Golf-Strong field for Singapore Open despite Australia clash (Reuters)
SINGAPORE, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Former world number one Ernie Els will be joined by a host of other major winners in next month’s Singapore Open which has secured a strong field despite clashing with an Australian event headlined by Tiger Woods. The Asian Tour on Tuesday announced the South African duo of Els and Retief Goosen and Americans Jim Furyk and Webb Simpson would participate in the $6 million event in Singapore, also sanctioned by the European Tour. “With such an elite line up of players confirmed and with other marquee names still to be announced it is clear that the Barclays Singapore Open will boast one of its strongest ever international line up of competitors,” an official representing the title sponsors was quoted as saying in a statement. Major winners Phil Mickelson, Graeme McDowell, Padraig Harrington and Y.E. Yang will also tee off in the November 10-13 tournament at the Sentosa Golf Club. Elsewhere in Sydney, former world number one Woods will be joined by home favourites Adam Scott, Geoff Ogilvy, Jason Day and Greg Norman at the Lakes Golf Club for the Australian Open, a PGA Tour of Australia event. (Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Patrick Johnston) Please double click on the newslink: for more golf stories
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Azarenka easily claims Luxembourg title (AP)
LUXEMBOURG (AP)—Seventh-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia advanced to the second round of the Luxembourg Open on Monday when an injured Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain retired while trailing 7-6 (5), 3-6, 3-0. Kirilenko will next meet Iveta Benesova for a place in the quarterfinals after the Czech player rallied to beat Pauline Parmentier of France, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. In other first-round matchesn, Tamira Paszek of Austria defeated Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 6-2, 6-2, and Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain swept past local wild card Anne Kremer 6-0, 6-0.
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Champions Day At Ascot Should See Frankel Crowned
<< OLBG Betting News IndexChampions Day At Ascot Should See Frankel CrownedSaturday 15 October 2011 at 09:25The Whip controversy has created all the wrong headlines for British racing but hopefully British Champions Day at Ascot will go someway to restoring harmony for the sport. £3 million in record prize money will be up for grabs in five QIPCO British Champions Series categories.The highlight of the day is the crowning of Frankel as the wonder horse of the season. Frankel lines up in QE11 and according to OLBG blogger Hogsback "Frankel is a racing certainty
Tom Queally rides for Henry Cecil and Cecil is likely to use Bullet Train as some kind of pace maker to help Frankel smoke the rest of the field. Frankel has been in eight races and won all eight and runs over seven and eight furlongs on soft to good to firm ground. He has won four times so far this year and collected over £800
000 in winnings." Frankel is odds on at around 4/11 with bet 365 and Paddy Power.Refund Offer 85% of OLBG tipsters are with Frankel with very few dissenting voices. Ladbrokes will refund all bets on the horse that comes second if Frankel as expected wins. One horse that may run into second place is the super talented Dick Turpin from the Richard Hannon stable. The horse would have been partnered by Richard Hughes had he not decided to hand his license in after receiving a ban under the new whip regime.To place your bet on the QE11 or any of the Ascot Qipco Champions Day click any of the highlighted bookies above.
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Rams’ Amendola, Fletcher out for year (AP)
ST. LOUIS (AP)—Receiver Danny Amendola(notes) and cornerback Bradley Fletcher(notes) will miss the rest of the season for the winless St. Louis Rams. Fletcher tore a knee ligament in practice Wednesday and Amendola was to have surgery Thursday for the left elbow he dislocated in the season opener. Amendola led the team with 85 receptions last season. The Rams had been hopeful he’d return after the team’s bye week, But he had a setback in his rehab and got a second medical opinion on Wednesday in Dallas. “Initially it might seem like a drop-off, but we expect these guys to step up and play,” coach Steve Spagnuolo said Wednesday in anticipation Amendola would be out for an extended period. “We miss Danny, there is no question about that.” Fletcher was hurt in a collision with wide receiver Mike Sims-Walker(notes), who had what was believed to be a minor shoulder injury. Fletcher is the second cornerback the Rams have lost for the season. Ron Bartell(notes) went on IR after sustaining two fractures in his neck in the opener. The Rams (0-4) have been hard-hit at the position. A third cornerback, Jerome Murphy(notes), was knocked out for the year with an ankle injury in training camp and three others, seventh-round pick Mikail Baker(notes), Dionte Dinkins(notes) and Tim Atchison(notes), are on injured reserve. Cornerback Marquis Johnson(notes) could be returning from the physically unable to perform list after the Oct. 16 game at Green Bay. Johnson has been rehabbing from a knee injury sustained last season. The starters against the Packers could be Justin King(notes), who had an interception last week against Washington, but gave up three touchdown passes the previous week against the Ravens, and 36-year-old Al Harris(notes). Recent pickup Rod Hood(notes) and Josh Gordy(notes), promoted from the practice squad two weeks ago, may get playing time against the Packers. “Well, I think it’s possible,” defensive coordinator Ken Flajole said before the severity of Fletcher’s injury was known. “We’d have to be smart about what we called. “We couldn’t ask them to learn everything that we’ve had in since the beginning of training camp because there’s just too much volume and too short of a time.”
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