LIV can be the IPL of golf, India's top player says
The breakaway LIV series can do for golf what the IPL did for cricket, India's top player Anirban Lahiri has said after joining the lucrative Saudi-backed tour.
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Made in HimmerLand: Tee times, prize money, TV coverage as Luke Donald and Thomas Bjorn tee it up
The DP World Tour makes a trip to Farso this week for the Made in HimmerLand event, with large support expected in Denmark. With the PGA Tour taking a break for a couple of weeks, the DP World Tour takes centre stage — unless, courtesy of LIV Golf, 54-hole shotgun starts in Boston are your thing — and 2018 winner Matt Wallace will be keen to shake off last week's play-off loss at the European Masters.
"LIV Can Be The IPL Of Golf": Anirban Lahiri On Breakaway Series
The breakaway LIV series can do for golf what the IPL did for cricket, India's top player Anirban Lahiri has said after joining the lucrative Saudi-backed tour. The new circuit has sparked a bitter split that threatens to tear golf apart and sparked accusations of "sportswashing" of Saudi Arabia's human rights record. Saudi Arabia has drawn major criticsm over the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and for cracking down on rights activists, many of whom have been jailed or banned from travel.
LIV can be the IPL of golf, says Anirban Lahiri
IPL did for cricket, India's top player Anirban Lahiri has said after joining the lucrative Saudi-backed tour. The new circuit has sparked a bitter split that threatens to tear golf apart and sparked accusations of "sportswashing" of Saudi Arabia's human rights record. Saudi Arabia has drawn major criticsm over the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and for cracking down on rights activists, many of whom have been jailed or banned from travel.
Anirban Lahiri Becomes First Indian To Sign Up With Rebel Liv Golf Tour
Anirban Lahiri has become the first Indian to join the LIV Golf Tour and is set to make his debut on the rebel tour with the event in Boston this week. Lahiri could not be contacted on his big switch to Liv from PGA Tour but is said to be in the field of 48 players to be announced late on Tuesday evening in Boston. Lahiri becomes the first Indian and the first Asian to sign up with Liv Golf. Viraj Madappa played in the opening event after qualifying through an International Series event in Asia.
Venus Williams out of US Open in first round
NEW YORK: The welcome and support for Venus Williams in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday afternoon were not the same as they were for her sister, Serena, a night earlier. Nor was the result. Venus, who turned 42 in June, has not made any pronouncements about her future in tennis, unlike her younger sibling, and while she has been successful and influential, too — a seven-time Grand Slam champion; a Black woman in a predominantly white sport — the fanfare and attention are not the same.
Dybala’s brace propels Mourinho’s Roma atop Serie A
ROME: This was just what Jose Mourinho had in mind when he lured Paulo Dybala to join Roma instead of a host of other suitors.
Southampton inflict fresh misery on ‘soft’ Chelsea
LONDON: Thomas Tuchel urged "soft" Chelsea to toughen up after a shock 2-1 defeat against Southampton plunged his spluttering team into Premier League turmoil on Tuesday. Tuchel's side blew the lead at St Mary's after Raheem Sterling put them ahead midway through the first half. England forward Sterling bagged his third goal in two games with a close-range strike in the 23rd minute.