VERSAILLES (AFP) -- The route for the Paris-Nice eight-day bike race unveiled on Tuesday, Dec. 12, has the added draw of resembling more than ever a mini Tour de France, which also ends on the Riviera in 2024 so as to avoid the Olympic Games in Paris. Tour de France general director Christian...
Wesley So delivered a performance to remember as he slew World No. 1 and former world champion Magnus Carlsen, 2-1, in their Armageddon duel in the fifth round of the Champions Chess Tour Finals in Toronto, Canada on Tuesday, Dec. 12. Grandmaster Wesley So currently leads the Champions Chess Tour...
HONG KONG (AFP) -- World number five Andrey Rublev will begin his 2024 season at the Hong Kong Open when the ATP Tour returns to the city for the first time in more than 20 years, organizers said on Tuesday, Dec. 5. Russia's Andrey Rublev (AFP) The 26-year-old Russian will be joined by Grand Slam...
LILLE (AFP) -- Tour de France organizers unveiled the first three stages of the 2025 edition on Thursday, Nov. 30, with race director Christian Prudhomme saying it was tailor-made for the sprinters. Tour de France general director Christian Prudhomme (AFP) After hilly stages in 2020, 2021, 2023 and...
BORONGAN CITY – Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda here said that their hosting of the fourth leg of the NextGen Pilipinas Surfing National Tour helped raise the popularity of this city as a surfing site and gave pride to the people. AGDA (FB) "The impact of this surfing competition in Borongan is...
BRISBANE (AFP) -- Spaniard Joel Moscatel Nachshon fired a remarkable eight-under-par 63 on his DP World Tour debut on Thursday, Nov. 23, to lead the Australian PGA Championship, but defending champion Cameron Smith had a round to forget. Australia's Cameron Smith (AFP) In front of big galleries at...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Jordan Spieth was selected to replace Rory McIlroy as a player director on the PGA Tour Policy Board considering a Saudi-backed merger deal, tour commissioner Jay Monahan announced on Monday, Nov. 20. United States' Jordan Spieth (AFP) Spieth, a 30-year-old American and...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Sweden's Ludvig Aberg closed out a sensational rookie season with his first US PGA Tour title on Sunday, Nov. 19, firing a nine-under-par 61 for a four-shot victory over Mackenzie Hughes in the RSM Classic. Ludvig Aberg of Sweden poses for a photo with the trophy after winning The...
MIAMI (AFP) -- South Korea's Amy Yang claimed the biggest victory of her career on Sunday, Nov. 19, outdueling Japan's Nasa Hataoka down the stretch to win the LPGA Tour Championship in Florida. Amy Yang of Korea poses with the CME Globe trophy after winning the CME Group Tour Championship at...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Alison Lee of the United States fired a blistering eight-under-par 64 to vault into a share of the lead at the halfway stage of the LPGA Tour Championship on Friday, Nov. 17. United States' Alison Lee (AFP) World number 27 Lee followed up her first-round 66 by rattling in nine...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Sweden's Ryder Cup sensation Ludvig Aberg grabbed a one-shot lead at the RSM Classic on Friday, Nov. 17, a bogey-free round of six-under putting him in position to strike for a first US PGA Tour title. Sweden's Ryder Cup sensation Ludvig Aberg (AFP) A birdie at the 18th hole on the...
MIAMI (AFP) -- China's Yin Ruoning shook off her pre-round doubts to fire nine birdies in a nine-under-par 63 on Thursday, Nov. 16, and share the LPGA Tour Championship first-round lead with Japan's Nasa Hataoka. China's Yin Ruoning (AFP) Hataoka also nabbed nine birdies without a bogey on a...
