athlete in Pan American Games swimming history

  • Toronto 2015

Brazil’s Thiago Pereira became the most successful athlete in the history of Pan American Games swimming here today, winning his 20th and 21st all-time medals to move above compatriot Gustavo Borges in the all-time stakes,

nbsp;Peruvian Olympic Committee secretary general secures Rio 2016 slot with shock Pan American Games shooting


Fiji at the double in Pacific Games lawn bowls competition

  • Port Moresby 2015 News

Fiji claimed two of the four gold medals available in today’s lawn bowls finals, winning the men’s singles and women’s triples titles at the Bisini Sports Grounds.

share Port Moresby 2015 powerlifting spoilsJuly 2015: Pacific Games history made as Fiji's Kable claims shooting


Black and Calvo Moreno scoop double Toronto 2015 gold on final day of artistic gymnastics

  • Toronto 2015

Canada's Ellie Black and Colombia's Jossimar Calvo Moreno secured double gold on the final day of artistic gymnastics competition here today, to end their participation at the 2015 Pan American Games with three gold medal each.

nbsp;Peruvian Olympic Committee secretary general secures Rio 2016 slot with shock Pan American Games shooting



Comeback kings Canada claim last gasp win in Toronto 2015 rugby sevens thriller

  • Toronto 2015

With seven seconds left in the rugby sevens final here, Harry Jones muscled his way over the line to score a gold medal winning try and cap a remarkable day of comebacks for his team, as well as a second successive day packed to the rafters with home success at the Pan American Games.

two gold medals were won in cross country mountain biking as well as further victories in diving and shooting


Papua New Guinea seal Pacific Games rugby league nines title as Guam end long wait for basketball gold at Port Moresby 2015

  • Port Moresby 2015 News

Hosts Papua New Guinea lived up their favourites billing as they cruised to Pacific Games rugby league nines gold with a commanding 38-10 victory over Samoa at the Sir John Guise Stadium on the eighth day of action at Port Moresby 2015.

share Port Moresby 2015 powerlifting spoilsJuly 2015: Pacific Games history made as Fiji's Kable claims shooting


Cook Islands continue medal rush as four nations share Pacific Games spoils at Port Moresby 2015

  • Port Moresby 2015 News

Cook Islands built on their maiden Port Moresby 2015 crown by adding double sailing gold to their overall medal tally as four nations bagged two titles on the busiest day of action at this year’s Pacific Games here today.

enthralling day of action at the 15th Pacific Games came thanks to Chen Pao in the shotgun individual points shooting

share Port Moresby 2015 powerlifting spoilsJuly 2015: Pacific Games history made as Fiji's Kable claims shooting


Both World Championship finalists beaten as Guo claims Gwangju 2015 taekwondo title

  • Gwangju 2015

China's two-time Asian Games champion Guo Yunfei won a high quality women's under 67 kilogram taekwondo competition today at the Summer Universiade in Gwangju, overcoming the gold and silver medal winners from May's World Championships in the process.

25.77sec to win the 3,000m steeplechase.Elsewhere, Italy's Andrea Vescovi enjoyed a profitable day on the shooting

range, winning the double trap title before helping his nation to the team crown.China also won two shooting