Jimenez overhauls Els to take a two shot lead in Dubai

RYDER CUP star Miguel Angel Jimenez, 279th in the world only 20 months ago and now 16th, continued his remarkable return to form yesterday.

A second-round 65 in the Dubai Desert Classic took the 41-year-old Spaniard from one behind Ernie Els to two in front at the halfway stage of the £1.2m tournament.

Welshman Stephen Dodd, winner of the China Open in November, lies third Dane Thomas Bjorn, South African James Kingston and Colin Montgomerie are in joint fourth.