December 9, 2023
SYDNEY – Joaquin Niemann mastered the Sydney winds to become the first Chilean winner in 119 years of the Australian Open when he beat Japan’s Rikuya Hoshino in a playoff to lift the Stonehaven Cup on Sunday. Niemann lipped out with a four-foot eagle putt on the first re-run of the 18th but made no
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There are huge galleries in Sydney for the final round of the Australian Open. With the leaders in the men’s and women’s tournaments about to tee off, spectators have lined up along the entire length of the first hole, from tee to green. Lee has a share of the lead with Japan’s Rikuya Hoshino at
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Joburg Open winner Dean Burmesteris also very much in the mix, just two shots back going into the final round. Two rising stars of South African golf, Jayden Schaper and Ryan van Velzen, will go into the final round of the 113th SA Open golf tournament with a one shot lead on Sunday, at nine-under-par.
READ MOREMin Woo Lee made a dramatic birdie on the 18th hole to keep his bid of winning back-to-back titles on track despite a challenging day in the third round of the Australia Open on Saturday. Lee produced a trademark dazzling chip from the bunker and then rolled in for birdie on the par-5 18th to
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Washington – Canadian teen Summer McIntosh clocked a meet-record 3 minutes 59.42 seconds to win the 400m freestyle at the U.S. Open ahead of American distance great Katie Ledecky. McIntosh, a four-time world champion, handed Ledecky her first defeat in the event in a U.S. pool in 11 years, seven-time Olympic gold medalist Ledecky taking
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Casey Jarvis is the best-placed South African after two rounds, but there are other local players also in the mix. For the second day running a player from Sweden leads the way in the SA Open being played at Blair Atholl Country and Equestrian Estate in Lanseria. After Joakim Lagergren grabbed the lead by one
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Melanie Dinjaski is an experienced sports journalist at the Canberra Times with a genuine love of all sports. She’s covered every code from NRL to NFL, and has experience in print, digital, podcasting, TV and video journalism, having spent time working in newsrooms at Nine, Fox Sports and Seven before moving to the capital. Melanie
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Omnichannel eyewear retailer Lenskart is planning to open 300-400 stores in Southeast Asia over the next two years. The company currently has 70 stores in Singapore, and plans to expand into Thailand, followed by the Philippines, cofounder and CEO Peyush Bansal told ET in Helsinki on Thursday. He was in the Finnish capital to attend
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Former champion Christiaan Bezuidenhout looks to have found some form and is just a few shots back ahead of the second round. Rookie South African golfer Casey Jarvis, who only a few weeks ago won his DP World Tour card, led the way for most of the opening day at the SA Open at Blair
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The country’s largest multiplex operator PVR Inox will open 150 screens in the next fiscal with an investment of about Rs 500 crore, a top company official has said. The company, which opened a six-screen luxury cinema at Maison Inox here on Thursday, already runs 118 screens across 23 properties in the megapolis. Overall, including
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