GOLF – By Tony Bennett
Greenside pitching IF YOU are more than four or five metres from the edge of the green, then you will likely have to play a greenside pitch. The difference between
European cups
Nearly there IN THE second qualifying round of the Champions League, Hearts, Dynamo Kiev, Fenerbahçe, Steaua Bucharest and Dynamo Zagreb all scored convincing first-leg victories that should see them safely
England
Big moves AT BOARDROOM level, the battle for control at Aston Villa has turned into a three-way tug of war. Early favourite, American billionaire, Randy Lerner has seen his first approach
Algarve Shorts
On the rocks PRAIA DA Rocha will see two major sports spectacles on its golden sands during the coming month. From August 15 to 20, the beach football ‘Mundialito’(Mini-World Cup)
Comment – By Skip Bandele
Supermen or Chemical Brothers? IF THE drug-related exclusion of several top riders including pre-Tour de France favourites, Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso, and the persistent shadow hanging over the now
DAVIS CUP
Eastbourne cliffhanger A NEW-look Great Britain team, missing both its traditional standard bearers in Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski, was brought to its knees by lowly Israel on England’s south
premiership
Swings and roundabouts THE FIRST high profile managerial casualty has already occurred in the Premiership with the start of the new season still over two weeks away. Controversial Aston Villa
international
Managing on BRAZIL MANAGER, Carlos Alberto Parreira, became the 17th national boss to lose his job after the World Cup, and a successor is not in sight. He followed the
TOUR DE FRANCE
Lazarus in dreamland FLOYD LANDIS came back from the dead to emerge from the huge shadow cast by his now retired compatriot, Lance Armstrong. The American Phonak team rider entered
The chipping game
One of the least appreciated skills in golf is the basic chip shot from just off the edge of the green. Watch most top players and you will witness the

