Mention has been made in these parts of Martin Kaymer’s irritation at his PGA Championship victory at Whistling Straits back in 2010 being framed as the major Dustin Johnson threw away, yet imagine how annoyed you’d be if you were Johnson?

The race to make the European Ryder Cup team does not start until next month but captain Darren Clarke is already champing at the bit for qualifying to begin.

Martin Kaymer got ever so slightly aggrieved yesterday as he held court in the PGA Championship interview room at Whistling Straits.

Referee Graham Poll came under renewed fire today as goalkeeper Petr Cech blamed him for costing Chelsea victory at Highbury by allegedly reneging on a promise to blow his whistle before Thierry Henry’s free-kick.

Referee Graham Poll has been backed by the Premier League over his decision to allow Thierry Henry’s quickly taken free-kick against Chelsea to stand.

The 31-year-old came off the pitch moments before the final whistle during Madrid's 3-0 Primera Division victory over Villarreal on Wednesday night.

It’s time, surely, to blow the whistle on the endless stream of mindless films about football hooligans, time to show the red card to anybody with a story of terrace yobs.

Many players couldn’t hear the whistle or receive instructions from their managers while playing.

The Football Association are looking into events after the final whistle in Manchester United’s goalless draw with Crystal Palace.

Rory McIlroy admitted Jordan Spieth deserved to replace him as world number one following the US PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.

The Football Association has charged six Arsenal and two Manchester United players following the fracas during and after their ill-tempered 0-0 draw at Old Trafford on Sunday.

West Ham have invited shareholders to vote on whether chairman Terence Brown and his closest allies should resign at an extraordinary general meeting.

Darren Clarke’s hopes of playing his way back into the Ryder Cup team – and forcing captain Colin Montgomerie into finding another assistant – have received a huge boost.

ALLIED Irish Bank has insisted it fired a self-declared whistle-blower for accessing the private bank accounts of his colleagues without authorisation.