Good news for Chelsea from Barcelona this week regarding perhaps their best young talent
It seems Barcelona have set their eyes on Marc Andre Ter Stegen and not on-loan Atletico Madrid stopper Thibaut Courtois; which is good news for Chelsea.
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Rory McIlroy cards opening round of 66 to set up stylish end to season
So much for a meaningless event. The theory that Rory McIlroy's claiming of the European Tour's money list before he arrived at the Dubai World Championship would render this tournament irrelevant was unpicked by the man himself. The world No1 carded a first round 66 to lie one shot adrift of the leader, Luke Donald.
Luke Donald says José María Olazábal will be ideal Ryder Cup captain
José María Olazábal's position as Europe's Ryder Cup captain has been given a strong endorsement by a key member of his team, the world No3 Luke Donald.
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The Open 2012: Lee Westwood and Luke Donald can tame the beast
The sun shone brightly over Royal Lytham & St Annes on Wednesday afternoon. Suddenly, the outlook for the 141st Open Championship became infinitely more positive.
US Open 2012: Rory McIlroy and Luke Donald miss cut after horror shows
Golf can be a humbling game, though this is clearly not enough for the masochists who run the US Open. They demand humiliation, complete and in public, and they got it on a Friday of carnage at the Olympic Club in San Francisco which saw the scoring head north and Rory McIlroy head to the airport.
Luke Donald regains world No1 ranking after winning BMW Championship
Major championships are what matter to Luke Donald, winner of the 2012 BMW Championship on Sunday, but the flagship event of the European Tour is hardly a consolation prize. A four-shot win, a £599,000 winner's cheque and a swift return to the top of the world rankings. Yes, it was a good day at the Wentworth office for the Englishman, who will now head west in pursuit of his burning ambition.
Ernie Els rages and Luke Donald thrives on tough Wentworth course
The Ernie Els outburst has become an annual tradition here and it duly arrived on a warm and windy day at the BMW Championship when the scoring headed north and the big man's temper headed south. Only three players broke 70 all day and – guess what? – none of them were the 42-year-old South African whose redesign of Wentworth's West Course a couple of years ago has been about as popular as Angela Merkel at a Greek wedding. Still, Els did a lot better on this day than most, signing for a two-under-par 70. He will begin Sunday's today's final round on five under par, six shots behind the tournament leader, Luke Donald. Not that that upbeat note improved his mood, or his vocabulary.
Rory McIlroy eager to prove rankings don't lie by winning at Wentworth
The world rankings do not lie and neither does Rory McIlroy. Who is the best golfer in the world? "I believe that I am," responded the Northern Irishman with admirable conviction.
Deposed Luke Donald's No1 ambition remains breaking his major duck
Predicting who will win the next major when San Francisco's Olympic Club hosts the US Open is no easy task. The time has passed, it appears, for champions to be instantly identifiable by their world ranking.
Tiger Woods says I'm so close but Luke Donald has no Masters illusions
This public pursuit of perfection is in danger of becoming Tiger Woods's epitaph. At least, it would be if Woods really was as near to making a breakthrough on golf's biggest stages as he would have onlookers believe.
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