Opener Alastair Cook made an unbeaten 66 as England reached 142-3 in the two-day tour match with a South Africa Invitation side before rain ended play.The Essex left-hander reached fifty from 96 balls with his seventh boundary and went on to hit 10
Lee Westwood has been rewarded for a fine season by being named the European Tour's golfer of the year for 2009.The 36-year-old wins the award for the third time after ending up as Europe's number one with victory at the Dubai World Championship las
The new European Tour season, which starts in South Africa on Thursday, will feature six new tournaments.The campaign will have a minimum of 47 tournaments and will once again end with the Dubai World Championship, in November 2010. The six new tour
Former PGA champion Scott Drummond fired a birdie at the very last hole to regain a European Tour card at the qualifying school in Spain on Thursday.The 35-year-old Scot was one of 156 players at the PGA Catalunya, with 31 earning cards for next yea
Herman Van Rompuy is making the rounds of the EU capitals in his role as the European Council's newly-appointed full-time president. The Belgian former prime minister, due to assume his EU duties on January 1, said during his visit to Finland that i
JERUSALEM - Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is to visit Greece, Russia and Ukraine this week to present Israel's case in the Middle East peace process after a joint cabinet meeting in Germany, his office said on Sunday. He will make the case tha
SYDNEY - Pop star Robbie Williams on Wednesday ruled out any quick return to touring, fearing his inbuilt drug addiction could strike at any time. Williams, in Australia as he pursues his comeback, blamed his last major tour for landing him in re
Somerset captain Marcus Trescothick has told BBC Sport he is unsure whether to travel abroad with his club again after his aborted trip to India in October.The ex-England opener had a recurrence of his stress-related illness during the Champions Lea
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