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Chile's Pereira leads PGA Championship by three shots with one round to go

  • Golf

Unheralded Chilean Mito Pereira holds a three-shot lead with 18 holes remaining at the Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) Championship in Oklahoma, with halfway leader Will Zalatoris enduring a tough third round.

winning this event last year.Mickelson, also American, is not defending his title as his break from golf



Pacific Mini Games organisers issue last call for volunteers

  • Pacific Games News

Organisers of the Pacific Mini Games on the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI) have issued a final call for volunteers.

month away, due to run from June 17 to 25.There are nine sports on the programme - baseball, badminton, golf


Exclusive: Sörenstam buoyant on golf’s Olympic future despite breakaway tour looming

  • Golf

Annika Sörenstam, President of the International Golf Federation (IGF) has expressed confidence in the

commissioner Jay Monahan is chair of the IGF Board, is seeking to head off the proposed new Saudi-backed LIV Golf

Rankings where the IGF utilises the official world golf rankings to determine eligibility," she told

to state if any possible impact on athlete participation in Paris can be caused by any alternative golf

But Sörenstam remains very optimistic about the Olympic prospects for golf, starting with the Paris 2024

I’m confident this trend will continue as golf further establishes itself in the Olympics."


History-maker Sörenstam playing challenging new game as IGF President

  • The Big Read

On this day in 2003, Annika Sörenstam became the first woman in 58 years to play the PGA Tour - an honour previously accorded to sporting polymath Babe Zaharias, winner of two golds and a silver in athletics at the 1932 Olympics.

In that same year of 2003 Sörenstam, who succeeded Peter Dawson as President of the International Golf

time she retired in 2008 she had amassed 10 major titles, and 72 victories on the Ladies Professional Golf

I fear now that golf might not survive beyond its two-Games cycle.

Rankings where the IGF utilises the official world golf rankings to determine eligibility."

I’m confident this trend will continue as golf further establishes itself in the Olympics."




World's best golfers descend on Southern Hills for PGA Championship as Mickelson remains absent

  • Golf

The world’s best golfing stars are set to descend on Southern Hills Country Club for the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) Championship as they seek to claim the crown from absent defending champion Phil Mickelson.

last year aged 50 years, 11 months and seven days.The US’ six-time major champion stepped away from golf

Championship title at Southern Hills in Tulsa ©Getty Images“I mean, he's a big draw for the game of golf

for someone to take his title in Oklahoma.The tournament was due to be played at the Trump National Golf



Vietnam gymnast earns home gold at Southeast Asian Games

  • Southeast Asian Games

Vietnam's Ngoc Xuan Thieng Dang earned men’s pommel horse gold on the third day of competition at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.

Phuong Pham and Singapore’s Nadine Joy Nathan completing the podium.The men’s and women’s individual golf

competitions concluded at the Heron Lake Golf Course.A three-hole playoff was required in the men’s

News (@sea_sports_news) May 15, 2022Chang became Malaysia’s maiden Southeast Asian Games individual golf



Norman hits back as PGA Tour denies players waivers for first LIV tournament

  • Golf

The PGA Tour has denied permission for its players to take part in the Saudi-backed LIV Golf International

Tour members are not authorized to participate in the Saudi Golf League's London event under our Regulations

The event has been organised by Australian golfer Greg Norman, a double Open champion who became LIV Golf

©Getty Images"Sadly, the PGA Tour seems intent on denying professional golfers their right to play golf

the golfers who had wanted to play.Greg Norman releases statement after PGA Tour denies players LIV Golf

We will continue to give players options that promote the great game of golf globally."


Ponce Juarez wins first athletics gold of Deaflympics in women's 10,000 metres

  • Paralympics

Mexico's Lourdes Ponce Juarez claimed the first athletics gold medal of the Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul, triumphing in the women's 10,000 metres.

Taipei's Kao Ya-ju and Liao Juei-yao 16-4 to take bronze.German defending champion John Allen topped men's golf

qualifying, posting rounds of 68 and 69 to finish with 137 at the Golf Club Caxias do Sul.Compatriot



Philip Barker: Maradona's shirt sale and amazing tales from the world of sporting collectors

  • Inside the Blogs

The record breaking sale of a jersey worn by the late Diego Maradona for £7.1 million ($8.9 million/€8.4 million) has once again demonstrated the astonishing demand for sports memorabilia and the eye watering sums it commands.

mixed with others in the player's kit bag.There was also confusion over the contents of Tiger Woods' golf

bag, but that didn't stop the sale of a set of clubs said to be used by him when he dominated golf majors