Tiger Woods to return to therapy after press conference

Published>Fri, Feb 19 10 01:21 PM

Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): Professional golfer Tiger Woods will be returning to therapy after he speaks publicly for the first time about his infidelity, states a letter from PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem.

Finchem's letter to the PGA Tour policy board and other officials explained why Woods chose February 19 to make his first public comments, which are to be televised live by all the major networks.

Woods' statement comes during the Match Play Championship, sponsored by Accenture, the first company to drop him as a pitchman.

"As we understand it, Tiger's therapy called for a week's break at this time during which he has spent a few days with his children and then will make his statement before returning," CBS News quoted Finchem's letter as saying.

"Accordingly, there was very little flexibility in the date for the announcement," it read.

Woods' speech from the clubhouse at TPC Sawgrass, home of the PGA Tour, is his next major step in image rehabilitation, since his adultery scandal exploded last November. (ANI)

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Jeev continues dream run, ousts Kuchar in 2nd Rd

Published>Fri, Feb 19 10 01:05 PM

Indian pro Jeev Milkha Singh continued his dream run in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, ousting two-time PGA Tour winner Matt Kuchar to breeze into the third round of the USD 8.5 million elite golf tournament in Tucson.

Jeev, who had upstaged three-time Major winner Padraig Harrington in his opening round, tamed Kuchar one-up in the Bobby Jones bracket to set up a third round showdown with Englishman and eight-time European Tour winner Ian Poulter, who edged out Adam Scott 2 and 1.

The Indian played immaculate golf with the fifth hole bogey being the lone blot in his otherwise impeccable card.

Jeev did not have a great start as Kuchar won the opening hole with a par. But the Indian was soon in his elements and he two-putted from 67 feet to birdie the par-five eighth hole which put him one up and the gap increased with Kuchar

dropping a shot on the next.

Jeev went three-up after the 13th hole birdie but his American opponent responded with back-to-back birdies on the 14th and 15th holes to inject some fresh drama.

Jeev's short game, however, stood him in good stead and Kuchar could not bridge that gap.

"I ground it out and I think that's what match play is all about. You cannot lose patience and you have to hole those short putts which is what I did," an elated Jeev later said.

"It was real hard work. I think it was a fantastic match. It started off not too good on the first, but came back pretty good. Matt came back strong and birdied 14, 15, and I made some good up-and-downs on 16 and 17 and the last was an exciting one," said the affable Indian.

The face-off with Poulter would be an opportunity for Jeev to avenge his last year's defeat at the Englishman's hand.

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India deserves to be the number one Test team: Bhajji

Published>Fri, Feb 19 10 12:35 PM

Kolkata, February 19(ANI): Thrashed in the first Test in Nagpur, Team India's fighting spirit stood out to the core during their convincing victory in the second Test in Kolkata. The ace off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who bowled a match-winning spell of five for 59 in the second innings to lead India to a thumping victory by an innings and 57 runs on Thursday, said that India deserves to be the number one Test team.

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Australia satisfied with India''s security measures

Published Fri, Feb 19 10 12:21 PM

Melbourne, Feb 19 (PTI) Australia Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has expressed satisfaction with the security measures for foreign athletes during this year''s sporting events in India in the wake of the recent terror threat by a millitant group. Smith, who met Indian authorities last year to review Commonwealth Games'' security arrangements, also said that not a single sporting event anywhere in the world was free from security scare in the current scenario. "I was satisfied then and I''m satisfied now that all of the necessary co-ordination and consultation continues to occur and, of course, we are deeply interested in those arrangements," Smith was quoted as saying by the Australian Associated Press, a news agency here. "It is a very regrettable fact of the modern era that there are always the risk of security risks in major sporting events, whether they''re conducted in Australia, the Sydney Olympics or the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, or whether they''re conducted in India," he said. .

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Tiger Woods' wife to skip his public statement

Published>Fri, Feb 19 10 12:15 PM

New York, Feb 19 (ANI): Tiger Woods' wife Elin Nordegren will not be present on the spot when the golfer apologizes for his extra-marital affairs publicly.

The Swedish beauty reportedly refused to answer a reporter's question about whether she would show up when Woods breaks his silence.ccording to Radaronline.com, it has been confirmed that she will stay away.

Woods will speak at the PGA Tour headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

"Tiger Woods will be speaking to a small group of friends, colleagues and close associates at 11 a.m . . . at the TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse," the New York Post quoted a statement issued by Woods' management team.

It added: "Tiger plans to discuss his past and his future and he plans to apologize for his behavior.

"While Tiger feels that what happened is fundamentally a matter between he and his wife, he also recognizes that he has hurt and let down a lot of people who were close to him.

"He also let down his fans. He wants to begin the process of making amends, and that's what he's going to do." (ANI)

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Pakistani cricketers can participate in IPL 4

Published>Fri, Feb 19 10 12:11 PM

Lahore, Feb 19 (ANI): The fourth edition of the Indian Premier League will see the participation of Pakistani players and two new teams would take part in that event, according to IPL commissioner Lalith Modi.

Two new franchises will be included in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after taking the number of participating teams to 10.

Talking to a private news channel, Modi said that the two new teams would join the competition from the 2011 season.

Modi said 12 cities were in contention, including four, which will host games during the 2010 season.

He said tenders for the franchises could be collected from the Board of Control for India or IPL from February 21 and that bids would be opened on March 8 in Mumbai.he cities in the frame are Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Kanpur, Dharamsala, Indore, Cuttack, Gwalior and Visakapatnam. But Modi also indicated that Rajkot, Pune, Vadodara and Kochi, which are in the process of building stadiums, might bid for teams.

The new team franchises will be granted access to venues hosting matches during the 2010 IPL in order to familiarise themselves.

The 2010 IPL, which is the third edition of the 20-over tournament, begins on March 12, the Daily Times reports. (ANI)

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Figure skating - Lysacek edges Plushenko to gold

Published>Fri, Feb 19 10 12:09 PM

American Evan Lysacek stunned his rivals, including reigning champion Yevgeny Plushenko, with a spell-binding free skate on Thursday to win the Olympic men's figure skating gold.

Russian Plushenko had been the strong favourite but Lysacek wowed the judges with an artistic performance to Sheherazade that brought the roaring crowd to their feet.

Unlike Plushenko, he did not attempt any quadruple jumps in his routine but was handsomely rewarded for his wobble-free jumps and his exquisite choreography.

His score of 257.67 eclipsed Plushenko by 1.31 points. Japan's Daisuke Takahashi was third.

Brian Boitano was the last American man to win the title when the Games were also held in Canada, in Calgary in 1988.

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