If golf is a good walk spoiled these are the courses to play on on July 7, 2023WASHINGTON: If, as Mark Twain observed, a round of golf is truly “a good walk spoiled” then these are the top 100 courses in the United States where you want to ruin your day, according to GolfPass. The list of the Top 100 Walking Courses includes many of the names found on any ranking of […]
Lots of sporting buzz in Miami but can Formula One deliver? on May 6, 2023MIAMI: With Formula One drivers facing off at the Miami Grand Prix, the Florida Panthers making a surprising Stanley Cup playoff run and Miami Heat facing the New York Knicks in the NBA — there is no shortage of sporting buzz this week in South Florida. But sport fans may have to look to the […]
Coronavirus will not be opportunity for drug cheats, says WADA chief on March 29, 2020PARIS: World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chief Witold Banka had a message on Saturday for any athlete thinking they could take advantage of the gap in drug-testing created by the coronavirus outbreak — “we will catch you” and “eliminate you”. WADA acknowledged last week that the coronavirus pandemic had created challenges for drug-testers with countries closing […]
Augusta National opens doors to women — at least for one day on April 4, 2019When the fight for gender equality in golf is chronicled Augusta National will not be the key battle but it will be remembered as a provocative flashpoint and the site of another small victory this week when the club hosts a women’s tournament. When the golfers tee it up for the final round of the […]
WADA poised to decide fate of Russian agency on January 14, 2019A long-running doping scandal could be heading towards a conclusion when the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) receives a report from their Compliance Review Committee (CRC) next week that could confirm Russia’s conditional reinstatement. Having, after much stalling, allowed a WADA inspection team access to data in a tainted Moscow laboratory on Thursday, Russian authorities will […]