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/ 11 February 2006
Shaun White, the United States teen redhead known as ”The Flying Tomato”, is the man to beat for the Turin Olympic halfpipe title, but top rivals are set to unleash a new trick that could grab the gold. Sunday’s snowboard showdown promises high-flying excitement measured in thrills and cheers just as the riders’ tricks are measured in rotation degrees and frontside or backside spins.
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/ 29 December 2005
Tiger Woods makes the turn on Friday onto the back side of 30, celebrating his landmark birthday with 10 major titles and a fighting chance at surpassing Jack Nicklaus’ career record in the next decade. World number one Woods, in the midst of a six-week break until late January, has practically owned the golf world since turning professional in 1996, a decade of dominance unmatched in the history of golf
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/ 27 September 2005
Tiger Woods and his fellow United States golfers proved they have passion for playing as a team, winning the Presidents Cup in dramatic fashion to boost the event’s status compared to the Ryder Cup. Chris DiMarco’s dramatic birdie putt on the 18th hole to beat Australian Stuart Appleby one-up on Sunday gave the US men an 18-and-a-half — 15 and-a-half victory, the first by a US PGA squad in a team event since the 2000 Presidents Cup.
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/ 26 September 2005
United States golfers reclaimed sole possession of the Presidents Cup, but South Africa’s Retief Goosen brought world number one Tiger Woods to his knees with a singles victory on Sunday. Fifth-ranked Goosen’s two and one triumph over the 10-time major champion gave the global squad its first singles victory, but it was not enough to rally the Internationals.
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/ 21 September 2005
Tiger Woods is likely to receive the Presidents Cup pairings he seeks this week with Jim Furyk and Fred Couples and David Toms is fit and ready to play, United States captain Jack Nicklaus said on Tuesday. Woods, the Masters and British Open champion, played a practice round with Couples on Tuesday at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, where 12-man US and International squads begin their biennial matches on Thursday.
A day-long drama over whether or not Tiger Woods could make the cut at the PGA Championship ended in spectacular fashion on Friday with a last-hole birdie sending the superstar into the weekend. The Masters and British Open champion risked missing the cut to attempt a birdie-eagle finish on Baltusrol Golf Club’s only par-five holes.
Tiger Woods has shattered any notion of a golfing ”Big Five” with an overwhelming season that even his top rivals admit has proven Woods’ supremacy in the sport. The 29-year-old American superstar won the Masters and British Open titles, putted poorly and settled for second at the US Open and could capture his 11th career major crown on Sunday at the 87th PGA Championship.
Former undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is making a boxing comeback less than three weeks before his 39th birthday with only one goal — reclaiming global heavyweight supremacy. Tyson portrayed himself as a more mature man and fighter on Tuesday in his first pre-fight public comments.
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/ 24 February 2005
International Olympic Committee (IOC) members received finance and security assurances for New York’s 2012 Olympic bid on Wednesday, as well as a videotaped pledge of support from United States President George Bush. A 13-person IOC evaluation committee heard Bush vow full backing for the ,6-billion bid in the third day of private meetings.
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/ 18 September 2004
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson produced the impressive start United States captain Hal Sutton was seeking at the 35th Ryder Cup. Unfortunately for the Americans, the dysfunctional duo helped give the European team the greatest first-day lead in Ryder Cup history, a 6,5-1,5 edge with holders Europe needing only 14 points to retain the trophy.