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,...
England’s Mimi Rhodes maintained her brilliant start to 2025 with her third consecutive Ladies European Tour title at the Dutch Ladies Open. Rhodes, 23, is playing in her first year on the tour and backed up her wins at the Joburg Open in April and the NSW Open in March. A final-round score of 69...
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images JJ took a break from his job at the Vienna State Opera to compete at Eurovision Austrian singer JJ has won the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, after a nail-biting finish that saw him topple Israel from pole position at the very last minute. The 24-year-old, who is...
Despite losing Tammy Beaumont for eight, The Blaze maintained a healthy scoring rate against Surrey, thanks to Jones, Elwiss and Kathryn Bryce who made 56. But the innings was also lit up by a full-length diving catch by keeper Kira Chathli to remove Sarah Bryce for 34, from the bowling of Alexa Stonehouse (2-65). The...
Arsenal midfielder Mariona Caldentey has been named the inaugural Women’s Professional Game’s WSL player of the year, which was voted for by fans. The Spain international scored nine goals and registered five assists in the Women’s Super League this season. She helped Arsenal reach the Women’s Champions League final, where they take on her former...
After taking a tight first set, Raducanu was serving for the match at 5-4 in the second when a resurgent Joint fought back and was able to take the former US Open champion to a tie-break, which the 19-year-old breezed through 7-1. Raducanu then had to regroup for the deciding set and raced into a...
On Tuesday, Colorado lawmakers passed a landmark bill aimed at strengthening protections for transgender people in the state. After the Senate passed the measure, the House quickly approved the amendments, clearing the way for the legislation to be signed into law by the governor. “In a time where trans people are feeling lost, alone, terrorized,...
Scheffler – who pipped Dechambeau to finish fourth behind McIlroy at the Masters – was utterly dominant in his hometown tournament last week, posting rounds of 61, 63, 66 and 63. His aggregate of 253 at TPC Craig Ranch equalled the PGA Tour record. In claiming his 14th tour victory, the 28-year-old Texan was top...
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri won for the fourth time in six races this year as he beat team-mate Lando Norris in an action-packed Miami Grand Prix. Both McLaren drivers fought intense battles with early leader Max Verstappen’s Red Bull as they moved up to the front of the field. Piastri, who started fourth, drove a race...
Durham were bowled out for 216 after morning rain at Chester-le-Street had reduced their match with Somerset to 39 overs per side. Ellie Anderson (3-49) had the hosts wobbling on 49-4 before 89 off 94 balls from captain Hollie Armitage gave the Durham bowlers something to work with, despite Chloe Skelton’s 3-16. Somerset opener Rebecca...
The race started on a wet track, after a 28-minute delay because of the poor conditions. Piastri made a better launch than Antonelli, and was alongside the Mercedes on the approach to the first corner, the position already won. Antonelli claimed Piastri had pushed him off, but in fact ran wide off track on his...
Watch: Three things to know about the Australian election result Labor’s Anthony Albanese has defied the so-called “incumbency curse” to be re-elected Australia’s prime minister in a landslide. Official vote counting won’t finish for days, but Albanese’s centre-left government will dramatically increase its majority after the conservative Liberal-National coalition suffered a thumping defeat nationwide. “Today,...
Field Of Gold, ridden by Kieran Shoemark, was sent off the 11-8 favourite having been an impressive winner of the Craven Stakes over course and distance last month. The grey was bidding to give John Gosden, who now trains alongside son Thady, a first 2000 Guineas winner in an illustrious career. But he could not...
Just days after helping Crystal Palace reach the FA Cup final, Eberechi Eze has celebrated another victory – triumphing in an online chess tournament. The 26-year-old England international pocketed $20,000 (£15,000) in prize money for winning Chess.com’s four-day amateur PogChamps tournament, contested by 12 celebrity content creators and athletes. Eze, who scored in a 3-0...
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