Ireland will have ‘home’ advantage for this week’s World Cup in Barbados as they seek to lift the trophy for the first time since 1997.

WELSHMEN Bradley Dredge and Stephen Dodd captured the World Cup for Wales here yesterday without having to hit a single shot.

Tiger Woods spent the day snorkelling off the coast of Barbados, as police and private guards patrolled the public beach of an exclusive resort where islanders kept talking of an imminent wedding to Swedish model Elin Nordegren.