insert_link Sport Scheffler dominates back nine to win second Masters title World number one Scottie Scheffler captured his second Masters title on Sunday, dominating a back-nine shootout for a four-stroke victory at Augusta National. Scheffler, who also took the green jacket in 2022, won a record $3.6 million top prize after a drama-filled battle with fellow Americans Collin Morikawa and Max Homa and Sweden's Ludvig Aberg, who made an impressive major debut. Scheffler birdied three of the last six […] todayApril 15, 2024 3
insert_link Sport Paris Olympics flame to be lit in its Greek birthplace Nearly 100 days before the 2024 Paris Games open, the Olympic flame will be lit in ancient Olympia Tuesday for a torch relay stretching from the Acropolis to French Polynesia. For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic imposed toned-down events for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 Beijing Winter Games, spectators will be able to attend the torch relay events. Some 600 dignitaries are expected at the […] todayApril 15, 2024 6
insert_link Sport Hofmann, Boniface shine as Leverkusen strike late to beat West Ham Jonas Hofmann and Victor Boniface scored after coming off the bench as Bayer Leverkusen beat West Ham 2-0 at home on Thursday in their Europa League quarter-final first leg. Needing stoppage time winners from Patrick Schick to win both legs of their last 16 tie with Qarabag, Leverkusen were dominant but had failed to break through against the dogged visitors. With 14 minutes remaining, coach Xabi Alonso brought […] todayApril 12, 2024 8
insert_link Sport Liverpool on brink of Europa League exit after Atalanta romp at Anfield Atalanta stunned Anfield as Gianluca Scamacca scored twice in a 3-0 win on Thursday to leave Liverpool with a mountain to climb to reach the Europa League semi-finals. Mario Pasalic added a third seven minutes from time to condemn Liverpool to a first home defeat in all competitions for 14 months. The Reds had been favourites to end the Jurgen Klopp era by completing the German's set of […] todayApril 12, 2024 7
insert_link Sport DeChambeau fires 65 to lead Scheffler by one at Masters Bryson DeChambeau reeled off five birdies in six holes on the back nine Thursday to hold off late-charging world number one Scottie Scheffler for a one-stroke lead at the darkness-halted 88th Masters. DeChambeau, the 2020 US Open winner, fired a seven-under-par 65 for his lowest major round in relation to par while 2022 Masters winner Scheffler made four birdies in five holes on the back nine at Augusta […] todayApril 12, 2024 2
insert_link Sport Leverkusen chase invincibility with Bundesliga title in sight Hosting Werder Bremen on Sunday just one win away from a first Bundesliga title, Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen have their sights set on something even bigger: invincibility. With 24 wins and four draws in the league this season, Leverkusen are on the cusp of going through a Bundesliga season undefeated. Not even the mighty Bayern Munich, who have 33 German titles, have managed an unbeaten season in the […] todayApril 12, 2024 6
insert_link Sport McIlroy sticks to plan in Masters opening round Rory McIlroy vowed to bring discipline, patience and a "boring" approach to his bid to win the one major that has eluded him so far and largely kept to that plan with a one-under 71 in Thursday's first round of the Masters. McIlroy would complete a career grand slam with a Masters victory. "It was OK," McIlroy said. "I held it together well. It was a little scrappy. The […] todayApril 12, 2024 2
insert_link Sport Tiger set for 23-hole major walking test at hilly Masters Tiger Woods will have the chance to make Masters history on Friday at Augusta National, if his surgically repaired legs and back can stand the strain of walking 23 holes. The 15-time major champion stood on one-under par through 13 holes when Thursday's opening round of the 88th Masters was halted by darkness, the start having been delayed more than two hours by morning rain showers. Woods, who […] todayApril 12, 2024 4
insert_link Namibia First Division Stream clubs hunt for round 32 of PstBet NFA cup Namibia’s first-tier clubs in the Northwest and Southern Stream First divisions will face off in the preliminary rounds of the PstBet NFA Cup this weekend, seeking to secure a spot among the competition’s 32 finalists. One of the Namibia Football Association’s (NFA) oldest competitions, which went on hiatus for three years after the last tournament in 2021 when Civics defeated Mighty Gunners 3-1 in the final game in Swakopmund, […] todayApril 12, 2024 24
