Ireland’s David Higgins is in a great position after the first round of the BA-CA Austrian Open today after a four-under-par opening round of 67 left him just two shots off the lead.

It was an eventful morning for Britain’s golfers at the French Open with a disqualification and a withdrawal among the problems.

England’s John Bickerton has revealed that a flash of inspiration on the putting green contributed to his holding the lead after the first round of the French Open.

Tom O’Brien set a new record for the most wins in a season for a conditional jockey with a 383-1 treble aboard Lincoln’s Inn, Xila Fontenailles and Good Book at Warwick.

Colin Montgomerie immediately fell behind when he began his HSBC World Match Play quarter-final at Wentworth today.

South African Charl Schwartzel tops the leaderboard at 12 under par going into the final day of the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek.

In a break wit tradition, racing takes place in Britain tomorrow and Hereford have been quick to capitalise on the change with a two-day fixture.

Troubled music management firm Sanctuary today confirmed it had received an unsolicited takeover approach from smaller rival Mama.

Justin Rose placed the blame for his final-round collapse at the Travelers Championship squarely on his putting as Bubba Watson claimed his maiden PGA Tour victory in Connecticut.

Lee Westwood savoured victory in the United States for the first time in 12 years and welcomed receiving some long-awaited good fortune.

Rory McIlroy today equalled the lowest round ever in a Major championship with a stunning nine-under-par 63 in the first round of the 139th Open Championship at St Andrews.

Dizzee Rascal wants to do a heavy metal album.

Some of the biggest names in music are feeling the effects of the global economic downturn.

AC/DC, Rage Against The Machine, KISS and Slash are all up for two awards at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour.

A timely chip-in pushed Finland's Mikko Ilonen into a slender one-shot lead ahead of Korean duo YE Yang and Kim Do-hoon and Jamie Donaldson midway through a see-saw third round at the Volvo China Open today.

Hard work paid off in stunning fashion for Rory McIlroy in Shanghai as a fourth-place finish at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions thrust the Holywood ace firmly into contention for the Race to Dubai title.

Martin Kaymer continued his love affair with the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship as the former champion opened up a one shot third round lead over Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter.

Europe’s perennial bridesmaid Oliver Wilson battled testing conditions to card a five under par 67 and share a one-shot first round lead at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters with Welshman Bradley Dredge.

Anquetta won the opener at Southwell as National Hunt racing finally awoke from its snow-stricken slumber.

Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood has been honoured for his outstanding contribution to rock at a leading awards event.