US PGA Championship 2025: Scottie Scheffler wins by six strokes after holding off Jon Rahm challenge
An emotional Scottie Scheffler held off the rejuvenated Jon Rahm to convert his 54-hole lead into a maiden US PGA Championship title. While the winning margin of five strokes suggest his third major was a formality, a different story threatened to unfold at Quail Hollow. Scheffler began three shots ahead and five clear of Rahm,...
The final day of this County Championship match at Emirates Old Trafford looks set for an intriguing finish after Lancashire had ended the third evening on 141-6 in their second innings, giving them a lead of 285 and an opportunity to set Derbyshire a target early on the final day. Brooks Guest’s 77 had helped...
Centuries from Emilio Gay, Ollie Robinson and Graham Clark put Durham in a strong position on a record-breaking day in their County Championship match with Nottinghamshire. Gay and Robinson dominated the morning session as they pushed Durham beyond Nottinghamshire’s total, with Gay notching up a second consecutive home century. Robinson was then joined by Clark...
Northants fought hard throughout day three after starting 190 runs behind with three wickets already down. Captain Procter again dug in, but it was James Sales who dominated the stand of 53 as he took three boundaries in an over off the usually economical Timm van der Gugten. Sales, on 35, edged through to Chris...
Gloucestershire called the shots on day three of the County Championship match against Kent at the Seat Unique Stadium to raise the prospect of a first home win in three seasons. The home side posted 516 to establish a useful first-innings lead of 92 courtesy of hundreds from Cameron Green and James Bracey, who scored...
Lewis Gregory led from the front with a brilliant 89 not out as Somerset completed a five-wicket win over Sussex in their County Championship match at the Cooper Associates Ground in Taunton. Set just 150 to win on a benign pitch, the hosts reached their target in an additional half hour to the scheduled day’s...
Jonny Bairstow made a belligerent 64 not out and James Wharton an excellent 67 but Yorkshire are still facing defeat against Surrey at the Kia Oval. Surrey took three wickets late on day three to underline their complete dominance in a County Championship match they will expect to bring them a second win of the...
Three wickets apiece for seamers Logan van Beek and Ben Green set up Leicestershire’s first red-ball victory at Lord’s in 45 years, flattening Middlesex to strengthen their position as County Championship Division Two front-runners. Van Beek took 3-28 – including two wickets in as many balls – while Green’s 3-32 also played a pivotal role...
Hampshire hit back from last week’s thrashing by Nottinghamshire in emphatic style with an 89-run County Championship win over Warwickshire inside three days at Edgbaston. Set a target of 310, Warwickshire were all out for 220, unpicked by seamers James Fuller (5-56) and Kyle Abbott (3-44 and 8-91 in the match). Alex Davies (66) and...
Matthew Waite’s career best figures propelled Worcestershire to a rampant three-day victory over Essex in the County Championship The home side rallied to 134 all out at New Road, with Ethan Brookes’ valuable 38, the standout knock, setting Essex 336 to win the game. The visiting side were blown away as figures of 6-19 from...
Until Scheffler’s late flourish, the top of the leaderboard was tightly contested for so long during an enthralling day in North Carolina, with the lead fluctuating wildly and at one stage, five players sharing top spot. Overnight leader Jhonattan Vegas began the day two clear but his lead was eroded by bogeys on his first...
Ben Foakes maintained his fine form with the bat by hitting 86 to fashion a solid Surrey lead in their County Championship encounter with Yorkshire at the Kia Oval. Foakes, who hit a career-high 174 not out against Warwickshire earlier this week, followed it up with another vital knock to guide the home side to...
Lees went to his fifty soon after, with the milestone coming from 96 deliveries and he was joined in the middle by England Lions man Ben McKinney, who looked good in the early stages of his innings. McKinney continued to underline his attacking intentions as he plundered a McCann ball straight down the ground to...
Leicestershire were initially bogged down as the new ball regularly whistled past both edges of the bat. Sol Budinger opted to counter-attack, depositing one from Dane Paterson over mid-on for six, but the former South African international reaped rapid vengeance, bowling him with a beauty which clipped off-stump. Toby Roland-Jones came on as the day’s...
Cameron Green demonstrated true grit in scoring a much-needed hundred to extricate Gloucestershire from a spot of bother on day two against Kent. Reduced to 139-4 in reply to Kent’s first-innings 424, Gloucestershire were indebted to their overseas hired hand, who registered a battling 102 not out from 150 balls with 12 fours and a...