World Cup golf no longer a WGC event
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The World Cup finally got a title sponsor Monday, but the team event that has struggled to attract top players from every country will no longer be part of the World Golf Championships when it begins a 12-year deal in China.
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He&#39;s no longer reigning PGA Player of the Year or the No. 1 golfer in the world, having yielded both titles this year to Vijay Singh.
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Bode Miller from the United States clears a gate during the men&#39;s ski World Cup giant slalom race, on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004, in Soelden, Austria.
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Sports Network) - Reigning  Masters champion Phil Mickelson withdrew from next week's World  Golf Championships-American Express Championship on Thursday.
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Louis Vuitton has ended its sponsorship of the America's Cup after a 25-year link with sailing's most prestigious event, unhappy with the way it is being run and the direction it is taking under Swiss holder Alinghi.
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The longest course for a major. A flap over the Ryder Cup. Tiger Woods hitting his stride. The PGA Championship returns to Medinah Country Club, and it doesn't seem as though much has changed in the seven years since it last was held at this tree-lined course outside Chicago.
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ZURICH (Deutsche Welle) - Germany has been chosen to host the women's World Cup in 2011. Sepp Blatter, the president of soccer's world governing body, FIFA, made the announcement following a meeting of the executive committee in Zurich. Canada was the only other bidder.  Blatter also announced that Brazil had been chosen to host the men's World Cup in 2014. Brazil was the sole candidate after Colombia withdrew its bid earlier this year. Brazil last hosted the World Cup in 1950.
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FIFAâs decision to end its short-lived rotation system among the regional confederations to host the World Cup means increased competition for the United Statesâ 2018 bid.
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The World Cup will no longer be rotated among continents, a decision Monday that will open the race for the 2018 tournament.
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Britain last won the Davis Cup in 1936. You can account for the paucity of confidence in the British team last weekend when you realise their last victory predates rationing.
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Bode Miller, of the USA, crosses the finish line to win the men&#39;s World Cup super-G in Lake Louise, Alta. on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004.
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The Ryder Cup, NBC analyst Johnny Miller says, is different from regular golf. While pro tournaments typically offer players water and fruit at each hole, with the Cup there also are &quot;barf bags.
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Changes over the past 11 months should also force golfers to deal with a bear of a course. But to the sure lament of golf fans, a once-promised Tiger will no longer be part of the show.
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The Transnational Open Teams event at the world championships that ended last Saturday in Shanghai was for players who did not qualify for the knockout stages of the three main events and for anyone else who was willing to pay the $1,000-a-team entry fee.
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The worst United States loss in Ryder Cup history led to a shake-up in the qualification process, a change geared toward making sure the Americans are on top of their game when the 2006 matches are played in Ireland. The PGA of America revamped its criteria yesterday by putting more emphasis on major championships, giving an extra 75 points for ...
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KITZBUEHEL, Austria  - Bode Miller's hopes of  matching one of Alpine skiing's greatest records were dashed on  Saturday following the cancellation of the season's final World  Cup combined race.
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MasterCard Inc. said on Thursday it will drop a legal fight to get sponsorship rights for the next two World Cup tournaments, paving the way for a deal with rival Visa International for the world's most watched sports event.