"Rookie" Fisher makes Challenge cut after strong finish
LA QUINTA, California (Reuters) – Britain's Ross Fisher stormed home with a birdie-birdie finish to make the cut right on the number in the third round of the Humana Challenge on Saturday and was delighted to qualify for the final round on his PGA Tour 'debut'. The 32-year-old Englishman, competing in his first PGA Tour event as a full member, rolled in an 18-footer at the par-three 17th and then two-putted at the par-five 18th to complete a five-under-par 67. …
USANA Freestyle World Cup - Day 3
LAKE PLACID, NY – JANUARY 19: (EDITORS NOTE: Multiple exposures were combined in camera to produce this image.) Timofel Slivets #19 of Russia jumps in the USANA Freestyle World Cup aerial competition at the Lake Placid Olympic Jumping Complex on January 19, 2013 in Lake Placid, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Golf-'Rookie' Fisher makes Challenge cut after strong finishLA QUINTA, California, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Britain’s Ross Fisher stormed home with a birdie-birdie finish to make the cut right on the number in the third round of the Humana Challenge on Saturday and was delighted to qualify for the final round on his PGA Tour ‘debut’. The 32-year-old Englishman, competing in his first PGA Tour event as a full member, rolled in an 18-footer at the par-three 17th and then two-putted at the par-five 18th to complete a five-under-par 67. …
USANA Freestyle World Cup - Day 3
LAKE PLACID, NY – JANUARY 19: (L-R) Dmitri Dashinski #7 of Belarus (third place) Zongyang Jia #1 of China (first place) and Petr Medulich #23 of Russia (third place) take the podium following the USANA Freestyle World Cup aerial competition at the Lake Placid Olympic Jumping Complex on January 19, 2013 in Lake Placid, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
USANA Freestyle World Cup - Day 3
LAKE PLACID, NY – JANUARY 19: Mengtao Xu #1 of China takes third place with this jump in the USANA Freestyle World Cup aerial competition at the Lake Placid Olympic Jumping Complex on January 19, 2013 in Lake Placid, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
USANA Freestyle World Cup - Day 3
LAKE PLACID, NY – JANUARY 19: (L-R) Lydia Lassila #2 of Australia (second place), Yu Tang #3 of China (first place) and Mengtao Xu #1 of China (second place take the podium after the USANA Freestyle World Cup aerial competition at the Lake Placid Olympic Jumping Complex on January 19, 2013 in Lake Placid, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Goal drought marks slow start to African Nations Cup
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Unseasonably cold temperatures, hours of driving rain, uninspiring football and no goals marked a truly dismal opening day at the African Nations Cup on Saturday. The eagerly-awaited 29th continental tournament, which has grown from humble beginnings in 1957 to an event of global interest, began with a 0-0 draw in a poor game between hosts South Africa hosts and debutants Cape Verde Islands. The opener at Soccer City was followed by a better match between Morocco and Angola at the same stadium but that also finished goalless. …
USANA Freestyle World Cup - Day 3
LAKE PLACID, NY – JANUARY 19: Xin Zhang #6 of China celebrates her jump in the USANA Freestyle World Cup aerial competition at the Lake Placid Olympic Jumping Complex on January 19, 2013 in Lake Placid, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)