BRAD FAXON won the biggest award of his career yesterday without being able to hit a golf shot.

JAMES NOLAN, silver-medallist in Ghent five years ago, has hit form at precisely the right time in advance of next weekend’s European indoor championships in Madrid.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN, fresh from her victory on the track in California last weekend, returns to the road tomorrow when she lines up for the 5k at Balmoral.