AN EVENT held to celebrate the 30th anniversary of TV soap Dallas created a drama worthy of the Ewing family itself, after fans who paid hundreds to meet the cast got nowhere near them.

A weekend event to celebrate the 30th anniversary of TV soap Dallas created a drama worthy of the Ewing family itself after fans who paid hundreds to meet the cast got nowhere near them, while others mingled with stars for just €75.

President George Bush will give his blessing to John McCain in the race for the White House today, after the former Vietnam prisoner of war secured enough support to officially become the Republican nominee.

Lingering crude from the largest US oil spill has resisted weathering in some places almost 18 years after the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground and fouled hundreds of miles of Alaska shoreline, a new federal study concludes.

South African Trevor Immelman has won more than €1m on the US Tour in the last two weeks – but it could so easily have been more than €1.8m.

South African Trevor Immelman experienced bitter disappointment on the US Tour for the second week running today.

Trevor Immelman has given himself the chance to make instant amends for losing a play-off on the US Tour.

Big-hitting American Bubba Watson has discovered one of the harsh realities of life as a US PGA Tour player – no clubs, no play.

Australian Adam Scott, third in last week’s Wachovia Championship, set the target for the rest of the field when the Byron Nelson Championship began in Irving, Texas, today.

Exxon Mobil’s appeal of a £2.8bn (€4.08bn) judgment Alaska jurors levied as punishment for the 1989 Valdez oil spill was heading back to a federal appeals court today.

A FEDERAL judge has ordered Exxon Mobil to pay about $6.75 billion to thousands of Alaskans affected by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.

A federal judge has ordered Exxon Mobil to pay about $6.75bn (€5.4bn) to thousands of Alaskans affected by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.

US troops killed 11 Iraqis who ambushed a convoy outside Baghdad yesterday. It was one of the most intense clashes yet in the daily grind of attacks on American forces.

Japan’s Shigeki Maruyama captured his second career PGA Tour title, holding off rookie Ben Crane and Tiger Woods to win the Byron Nelson Classic in Irving, Texas.

Leading 3rd round scores and totals in the USPGA Byron Nelson Classic, Irving, Texas