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Thoughts and prayers for the players who only kept full PGA Tour cards without guaranteed access to the signature events. And now the signature events will have $20 million purses (same as LIV) with $4 million to the winner (same as LIV). “How many golf fans actually know what the PIP on the PGA Tour is?” he wrote on Instagram, posting the results for all to see. “There’s 150-200 members of the PGA Tour and they just spent $100 million on 20 players. Lashley wasn’t criticizing the PGA Tour on behalf of everyone, but he’s not a lone voice.

Persons: won’t, Jay Monahan, LIV Golf, LIV, Barbara Nicklaus, Nate Lashley, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, pipping, Woods, McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler, “, ”, Wyndham Clark, Clark, Lashley, Scheffler, Cameron Smith, Lashley wasn’t, he’s, Emiliano Grillo, ” Grillo, you’re, We’ve, Lanto Griffin, ” Griffin, Golfweek, I’ve, It’s, it's, ___ Organizations: Players, FedEx, Saudi, Sports Business, Lashley, PGA, PGA Tour, Wells, U.S ., Ryder, He's, Colonial, Torrey Pines Locations: Rome, Bahamas

☆ Ballon d’Or: Lionel Messi and Aitana Bonmatí win men’s and women’s awards
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( George Ramsay | Patrick Sung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Lionel Messi won a record-extending eighth Ballon d’Or on Monday, while Barcelona and Spain star Aitana Bonmatí won the Ballon d’Or Féminin – the annual soccer awards celebrating the best players in the men’s and women’s game. This [award] is also for you, I share it with you and with all of Argentina.”Barça and Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati receives the Woman Ballon d'Or award during the 2023 Ballon d'Or France Football award ceremony on October 30. “I’m very proud to receive the Ballon d’Or tonight. In both places, I have the best teammates next to me that make me better every day.”Aitana Bonmatí has won the Ballon d'Or Féminin for the first time. Barcelona Femení won Women’s Club of the Year for its standout year, which included three titles – Liga F, the Spanish Super Cup and the Women’s Champions League – and having a roster which included six Ballon d’Or Féminin nominees, including the winner, Bonmatí.

Persons: Lionel Messi, Ballon d’Or, Aitana Bonmatí, Féminin, Messi, Ballon, Erling Haaland, Germain, Kylian, “, I’ve, ”, David Beckham, Aitana, ” Messi, Odd Andersen, Diego Maradona, Diego, Maradona, ” Barça, Aitana Bonmati, Franck Fife, ” Bonmatí, Novak Djokovic, haven’t, ” Aitana Bonmatí, Javier Borrego, Alexia Putellas, Sam Kerr, Bonmatí’s, Salma Paralluelo, Jude Bellingham, Gerd Müller, Stefan Wermuth, Pep Guardiola’s, Barcelona Femení, d’Or Féminin, Bonmatí, Ballon d’Or Lionel Messi, Argentina Ballon, Spain Gerd Müller, Striker, Emiliano Martínez, Socrates, Vinícius Jr Organizations: CNN, Argentina’s, Inter Miami star’s, Manchester City, Paris Saint, Inter Miami, Argentina –, Copa América, Getty, Argentina national, …, Copa, France Football, Barcelona, Liga, League, Wolfsburg, world’s, FC Barcelona, Europa Press, Chelsea, Roja, Bellingham, Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, German, FA, Men’s Club, pipping Inter Milan, Women’s Club, Spanish, Women’s, League –, Norway Yashin, Aston Villa, Argentina Kopa, Real, Brazil Men’s Club, Year Manchester City Women’s Club Locations: Barcelona, Spain, Paris, Argentina, Qatar, Argentine, AFP, Australia, New Zealand, Barça, Spanish, Bellingham, Los, Madrid, El Clásico, Manchester, Istanbul, Bonmatí, Manchester City, Norway, Real Madrid, Brazil

☆ India welcomes MotoGP: Monsoon rains, Bollywood superstars and a mystery monkey
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Jonathan Hawkins | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

First-placed Bezzecchi (C), second-placed Prima Pramac Racing's Spanish rider Jorge Martin (L) and third-placed Monster Energy Yamaha's French rider Fabio Quartararo pose on the podium after the Indian MotoGP Grand Prix. Last year Poncharal says he bumped into Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta, who told him about the potential interest in an Indian MotoGP Grand Prix. As at the G20, the MotoGP race branding also featured the name ‘Bharat,’ rather than India. Bezzecchi is third overall in the championship, 44 points behind Bagnaia after the Indian Grand Prix. “It has been an incredible experience and success for MotoGP to be in India for the first time,” said Ezpeleta.

Persons: India CNN —, Jorge Martin, Fabio Quartararo, Money Sharma, Pramac, Hervé Poncharal, Poncharal, Carmelo Ezpeleta, Prakash Singh, we’ve, Ikjot Singh Bhasin, ” Paolo Ciabatti, “, ” Ciabatti, it’s, ” Poncharal, Herve Poncharal, Jonathan Hawkins, Tissot, Bharat, Marco Bezzecchi, ”, Marc Marquez, Martin, ” Martin, I’m, ” KTM's Jack Miller, Jack Miller, ” Miller, there’s, ” Sebastian Vettel, Andrew Hone, “ I’m, –, Repsol, Suresh Raina, SHARMA, Pecco Bagnaia, Marquez –, Ranveer Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Yogi Adityanath, Bezzecchi, Bagnaia, appreciatively, Yamaha’s Frenchman, ” Ikjot Singh Bhasin, don’t Organizations: India CNN, India CNN — Briefly, Buddh, Circuit, Formula One, Pramac, Energy, Getty, Racing, Prix, CNN Sport, Ducati Lenovo, Buddh Circuit, MotoGP, CNN, Ducati, YouTube, Honda, Sprint, Financial Times, Manufacturers, KTM, Husqvarna, Indian, One, India MotoGP Bharat Locations: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, New Delhi, East, Asia, South America, Kazakhstan, Delhi, Greater Noida, AFP, Yamaha’s, “

Earlier the Bangladesh women's cricket team beat Pakistan in the bronze match to claim the country's first Asian Games medal since 2014 at Incheon, South Korea. Cricket, which has hopes of becoming an Olympic sport, returned to the Asian Games this year after being omitted from the last edition in Indonesia in 2018. The South Korean did not disappoint his legions of fans on Monday, helping his Korean team beat Kazakhstan 1-0 in one of the preliminary matches in the 'League of Legends' category. GROUP PHOTOElsewhere on day two of competition, three North Korean marksmen refused to join their South Korean rivals in a group photo of medal winners after narrowly missing out on gold in a men's team shooting competition. "It was really fun," she said after her seventh-placed finish in the women's park, an event won by Japan's Hinano Kusaki.

Persons: India's Divyansh Singh, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil, Dylan Martinez, Lee Sang, Anna Prakaten, Panipak Wongpattanakit, Guo Qing, Hong Kong's Siobhan Bernadette Haughey, it’s, I’m, Japan's Hinano, Martin Quin Pollard, Ian Ransom, Peter Rutherford, Ken Ferris Organizations: Sports Centre, India, Hangzhou Asian Games, Games, Sri, Asian Games, Bangladesh women's, Pakistan, Cricket, Olympic, Korean, Kazakhstan, League, North, South, Tokyo, Russian Olympic Committee, Thomson Locations: Hangzhou, China, HANGZHOU, Sri Lanka, Guangzhou, Bangladesh, Incheon, South Korea, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Philippines

☆ American Ealey successfully defends shot put crown at world championships
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Women's Shot Put - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 26, 2023 Gold medallist Chase Ealey of the U.S. celebrates with team after the final REUTERS/Alina Smutko Acquire Licensing RightsBUDAPEST, Aug 26 (Reuters) - American Chase Ealey successfully defended her women's shot put crown at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday, winning her second successive gold medal. Ealey produced her season-best throw in her fifth attempt to win the gold with a 20.43 metres effort while Canada's Sarah Mitton took the silver with 20.08. Ealey quickly became the hot favourite when she laid down an early marker with a 20.35 metre throw on her first attempt and the 29-year-old soon became the only woman to breach the 20-metre mark multiple times in the final. China's Gong Lijiao, who is competing at her ninth consecutive world championships, was chasing her eighth successive medal and she clinched bronze after producing a throw of 19.69, pipping Portugal's Auriol Dongmo on countback. Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Chase Ealey, Alina Smutko, Ealey, Sarah Mitton, China's Gong Lijiao, pipping, Rohith Nair, Alison Williams Organizations: National Athletics Centre, Rights, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Hungary, Bengaluru

☆ Asia shares up as China extends rally; Japanese yields a risk
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Wayne Cole | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) climbed 1.1%, having gained almost 6% so far in July to reach a five-month high. Figures due this week include the U.S. ISM surveys on manufacturing and services, the July payrolls report and European inflation. Investors are still pondering the implications of Friday's shock decision by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to lift the lid on bond yields, in a step away from its ultra-easy policies. Analysts at BofA estimate the BOJ's bond buying added $1.3 trillion to global liquidity in the past 18 months and provided a low floor for global rates, so any sustained rise in Japanese government bond yields could ripple though other bond markets. Japanese 10-year yields climbed further to 0.6% on Monday, still short of the new cap of 1.0%.

Persons: Yen, Bruce Kasman, Ray Attrill, Brent, Wayne Cole, Jamie Freed Organizations: Nikkei, Apple SYDNEY, Apple, JPMorgan, U.S, Bank of England, Reserve Bank of, Nasdaq, Apple Inc, Western Digital Corp, Caterpillar Inc, Starbucks Corp, Devices, Bank of Japan, National Australia Bank, Thomson Locations: China, Beijing, Asia, Pacific, Japan, Reserve Bank of Australia

☆ Tour de France 2023: Rider safety in the spotlight after death of Gino Mäder
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

In June, Swiss rider Gino Mäder died aged 26 following a crash on the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse. Gino Mäder competes in the fourth stage of the 2023 Tour de Suisse. “I think especially for everyone who was at the race [Tour de Suisse], that was pretty hard hitting,” the British rider told reporters on Wednesday. A pedestrian walks past a giant yellow jersey ahead of the 110th edition of the Tour de France in Bilbao. Goyvaerts/AFP/BELGA/Getty ImagesElsewhere, 2019 Tour de France champion Egan Bernal is competing in his first Grand Tour event since suffering serious injuries in a crash last year.

Persons: CNN —, Gino Mäder, Mäder, Magnus Sheffield, Dario Belingheri, Adam Hansen, Associés, Hansen, it’s, ” Hansen, “, Tom Pidcock, Ineos, we’re, Joel Sagat, ” Jonathan Vaughters, ”, we’ve, –, Marco Bertorello, Jonas Vingegaard, Dauphiné, Vingegaard, Jumbo –, Tadej, Pogačar, Egan Bernal Organizations: CNN, de France, Tour de Suisse, de Suisse, Tour de France, CNN Sport, –, Suisse, Getty, CPA, Union Cycliste Internationale, Post, Guardian, “, UAE Emirates, Goyvaerts, de, USA Network, NBC, Eurosport, ITV Locations: Swiss, La Punt, Chur, 100kph, lycra, AFP, Dauphine, Switzerland, France, Bilbao, Spain, Paris, Danish, Slovenian, Pogačar, UAE

☆ Australia's exports to China hit record highs as barriers ease
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SYDNEY, May 4 (Reuters) - Australia's exports to China surged to record highs in March as the Asian giant sucked in more iron for its steel industry and lowered barriers to thermal coal shipments amid thawing diplomatic relations. Data out on Thursday showed exports of Australian goods to China hit A$19 billion ($12.71 billion) in March, a rise of 31% from a year earlier and pipping the previous peak from mid-2021. The jump helped lift Australia's total trade surplus to its second-highest on record at A$15.3 billion, a boon to mining profits and tax receipts. Shipments of thermal coal to China surged 125% by volume in March from February, offsetting a drop in exports to Japan. ($1 = 1.4952 Australian dollars)Reporting by Stella Qiu and Wayne Cole; Editing by Simon Cameron-MooreOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ The incredible true story of the time an astronaut played golf on the moon
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

The resulting creation, a Wilson Staff Dyna-Power 6-iron head, was tucked away in Shepard’s space suit for launch, with a few balls hidden in a sock. “Miles and miles and miles,” the jubilant astronaut remarked as the ball sailed out of his view, swallowed by the infinite blackness of space. What does any of that have to do with an astronaut playing golf on the moon? Saunders believed Shepard’s “miles and miles” remark to have been made tongue-in-cheek, an almost instinctive reflex of his hyper-competitive, “fighter-jock” nature. “We always talk about getting to the moon, landing on the moon, returning back to Earth – that’s how we think of the moon,” Odom said.

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