Harrison Frazar, Matt Kuchar and William McGirt were in a three-way tie for the lead when bad light brought a premature end to the first round of The Barclays in New Jersey.

THE sunshine made the photographs of Jaycee Lee Dugard’s prison look better than it was.

Gillingham 1 Aston Villa 2

Fulham 3 Middlesbrough 0

ROY KEANE’S reputation rests on being notoriously hard to please, but the Sunderland manager appears to be mellowing in his old age.

Fulham 0 Sunderland 0

Rory Sabbatini fired a seven-under-par 63 to move to the top of the leaderboard after the third round of the Texas Open.

Chris Stroud moved to the top of the leaderboard at the Texas Open on day two, shooting a six-under-par 64 for a two stroke lead at the halfway mark.

EVEN with precious little other than pride at stake, it would have been out of character for Roy Keane or Arsene Wenger to lose any focus. That said, they could have been excused yesterday if their thoughts occasionally drifted to events elsewhere.

DIMITAR BERBATOV almost single-handedly hoisted Tottenham to the top of the Premier League goalscoring table but even that was not enough to quell his frustration at the end of this extraordinary afternoon.

Heinz is making changes to the labels of its Farmers’ Market soup following calls for a boycott of the range.

SINGER Russell Watson remains in a critical condition in hospital but the signs are positive, hospital bosses said last night.

TO THE European explorers Australia seemed an ideal location for prisons.

A BUDGIE in an Irish prison?

EUROPE retained the Palmer Cup trophy by defeating the United States 14½-9½ at Ballybunion.

Researchers say they have finally found a potent repellent to drive away sharks – a goal that has eluded scientists for decades.

Sir Ranulph Fiennes succeeded tonight in his record breaking challenge to run seven marathons in seven days.