One was about power. The other was about patience.

When Graeme McDowell checked the local weather forecast for Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Friday, he was lulled into expecting mild conditions and cloudy skies. 

If ever there was a microcosm of the battle for hearts and minds in Australian sport, then today’s fare is it.

Ireland’s Cricket World Cup qualifier against Afghanistan is playing away on the TV in the background as Rob Ryan sits in the Clanna Gael Fontenoy clubhouse in Dublin, gripping a hurley, and holding court on all things American football.

The Larry Nassar scandal in the States has been rolling on for quite a while, and even though it ostensibly came to some kind of conclusion last week, the aftershocks continue to ripple outwards.

He is the UFC’s biggest draw but has not fought in the octagon since November 2016.

The pilot of the blimp which crashed and burst into flames near the site of the US Open at Erin Hills had been involved in two previous emergency landings.

Floyd Mayweather's August 26 bout with Conor McGregor will be "the biggest fight ever", according to UFC president Dana White.

Darren Clarke never had the patience to handle the US Open but even though he’ll be behind a microphone for FOX Sports this week the big Irishman is fascinated by the challenge that lies in store.

Rory McIlroy does not expect to be back in action from a rib injury until the WGC-Mexico Championship in March - just a month before the Masters.

Fox Sports is linking up with NextVR to broadcast the Bundesliga opener on Friday between defending league champions Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen in VR. This will be the first time that Bundesliga action will be available in VR.

In the past 48 hours, Irish featherweight UFC champion Conor McGregor has dramatically announced and then rescinded his retirement. He had been scheduled to face Nate Diaz for the second time at UFC 200, although that match is now in doubt.

A jury has awarded Fox Sports reporter Erin Andrews $55m (€50m) in her lawsuit against a stalker who bought a hotel room next to her and secretly recorded a nude video, finding that the hotel companies and the stalker shared in the blame.

Australian surfer Mick Fanning survived a shark attack in yesterday’s final of the World Surfing League’s J-Bay Open in South Africa, fighting off the circling predator with his fists.

It is being reported that Ireland’s Damien Duff’s season is over after he suffered a double injury during an A-League game on Saturday.

Speculation mounts in Melbourne that Damien Duff’s Australian adventure is over after an unusual double injury in Melbourne City’s draw with Wellington on Saturday.

“These two have battled many times over the course of three centuries.”

The San Francisco Giants have won the World Series after securing a 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals in Game Seven at Kauffman Stadium.

Rugby fans were left scratching their heads after a baffling decision by the TMO during today’s NRC match between the Sydney Stars and the North Harbour Rays.

Manchester United held a deep hour-long inquest into their dismal 5-3 defeat to Leicester, Robin van Persie has revealed.

Manchester United have agreed a loan fee of between £5m and £6m for Monaco’s Colombian striker Radamel Falcao, who will move to Old Trafford subject to a medical and agreeing personal terms.

The Commonwealth Games table tennis semi-finals included this incredible rally.

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Joe Allen hopes Liverpool fans will see the best of him next season after undergoing surgery on his troublesome shoulder.

Luis Suarez could face sanctions from Liverpool after admitting he dived during a match at Stoke earlier this season.

Luis Suarez has admitted he has dived to gain an advantage for Liverpool but claims there is a conspiracy against South American players who are given a rougher ride in the Premier League than their English counterparts.

Tigre president Sergio Massa has described last night’s abandoned Copa Sudamericana final against Sao Paulo as one of the most shameful days in Brazilian football history and urged the Argentinian Football Federation to take strong action after claims his players were the victims of violence.

It was too expensive, lacked editorial focus and, for a digital publication, was strangely cut off from the internet.

Wavebreak Media will use €400,000 raised in venture capital to hire 10 people.

Carlos Tevez tonight arrived back at Manchester City’s training ground for an appointment with a club doctor.

Carlos Tevez is expected to report back at Manchester City’s training ground later this afternoon, it is understood.

Carlos Tevez was due to arrive in England this morning determined to win back his place in the Manchester City team and prepared to apologise to the club for his three-and-a-half-month absence.

Carlos Tevez has broken his silence over his rebel stance with Manchester City and claims he has returned to England to help City win their first league title since 1968.

Carlos Tevez returns to England tomorrow but has accused Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini of treating him "like a dog" in the incident which sparked the rift between club and player.

Alejandro Sabella will take over as Argentina coach until after the 2014 World Cup finals, Argentinian Football Association president Julio Grondona has confirmed.

Adrian Russell roots out 2010’s weirdest and wackiest sports videos from the world wide web

Paraguay coach Gerardo Martino has resigned following his team’s elimination from the World Cup.

Argentina defender Martin Demichelis has inflamed the war of words ahead of tomorrow’s World Cup quarter-final with Germany by declaring: “Show us some respect.”

DIEGO MARADONA has mocked Bastian Schweinsteiger and accused Germany of nerves ahead of the World Cup showdown with Argentina tomorrow.

UEFA president Michel Platini has revived the prospect of FA Cup winners qualifying for the Champions League.

WITH all the discussion about Pádraig Harrington changing his swing, it’ll unsettle some that the Open champion had consulted a golf comedy, as shown in the picture sequence above.

New Argentina coach Diego Maradona is keen to find the cause of the team’s recent poor form when he takes charge for the first time against Scotland.

Diego Maradona will be confirmed as the new Argentina coach next Tuesday, according to the Argentina Football Association National Team’s secretary, Luis Segura.