Tiger Woods vowed to "keep fighting" and ruled out using injury as an excuse after the worst round of his professional career left him staring at a last-place finish at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

A skeleton discovered on an archaeological dig in East Lothian in Scotland is believed to be that of a 10th century Irish Viking king.

Paul McGinley didn’t allow the business of being Ryder Cup captain spoil his golf with a best finish in 15 months and a second straight top-10 result in the ISPS Handa Wales Open at Celtic Manor.

As one of the world’s leading golf coaches Butch Harmon has now helped guide four of his students towards a Claret Jug, but for the veteran American, of all the feats he has seen performed at the Majors, Phil Mickelson’s final-round dash to the most famous prize in golf beat the lot.

Overcast conditions today greeted the early starters as the third round of the Open Championship got under way at Muirfield.

Graeme McDowell is not getting carried away by the prospect of good weather at the Open – as event organisers can still be “a little bit evil”.

Graeme McDowell hopes the storm over his recent Scottish Open comments can now been forgotten and he can thrive at Muirfield this week.

Two-time Muirfield winner Nick Faldo has told Rory McIlroy he must not be distracted by non-golfing issues if he wishes to rediscover his form this and become Open champion.

Four-time Major winner Ernie Els returns to Muirfield next week to defend his British Open title confessing if it were not for golf, he’d be selling hot dogs on a South African beach.

An encouraging weather forecast at Newbury saw the market for racing to go ahead at the weekend take an about-turn yesterday.

Monday’s National Hunt fixture at Musselburgh is subject to a precautionary inspection at 7am.

HOWLING winds and torrential rains accompanied yesterday’s date announcement for the 2014 Ryder Cup, but organisers dismissed fears of another weather-disrupted event in Britain.

An Irish scientist has developed a biofuel made from whiskey by-products which can be used in ordinary cars.

PAUL CUTLER will aim this week to build on his early-season success and keep his name very much to the forefront of the minds of Great Britain and Ireland selectors as they prepare to put together the St Andrews Trophy side for later in the summer.

Centrica and France’s EDF were today reported to be on the brink of a deal that will give the British Gas owner an entrance into the nuclear sector.

Police hunting Rangers hooligans after last year’s riots in Manchester made a further seven arrests today.

The auction of nuclear power firm British Energy suffered a blow today after it emerged one of the potential suitors had pulled out of the running.

Nuclear power firm British Energy today dismissed a series of takeover approaches as not “representing shareholder value”.

French industrial group Suez confirmed today it was no longer involved in talks over a possible bid for UK nuclear power provider British Energy.

THE elderly doctor at the centre of a fresh cancer misdiagnosis scandal is still registered to practice in both Ireland and Britain.

Nuclear power station operator British Energy was today said to be weighing up an £11bn (€13.7bn) takeover approach from German utility business RWE.

This afternoon's meeting at Musselburgh survived an 8.30am inspection and will go ahead as scheduled.

This afternoon's meeting at Musselburgh is subject to the course passing an 8.30am inspection.

NICK FALDO hopes to find inspiration but admits he has “no idea” how he will fare on his Senior British Open debut this week at Muirfield in Scotland.

Nick Faldo hopes to find inspiration but admits he has “no idea” how he will fare on his Senior British Open debut this week at Muirfield.

Danny Barry, who worked for the late Gordon Richards for over nine years but is now based near Dundalk, had Irish eyes smiling as he completed 65-1 double with the well-backed pair Black Chalk and Bogus Dreams at Musselburgh.

AN international conman and sex attacker was feted by dignitaries in Limerick, including the mayor of the city, after he donated a dud £100,000 cheque to a local charity group.

Emergency services were called to an incident at a Scottish nuclear power station tonight.

Graham Lee rescued his weekend with a 6-1 treble at Musselburgh courtesy of Some Touch, Masafi – both trained by Howard Johnson for Graham Wylie – and Snowy.

Officials at Musselburgh are hoping forecasts of a cold snap this weekend prove wide of the mark.

Scotsman Raymond Russell’s hopes of topping the leaderboard after the first day of the KLM Open in Holland were dealt a blow after he was overtaken by Austria’s Markus Brier and Dutchman Guido van der Valk.

Scotland’s Raymond Russell took inspiration from his place at the top of the draw for the opening round of the KLM Open to shoot six birdies and storm into an early lead.

British Energy today said it had been given the all-clear to extend the deadline for a life-saving financial restructuring.

Disgruntled shareholders in troubled nuclear generator British Energy today moved to try to block its life-saving restructuring package.

A new Scottish Racing Academy was formerly launched at Musselburgh today.

A private Italian bidder paid nearly £115,000 (€173,000) for a piece of British aviation history today when he bought a Concorde nose cone at auction.

Troubled nuclear power group British Energy warned today of a further blow to its finances because of delays returning a major plant to service.

Troubled nuclear power group British Energy announced today that it is in the process of signing a deal to prevent it being placed in administration.

A NOTORIOUS sex offender who was deported from Ireland earlier this year after serving a jail sentence is back in prison.

THE FTSE 100 Index recovered early losses to close ahead yesterday after an encouraging start to trading on Wall Street lifted investors.

KEEPING a close eye on developments at the recent Open Championship at Muirfield was Pat Lyons, the Irish international from Cork Golf Club.

An investigation is under way after a freight train carrying empty containers used for spent nuclear fuel derailed in Scotland.