Exactly 10 years on since he first caught the eye at the tournament by finishing as the best amateur, the 29-year-old conquered Augusta National, becoming the first Asian player to don the famous Green Jacket. Leading by four strokes after the first three rounds, Matsuyama carded a 1-over-par 73 on Sunday, finishing one shot ahead of American rookie Will Zalatoris and two clear of Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele....
A disappointing derby defeat to Manchester City has left the Red Devils 11 points adrift of their ‘noisy neighbours’ in the battle for English top-flight supremacy. As Jose Mourinho’s side endured a potentially costly setback, Pep Guardiola’s team maintained momentum in the midst of a record-breaking run of 15 successive victories. Many have already crowned City as champions for 2017-18, but Mata believes that anything is still possible if United can remain focused and negotiate the hectic festive period unscathed....
Leaders Man City lost on Monday night at Stamford Bridge which breathed new life in to the title race. United returned to form last week with the 4-1 thrashing of Wolves at Old Trafford, which saw Wayne Rooney and Nani return to form with two goals each. MUFC are now on a 6 game unbeaten run. QPR come into the game off the back of a 1-0 defeat to Liverpool....
However, the pecking order in which they appear on people’s list of favourites does vary. Rafael Nadal is a 12-time Roland Garros champion and the heavy favorite in Paris every year. But this year, due to the pandemic and his lack of match practice, he is not as overwhelming a favorite as he usually is. Even Mats Wilander, a three-time champion at Roland Garros, is predicting a much tougher challenge for the Spaniard in 2020....
That Gaetz asked for a blanket pardon in the final weeks of the Trump administration was first reported by The New York Times in April 2021, and was later confirmed by several witnesses during the House Jan. 6 committee’s investigation into the Capitol riots. Multiple former Trump administration officials testified under oath that the Florida congressman did ask the then-president for a blanket pardon in 2021. However, as the MSNBC host pressed him over the allegation on The Beat With Ari Melber on Monday, Gaetz denied ever asking for a pardon....
Hardy did not appear on this week’s RAW and replied on the aforementioned fan’s tweet by giving the reason behind his absence. Hardy wrote that trending at #3 was unfortunately not enough to get him booked for this week’s RAW episode. However, The Woken One added that he is staying ready and believes that his phone could ring at any time and attached a video of himself doing jumping-jacks on a trampoline....
Harvey, who has had 10 appearances with Los Angeles, has been dealing with a back injury he said he didn’t disclose to the team. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN “It was me being stubborn, trying to fight through things,” he told reporters over the weekend. “Clearly, I couldn’t work through it. It was affecting my performance.” Harvey is coming off one of the worst starts of his seven-year career....
“After giving it time to develop, we didn’t see Matt fitting in,” Reds president Dick Williams said (per cincinnati.com). “We wanted to give him the opportunity to help another team.” Kemp was on the 10-day injured list with a broken rib and hadn’t played since April 21. But despite his injury, he had limited success with the squad batting .200 with one home run and five RBIs in 60 at-bats with the team....
Johnson has a comfortable lead in the Sprint Cup standings and, barring a major collapse, he will be the 2013 Cup champion, winning his sixth title in eight years. Johnson put himself in position thanks to a third-place finish Sunday in the AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. MORE: Kenseth baffled | Harvick wins | Winners & Losers | Phoneix photos The race was dramatic with the struggles of championship contender Matt Kenseth, potential disasters for Johnson, and then Carl Edwards running out of gas on the final lap, handing the lead and the trophy to Kevin Harvick....
On a night when Dellavedova shot 1 of 3 from the field and was a minus-19 in the Cavaliers’ 104-89 defeat, do people seriously believe he was sharp enough to catch Iguodala square in the business while both players were on the move? MORE: Ranking the 17 most important players in the Finals Iguodala, for one, thought so. “You’ve got guys who’ve got to get a little dirty … to make a life and to feed their family,” he said, “so I can only respect that....
Rather than go to the bench with Kasperi Kapanen flying up the left wing, Matthews drove down the middle, received his teammate’s pass and snapped a shot over Buffalo Sabres goalie Linus Ullmark’s left shoulder to seal Toronto’s 4-3 win with three seconds on the clock in overtime Tuesday night. “Lucky to get it off with a little bit of time remaining,” said Matthews, who scored twice and added an assist to give him five goals and seven points in three games since returning to the lineup....
The 10-foot tiger shark was reported in the waters facing the Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort on Wednesday morning by a stand-up paddle boarder, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) confirmed in a post to its official Facebook account. Ocean safety officers who surveyed the area reported “the possible sighting of three tiger sharks of at least ten feet in length” and “at least one shark had been aggressively following a group of stand-up paddle boarders who attempted to fend it off with their paddles,” the Hawaii DLNR confirmed....
Pochettino urged Spurs fans not to worry after reports listed him as a candidate to replace the sacked Stefano Pioli at San Siro for next season, with Inter ready to spend big. The 45-year-old’s stock continues to rise after guiding Tottenham to a second-place finish in his third season at the club in 2016-17. But Pochettino stressed he is far from finished at Spurs and also rejected claims there is a buy-out clause in his contract....
The Mavericks are in the market for a new head coach, and while the options on the current hoops landscape aren’t entirely intriguing, ESPN’s Marc Stein reports that current Lakers assistant Jason Kidd is a “prime candidate” for the job. To make matters more interesting, speaking with ESPN’s Tim MacMahon, former-Mavs-now-Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle offered a public endorsement of Kidd for the head coaching job on Tuesday: Kidd had a few head-coaching stops in the league: He spent a single year in Brooklyn coaching the Nets, followed by 3 1/2 seasons in Milwaukee before being fired mid-season in 2018....
The weekend started with slightly colorful language in the first free practice by Yuki Tsunoda as he complained about traffic and it ended with him pulling off a last-lap move over Lance Stroll in his Aston Martin to secure a ninth-place finish in his first race in Formula 1. Recapping the race, Tsunoda revealed it was the last stint in the race where he felt most comfortable. “The last stint I think was the best one for me, also in tire management,” he said....
For three decades, knowing the state of the economy was enough to know who would win. Yet here’s George W. Bush defying conventional wisdom. In most national polls he leads Al Gore, who–assuming the standard political advantages of a flourishing economy–ought to sweep to victory. By and large, Americans aren’t giving Gore much credit for the boom. A recent Washington Post/ABC poll asked which candidate people “trusted” more to handle the economy....
His consistency helped him earn a content creator’s spot in the renowned esports organization Team XO. BGMI ID and IGN of BGMI pro and YouTuber Mayur Gaming Mayur’s sheer determination, hard work, and consistency in BGMI streams have influenced many players and helped him garner a huge fan following. Fans can use his ID - 5119050555, or his in-game name (IGN) - XoMayurGaming (Xo in his IGN stands for the organization he is a part of, Team XO), to find his profile....
In the end, it’s “Money” that stands atop the boxing world, once again. LOOK: Must-see photos from Mayweather-McGregor fight It was unlike anything we’ve seen in the past, and it’s safe to say that it far exceeded the expectations of many fight fans across the world. For one night — at least, and probably only — Mayweather is the “savior” and hero of boxing. MORE: Who predicted the fight correctly, who got it wrong?...
