 | Rory McIlroy new world No 1 RORY McIlroy won the US PGA
Tour´s Honda Classic on Sunday,
holding off a hard-charging Tiger
Woods to claim golf´s world
number one ranking.
Northern Ireland´s McIlroy
carded a one-under par 69 for
12-under 268, keeping his nerve
after Woods ...
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| | Let Tendulkar decide when
to retire, say former players |
 FORMER Indian captain
Kapil Dev´s view that Sachin
Tendulkar should have retired
from ODI cricket after the
World Cup on Monday evoked
sharp reactions from former
cricketers who said that he was
still the "main player" of the
team and should be allowed to
decide when to retire.
Tendulkar´s poor form with
the bat during the tour of
Australia had prompted Kapil
to suggest that the champion
batsman should give up one
form of the game to prolong
his Test career.
However, there were other
cricketers who felt that
Tendulkar could still contribute
in the shorter format of
the game and calls for his
retirement are not warranted.
"Leave Sachin alone ... | | | Sokhi lucky winner at
AmCham golf tourney |
 MONINDER Sokhi of
Bechtel emerged the lucky
winner at the second Annual
Golf Tournament, organised
by the American Chamber of
Commerce in Qatar
(AmCham), a non-profit
organisation dedicated to
fostering mutual cooperation
and understanding
between Qatar and the
United States through trade,
commerce and investment.
The event was held at the
Doha Golf Club on Sunday
and AmCham Qatar members
and executives from the
Qatar business community
participated. As many as 20
companies, highlighted by
Platinum sponsors Chevron,
Commercialbank Qatar,
ExxonMobil and Qatargas,
had sponsored the one-day
golf tournament.
At the closing ceremony ... | | | Abramovich likely to mend
fences with Mourinho |
 ROMAN Abramovich could
be set to make his peace with
Jose Mourinho after the former
Chelsea boss was
installed among the
favourites to take charge at
Stamford Bridge next season
following Andre Villas-Boas´s
dismissal.
Abramovich axed Villas-
Boas on Sunday less than 24
hours after a 1-0 defeat at
West Bromwich Albion left
the Blues languishing in fifth
place in the Premier League.
Former Chelsea midfielder
Roberto Di Matteo, who had
been working as Villas-Boas´s
assistant, has been named as
interim manager until the
end of the season.
Di Matteo will hope to
avoid an embarrassing FA
Cup fifth round replay exit
against Championship club ... | |
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