Tag: record
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Mickelson grabs golf history, equaling record-low 63
By Larry King TROON, Scotland (Reuters) – Phil Mickelson grabbed a piece of golf history at the British Open on Thursday, capturing a share of the record for the lowest score in a major championship — and coming within fractions of an inch of taking the record outright. Aided by birdies on 10, 14, 16…
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Mickelson grabs golf history, equaling record-low 63
By Larry King TROON, Scotland (Reuters) – Phil Mickelson grabbed a piece of golf history at the British Open on Thursday, capturing a share of the record for the lowest score in a major championship — and coming within fractions of an inch of taking the record outright. Aided by birdies on 10, 14, 16…
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Cricket-Golf’s Rio exodus may hit sport’s Olympic prospects – ICC
High-profile withdrawals of male golfers from next month’s Rio Games might damage cricket’s chances of becoming an Olympic sport, fears the International Cricket Council (ICC). Golf’s return to Olympics for the first time since 1904 has been hit by big-name male withdrawals over health concerns triggered by the outbreak of the Zika virus in Brazil.…
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Zimbabweans suffer "savage" police abuse as anti-Mugabe movement grows
The list of cases recorded by a trauma clinic is detailed and varied – men, women and children whose only fault was being in the wrong place at the wrong time when Zimbabwean police cracked down on a rare outbreak of dissent this month against President Robert Mugabe. “Torture, Torture, Torture, Intimidation, Torture, Torture, Intimidation,…