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Olympic and world champion Chad le Clos raced to his second World Cup win of the week on Saturday in Berlin when he claimed the men’s 200m butterfly title. The 21-year-old South African, who shot to fame by beating Michael Phelps in the 200m fly at the 2012 London Olympics, set the event’s short-course world record in Eindhoven (1:49.04) on Wednesday. Le Clos won both the 100 … [Read more...] about Le Clos maintains World Cup golden streak

English: Jim Furyk in 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) With some clutch putting at the end, Jim Furyk headed to the final round of the PGA Championship with a one-shot lead. Furyk shot a 2-under 68 on Saturday at Oak Hill, capped by an 18-foot birdie putt on the tough 17th hole and a gritty putt from the fringe to save par at No. 18. The 43-year-old American pumped his fist … [Read more...] about US Open ghost haunts Furyk as he leads PGA Championship

Phil Mickelson (Photo credit: reedone) Put Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods in the same room and they’d compete for oxygen. That’s why Saturday at the 2013 PGA Championship looked so strange for the two uber-competitors, who played separately but stumbled similarly. Mickelson blew up with an eight-over 78, triple-bogeying the par-four seventh and playing the final five holes in … [Read more...] about Mickelson and Woods in the rough at PGA Championship

English: Usain Bolt at the World Championship Athletics 2009 in Berlin (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Usain Bolt will be expected to bring some razzle-dazzle to the World Championships in Moscow on Sunday in the semifinals and final of the 100 metres. Triple Olympic champion Bolt, who infamously false-started and was disqualified from the final two years ago in Daegu, took no … [Read more...] about Bolt takes aim at semis and final in Moscow

English: Mo Farah during EC Cross 2008 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Mo Farah was the star of the opening day of the World Athletics Championships in Moscow, winning the 10 000 metres to put the seal on his status as the greatest current men’s distance runner and, according to no less an authority than Sebastian Coe, the greatest ever from Great Britain. The presence of Farah and … [Read more...] about Mo Farah greatest British distance runner, says Seb Coe